Oh high school....
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This will be a heck of a lot better than catching up at funerals...
Ok, so my 20th high school reunion is coming up. A couple of months ago I wrote about running into some high school people. Well, one of them just forwarded the info. And of course, it’s at Classmates.com which is an evil little website.
Why evil? Basically, you can’t do much beyond getting a list of names of people who are registered. If you click on the names to read their bios or see their pics you get this message:
Can't get a certain someone off your mind, Gordon?
Go Gold now to get back in touch.
Dear Homecoming Queen,* I’ve been in love with you since 1984 but have finally worked up the nerve to tell you. I’m only a cheesemonger, but I offer my undying devotion to the romantic image I made up about you and have been embellishing for 20 years. Please write back!
Yeah, that’ll work.
Anyways, in a drunken moment at a bar last year, I promised co-worker and attendee of the same high school,
ctrhotpink, that we would go together. This is what people mean when they talk about making Bad Decisions under the influence of alcohol. I regret it now, but a promise is a promise.
ilipodscrill what do you think about being our driver and bodyguard?
Anyway, here are some choice examples of why I’m so excited. These are all actual quotes from the RSVP list:
Can we have it somewhere a little more exciting than McInnis Park golf center?
The last reunion I heard about, the 5th year, was already charging $75 a head. I can only imagine how high the price would be if it was someplace "exciting".
What kind of music would you like to hear at the reunion? Phill Collins, some reggae,
Well, the memories would come flooding back.
Been thinking about the reunion for a few months now.
What possesses someone to start thinking about the reunion months ahead of time? Heck, since the reunion isn’t until September so I guess I am. But I was forced into it. Also this was posted last November or so, so this person has been eagerly awaiting the reunion for over a year.
I look forward to coming to see my (very) old California Friends. Its in my calendar and look forward to flying there from my home in Europe. Ciao
Did I tell you about my home in Europe? Hmmmmm?
The only difference is now we know how to really party.
This just scares me. I hope he doesn’t bring the beer bong.
What kind of music would you like to hear at the reunion? A bunch of hammered 40 year old Karaoke singers (meaning us) sounds good, so we can pretend we are still in high school! I thought I was kidding, but it sounds kind of fun... Still a little joker I am!
Making a serious comment and trying to pass it off like a wacky joke. I bet they are the star of their local karaoke bar and want to show off their special skill.
And the comment that really makes me want to attend:
Can not wait to see the MILFS....
That's a guy I can't wait to party with!
See, the problem is that I don’t love or hate my high school classmates, really. I just feel massive ambivalence about the ones I’m not in touch with. I think the whole experience will be lots of fakey-fakey about how great things were and how we all miss each other.
Anyways, I should probably make up some good lies to tell at the reunion. Any ideas? Anyone got reunion stories?
*heh, the homecoming queen actually reads this journal sometimes so let me say that this is meant to be an example of, not actual, declaration of romantic love. Of course, our homecoming queen was a little punky, photographer who went on to double major in English and Physics at a hoitier-toitier school than mine.
Ok, so my 20th high school reunion is coming up. A couple of months ago I wrote about running into some high school people. Well, one of them just forwarded the info. And of course, it’s at Classmates.com which is an evil little website.
Why evil? Basically, you can’t do much beyond getting a list of names of people who are registered. If you click on the names to read their bios or see their pics you get this message:
Can't get a certain someone off your mind, Gordon?
Go Gold now to get back in touch.
Dear Homecoming Queen,* I’ve been in love with you since 1984 but have finally worked up the nerve to tell you. I’m only a cheesemonger, but I offer my undying devotion to the romantic image I made up about you and have been embellishing for 20 years. Please write back!
Yeah, that’ll work.
Anyways, in a drunken moment at a bar last year, I promised co-worker and attendee of the same high school,
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Anyway, here are some choice examples of why I’m so excited. These are all actual quotes from the RSVP list:
Can we have it somewhere a little more exciting than McInnis Park golf center?
The last reunion I heard about, the 5th year, was already charging $75 a head. I can only imagine how high the price would be if it was someplace "exciting".
What kind of music would you like to hear at the reunion? Phill Collins, some reggae,
Well, the memories would come flooding back.
Been thinking about the reunion for a few months now.
What possesses someone to start thinking about the reunion months ahead of time? Heck, since the reunion isn’t until September so I guess I am. But I was forced into it. Also this was posted last November or so, so this person has been eagerly awaiting the reunion for over a year.
I look forward to coming to see my (very) old California Friends. Its in my calendar and look forward to flying there from my home in Europe. Ciao
Did I tell you about my home in Europe? Hmmmmm?
The only difference is now we know how to really party.
This just scares me. I hope he doesn’t bring the beer bong.
What kind of music would you like to hear at the reunion? A bunch of hammered 40 year old Karaoke singers (meaning us) sounds good, so we can pretend we are still in high school! I thought I was kidding, but it sounds kind of fun... Still a little joker I am!
Making a serious comment and trying to pass it off like a wacky joke. I bet they are the star of their local karaoke bar and want to show off their special skill.
And the comment that really makes me want to attend:
Can not wait to see the MILFS....
That's a guy I can't wait to party with!
See, the problem is that I don’t love or hate my high school classmates, really. I just feel massive ambivalence about the ones I’m not in touch with. I think the whole experience will be lots of fakey-fakey about how great things were and how we all miss each other.
Anyways, I should probably make up some good lies to tell at the reunion. Any ideas? Anyone got reunion stories?
*heh, the homecoming queen actually reads this journal sometimes so let me say that this is meant to be an example of, not actual, declaration of romantic love. Of course, our homecoming queen was a little punky, photographer who went on to double major in English and Physics at a hoitier-toitier school than mine.
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Date: 2005-02-28 09:28 pm (UTC)Re: question
Date: 2005-02-28 09:31 pm (UTC)am i dense? glad at least that i didn't follow that series...
thanks.
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Date: 2005-02-28 09:38 pm (UTC)and to think... you do queer youth work.
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Date: 2005-02-28 09:39 pm (UTC)Re: I have one suggestion for you: Sgt. Cheese.
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Date: 2005-02-28 09:44 pm (UTC)I don't know any interesting 48 year old guys from Jersey right now, but
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Date: 2005-02-28 09:46 pm (UTC)So, are you gonna call this dude? or is it obvious he just wants to hook up?
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Date: 2005-02-28 09:47 pm (UTC)and, ew. i mean that it's a referencable group of people. not necessarily shagging someone's mom. though, talking about it, yeah.
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Date: 2005-02-28 09:48 pm (UTC)Re: You darn well better be
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Date: 2005-02-28 09:50 pm (UTC)Re: high school reunions
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Date: 2005-02-28 10:25 pm (UTC)Over the next 25 years, though, most or all of the extra-musical stuff went away. At that 30th reunion I suddenly felt the desire to play, accompanying an old friend who's a singer and voice coach, and realized that I loved it--loved being in a small group especially. (This, in retrospect, was one of the things I liked about playing bebop, which is, after all, a kind of chamber music.) So I spent some time getting some of my chops back and now I do chamber music, essentially for the sheer pleasure of the thing.
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Date: 2005-02-28 11:45 pm (UTC)The milfs will get worked into a frenzy, I am sure.
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Date: 2005-03-01 02:43 am (UTC)1. i broke my arm
2. i discovered that it was at the holiday inn, cost $65, and all wed get to eat was a spectacular "3-course chicken dinner".
3. i read the line about having to pay for drinks.
1 and 2 werent that big of worries, or at least they wouldnt have been if i wouldnt have have to travel to get to the damn reunion.
but 3... that killed it. there is NO WAY i could handle a high school reunion without an open bar.
that being said, i will probably be sorely tempted when the 20th comes around in a few years, if for nothing other than the sheer amusement value, because i have contact with exactly *1* person from my high school (not counting my brother), and theyre not from my graduating class, and i didnt know them at the time - so whatever reasoning i would have to come up with to go would be seriously perverse.
with the right date, it could be damn entertaining, though...
trouble is, i always tend to hope for antics along the lines of high school reunion movies, and theres just no way...
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