{"id":520,"date":"2007-11-25T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-25T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltdrivebetty.com\/wyzwmnsworld\/?p=520"},"modified":"2010-09-29T18:27:54","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T01:27:54","slug":"chapter-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/?p=520","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

the sound: <\/strong><\/span>The Carpenters \u2013 Mr Postman<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <\/strong><\/span>Aaron Neville \u2013 Tell it Like it Is<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <\/strong><\/span>Led Zepplin \u2013 Whole Lotta Love<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <\/strong><\/span>Eddie Holman \u2013 Lonely Girl<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <\/strong><\/span>CCR \u2013 Travelling Band<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <\/strong><\/span>The Jaggerz – The Rapper<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <\/strong><\/span>The Five Stairsteps \u2013 Ooh Child<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <\/strong><\/span>James Brown \u2013 Get Up (Sex Machine)<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <\/strong><\/span>Charles Wright \u2013 Express Yourself<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <\/strong><\/span>Fifth Dimension \u2013 One Less Bell to Answer<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

I climb out of the car and am almost instantly surrounded by people.<\/p>\n

Boomer is making like big man on campus and I am introduced to so many people in that first 15 minutes I know I hold no hope of remembering them all. They mill around all laughing and talking and muttering at once and while I am still terrified I begin to see a familiarity to this motley group.<\/p>\n

I hear my name \u201cBaby\u201d ripple through the crowd and I understand that both the highlight anxiety and the stress of these first few minutes will be hearing their names.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s California from Texas, and Texas from California, there\u2019s Bald James, there\u2019s Wheelie, there\u2019s Spider and Sam, there\u2019s Little Man and Wonder Woman, there\u2019s Old Rosie and Snot, there\u2019s the Rat and the Mouse, Briskett and Boxer, Killer, Axeman, Butcher, the Executioner, MonkeyMan and Magilla, (not to be confused with) Gorilla or Chimp, Tiger and Tigger, Hard Harry, Dog, Prince of Pain (PP for short) and Skert, Nails and Hammerhead.<\/p>\n

Then there’s the names that fall on the flip side of the coin like Casanova, Lothario, Prince Charming, Ladykiller, Playboy, ShowBoat, The Stud, Wolf, Injun and Tobias. And finally I am introduce to a teeny tiny woman named Little Ugly who may well be the most beautiful Indian woman I have ever set my eyes on.<\/p>\n

I think to myself\u2026\u201dwhat? There\u2019s nobody simply named Pete or Joe or Fred even?\u201d and beyond this thought comes the understanding that all of these names have been picked, chosen, given or earned by their \u201cfamily\u201d to differentiate them all, to individualize them and to emphasize their personalities or traits.<\/p>\n

Just like me\u2026.\u201cBaby\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

the sound: The Carpenters \u2013 Mr Postman, Aaron Neville \u2013 Tell it Like it Is, Led Zepplin \u2013 Whole Lotta Love, Eddie Holman \u2013 Lonely Girl, CCR \u2013 Travelling Band, The Jaggerz – The Rapper, The Five Stairsteps \u2013 Ooh … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4864,"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions\/4864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}