Don’t know if you caught my friend Leslie’s comment on the previous post. Anyway, here is the photo.
So here we are, circa 1983. Les on the left, me in the middle, and John on the right. May I point out:
1. My pin-striped jeans? SO early eighties. They probably came halfway up my ribcage.
2. Above my head you can see part of a poster of The Who.
3. Above that poster is a photo of John Entwistle and his french horn.
4. My favorite detail: also on the wall, to the right of Entwistle, is a poster for our high school production of The Music Man. Les and I were both in the pit orchestra for that show.
5. This photo was taken by Leslie & John’s dad, who is a professional photographer.
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I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that Leslie still had the drawing, too. After all, she is a librarian, so archives and stuff are right up her alley. Anyway, as she said in the comment, I drew this picture when she was about to go on a first date, which was to see The Kids Are Alright. Can you tell? His thought balloon contains a heart and her thought balloon contains the lyrics to “Happy Jack.” I don’t remember drawing this, but I must confess I think it’s pretty damn funny. And may I point out her pea jacket? We were all wearing pea jackets in those days. I was so in love with my pea jacket.
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Last but definitely not least, here is Sappho (The Cat Who Was Pete) in all her glory. Twenty-some years later and I’m still grieving. And she wasn’t even my cat.
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I can’t believe you’re posting it either, but I’m happy about it. That is such a fab photo. i wish I had photos that cool of me!
Oh these are great. I thought you were on the left and Leslie in the middle based on what I could see of faces. You will have to make the sucked-in-cheeks face for me sometime…
Beautiful photo of Sappho.
And your drawing makes me want to haul out the “Guess Who Gallery.” This is a collection of photos that high school friends and I would draw of each other, highlighting faux pas(es?) and idiosyncrasies, with the same tag line — “Guess who?” — underneath. For example, I am to this day a profuse armpit sweater. So there is a photo of a girl with rivers of water running out from under her shirt, big pit stains, and “Guess Who?” underneath. I’ll see if I can find one to share.
Clearly yours would’ve fit in the collection had we been at the same school.
That photo is one for the ages! And Saphho, the cat who was Pete, seems unbelievably wise *and* demure.
Why is it that photos always look fantastic in B&W??
Great photo! I had pinstripe jeans in the 80s too. I loved those jeans :)
The photo of Sappho is beautiful.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
Everyone else is asleep here; thank goodness my rubber room, I mean my den office, is behind closed doors because I am laughing outloud!
My family won’t allow this professional photographer to post those candid photos.
Seriously, love your drawing. I’m a sentimental sap who also saves things…
Your cat is a sweetie! I love to photgraph and draw/paint pets.
So sorry I speed read too fast. Just read the post you linked to and realize this was not your cat. Glad you have a photo to remember Sapho by. Those of us animal people grieve like the lost Sapho was part of your family. At least that’s us, here.