Really, Kim? Really???

Do you ever look back on something you did and go, seriously, did I really?

Yeah, I had one of those moments when I was digging through the box-oā€™-memories I unearthed from my garage. So, instead of sharing one of my ghastly high school poems, Iā€™m gonna share something even more embarrassingā€¦

A note I wroteā€¦


to myselfā€¦


in my own yearbook.

Oh yes I did!

The year: 1985. And apparently I was too cool for school. Or at least I thought I was because I penned this impressive little message telling myself as much.





My favorite part: That I felt the need to share my own phone number. With myself.

(Maybe I thought Iā€™d forget it. Or maybe I just thought I was frickinā€™ hilariousā€¦WOW!)

Comments

Reverie saidā€¦
LMAO!!!!! that is awesome! why didnt i think of that. especially seeing as i got 5 signatures in my yearbooks!
Bookie saidā€¦
LOL You were just giving yourself a little confidence boost. =)
Lena1xoxo saidā€¦
OMG! HAHAHAHA! That's TOO funny! I love the phone number part. Maybe you can call your past self and tell her how awesome The Body Finder is :D
Ellz saidā€¦
LOL- at least you had a positive self image!

BTW...Still working for the street team, chatting up Body Finder whenever possible!
Mindi Scott saidā€¦
OH MY GOSH. That is hilarious, Kim!
Amy saidā€¦
Cute! I don't even own my year books any more :( Lost them in one of my many moves! Thanks for sharing!
JEM saidā€¦
Are you sure you don't have a split personality? Because that's pretty good.

Also: what would happen if I were to call that number today? Not that I will, because that's weird, but I like to know these things.
Kristi Faith saidā€¦
How hilarious and totally awesome. LOL At least you kept yourself held in high opinion. :0)
Lenore Appelhans saidā€¦
You're pretty!

I stooped pretty low (as one of the editors of the yearbook, I made sure I was on the most pages) but not so low as to sign my own yearbook!!

Love your handwriting too!

:)
Violet saidā€¦
Haha! That is too funny! Sharing your phone number with yourself has to be the best part! :)
lisa and laura saidā€¦
OMG, this just totally made my day. I'm filing this in my head as "shit you just can't make up." Seriously. You need to have a character do this in your next book.
GreenBeanTeenQueen saidā€¦
That's hilarious! I don't know that I ever signed my own yearbook, but I might have to go back and check. My friends and I would have that was incredibly funny. One friend and I signed our yearbooks as Anne and Diana from Anne of Green Gables-in full character!
Angelique saidā€¦
Lol, oh my, that was great!!
I SO think 15 year old you should be a character in a book!
Heidi Willis saidā€¦
Did JOAN RIVERS sign your yearbook??

What I love is that the message is totally generic - the kind of thing everyone writes. Maybe you were spoofing?
Kimberly Derting saidā€¦
Lenore - I almost explained the handwriting, since I "stole" it from another girl. I LOVED her handwriting so much that I practiced and practiced until I had it down pat. It was my first brush with forgery!

GBTQ - I love that you signed yours "in character"! That rocks!!!

Heidi - Even though I know I was joking, it's still over-the-top ridiculous!
Kimberly Derting saidā€¦
And, Elie, YAY Street Team!!!!!!!
Katie Anderson saidā€¦
THIS IS HILARIOUS!!!!!!
Elizabeth Briggs saidā€¦
This is hilarious. I need to go dig up my high school yearbooks now.
Ann Marie Wraight saidā€¦
Hi Kimberly!

Just became a follower after reading your FAB interview over at Shelli's!

Nice message!! Ha Ha!
You know that they have medication for that type of problem now - right? ....Hey...get down off the wall - NOW!

Whadaya mean you're phoning...yourself!?! Er, maybe I won't have time to follow you after all...gulp...
Rebs @ Book-Rants saidā€¦
Just thought I'd stop by and say I just finished reading The Body Finder and it was excellent.
My only question is when will the synopsis of Desires of the Dead be out!
Tam and John saidā€¦
You never cease to kill me...God I wish I had thought of that. You're awesome!