None of my high school reunions have been at my school. They have also had essentially no involvement from the school. Of course for my 30th out of a class of a little more than 100, we had about 15 people turn up.
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NoiseDesign - Aug 27, 2019 1:35:44 pm PDT #10888 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
DavidS - Aug 27, 2019 1:58:30 pm PDT #10889 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And apparently the president of Brazil refused financial aid to help fight the fires
He wants the forests burned so he can turn them over to oil interests and agriculture.
He's encouraged farmers to burn back the land so they can take it.
This fire is not an accident.
EpicTangent - Aug 27, 2019 2:14:35 pm PDT #10890 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Are everybody's reunions at their actual HS? Mine was at the House of Blues downtown this year. And the tenth was at some chi-chi place in North County (managed not to get invited to 20/25, so don't know where/if they were held). If it was actually at my HS, I think I might be more likely to go.
eta: x-post with ND when I accidentally didn't hit post.
EpicTangent - Aug 27, 2019 2:17:43 pm PDT #10891 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Our actual percentage of attendees might be even smaller than yours, ND, but with a graduating class of 860, it was still a pretty good-sized party.
Jesse - Aug 27, 2019 2:22:36 pm PDT #10892 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
We had one reunion at a hotel function room, the rest have been at random bars, and hardly anyone goes. Eh!
Dana - Aug 27, 2019 2:23:40 pm PDT #10893 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
whyyyyy is my mother so haaaaard to buy for
Sheryl - Aug 27, 2019 2:26:26 pm PDT #10894 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
The only HS reunion I went to was my 10th, and that was only because it was Thanksgiving weekend, and I was still going to my parents' house for the holiday. My 30th was a few years ago. Sometimes I wonder how I got to be over 50, but here I am.
shrift - Aug 27, 2019 3:30:22 pm PDT #10895 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I haven't been to any of my high school reunions, but I'm pretty sure they've been held at a local hotel that is a shithole. I just looked it up on Yelp, and the reviews are just t chef's kiss
Steph L. - Aug 27, 2019 3:34:18 pm PDT #10896 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Are everybody's reunions at their actual HS? Mine was at the House of Blues downtown this year.
During the day, there's tours of the school (and, again, the former Forbidden Floors of the convent) and a Mass that I am 100% not going to, lest the Lord strike me dead the moment I walk into the chapel. Then in the evening, our class party is at some bar.
Jesse - Aug 27, 2019 4:17:11 pm PDT #10897 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I stayed home sick from work with a cold today and just spent the day in bed or on the couch, and I swear to god, my mother's feelings are hurt that I didn't tell her I was here. I am rolling my eyes forever. (To be fair, I think she's mostly upset at her sister? But I 100% do not need that shit.)