17 year-old Tami in an email to her boyfriend
I like Herbal Essence. I like cheap sunglasses. I hate the phrase “bone meal.” Power walkers kind of scare me. I like underarmor. I like getting my back scratched. I like coloring. If I was stuck on a spaceship for five years with five people, they would be: Shawn and Andrea, my third cousin Janna, Amber and you. Badminton frustrates me. I like cats. I like Dr. Pepper. If everything else in my life fails, I want to be a meteorologist. I like the Messiah. I like rollercoasters. I like watching people try to eat 6 saltines in a minute. I like having good hair days. I’ll always find “shuttlecock” a funny word, and I’ll always feel immature for it. I like caprisuns. I like Grape Kool-aid. I like giving people dead legs. I like listening to Christmas music all year. I like eating pie at Fairway Café on Saturdays. I would actually punch somebody in the face if they force fed me an egg salad sandwich. I like tubing on Lake Whatcom. I like oatmeal cream pies. I like it when I laugh really hard with Amber. I like beef jerky. I didn’t even know what the twin towers were before Sept. 11, but I acted all “NO WAY!” when it happened. I like wavepools and waterslides. Some mornings, I wonder what Stacy and Clinton would say to me. I judge people too much. I want to know what happened to Amelia Earheart. I like playing softball games under the lights at night. I like drinking water from the hose during summer. I like croquet. I think CRWRC is a fun acronym to say. I like watching jeopordy. I like eating jell-o. I think John Steinback is great. I like new towels. I think you are outrageously handsome. My pin number is 8717. I think boat shoes are funny. I like Kramer. I like haystack rock. I hate the wallpaper in Subway. Olan Mills makes crappy church directories. I want to attend Hogwarts, even though magic is “evil.” I like fruit snacks, especially from Target. I like staying up really late and talking on the phone. Ms. Posthuma smelled like a bath. I like grocery shopping. I like watching bloopers from Major League Baseball.
