In
1996 or 1997, Stephanie and Sharon were two of my participants in my first
human behavior experiment for a school science project. Essentially, my first
house-call was at 800 S. Bouziden. I showed clips of graphically violent movie
scenes to elicit and measure autonomic responses of heart rate and blood
pressure. I don't recall if I had ever shared, but I was a bit nervous because
much of the material was rated R and wasn't certain if I would offend Sharon,
whom I sometimes lovingly and discreetly referred to as "Dragon
Lady." The science project was awarded 2nd place...
As high
school sophomores, Stephanie and I buried a time capsule, made of a shoebox
wrapped in a plastic bag (economical weatherproofing), of personal photos,
video, and memorabilia behind the house inside the ground of the Highland East
football field. Senior year, we went to excavate. It was never found. Somewhere
out in the community, someone has a box full of weird items from a couple of
strange teenagers...
I once
gifted Stephanie a juvenile monkey-in-a-cage toy for Christmas. I could
tell she thought it was somehow inappropriate or inexplicably out of context
but I was amused to think that it would be in that house forever...
Love always,
Dr. Yong H.
Kim, PsyD
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