The only hippie in high school

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I was the only hippie in my entire high school, but mind you that was around 1992/93. Perhaps I was a neo-hippie. I was really into the 60s at the time and I was quite a bit more feminine in those days, than I am now. I just didn't see the logic in giving up on my what happened to be my favourite decade and things at the time, just to fit in with kids that I had nothing in common with. Is it just me, or is this common amongst aspies?

Yes! My mother said I had the "hippy disease." I was totally obsessed with the 60's.. researching it, living it, dressing it, writing and drawing it, dreaming it!

I was about 20 when the "hippy disease" left and turned into another special interest.

Now, I'm 40 and live in a town full of aging hippies and I feel SO at home! I think I live in the liberal capital of the US now.

It's always been in me, in one form or another, even after the major obsession left. I consider myself more a neo-bohemian..

I create my own way to be now. I like that people around here (young and old) dress in creative and artsy ways. I feel totally at home to experiment with fashion and personality.

I'm immature. I'm still like a twenty year old with this stuff.

there were only two 'hippies' in my high school. I was a 'beatnik' thank you very much but in the wrong generation (I graduated in 1968). The next year I was at the Woodstock Festival and could not deny my 'hippie' status.

the rest is history

Merle

PS. San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen, thinking to shame the 'beat generation' called them 'beatniks' because the first artificial satellite was called 'sputnik' and the term 'nik' was in fashion. Later he called the next generation of beatniks 'hippies' because they were 'hip' (as in 'hip/hep' to all that jazz' meaning in the know, or understanding what was 'hip'.)

Yeah what Merle said, I was way more into the "beat generation" and then when I went to the village I was just sure all of the beats would be on the sidewalks waving to me as I went by as a young kid. hell the place was filled with long hairs and I thought , what the hell is going on here. Hippys hadn't been coined yet. Merle lies, I didn't see her at Woodstock, so since I didn't see her, it must be true.

you didn't see me at Woodstock but we were all under the plywood in the Life Magazine shoot!

Merle

Sort of, only I'm into the 90's and the sixties collided into one mutant decade.

always sounded interesting, but I missed out on all that. I was a crew cut and Buddy Holly glasses in the 60s, the 'silent majority' side... The sex, drugs and rock and roll sounded like fun, but I missed out on all of that...I didn't even hear about Woodstock until 1970...

Merle ma gurl, my Woodstock aspie sister, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that we saw each other at Woodstock.
I can't say they got that up close and personal with pictures, that I'm aware of


I have serious b***h with Life Magazine, some ass hole ripped off some of my camera work and sent it to them, it made the cover.
I don't have the negatives anymore, nor can I find the cover on line to track down the ass hole that did it,
but I know damn well where I had the film developed and he was a shady bastard. I was not a happy camper.
I was flattered though, I thought it pretty good, but not my best.
But if he hadn't done it, I suppose the pictures as well as the negitives would either be buried someplace here or just lost in the moves.
Oh well, Life goes on. I hope they went out of business, he did.