Red Hot Chili Peppers - My Friends
PAST NOTES
analog instant messages
you have found my collection of passed notes from the 90s, welcome.
spanning from the beginning of 1995 to junior year of high school in 1998, a note, reproduced verbatim from the original with the exception of all names, is posted to this blog in the order I'd received it. each post contains one note, and a brief narration of the back story as best I can remember it.
there will also be, from time to time, relevant photos, songs, videos, links, objects, quotes, diaries, poems, and other ephemera (all admittedly completely self-indulgent and wince-inducing).
you have found my collection of passed notes from the 90s, welcome.
spanning from the beginning of 1995 to junior year of high school in 1998, a note, reproduced verbatim from the original with the exception of all names, is posted to this blog in the order I'd received it. each post contains one note, and a brief narration of the back story as best I can remember it.
there will also be, from time to time, relevant photos, songs, videos, links, objects, quotes, diaries, poems, and other ephemera (all admittedly completely self-indulgent and wince-inducing).
Nov 09
1995 — THIRTY NINE
Tues Nov ?
Hey Eva babe,
I wrote you so many notes these past 3 weeks… but I lost em.
At least I think so. Cause I cant find em. Anyways – I’m writing you a new one NOW. Well, I just came back from Pine Box High. You guys were in 1st period. I saw Tim Russo. What a carpascious… … dork. Ya see, I’m tryin not to use foul language. It’s gotten me into enough trouble already. But hey! It got me outta that queer barnyard and into the high school!!! Oh yeah, I’m coming to school tomorrow.
Dude, I cant wait. I don’t think I’ve ever been this happy to go to school. Ya know twats weird? I haven’t thought about all that suicide crap in like 13 days or something. I believe this is like the dawning of a knew life for me!
Let me see….. how have I changed …… 1. Different school 2. no more suck people & suck boyfriend 3. lost 5 lbs. 4. changed religions 5. happier 6. back with the old posse 6. and for some strange reason… I’m starting to feel a little better about myself. Woah! Freaky! Oh ya – and I got my hair cut real short.
Damnit! I requested “My Friends” to go out to you and guess what? They played “Aeroplane” instead! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Can they not do anything right? Well, at least they said our names right. That’s the second time man what is wrong with them. Does “My Friends” sound anything like “Aeroplane?” Anyways – I cant wait’ll tomorrow!
Toodles,
Jackie
Nov 07
1995 — THIRTY EIGHT
Eve,
I’m finally writing you back!
Can you believe it? I know I cant.
Well hows it going? Everything is going well here, I guess.
I asked Marcella and she said:
“I hate Eve because she is a skank. I will never like her, ever.”
I think, since she hates Jim, that she only says that stuff to make him mad. Don’t feel bad though. Marcella Costa is a wigger anyway. Plus she hates everyone. She’s a ho.
She’s a fool anyway. Don’t listen to her shit. Oh well, I better go.
C-YA
W/B
-Valerie
A year later, I was friends with Marcella. But then she dropped out and I never saw her again.
Oct 31
Oct 30
Exclamation! Make a statement without saying a word.
… I can’t believe that this perfume still exsists. I remember my parents getting this for me for Christmas when I was a little girl because I thought that all of the cool teenagers were wearing it …
Cece, in her “trying to be different” dress. The one article of clothing she ever attempted to achieve different-ness in… She got it at raver store as like, a joke. Me and Cadence were all, what the hell - we dress weird, you dress preppy - NOT fair you have that awesome crazy shiny pink dress with glimmering stars and we don’t. She would only ever wear it on days that she wanted attention - sporadically, and just for a few months. Cadence and I would roll our eyes to each other. And the fact that she broke it out as a Halloween costume only pissed us off more - like, oh so being ‘different’ is a dress-up thing? Not an every day thing? Really? Because it is for us. We took ourselves and our passion to dress like complete assholes in creative ways very seriously back then.
Halloween 1995
1995 — THIRTY SEVEN
dear eve,I don’t know if this is the saddest thing I’ll write on here but I can’t remember what I dressed as for Halloween that year. I really can’t. I can remember the year before, I was in a bridal party of the dead with about ten girlfriends, and the year after I was a fairy. But not this particular year… I even checked my old planner, but there was nothing, not a clue. Cadence was Pippi Longstocking. I have absolutely no recollection of Halloween in 1995. I am kind of stunned. I do know that me and my friends participated in a ceremonious final door-to-door trick-or-treating for candy that October (we were way too old at that point, even). Also: The night may have involved hallucinogens. And alcohol. Fuck. What the hell did I dress up as that year? Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls: Don’t do drugs.
yo homie whats up chuck? so
anyway are you dressing up tomorrow?
please do chic. i am. cece’s wearing that shiny
dress again and i think she’s trying to be different
but nobody even notices her if you know what i mean.
i got a wig yesterday. it’s blonde so my mom bought
me some red dye so I can make it the right color
for my pippi costume tomorrow. oh yeah geoffrey
the giraffe says hello my darling. so I’ll
check you later. with all of my lovecadence
1995 — THIRTY SIX
Hey Eve,
Its Oct 30th, Halloween Eve! Devil’s night shall be here soon!!
Anyways – its 8:01 in the morning and I’m still not in school. Let’s see I haven’t been in school since Friday the 20th! This is great! Being expelled aint so bad. Especially when I hardly got in trouble. I cant believe it. My dad was pissed, but he only yelled for a few minutes! I’m not even grounded! But I did get my phone taken away. But that’s okay. I’m used to it by now.
Well here’s the storeee - …
… I don’t belong to any school. I’m not at Crapel Field anymore. But my mom hasn’t enrolled me in any other school. She looked up info on this convent for me but the tuition was WAY too high for her. So she said she’s sending me to Pine Box Central high school!
YES! YES! YES! Holy shit, I’m so happy! Damn it! Those schmucks on the Rock Revolution played “Aeroplane” instead of “My Friends”! Figures… they finally say “Some Chilli Peppers for Eve from Jackie” and they play the wrong fuckin song.
Today my moms takin me to get my haircut. I cant wait! It’s all comin off baby. Balds the word! No just jokin, I’m getting it shorter than I’ve ever had it though. Not as short as Cadence.’s but kinda close.
Oh yeah, the reason my dad didn’t get too mad is cause the reason I got expelled was stupid, and he went to the school to argue with that asshole coach guy!! Weird, huh?
So here I am… 1 week and a day since I last went to school. I could live like this… Well I’ll be in school soon enough. All good things must come to an end. Anyways…
How’ve you been? I haven’t talked to you in so long. It really sucks. I miss you. How is Jim doing? Cailean? Any problems with her flirtatios cranium?
Well I have to go wash the breakfast dishes I used. I’ll write back ASAP.
Jackie
P.S. We gotta get together 4 halloween! I’m gonna have my bro call ya so we can make arrangements.
Oct 29
Oct 28
1995 — THIRTY FIVE
EVE,
Whats up you foolish little girly. Hey so I’m in the library thinking of you. Is that alright, I’m pretty stupid HUH! I’m Reading a crack + cocain book now + all I’m thinking of is you. Cool right. What you need to know is I love you a lot.
Lots of whipped cream is cool & stuff.
What are you goin as for halloweeny.
I’m goin as a big walking butt.
P.S. I love you
P.P.S. I love you more than you love me
Well I love ya
Gotta go
JIM
W/B
Oct 27
I just happened across this post from one of my favorite music blogs - The Art Decade - here are MP3s from a live Smashing Pumpkins performance in Dusseldorf from April 7, 1995:
Tonight, Tonight
Zero
Fuck You (An Ode To No One
Today
To Forgive
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Thru The Eyes Of Ruby
Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans
Disarm
Muzzle
Cherub Rock
1979
X.Y.U.
