April
1, 1981
(10
years old)
Today
Lance
kissed me. Ha. Ha! April Fools!
April
1, 1982
(11 years old)
We're
getting out of school early this year! April Fools!
April
1, 1983
(12 years old)
We had
a real blizzard. About 2 feet! I can't wait to go sledding. Oh, by the
way, April Fools!
April
1, 1984
(13 years old)
I got
brave and called
Lance on the phone. He answered, "Hi." "Hi. Is this
Lance?" "Yes." "This is Alice. I called to ask you
if you know when the next dance is." "Sometime in April."
"Thanks." I nearly died. Oh, by the way, April Fool!!!
April
1, 1985
(14 years old)
Today
was the best day of my life. First, on the way to geometry I dropped
my data center, spilling all the papers. Jan
picked them up for me and took them to geometry. On the way to biology
we held hands. He gave me his silver cross neclace and said he loved
me. Guess what else?
IT'S APRIL
FOOLS DAY, YOU FOOL!
April
1, 1986
(15 years old)
Today
Cory
Weaver called me and begged me to come back to him. He really sounded
pitiful, wailing and crying. I felt really sorry for him, so to put
him out of his misery I told him the only thing I could think of, "April
Fools!" Ha ha! You've been tricked again! None of that hogwash
ever happened. Yet.
April
1, 1987
(16 years old)
Workers
have been busy at the bridge site since
it first collapsed. They examined the piers and discovered that
they could re-raise the span that fell.
Andy,
Beth and I watched them working from the railroad bridge. We walked
down early in the morning and crossed to the second bridge.
All through
the morning and the afternoon they put up cables and moved machines
around. At lunchtime we all left for an hour and came back.
Photographers
were wandering around taking pics of the work progress. Skycam 16 flew
over a few times to get footage.
By now
a regular crowd of people was walking on and off the railroad bridge.
A few times it shook so much I thought it would collapse.
Gradually,
they lifted the span from the river. Machines pulled and cables tightened
as they worked to get it higher.
When the
span was level with the rest of the bridge, a few welders arrived to
bolt and secure it. Cameras flashed, and a plane flew overhead with
a message that read "APRIL FOOLS!"
Guess
what? None of that ever happened. The pier of the still-standing bridge
is too unstable, and it leans to the side. They are never going to repair
our bridge. Right now they are concentrating on the construction of
the new bride, which was already in progress when the old one fell.
Ha!
April
1, 1988
(17 years old)
School
was gross today. We got scads of homework and the fire alarm rang three
times. I have five assignments over the weekend...
April
Fools! Actually, we had today off for Easter.
April
1, 1989
(18 years old)
I wish
this were a joke. Seems that Jim
Whitehead, a guy who went to Milton High School, has posted a homophobic
message in Netnews, and he's having his account suspended. They're going
to see if they can do anything else to him or if he's protected by the
freedom of speech clause. Aiee.
April
1, 1990
(19 years old)
I worked
in the dining hall.
Tonight
was the Rubber
Chicken.
This was
the most exciting day of my life.
APRIL
FOOL.