Previous Years Resolutions

Sometimes it's useful to look back to see how far we've come.  In our case it's not useful at all.   But, the committee, ...ever so intrusive, ... insist we review previous year's New Years Resolutions, and, since not a single one of you followed your assignment and sent in a New Year's Resolution, we are left with the whims of the Committee.  Don't blame me for these;

- Randy Mickels is going to try really hard to be a little less cheerful, ... you know, ... to sort of balance out his personality.   Classmates have observed, he's just too dang cheerful, ... maybe Kevin can offer you some tips.  Let's hope you can improve yourself Randy, ... we're all pulling for you.

- Betty's goal is to enroll in some car mechanics classes as soon as she is out of jail, so she can add 80 - 100 hp to her Beemer.  It seems she's having a hard time outrunning the police.  Maybe this would get her to committee meetings on time as an added benefit.  Pick up Lee on your way, he's always late. Plus, ... Betty, ... you'd have the added benefit of Lee's experience on eluding the police.  Trust me, ... he's good.

-  Favorite had a NYR, but he can't remember it.   I told him it was to buy me lunch more often in the new year, ...  heh heh heh, ... yeah, I think he bought it. If he actually goes for that, I'm going to remind him about dinner.  It's shaping up to be a good year already.

- Bill Klemm, Lanny Hansen, Gary Goebel, and Chris Perry are going to kick ass and take names this year, ... because detailed record keeping is important to them.   Evidently two of them will be doing the kicking, and two will be writing down the names, ... or one will do the kicking while three write down the names, .. or it could be three will kick, one will write.   I lost track, are there other combos/   Good thing Alan Schultz isn't joining them, we'd be here all day.

- Jeannene vows to increase her followers on X by 10%, ... Karen Busch says she's going to add 2 more too. 

- Lynn Johnston is going to stay in the bathroom while brushing her teeth, unless someone is at the door, ... or calls.

- Kathy and her entourage vow to be fully dressed for their Zoom calls.

- Ron and Sandi are scaling back their travels this year to 17 international events and 34 domestic events.   Ron says, "yeah, we're going to loaf around this year."

- Andy is going to finally unfollow the Kardashians, ... but  sorta still keep up, ... ohhhhhhhhhhh, Andy.

-  so and so, what's her name, and that guy are going to lose weight and get in better shape.   We are so and so happy for them.  Who among us could not be in better shape, ... well, maybe Randy.

- Steve and Shimi McKenzie resolve to apologize to all of you for winning most of the feats of strengths at previous year's picnic, and this resolution is not made just to call attention to the fact that they won nearly all the feats of strength at all the picnics, ... really, it isn't.

\- After turning 73, in a nod to "joie de vivre", Terri Renfro buys a red 1998 Corvette convertible.  "It will go really well with my new blonde wigs", she says.  For those who didn't take French, that phrase means something like "all with gusto".   For the students who took French, ... so, ... you know a little French ... big deal.

- In a related purchase, Steve Favorite sprung for 6 pair of Tommy Johns red underwear, with the days of the week printed on the bottom.   Only 6, because, like Linda, Steve likes to go commando one day a week.   No, ... I don't know which day, ... 

-  Kevin Murray vows to return the songbooks from Impressions that he took in his senior year.   'Bout time Kev.  What were those songs, anyway, ... the Andrews Sisters?

- Steph Smith, our Homecoming Queen vows again ( 3 times in the last 5 years ) to reveal how she also became the supervisor of the Homecoming Queen vote count.  There is no evidence yet that George Heyworth, the Homecoming King was involved, but then again, there is no evidence that he's not.  Case not closed.

- Sheila Page, our editor of Mesika resolves to release the information requested in 1967 by the Edmonds Tribune, in a Freedom of Information Act request, even if it will throw Janet Westerlund, Business Manager under the bus.   Sheila also says that despite what the annual shows, they did not just sit around tables and color in coloring books, ... it was just Marlene.

- Linda Raye Baker will stop wearing pajama pants to the grocery store. Walmart's is still ok. 

-  Holly Shipley saw last weeks resolutions, and has resolved to help Betty, ... with Holly's tried and true methods of eluding the police.   I'm assuming we're talking vehicles here, not foot chases over fences and through backyards, ... although Lee Crary said he already covered those with Betty.   Tony has stepped in here as a backup plan, ... you know, to sort of help with the plea bargains.  Mighty gracious of you Tony.

- Jamie Comet and Wendy Wallace ( she seemed like a nice girl ).. have resolved to make a serious effort to curtail their bar fights.  Ron ( Wendy's husband, class of '66) got injured  last month when the girls flipped off 5 members of the Oakland Diablos motorcycle gang at a bar called Big Linna's Bar & Grill.  In a related resolution,  My next wife will not be anyone from the MHS class of '67.   These girls are too dangerous", Ron said through his bandages. Jamie and Wendy told the police they were meaning to wave their index finger, ... saying "We're Number 1", but they got their fingers mixed up ( Tony says that's plausible, and will argue "reasonable doubt" ).  Really Tony?   They both got their fingers mixed up at exactly the same time? 3 of the 5 gang members were released from the hospital a couple of days later, ... the other two, a week after that.  Charges are pending.

- Ken Jennings resolves to buy some additional hats this year.  Apparently, this Optimus member's brain is still growing, necessitating the need for larger hats.   Bob Haar says that's scientifically impossible, ... Steve Favorite agrees, ... says his hair stopped growing 20 years ago.   We're talking  head, Steve, not hair, .... doh

-  Sandie Larson vows to review the qualifications for Optimus, ... " they don't look so smart to me " she states.  BOOM

-  Karyl Hanson, learning of Sandie's comments ( sounds like a media leak ) on the intelligence of Optimus members, states, "we are too, ... smart, not big heads like some people think, ... well, except for Ken Jennings."   I see your BOOM, and raise you a BOOM !!

-  Pat Downey resolves to learn the Michael Jackson "Thriller" dance moves, and show them off at the next committee meeting, rivaling Carolyn Rommel's last year's Bossa Nova.

-  Gary Posenjak finally pawned off his 1998 red Corvette convertible ... some blonde French woman  ...  ha ha, what do the French know about Corvettes.

-  Jeannene Kroener resolves to opt out of the system, ... but she's not sure if the correct term is "opt out", or "opt-out", or "opt out from", should she just use "quit".   All things considered, Jeannene, overwhelmed by choices and uncertainty, decides to stay "opted -  in", or is that "opted in", or just say, Jeannene's in.