1989

1989
Stroudsburg, PA

My age: 32-33

My House- I rented a three bedroom house in town.  I loved this house mostly on snow days because I could walk to the local bar, spend the whole damn day there and then waddle home with no worry about the snow and the roads.

Work-  I was an assistant principal at Stroudsburg High School, PA.  We had 1300 students and the community was changing from a predominantly WASP population to some other European groups and a few African Americans.  The transition was a struggle for both sides.  I loved the responsibility of my new job.

Music

• Duran Duran
• Paul McCartney- he is still singing.
• Phil Collins
• Prince- he died too young.
• Madonna- her music seemed so edgy at the time but now it seems so pop.
• Erasure
• The Bangles
• Cher
• REM- I liked this group.
• Depeche Mode
• Paula Abdul- We haven't heard much from her in many years.
• Garth Brooks
• Elvis Costello- the older I get, the more I like him.

Movies

• Indian Jones- action packed.
• Driving Miss Daisey- this movie had social commentary
• Parenthood- a silly movie
• Dead Poets Society- a moving movie
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids- a illy movie
• My Left Foot- a profound movie
• When Harry Met Sally- a mindless movie

Books

• The Joy Luck Club
• Like Water for Chocolate
• The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town USA
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• A Year in Provence

Travels

• California
• Long Beach Island, NJ
• NYC
• Reston, VA

News events

• The Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran died and the whole world sighed with relief.
• Students protest in Tienanmen Square in China. It was horrible to watch.
• Poland has free elections for the first time in years.
• The Berlin Wall is taken down and the people of Berlin are free to travel outside their small world.
• George Bush Sr wins the presidential election.
• A 4,400 year old mummy was discovered in Egypt.The Exxon Valdez killed over 240,000 barrels of oil in the Prince William Sound in Alaska.
• Nintendo released Game Boy. And to date, I have never played this game.
• Microsoft Office was released to the general public. This was a game changer in the word processing world.
• The Simpsons aired its first episode. And to date, I have never watched this show.

Family and friends

• My brother, Jim, moved to Reston, VA.
• My sister, Kathy, delivers her last son, Quentin.
• I got a new car, a silver Renault. It costed a fortune to maintain.
• I rented a house with three bedrooms.  I had lots of room.