Six months have passed since I wrote my last blog entry.
Even though I love to write, I haven’t felt like it lately. But, we are doing
this challenge in our church lifegroup and we are supposed to share something
about ourselves. I figured I could share my blog.
I started to write about a serious topic that has been
weighing on my heart, but I decided to do something fun instead. I am going to
share trivia about myself. Most of it shows what a stupid, adventurous kid I
was.
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I love to write and I have considered writing a
book about my messed up, dysfunctional childhood.
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I lived in the Hood on the eastside of
Indianapolis up to the age of nine. All of the following adventures happened
during that time.
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When I was about eight years old, I was arrested
for riding a Green Machine on Washington Street. I had to go to traffic court.
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One time, my friend, Mary McKinney and I walked
around the Hood in our skivvies with pantyhose up to our chins.
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I got in a fight with a girl named “Angel” once.
I flattened a soda can and went after her with it. I don’t remember winning,
but I don’t remember losing either. Maybe it was a draw. I don’t know.
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My friends and I used to walk to the women’s
prison on Michigan Street, stand at the fence and yell at the inmates.
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There are railroad tracks behind Willard Park
where I used lived. One time when I went exploring, I wore red rubber boots
without shoes inside. I stepped on a nail and had to get a tetanus shot.
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I locked myself in a bathroom once. I climbed up
on the sink to reach the high window to call for help. I slipped and sliced my
finger to the bone on a broken mirror that was in the window. I didn’t get
stitches and I have a beauty of a scar.
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One Halloween, a bat got stuck in our apartment.
Someone chased it out with a broom.
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When I was about seven or so, I ran away from
home and headed downtown. I made it to the intersection of Southeastern and
Washington Street, but I couldn’t find a bathroom. I had an accident and went
home.
Come to think of it, I was pretty much a jerk! Here's
a picture of me right after I was pulled from the Hood. I look deceptively
innocent, huh?
