I was looking through my seventh grade yearbook and came across this inscription from James.
From the looks of it, he originally thought he was writing in Wendy's yearbook.
When he realized his mistake, he quite resourcefully crossed out her name and replaced it with mine ...then he crossed out that whole "I think you are a total BABE!" bit.
He could have made a tad more of an effort. At least he still wanted me to have a "rad summer!"
Go to "Sincerely 'Fro Me to You!" at We are THAT Family, where bloggers can post their (preferably embarrassing) stories from the past.
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That is the funniest thing I have ever seen. Ever. He must've been a very confident boy . . . . he could have at least scratched it out to the point you couldn't READ it!! Thanks for the late night laugh!
Posted by: Cheri | September 03, 2008 at 10:50 PM
Ahh, I'm sorry that was probably a bummer when you first saw it, but to look back on it it's rather funny! At least he still loved you, even if he didn't find you a total babe!
Posted by: Amber | September 04, 2008 at 12:01 AM
That is frickin' hilarious. Guys are clueless.
Posted by: Debs | September 04, 2008 at 12:09 AM
He so really wanted you to know that your were not only rad but a Total BABE! Very funny. Remember Do you want to go out circle yes or no...
Posted by: Happy Mommy | September 04, 2008 at 04:11 AM
Too funny! Needed some white out!
My Fro Post is There is a snake on my foot! http://anapronaday.blogspot.com/2008/09/tale-of-two-leopard-spotted-shoes.html
Posted by: The Apron Queen | September 04, 2008 at 05:46 AM
Do you remember the old country song "Somebody's gonna give you back what you've been givin' and I hope that I'm around... To watch 'em knock you down.."
I wish that for you. What a turkey old James Cox was.
And I bet you were and are a TOTAL Babe.
Jen
Posted by: jennifer | September 04, 2008 at 06:05 AM
What a tool.
Posted by: Doug L. | September 04, 2008 at 07:36 AM
Sue it is in Northern Virginia all the way across the country. With Disney in your neck of the woods you would be very disappointed with Paramount Kings Dominion.
Posted by: Happy Mommy | September 04, 2008 at 07:55 AM
I so remember all the now embarrasing things we wrote on yearbooks & notebooks. Great idea for this.
Posted by: Amy | September 04, 2008 at 08:12 AM
This is priceless. I went to an all girls' school. No boys wished me a rad summer in my yearbooks. Bummer.
Posted by: Mental P Mama | September 04, 2008 at 08:33 AM
Oh, my gosh! That is hilarious and so sad for your preteen self!
Posted by: We are THAT family | September 04, 2008 at 09:23 AM
I wonder what old Jimmy Cox is up to now? Do you think he is still a tool?
Posted by: Andrea | September 04, 2008 at 09:34 AM
That is too funny. Pleeeeeaaassse tell me you have googled ol' James Cox. Facebook? Linkedin?...Come on.....I gotta know what he is up to..or at the least know if he ever got it on with Wendy. Besides you could send him a link to this. For REVENGE (oh I mean FUN)
:)
Posted by: Marcy Massura-The Glamorous Life | September 04, 2008 at 09:43 AM
I desperately, DESPERATELY want James Cox to read your blog. Right now. Rad.
Posted by: Nannette Spencer | September 04, 2008 at 09:51 AM
He at least could have marked it out better, and maybe started it again on another page. Adolescent guys have no common sense. :)
Posted by: Valarie Lea | September 04, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Oh my gosh...BOYS!!! They have no couth! (I think I spelled that right!)
Posted by: Kimberly | September 04, 2008 at 10:36 AM
Oh my gosh - That would have horrified my teen self and I would have obsessed over it forever!!!! Really you need to find James Cox and send that to him!
Posted by: Marie Sackett | September 04, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Ouch. I had one that misspelled a word, "You are so sweat" Great.
Hope you had a rad summer.
Posted by: Crayl | September 04, 2008 at 11:41 AM
"You're a total babe" is so ancient! Well, at least for my generation. Now people say "You're HOT." Personally, i think "babe" is more of a compliment ha.
Posted by: Amanda at Broughton Hospitality | September 04, 2008 at 02:08 PM
Best laugh I've had all week. I bet he's bald with a pot belly and hairy back now.
Posted by: Connie | September 04, 2008 at 03:41 PM
That is just too freakin' funny. I remember passing yearbook after yearbook around on the last days of school. It was always fun! And this just proves it.
Posted by: Tammy | September 04, 2008 at 04:15 PM
Wow, busy here today. Okay, I am not going to slam this poor guy because I am SURE I have done the same thing somewhere in my past. Probably worse. I think he thought you were a babe and didn't want you to know. If a guy REALLY thinks U R a babe he wouldn't write it in your yearbook.
Posted by: Nat | September 04, 2008 at 05:02 PM
Definitely the funniest SFMTO post of the week!!! Do you get an award for that? If so, I'm sure it's rad.
Posted by: Tonggu Momma | September 04, 2008 at 05:49 PM
Oh rats, I think my comment was deleted!
At any rate, your post is HILARIOUS!!!!!
Posted by: Muthering Heights | September 04, 2008 at 08:29 PM
I HOPE this GUY has a GOOGLE ALERT on his name...
Posted by: anonymous | September 04, 2008 at 08:51 PM