A memoir of Grace “Slick” Joplin
Index: Prologue: Moving out of the City Chapter 1: Three Friends http://i.imgur.com/l3Lt2I1.jpg Chapter 2: The Girl from Janis’s Cottage http://i.imgur.com/IZPxOnE.jpg ...
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Chapter 4.2 Childhood's End / The Dreaming
It was late spring the same year I had turned 20, when we moved to the new reconstructed “Janis Cottage”. To me this marked a final step up in our family’s social position, we started out very poor and although we had moments of “high tide” before, this was clearly saying goodbye to the past. Our dream of a better live came true. Joplin-Fripp was now an established intellectual/artist household belonging to the middle class.
A two-storey building with about 3 times the number of square meters we had before, kitchen dining and living room at one big space downstairs, which also contained the master bedroom and a toilet with a bathtub. Upstairs my much larger room with double bed, a larger working area with training machines, easel and drawing table, and a 2nd toilet with shower.
http://i.imgur.com/jiHDg4v.jpg
I knew that Gregg had been seeing a slightly younger high school girl Irene Funke that lived just across the street from us, but I thought he had dropped her when starting to see me. Emilia told me that was not entirely correct, he had not seen her much, but Irene was still seeing herself as his girlfriend.
I confronted him the next time he came over. “Why does she not know about me? have you been sleeping with her? If you want me you have to drop her right now! He said they did not sleep together without blushing, I believed him. I said that he would not like to hurt anyone and that was the reason he could not get himself to tell her, I believed him. I asked him to leave and not come back until after he made it over with her.
My girlfriends told me he dumped her the next day. I truly felt sorry for her, but there was no other way, I could not drop this boy.
Irene Funke a few seconds after being dumped by her boyfriend
http://i.imgur.com/nT8hEJO.jpg
About a month after he dumped her, I asked mother about the possibility for Gregg to move in with me. “I wonder why you haven’t asked before. I was thinking you still needed time to be exactly sure, but off course he can move in, we got plenty of room and you know daddy and I like him a lot.
Gregg moved in a few weeks later. My dream might just come true after all.
http://i.imgur.com/j7C6CDk.jpg
Also, over at David’s things was good. Val had definitely put a lid on most of his flirty nature and they both seemed very pleased with their life. The twins happy children, despite the tragic loss of their mother, Val was the best of step moms. They were at their last year to primary school now.
http://i.imgur.com/tRhAlSq.jpg
Gregg had a job at the police station, he did not say but I knew he did not like it. He was training a lot at the machines, running and riding his bike to get in top shape. Sometimes joking “If I keep this up, I may end up at the Olympics. I said “Gregg I love you in uniform, but if you have to take gold, I must live with it.”
http://i.imgur.com/25Bwbg0.jpg
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kitchen interior
http://i.imgur.com/FVj7TeR.jpg
It was late spring the same year I had turned 20, when we moved to the new reconstructed “Janis Cottage”. To me this marked a final step up in our family’s social position, we started out very poor and although we had moments of “high tide” before, this was clearly saying goodbye to the past. Our dream of a better live came true. Joplin-Fripp was now an established intellectual/artist household belonging to the middle class.
A two-storey building with about 3 times the number of square meters we had before, kitchen dining and living room at one big space downstairs, which also contained the master bedroom and a toilet with a bathtub. Upstairs my much larger room with double bed, a larger working area with training machines, easel and drawing table, and a 2nd toilet with shower.
I knew that Gregg had been seeing a slightly younger high school girl Irene Funke that lived just across the street from us, but I thought he had dropped her when starting to see me. Emilia told me that was not entirely correct, he had not seen her much, but Irene was still seeing herself as his girlfriend.
I confronted him the next time he came over. “Why does she not know about me? have you been sleeping with her? If you want me you have to drop her right now! He said they did not sleep together without blushing, I believed him. I said that he would not like to hurt anyone and that was the reason he could not get himself to tell her, I believed him. I asked him to leave and not come back until after he made it over with her.
My girlfriends told me he dumped her the next day. I truly felt sorry for her, but there was no other way, I could not drop this boy.
About a month after he dumped her, I asked mother about the possibility for Gregg to move in with me. “I wonder why you haven’t asked before. I was thinking you still needed time to be exactly sure, but off course he can move in, we got plenty of room and you know daddy and I like him a lot.
Gregg moved in a few weeks later. My dream might just come true after all.
Also, over at David’s things was good. Val had definitely put a lid on most of his flirty nature and they both seemed very pleased with their life. The twins happy children, despite the tragic loss of their mother, Val was the best of step moms. They were at their last year to primary school now.
Gregg had a job at the police station, he did not say but I knew he did not like it. He was training a lot at the machines, running and riding his bike to get in top shape. Sometimes joking “If I keep this up, I may end up at the Olympics. I said “Gregg I love you in uniform, but if you have to take gold, I must live with it.”
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kitchen interior
http://i.imgur.com/FVj7TeR.jpg
