Fall 2004

 

Dear Mrs. Staden and fellow classmates:

 

            I never really know what to say about myself in these letters. You would think that by my senior year in high school I would have finally started to save my letters for next year’s use, but things happen, times change, and I am lazy. “But Tommy!” you are saying to yourselves, “Tommy, if you’re so lazy, wouldn’t saving your papers eventually mean less work overall?” To this question I have no answer. When I say I have no answer, what I mean is “Mind your own business. Trust me, I’m lazy.”

 

            As I was saying, I never really know what to put in these letters, so I’m going to simply fall back onto the same technique I always end up using. This means I’m going to ramble on about my pets, my history, my family, and my interests. Your job during my presentation is to act like you really want to know my pet’s names and colors. Between you and me though, not even I care all that much about those ruddy birds.

           

            I was born in St. Louis, which is a city across the river from Edwardsville. You may remember it is that city with the arch that everyone makes a big deal about. I was born on January 4^th while my mom watched “The Fall Guy”, a sitcom about a bounty hunter who runs around beating people up. I attribute this to why I am such a tough guy now. Just a side note, my older sister, Katie, was birthed during “The Beverly Hillbillies”. You can make your own conclusions. Apart from Katie, I have three siblings named Anne, Michael, and Hannah, all of whom are 11 years old. Those of you semi-conscious will realize this makes them triplets. Those of you fully unconscious will simply have to go on wondering how on earth three siblings could be the same age. We won’t bother you.

           

            When I’m not spending time avoiding my family at home, I’m passing the hours here at the high school in our scene shop for drama. When math team starts I’ll go into the tryouts for that, and until then I suppose I’ll continue my math training which involves a lot of mountain dew and television. I spend my evenings at my job, programming for an independent stock research firm of which I make up 1/5^th of the employees. That’s all fancy talk that basically means I sit on a computer in a basement and occasionally ask for money. Speaking of sitting on a computer in a basement; that is my most common activity because I live in the basement of our house, and I am fortunate enough to own a computer where I can sit. My favorite computer activities include chatting on AIM (an acronym for America Online Instant Messenger), playing online multiplayer games, and answering questions sent to my website in a humorous manor.

           

            Well, that’s about all the time or paper that I’m willing to spend on this letter. So, until the next time I come up here and talk about something that you really don’t have any interest in learning about, I will see you in class and I am sure we are going to have a good year.

Dreading-the-research-paper-ly yours,

Tommy