Journal entry: May 30, 1987 (age 18): Car Wash As my senior year at Seton Catholic Central High School comes to a close, the milestone events are starting to fly by. The Class of 1987’s senior prom, senior trip to the Magic Valley amusement park, [more...]
Journal entry: January 1, 1984 (age 14) — New Year’s Resolutions So far, it’s been a tumultuous freshman year at Seton Catholic Central High School. I’m starting to get the hang of things, but I still have a long way to go. This New Year’s [more...]
Journal entry: October 7, 2007 (age 38): High School Reunion At this weekend’s 20-year high school reunion for Seton Catholic Central High School’s class of 1987, there were dozens of people that I was excited to spend time with. Some were good friends that I [more...]
Journal entry: July 3, 1986 (age 17) – Youth Leadership Conference I’ve spent the past five days on the SUNY Oneonta campus, attending the Rotary Youth Leadership Conference. The hundred or so attendees are high school juniors from New York’s Southern Tier. The Binghamton Rotary Club [more...]
Journal entry: October 15, 1985 (age 16) A particularly Sloppy Joe fell out of my hands and onto the cafeteria table. “WHO wants to go to the prom with me?” My grapevine-connected friend replied, “Kirstie.” If it was possible for me to turn whiter, I [more...]
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: July 21, 2006 (age 37) My 20-year high school reunion is next year. To get all my faux pas and anxieties out of the way, I crashed my brother Dan’s 20-year reunion mixer tonight. As I entered the subterranean party [more...]
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: July 7, 1984 (age 15) Most kids only buy a yearbook for the year they are graduating. But I love looking at all the pictures and having friends write messages, so I’ve bought a yearbook every year since fifth grade. [more...]
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: February 26, 1987 (age 17) “But I’m a captain of the track team this year!” Dr. Donovan had not expected this emotional response. His diagnosis of a stress fracture in the foot is more commonly met with a blank expression [more...]
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: May 14, 1986 (age 17) “Tim, I want you to be one of the captains of next year’s team.” This was the most incongruous statement I had ever heard. But there it was, coming straight from the mouth of my [more...]
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: May 3, 1987 (age 17) Tonight was the final performance of my final show as a student at Seton Catholic Central High School. As the entire cast of Guys and Dolls gathered onstage to finally sing the finale, I looked [more...]