Roller Boogie

Since I have known DG, he has regaled me with stories of his "glory days", having huge parties at his house where his band played, getting busted drinking beer under the bridge at age 14, and how he got his first pair of roller skates and proceeded to get some mad skillz and go to the rink all through his teens.

Since I did not peak until my early 20's, I only have memories of one roller skating experience that happened when I lived in Bangor, ME. I was probably in 6th grade and my best friend was being courted by the 'popular' girls. They were all going roller skating one night and I was invited by proxy. It was a dream night, as a popular boy from our class, BJ Raymond offered to buy me a coke. I just about peed myself in excitement. So innocent, yet dramatic enough for me to remember 24 years later.

While we were away this week-end at Snow Mountain Ranch, we all headed to the rec center to make a feeble attempt to recreate our past while donning skates, all the while trying not to take a digger and break any bones.

Here's DG lacing up:


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