Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote in message
> ...
>> December 8, 1980.........Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon in
>> front of his home in the Dakota building in NYC. Da-yam I feel old, I was
>> in college and my roommate and I went into mourning for a week. Who's up
>> for a 'dead spread' in honor of John Lennon. If you were going to one,
>> what would you bring......think not only 'dead spread' but 'beetles' as
>> well.
>> -ginny
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> I attended a 'religious' college. 1980 was the first year they allow
> 'women' to wear dress slacks, prior to that it was all dresses or
> skirt/blouse suit combos. We HAD to do something rebellious. My roomie and
> I, both 'worldly women' as they referred to us in our 'discipline' actually
> listened to non-Christian music and were genuinely saddened by Lennon's
> senseless killing......HOWEVER the opportunity to tweak the administration
> was TOO great to pass up. Hence, black garments for a week, black bunting
> over our door and a picture of Lennon (you'd think it was Lenin they way
> they reacted) with candles in front of it by our window (candles were a big
> no-no as well, they reeked of Papism.........something Fundies recoil at).
> We raided our food stashes and laid out a 'dead spread of sorts, chips,
> cheetos, popcorn.....all sorts of dorm food and played his music until we
> were shut down......we still wore black tho.....
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> Eating dorm food now sometimes brings that memory back. Being 19 and
> thumbing our noses at the establishment. So, what kind of bizarro memories
> like this do you have?
> -ginny
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Absolutely none, never liked the Beatles or their music. Of course I'm a
hard core fifties greaser anyway. If it ain't real rock and roll it
ain't music.