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July 28, 2004

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Pete 84

Filed under: Imported

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at July 28, 2004 3:26 PM

I Hate 1984: The Wanda Letters

Filed under: Imported

The object of her affection: me (with zit) in '84.

"Wanda" wasn't her real name, but that was how she signed her notes. She was my first girlfriend, though we didn't so much as tongue kiss. Mostly we flirted and passed notes between 8th and 9th grade. Toward the end, a boy with darker skin than hers came up to her and said something like, "Quit trying to act white." I sort of held her back, worrying he would kick my ass. The incident is alluded to in later notes, soon to be transcribed here (I'll do one every day). Wanda was cool. She has kids now and I hope she'll forgive me for publishing these, though she was already a great writer...

I Hate 1984: The Box Set

Bonus to the "I Hate 1984" spectacular in today's City Pages: Here's the complete online series that inspired it. Regulars at this blog should check out the paper for new embarrassing photos (Brad's is awesome; that's actually me in '85; see above for '84) and two new essays: Corey Anderson on the "Where's the beef?" lady, and Beth Hawkins on the minivan. I never really expected to have my stuff appear in the paper at all (notice I misspelled Oscar Mayer) so I'm a little mortified, but fuck it. Enjoy!

'I Hate 1984': an Introduction by Peter S. Scholtes

'The Terminator' by Joseph Golden

Van Halen's '1984' by G.R. Anderson, Jr.

'V: The Final Conflict' by Stephanie Carver

Run-DMC's First Album by Nate Patrin

The Minutemen's 'Double Nickels' by Brad Zellar

My First Macintosh by James Bryant MacTavish

Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo by Kate Silver

Being Five Years Old by Lars J. Larson

'Stop Making Sense' by Chuck Tomlinson

Reading Orwell's '1984' by Dara Moskowitz

Burning the Year onto CDs by Michaelangelo Matos