Southpaw Jones

Songmaker • Whimsicologist • Austinite

The Tuesday thing that’s bright.

February 13, 2007 By: Southpaw Jones Category: Interesting?

Retro Blog
Real journal entries from elementary school:

This one was written exactly twenty-one years ago! Everything is big! And I seem to have a preternatural knowledge of greeting card retail:

I am a Valentine. I was made out of paper at a big factory. There were lots of other Valentines being made. One day I was in something big called a truck. It sent me to a store called Hallmark. They put me on a big rack! I made friends on the rack with other Valentines. Then in about two months people came in and started talking about Valentine’s Day. Soon the store was crowded. I was pulled up and pushed back in many times.

One day a boy picked me up but didn’t put me back in! His name was Earl. He took me to school then he stuffed me in a bag! There were Valentines in there that said “Craig.” Then Craig came. He picked us all up. Then he took us in a car to his house and I stayed there forever, and here I am.

Two (2) Pathetic Things
Humility is our only hope:
1] bundling up like a wimpy southerner
2] being cold