Comments on: Total Humilation on the Roller Rink, circa 1984 http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/rollerskate It May Be Suburbia, But It's A JUNGLE Out There... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:11:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Patty Mooney http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/rollerskate/comment-page-1#comment-10561 Patty Mooney Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:13:16 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=332#comment-10561 Pretty gotdarn funny. It always happens when you're an amazingly sensitive person who wants to look cool. You're going down, Baitch! :) Pretty gotdarn funny. It always happens when you’re an amazingly sensitive person who wants to look cool. You’re going down, Baitch!
:)

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]]> By: Matt Willard http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/rollerskate/comment-page-1#comment-7164 Matt Willard Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:15:37 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=332#comment-7164 I am highly trained in Skate Fu and I probably would have shown that guy how the floor looks after you do a 360 degree flip only to land gut-first on my mighty roller skates. Yes, my childhood memories are bitter as well. I am highly trained in Skate Fu and I probably would have shown that guy how the floor looks after you do a 360 degree flip only to land gut-first on my mighty roller skates.

Yes, my childhood memories are bitter as well.

]]> By: Karen Baitch Rosenberg http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/rollerskate/comment-page-1#comment-7154 Karen Baitch Rosenberg Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:04:08 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=332#comment-7154 You had me at "my dad skated with me." Very funny ~ You had me at “my dad skated with me.” Very funny ~

]]> By: Jamie http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/rollerskate/comment-page-1#comment-7038 Jamie Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:40:34 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=332#comment-7038 Never in New Hampshire as we ice skated 10 months out of the year...but Sadie Hawkins rings a bell (oh please, oh please...say yes!) Cute, as always...and I actually felt like I was there watching! Never in New Hampshire as we ice skated 10 months out of the year…but Sadie Hawkins rings a bell (oh please, oh please…say yes!) Cute, as always…and I actually felt like I was there watching!

]]> By: Becky Miller http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/rollerskate/comment-page-1#comment-7031 Becky Miller Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:09:56 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=332#comment-7031 Thanks for sharing such a well-written story! Actually, I saw on article on msnbc.com yesterday that talked about how the humiliating and embarrassing experiences are the ones that stay so long in our memories! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33588698/ns/health-behavior/ this is an update with a link to the original story - which is just to say - we're not alone! Thanks for sharing such a well-written story! Actually, I saw on article on msnbc.com yesterday that talked about how the humiliating and embarrassing experiences are the ones that stay so long in our memories! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33588698/ns/health-behavior/

this is an update with a link to the original story – which is just to say – we’re not alone!

]]> By: nancy schutt http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/rollerskate/comment-page-1#comment-6982 nancy schutt Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:26:26 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=332#comment-6982 How great! A woman with your talent SHOULD treasure the memories that keep you down here on the planet with the rest of us. Humility is to be cultivated! At the awards dinner in honor of your contributions to the world of language and humor, may you spill your creme brule on the Senior Editor's Armani suit. How great! A woman with your talent SHOULD treasure the memories that keep you down here on the planet with the rest of us. Humility is to be cultivated!
At the awards dinner in honor of your contributions to the world of language and humor, may you spill your creme brule on the Senior Editor’s Armani suit.

]]> By: Insanitykim http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/rollerskate/comment-page-1#comment-6957 Insanitykim Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:56:09 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=332#comment-6957 OK first off, Xanadu, one of my all time favorite movies. I think I am like, 100 years older than you or something but, you have good taste in movie pictures that generally relate to your posts... Second. Man, back in Alaska we didn't have any of this girl and couple skate stuff! Or, I was just waaaaaaaaaaay too dorky to even notice it, because I was jammin' out to "Funky Town" and "I Love Rock and Roll" and "We Got the Beat" in my roller skates with neon laces AND my matching sweater and leg warmers. I would have SOOOOO been there with you, being dissed by the cute older cool guy, slamming into walls... But hey, I just realized I put my shirt back on inside out last night at about 1 am so...take THAT stupid too-cool-for-kim guy! Dude...I just realized I need that bonus CD...going.to.Amazon.now. OK first off, Xanadu, one of my all time favorite movies. I think I am like, 100 years older than you or something but, you have good taste in movie pictures that generally relate to your posts…

Second. Man, back in Alaska we didn’t have any of this girl and couple skate stuff! Or, I was just waaaaaaaaaaay too dorky to even notice it, because I was jammin’ out to “Funky Town” and “I Love Rock and Roll” and “We Got the Beat” in my roller skates with neon laces AND my matching sweater and leg warmers. I would have SOOOOO been there with you, being dissed by the cute older cool guy, slamming into walls…

But hey, I just realized I put my shirt back on inside out last night at about 1 am so…take THAT stupid too-cool-for-kim guy!

Dude…I just realized I need that bonus CD…going.to.Amazon.now.

]]> By: rachy http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/rollerskate/comment-page-1#comment-6946 rachy Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:30:06 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=332#comment-6946 oh, jenny, so well written, it really brought back similar embarrassing moments in my life when i was young. i know exactly that heady elation thinking “yes, he’s really looking at me….he thinks i’m cute” and then in mere seconds that feeling in the pit of my stomach realizing “he didn’t mean it” capped off by the ultimate embarrassment of falling. i would have run home and stayed in my room alone for hours...no days! my pre-teen and teen years were filled with socially awkward and embarrassing moments, it really felt good to be an adult and leave it all behind. keep writing, jen, keep writing!!! oh, jenny, so well written, it really brought back similar embarrassing moments in my life when i was young. i know exactly that heady elation thinking “yes, he’s really looking at me….he thinks i’m cute” and then in mere seconds that feeling in the pit of my stomach realizing “he didn’t mean it” capped off by the ultimate embarrassment of falling. i would have run home and stayed in my room alone for hours…no days! my pre-teen and teen years were filled with socially awkward and embarrassing moments, it really felt good to be an adult and leave it all behind.

keep writing, jen, keep writing!!!

]]> By: julie http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/rollerskate/comment-page-1#comment-6930 julie Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:42:40 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=332#comment-6930 Hey Jenny, I couldn't help but laugh. Going to Skateland at 1pm on a Saturday was one of the highlights of my childhood. Thanks :) Hey Jenny,
I couldn’t help but laugh. Going to Skateland at 1pm on a Saturday was one of the highlights of my childhood.
Thanks :)

]]> By: Erik Deckers http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/rollerskate/comment-page-1#comment-6929 Erik Deckers Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:19:30 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=332#comment-6929 Hey Jenny, As promised, <a href="http://laughing-stalk.blogspot.com/2009/10/dangers-of-couples-skate.html" rel="nofollow">I wrote my column this week about kids' skating parties and my own days in elementary school</a>. I even wrote about your incident, thus insuring more people know about it. :-D Hey Jenny,

As promised, I wrote my column this week about kids’ skating parties and my own days in elementary school. I even wrote about your incident, thus insuring more people know about it. :-D

]]> By: Alison http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/rollerskate/comment-page-1#comment-6927 Alison Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:53:27 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=332#comment-6927 Love it Jenny, and very insightful! Always a great lesson, and always a phenomenal read! Can't wait to read the article, which I know you are going to get!!! Positive thoughts sister!!! Positive thoughts! And if you need anyone to taut your amazing wit, humor, and expertise you know I will! Love it Jenny, and very insightful! Always a great lesson, and always a phenomenal read! Can’t wait to read the article, which I know you are going to get!!! Positive thoughts sister!!! Positive thoughts! And if you need anyone to taut your amazing wit, humor, and expertise you know I will!

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