Crushes (from an older main list post)

[Jennifer Piersol]

It always seems that when I go out for the day, OT-Chatter fills up, 
yet when I have to stay at home all day with the little tyke, maybe 4 
messages are added.  Hmphf.

Crushes.  Well... I've had a few... mostly on classmates (Todd from 
elementary school (now a salesman), Brian from high school (crushed 
on him for almost 3 years, then finally worked up the nerve to give 
him my yearbook my sophomore year the day after I got it, he asked if 
he could take it home, I said yes with dreams of a page-long love 
letter, and he didn't give it back until the NEXT FALL.  And he 
DIDN'T write in it AT ALL, but he DID put little arrows by all my 
pictures.  JERK!) and teachers (I confess, I had a thing for music 
teachers from Honor Band).

My first "star" crush was (believe it or not) Paul Reiser when he was 
on "My Two Dads".  It's a little embarrassing for me now looking back 
(I didn't even go for the "hunky" dad), but having a crush on Brian 
is more so.  I can only imagine how bored my father was by this show, 
but he was very understanding.  Lovely man, my dad.

I can only thank the powers that be that I escaped having any sort of 
crush on any of the New Kids on the Block.  I remember being 
disgusted during a home ec class when I was in high school, hearing a 
couple of girls (whom I still consider VERY intelligent... one of 
them went to grad school at Harvard) going to one of their concerts 
in Fresno and "almost fainting".  Although I also (blushingly) 
remember thinking that the oldest one was decent-looking.

Hmmm... this is longer than I thought it'd be.

Jen (and I know you can guess my age to within 3 years by dropping 
that New Kids reference)