Vines High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Plano, TX)

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-lm T nsecuriiyl is aiibal sic parl of life, al- though by noi, a wanled oneg As a re- sull, people combai lhis disease wilh lrinkeis, bobbles, and blankels. There are people who sliil have security blankels, like Linus from Peanuts. These proleclive blankets range from' fluffy Winnie-'rhe+ Pooh To agsmall, blues flannel rag. Most people who slill have securily -blankels have noiiced Thai il now only reaches from The belly bullon lo lhe knees. Animals can give a sense 1 of courage and well-being. Peo- ple allen carry 'ilucky '7rabbi'rs' feel Qwhich probably were enflf lucky enough for The rabbilg Everyone has, had a wleddy bear once in his life. Now, oldfieddy's fur is worn down, parl of his ear is gone, and he has a grape juice slain on his Iefl shoul- der. Slill, when one is around him, his en- couraging voice can yei be heard saying, Tell Them aboulylhe lrashecl car. They won'l hurl you - much , is i 'All people, young and old, small and big, have insecurilies, bul They also have Their c 'rinsecuriiy busi- er. Maybe some- day, insleod of wear-i vingia red cape, Su- perman will aon a blue Qblankel. s rHEv'RE AFTER lVlE!c 181

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very sTuclenT here oT Vines knows ThoT summer meons The End Of School. To geT reody for This fesTive porTy of free- dom. mony meosures ore Token. So The old boThing suiT cloesn'T fiT onymore? iT's Time for dieT! Yes, leTTuce ond corroTs for The nexT Three monThs. Exercise unTil every muscle is in o vegeToTive como. No more couch poToTo- ing in fronT of The Tube. NoT only do people wonT To lose weighT. They wonT To goin color. CoTching some roys hos become o noTionol posTime. Tonning so- Ions ore IocoTed ev- erywhere for your convenience. Go in looking like o ghosT: come ouT looking like o piece of burnT ToosT! All The work hos been done. ond iT's Time To hiT The beoches. UnforTu- noTely. by The Time your Ton is jusT ThoT shorT of being foTol. foil hos orrivecl. burning s l in -mf' 'XLT Kiwi! El, ww fd? 5 Mg, fi PM Q r'-i' 1 '42 -. I'

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GRUWING ULD GRACELESSLY , vauua AT HEART DEAD AT Muvv irthdays, those annual festivals celebrating the eventual coming of inner peace and social security, seem to bring nothing more than zits at this stage in the game. I know what you're thinking - lf time's an illusion, why aren't I eighteen? Well, we can't answer that one, but we can ask another! At what age does the magic of that simple party paraphanalia disappear? The silly hats, the chocolate cake, the melted ice cream, and those little things that you blow through to make a sound similar to ducks calling on a midsummer's afternoon after eating a large bowl of pasta somehow seem to lose their magic CWell, New Year's may be an exceptionj. These fun diddles are replaced after puberty by more mature and intelligent things. Instead of having a party at McDonald's at which everyone tries to throw straws into a cup to win a free box of cardboard cookies, birthday time is spent at Chuck E. Cheese's pushing little children off moving rides onto a tile floor covered with pizza sauce and Coke. But all good things in their time must pass - so must zits. More complex problems evolve. Taxes, wrinkles, hair loss, and employment for lack of ith are just a few of them. The least attractive of these is, ofcourse, taxes. Clsn't it great to live in a free country? Good enough to pay for, I think.5 You can't hide, you can't rung they will find you. The inevitability of birthdays is there, but why should one worry? Birthdays are only symbolic, for age comes in the mind, not the body. But then a burning question is raised: lf wisdom comes with age, how come many old people are senile? fps 5 stsss fl ss SSC. Q ...J D- if 9l'1yOUWlS lJpOl'l3C3l'l G i., V l. ,X 'WU' caught atMcD's on his birthday. T ' i T - , I . ,,,,, ' 2 L - l u um W