Adisa McKenzie

I don’t know why this just came to mind but since it did, I thought I’d share. When I was in high school, junior year, I found a voice activated tape recorder. I realized very quickly that I could capture any loud noise at the very beginning of the tape thus making playback easy as I would not have to search for it. In fact, with that noise at the beginning of the tape I could operate the playback without even looking at the device. So I went to one of my classes early and hid the recorder above a cabinet located near the school P.A. speakers. When the bell to get to class went off, it was recorded right at the beginning of the tape. At some point during class, I retrieved the device and played it back 5 minutes early. The thing was so loud that the teacher really did think it was the end of class and let us go. Students around me could tell it came from me but everyone left anyway. I did that trick for each remaining class that day. I actually used the time to get over to the class of this girl I liked and walk with her to her classes. I thought I was being smooth but she no doubt thought I was creepy. I guess I kind of was. I used to do strange things in high school–like during my senior year, instead of the socially acceptable Jordan’s or other cool shoes, I opted for $9 Velcro kicks from Walmart. I also used to sit in a small foldable beach chair in some of my classes. Later on, that kind of behavior got me in pretty good with the ladies. I would tell them stories and they would say how much they would have liked me in school. Those ladies were not at my school that’s for sure. Small suburbs often have a smaller range of acceptable behavior. The other day I walked to yoga with a light blue yoga mat wearing a t-shirt, sweat shorts, black business socks and dress shoes and no one turned their nose up. The big city. In fact, if I were single, I could probably “pull” a girl in that outfit, but then again game is a lot tighter as an adult.