Box of Validation
Boxes have a predictable lifecycle. You put a bunch of shit in a box and set it aside. Years later — in the middle of a move, during a cleaning day, or while packing to flee to Mexico — you rifle back through the box and relive memories. You smile.
Then you pack the shit back up and wait another couple years.
I’d forgotten about the “Most Improved” JV football award, as well as the golf Co-MVP. I don’t know what ACSA stands for. I remember the Bank of America award, but forgot there was a plaque. Getting “High Handicap Series” in bowling doesn’t mean much. Handicap awards are a measure of variability, not skill. The plaque should read, “Most Likely to Open for 10 Frames, Then Strike 10 Frames.”
Hehehehehe. PCC.
If those last couple paragraphs confused you, good. It’s like an inside joke. And you know what! I’m done with all this. In addition to old high school awards this box also contains:
- Trading cards. I’m not giving these away, but I’ll elaborate in another post regarding these. Everything else here is up for grabs.
- A backgammon set.
- A deck of cards, jokers included.
- Two decks of Riviera playing cards, opened, but never used.
There’s one more thing. It’s amazing and I completely forgot about it, and if the artist wants it I’ll bring it to him when I’m in Corning.
Published on February 9, 2010
LOL I remember all those plaques (plus some others of yours, that are stored at the bottom of one of the antique chests). And I believe the ACSA award was from the Association of California School Administrators. :) And was the artist’s name ROY???