My life in the Groovy

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My life in the Groovy 60s

• Kris Balasz
• 9th grade English

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Time to wake up!

• We had to get up early today because we are
  driving into the city

We took my moms new VW bug!
Here is a cool site to go to about the history of
the VW bug.
http//www.davealvin.com/vwpix.html
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We had to get to the city early because we were
going to a peace rally.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/ hi/in_pictures/3858023.stm

• www.american.edu/ cas/alumni/history_4.html

There were a lot of cops around and they hauled
off a bunch of people. My mom gave us bandanas
in case they threw tear gas.
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My friend Marcia cant hang around me
anymore because her parents say that my parents
are lefties.I asked my parents why they are
so against the war and they said that we have no
business being in Vietnam. I think that they
are worried about my brother being drafted next
year

• If you want to know more about Vietnam and the
  draft you can check out these cool web sites.
• http//www.vwam.com/vets/hisintro.html
• http//www.sss.gov/lotter1.htm

www.stripes.com/ 01/oct01/ed100201b.html
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On the way back from the city my parents were
groovin to the music.

• It is so funny to have your parents like the same
  music that you do!
• We are all into Jimmy Hendricks, Peter, Paul and
  Mary and Bob Dylan

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We stopped for lunch at this cool vegetarian
restaurant in Georgetown on the way home.

• We were celebrating my moms new job. It will be
  kinda weird to have my mom working but she says
  that it is the new thing. She says that I should
  start thinking about what I want to be when I
  grow up. I told her that I wanted to be a Mom
  and she got mad at me.

She gave me a copy of the new book that she is
reading
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My mom told me that I should be thrilled that she
will be working because we will a lot more money
now.

• I asked her if she would make the same amount of
  money that my dad makes.
• She said NO and said that it was really unfair.

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When we got home my brother was there with a
bunch of his friends.
homepages.ius.edu/LDEATON/ tie-dye20shirts.JPG

• There were shirts hanging everywhere. I had
  never seen tie-dye before. My brother said it
  was the cool thing to wear.

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I called up one of my friends and we got together
to make some eight-track tapes.

• I got a groovy tape player for my birthday and I
  cant wait to use it.

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My friend Kathy and I went downtown to buy a new
album.

• I had to spend 2.99 at the local store to get an
  album. That was 6 hours of babysitting!
• We stopped to get a hamburger at the drugstore.
  Im so glad those things are only .50.

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When we got home my mom was typing up a letter
on her new typewriter.

• I hope that she lets me use it someday. I love
  the sound of the keys tapping away.
• My girlfriend said that her mom has had a
  typewriter for over a year. They have a color TV
  too so it figures that they would have a
  typewriter.

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We wanted to watch something on the TV but my mom
was watching her soap opera.
www.utterwonder.com/ archives/2003_09.html

• My friend says that they might get a second TV in
  their house. It figures!

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My mom asked if we minded eating TV dinners while
she and dad went out to a party. Is she
kidding??

• They take a long time to cook but they are so
  cool. Im going to have the Salisbury steak
  dinner!

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My mom and dad are so weird. They are going to a
fondue party.
www.ryter.biz/fondue.htm

• They said that they are going to dip a bunch of
  food into a pot of hot cheese. WEIRD!

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After we ate dinner my girlfriend and I made some
really far out necklaces.
www.peaceplease.com/ de_rainbow.html

• Our teachers are going to freak out when they see
  these. They cant stand the long hair on the boys
  and the hip huggers on the girls. They are so
  square!

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Time for bed!

• I cant wait to go to sleep. My dad got me a
  hammock to sleep in. He said that he found it in
  New York City and that lots of people sleep in it
  rather than a bed. My parents are so hip!

www.cs.virginia.edu/ cj9r/hammock-in-graphics