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In reply to the discussion: 1968 (Your Help, Please!) [View all]Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)University of Houston.
Politically, I remember the assassinations, of course, in April and June. I moved to Colorado after graduation, and then we had the Chicago debacle. I had favored McCarthy. After the riots and all, I didn't vote that year, even though I could have, because I was so disillusioned.
I was well into the counterculture by then, so on a personal level, I remember lots of acid trips, and lots of various other ways of getting high. I think after everything that had happened since 1963, I just wanted to zone out.
My first job out of college was for two 40-something oil geologists in Denver. One of them used to come up behind me when I was working and try to kiss me on the neck. There were times when I literally had to position the desk between him and me. They took me to "lunch" once at the topless bar across the street. Surprise! No one had ever heard of sexual harassment back then, so I had to quit and get a different job when I couldn't handle it anymore. The next job was better.
I have so many memories of that year, good and bad, I could probably write a book.