This woman who looks like Renee Zellweger just walked by! There's also this fairly attractive oldish woman (maybe late 40s, early 50s) in the lobby with really pretty black and silver hair -- I bet she was really hot when she wore a younger woman's clothes. And on that note...

In the process of searching in vain for an old Muppet Babies Gonzo Happy Meal toy to star in the Scary-Crayon Muppets in Oz review, I came across some old photos of myself in younger days, among which were some of the shots used in my middle school yearbook. I'd forgotten I had these, and I don't at all remember how I got them, though given the fact that some of them feature some of the girls who were thought to be the hottest in the school with me nowhere in sight, I'm thinking I must've traded something pretty awesome for them.

Anyway, the photo above is of me at a middle school dance. The girl was more/less part of our little lunchtime clique back then, though I don't recall having any classes with her. Thinking about it now (and to be honest with you, I probably picked up on it a little then), it's possible that she had a slight crush on me, given that she'd seek me out at dances and give me food at lunch and stuff. (Since I got no allowance, I used to save my lunch money -- which means that I went hungry more often than not!) But she'd previously "gone" with another member of the crew -- and not the brightest dude, either; this guy used to fail open-book true/false tests -- so asking her out would've involved more ridicule than I would've been willing to bear for her sake! Besides, I was one of her most vocal critics (which was probably indicative of a certain affection on my end, since I did think she was kinda cute, but still...) and, if I recall correctly, her parents were hella racist. But I wonder what things would've been like if I had gone out with her. She had something of a reputation for being fast, so who knows... I could've been doing construction work and living in a trailer with a wife and an eight-year-old daughter by now.

Glad I'm not, but I'd sure like to meet the Wes of that universe to compare life stories.