Jason's parents are moving and, in their efforts to clear out their closets of their children's belongings, we have been getting a lot of crap (Yes, crap.) that belonged to Jason back in the day. Most of it is useless and old and will now add more garbage to our own closets, but one thing did make me laugh: Jason's old yearbooks! I never realized how telling the notes people leave on yearbooks could be. Here are some comments that his friends and acquaintances wrote in his yearbook. The common themes were:

1. "Stop studying."
2. "Thank you for helping me in __________" (Fill in the blank with any subject of choice.)
3. "You will make it to Harvard one day." (Written by someone when Jason was a freshman.)
4. "When you make a million dollars one of these days, I will work for you." (Why the hell would someone write that?)
5. "You are shy."

If I didn't know Jason, but came across his yearbook, I would think that he was a timid shy book worm who studied all the time.

Now, what does that say about me? In my senior yearbook, I swear, the common theme was this: "Don't go to Berkeley and become a hooch!" The word "hooch" is in nearly every note written by someone. Sad!