skywench

i don't come around here much any more. but this is the one day i must. you see, Jason was so much more than just another kid that marched in corps. he was more than just some smart ### little punk that would shoot his mouth off when things got a little tense on RAMD. and jeff, i'm sure you're right, he would have had his account suspended NUMEROUS times here, for sure! but we LOVED him. correction, WE LOVE HIM. he will never leave our hearts. that skinny little redneck just gets under your skin, into your heart and he stays there forever. i have my tough days during the year, 9/11 is one of them, but 8/9 is also one. i spend a lot of time on this day reflecting on how fleeting life is. how unfair it can be. but Jason? he didn't think that way. he wouldn't have given that a second thought. he would just go out and give it his all. live it to the fullest. and he did. he gave all of us a lot to think about, that's one thing of which i'm certain. so, 11 years later, and i'm still the crying mess i was then. i don't know if he'd be laughing at me or trying to make me laugh. all i know is that we all still care so much about him. he really was one of a kind. i think he brought out the best in all of us, what we really wanted to be, at least for him. that's something, isn't it? Jason, i say it every year, and i mean it. you ARE LOVED.

ten years. i'm crying just as much now as i did then. we will continue to hold jason in our hearts forever. i'm sure he is sending the biggest hugs to all of us. jason, you ARE loved.

it's been forever since i posted here. this topic just bothers me so much. garry has been updating me on everything that's being said and done, as far as we can find out. i did find this interesting. posted on hoppy's facebook page this evening. (i guess they had a disaster domino drill this evening.) "and what does it all mean ???? There are 5 or more excellent corps. The Cadets are one of them. We have three 1/2 weeks to go. Tomorrow, we will get up and work from 8 am -- 5 pm. If we had won, we would get up tomorrow and work from 8 am -- 5 pm. LESSON .... WORK HARD!!! If you want something .... WORK HARD!!! and btw .... you do not always get what you want. BUT .... WORK HARD :-)" FIVE OR MORE excellent corps? gee, i wonder WHO he could be referring to.

wait...making fun of regiment for playing jazz (or not being able to play jazz, or march in straight lines, or take fourth place, blah blah blah is acceptable. i've heard them all. i marched regiment. i think it's funny.) making light of blue devils amount of sit time for park and bark isn't acceptable? double standards and all. and in the spirit of full disclosure, i'm married to garry. we just happen to be able to laugh at ourselves, and have the same opinion of blue devils show this year. take all the shots you want, just be able to accept them being lobbed back in your face. jan

hmmmm....and who could have done such a thing? why, didn't we have perfectly good line markers....in someone's trunk....no where near rehearsal....? jan yep, you know....

but i haven't broken one since then.... jan no, it wasn't my fault!

why don't i remember that? maybe i was busy pushing andy around the field.... jan someone STILL owes me for that broken rifle....

wasn't sandy pearson still in the line in '86? foggy memories of who was where back then... jan

heh! we're aging ourselves.... jan victim of bad 70's theme television shows....

wow, i feel really old reading a lot of these. my first show was "in utero"....really! i was born in september (ladies don't divulge the year of their birth...shut up allard!) dad was in a vfw post corps that merged with another that merged with another and another and another and another.. yadda yadda yadda...it all happened in northwestern illinois....but, i digress... i can remember seeing corps in the fall festival parade in my home town..population 1250...sa-looot! this was back when the colts were known as the colt .45's. first field show was probably someplace like monroe, wisconsin or dixon, illinois. can't say exactly because i was an infant. yes, i was doomed from the start. now garry and i are working on the third generation. olivia did her first drum corps gig at four months old. she didn't see a show until 4 months later. poor kid, she's got the bug! if regiment still had their "c" corps....*sigh* jan the young ones are never gonna get this post..... edited because my spelling is stooopid...it's late....

BAH! nanci, you know better than that. i mean, who tagged him SRB? it was for a goooooood reason! jan

pshaw.......you think i'm actually encouraging him? jan

*sigh* allard will aways be known as SRB....heh.... jan always late to the party.....

sending prayers and good thoughts. jan

thanks everyone for continuing to remember those that lost their lives that day. if it weren't for a lot of the people on this board, i would have never been able to tell my family i was safe that day. you know who you are, and i will always be grateful. we can never forget. jan Purser SFO United Airlines