Wow, GN. Freaks. That brings back memories lolol. I remember freaks. Wow. And the greasers who beat them up lol. Fonzie was no greaser. He was too nice and didnt drink or do drugs lol.
I was a "nothing" by choice. Many of us were. We sort of dressed like hippies because we liked the style, but the similarities ended there. I was a semi conservative kid who didnt do wild stuff or drink or take drugs. I also didnt do school...lol.
I had a few friends, mostly younger, and had many spectrum symptoms. I hung with kids mostly from Chicago. I tried not
to be home because it wasnt pleasant there, especially for me. Although I didnt like parties, drinking or drugs, my close friends did. My mom didnt drive then so I had constant access to our 1968 bell aire and would take my friends to wild parties where i was bored and ususlly the only sober kid there and the pot and cigarette smoke choked me bad. Id stand outside a lot.
Sometimes I liked to do things that freaked out the kids doing psychodelics, such as putting shoes on my hands and making them walk. It is not hard to amuse a room full of drug users.
I remember being shocked one day at Belmont beach. There were cops and they were flirting with us and smoking dope with my friends. I was very naive and probably had my jaw on the ground the entire time.