My 20th is in a year, but the gang I hung out with had theirs last weekend. I was told that the Ronald McDonald statue they swiped when they were juniors would be making an appearance.
Zoe: Uh huh. River, honey? He's putting the hair away now. River: It'll still be there... waiting.
'Jaynestown'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - Aug 08, 2006 2:36:54 pm PDT #1499 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
§ ita § - Aug 08, 2006 2:37:30 pm PDT #1500 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thus launching her career in the art of sex.
I like to take credit for it, yes.
This is freaking me out--it's not a common name, and she's precisely the right age to be one of my more raucous classmates.
Zenkitty - Aug 08, 2006 2:45:54 pm PDT #1501 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
If I were to Google my classmates, I probably couldn't even find the girls. They've surely all married and changed their names, thus virtually disappearing, at least to the casual searcher.
The shit they used to give me for saying I wouldn't change my name.
§ ita § - Aug 08, 2006 2:46:46 pm PDT #1502 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I only found Joyti because the articles about her arrest mention her mother by name. So weird.
billytea - Aug 08, 2006 2:47:09 pm PDT #1503 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
My 20th reunion is this year. Haven't decided yet if I'll go.
flea - Aug 08, 2006 2:47:18 pm PDT #1504 of 10001
information libertarian
If I went to high school reunions, they would try to get me to give them money. Nuh and uh. Also, pretty much everyone I went to high school with is a lawyer or an investment banker, and way more interested in money and status than me.
Strega - Aug 08, 2006 2:57:07 pm PDT #1505 of 10001
Most of the people I hung out with in high school weren't in my year. And most of them would be quite easy to contact if I wanted to, which I most definitely do not.
There's one girl from my year who I would like to track down, but I am willing to bet large sums of money she wouldn't be at a reunion. Apart from her, I remember a couple of names.
If it was a reunion of my teachers, I'd be much more tempted to attend.
flea - Aug 08, 2006 2:59:57 pm PDT #1506 of 10001
information libertarian
On the other hand, this woman was one of my two close friends: [link]
ChiKat - Aug 08, 2006 3:00:02 pm PDT #1507 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Because of all the reunion talk, I ended up finding a web site on my reunion from last month. There's a directory of all the people from my graduating class with bios (if supplied). The depressing part was the Deceased section. For a class of almost 900, only 13 were deceased, but still.
Rick - Aug 08, 2006 3:04:34 pm PDT #1508 of 10001
I love high school reunions. For a guy, at least, they are the revenge of the skinny intellectual.
Turns out that being smart and funny has more enduring advantages than being an offensive lineman on the football team. Who could have predicted that back in high school?