Sonic Youth Gossip - Post a Picture of Yourself

he's not sad ...he's just really old. he was in his 90s when i got married, he turned 101 this summer. he's usually pretty upbeat, he just looks that way. also he's forgotten any english, and since i barely speak any spanish and he's doesn't really have any hearing or vision left anyway, the only way for me to talk to him anymore is to get someone to translate very loudly directly in his ear... but aside from his vision and hearing, he's still going strong... both physically and mentally. since he can't see or barely hear who he's talking to, he'll grab both your forearms and pull you close to him... as he talks he moves his hands on your arms and wrists, a firm grip for emphasis or a searching caress when he's finished speaking and he's trying to judge your reaction...

here's a photo of him in the 60s....

from left to right: my grandmother, my aunt, i'm fairly certain the guy shielding his eyes in the back is my uncle who died before i was born, my older cousins (his kids) in the front, my grandfather on the far right...

my other aunt (mother of the children) is probably taking the picture.

Man that's old, 101. Your grandpa sounds like a funny guy haha. Nice picture by the way :)

Rob Instigator

01.08.2008 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by m1rr0r dash

...yes, i believe it is the gen-X way... we were born eight months apart also... so you were a year out of college when you got married? (or still 3 credits away from graduating if you were slow like me...)

due to 2 years of massive overindulgence in the L..l...l....S...s....s....D...d...d... at the university of Houston
I graduated in 6 years instead of 4.

so i got married with a year and a half to go, around there.

let's hear it for the gen x acid casualties!

Savage Clone

01.08.2008 03:18 PM

I was 23 when I got married too, but I'm still married.

m1rr0r dash

01.08.2008 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

WARNING: MAY SLOW CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND POSSIBLY SPEED DIVORCE.

...it also took me 6 years... i took my fair share of acid also, but i somehow managed to emerge with two years of mechanical engineering education, half a year wandering europe aimlessly smoking hash and sleeping on my cousins' couches, a bachelor degree in architecture and minors in philosophy and film studies.

...did you manage to make and/or lose ridiculous amounts of money in the 90s....? my ex and i had about 20 grand saved up for grad school, but we spent it all on stuff that we then fought about who got to keep... i showed up here at the university of florida with a couple hundred bucks, half the contents of a large 2 bedroom apartment and the lease to a small studio near campus that for six months resembled a storage unit with a mattress and a desk...

Savage Clone

01.08.2008 03:31 PM

I've never had or lost money in any decade.
I did buy a house 12 years ago before the prices went all crazy, and even with current declines I'm still way ahead. That's about the only traction I've got though.

Rob Instigator

01.08.2008 03:45 PM

I have a house that I want to sell and will likely lose 3-5 grand on, but I need to sell it and be free.

My ex-wife and i did not make lots of dough.

I got out of the University witha BFA in studio art/painting and one in art history.

Tokolosh

01.08.2008 03:47 PM

I hear violins.

m1rr0r dash

01.08.2008 03:52 PM

web design and IT were blowing up right when i graduated from college... most of my friends and i took higher paying jobs that had nothing to do with what we went to school for. i was freelancing tech support and graphic design for developers and contractors; my ex-wife, who studied biology, was doing database design for the legal department of a telecom firm.

...and speaking of the leftovers of my divorce... anyone interested in buying some silver/grey Prada trainers with tech-mesh uppers, bungee cord laces, and high-density silicon sole?

like this, but grey and with 98/99 styling...
http://cdn.is.bluefly.com/mgen/Bluefly/prodImage.ms?productCode=2117678&width=300&height= 300

size 39 (US men's 7/women's 8 1/2) good condition, sole only slightly worn, comes with original grey mylar storage bag and if i can find it, the original corrugated platic box.

Savage Clone

01.08.2008 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by swa(y)

getting married @ 23 is about the dumbest thing anyone born ater 1980 can do.

Yeah, the fact that this relationship is in its 20th year really bears out this theory of yours.
Then again, I was born in 1970.

Tokolosh

01.08.2008 03:58 PM

!@#$%!

01.08.2008 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

Where is this?

jugin by the picchur back of the windo im gonna guess eeenglann but chu never nou

m1rr0r dash

01.08.2008 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swa(y)

getting married @ 23 is about the dumbest thing anyone born ater 1980 can do.

...why are you even mentioning this when everyone involved in the conversation was born before 1980?

Savage Clone

01.08.2008 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tokolosh

This is exactly what I imagined your face to look like.

Rob Instigator

01.08.2008 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m1rr0r dash

...why are you even mentioning this when everyone involved in the conversation was born before 1980?

true.

1973 RULES!

Tokolosh

01.08.2008 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

This is exactly what I imagined your face to look like.

You don't look too bad yourself.

greenlight

01.08.2008 04:09 PM

i was cheching this thread after while....cool pics! here's few sweet memories on ATP '06

with Sonicl b4 Bark Haze

really jelaous, because of Moshe's backstage pass (ok, ok, he deserve it more then me)

John Boy where are you?

greenlight

01.08.2008 04:11 PM

previous job, break time

ehrmm, blue monday (with dark rum and coke)

Rob Instigator

01.08.2008 04:24 PM

here is me and my friend Jean who visited us from NY this past christmas

Here are most of my people.

I have known everyone for at least 18 years.

Kina	01.08.2008 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

here is me and my friend Jean who visited us from NY this past christmas

Here are most of my people.

I have known everyone for at least 18 years.

Is there any particular reason why one of them is wearing a cone on his head? Oh and I like your glasses, I often wish I needed them so I could wear a pair.

screamingskull

01.08.2008 05:34 PM

I like his nose ring, i'd love a nose ring, but it just wouldn't suit my face.

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