1987-8: Year of the Jared

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One of my duties at work is to go through all the lab rosters in the first day of class and call roll. Thus, I get a decent feel for the sorts of names that are common in that cohort.

This year, it's Jared. Or Jarod. Or Jerod. Or Jerrod. Or Jarred. Or Jerrad. I've seen all of these. In one class, due to a fluke of alphabetical ordering, there was a Jarod, a Jared and a Jerod all in a row on the roster. Haven't seen something like that since I was a TA for a summer course in 1992, when I had three Tamicas (Tamica, Tamika, Tamiqua) in one class.

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Oh, of the 30 guys in my grade all through 1-8 (Catholic school), there were four other Davids besides me. 1970 was Year of the Dave. There were 2-3 Chrisses, too. Unimaginative WASC neighborhood. But at least everyone spelled David or Chris the same way. :)

P.S. I got The Stuff in the mail yesterday. (ooh, cryptic)

[redneckgaijin.livejournal.com]

The Stuff? Don't eat it! DON'T EAT IT!!

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Pretty colors....

[redneckgaijin.livejournal.com]

Not exactly what I meant.

There's a schlock horror movie from the 80s called "The Stuff," about an ice-cream like confectionery originating from a meteorite. The movie blurb kind of says it all: "First you eat it; then IT EATS YOU!"

For various reasons I had to sit through that damn movie three times during my childhood, and though I hated every minute, bits stick in the memory.

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The 31 Flavours Out Of Space, in other words. :)