Reunion Schmunion

Well so I just recently signed up with classmates.com. (I've been a longtime reunion.com member though). So I just hear we'll have a 10 year class reunion with about a week's notice. Well I'm having seconds thoughts about it. It'd be kinda fun to see where everyone was. But there were so many people I really didn't know. The bottom 90% of the senior class (about 487) so it'd be pointless to show up and just meet these strangers. Most the people I hung out with was of the nerd crowd, some a year or two younger, some older. The rest were just acquaintances, you know passing friends. Those you talk to exchange notes, shoot spitwads at, yadda but that's about it. Besides I wasn't really that social. I wasn't in the popular crowd nor in any cliques.

I'd rather remember what all the good times that I had and let my old friends live in my memory, and I don't need this faux get together to help me remember or remind me of what was high school, the acne, insecurities, peer pressure, and me as a young geek cultivating his geekness for the future world. So call me a stickler, party pooper. I just don't think it's worth: the $35 for dinner a person, bring a date, another $35, hotel for the night $100, rising gas prices $40, and the time and energy for a pretentious night of spouting faux social pleasantries while greeting a bunch of former classmates I didn't know (existed in some cases) and try to converse with those I kinda knew but didn't really share anything in common or what not that I don't really care about knowing about now or ever? Priceless. Well not really. It's my time, energy and money. I don't know, anyhoo. I just can't imagine how lame it'd be and I don't want to.

Besides I hate awkward conversations. Imagine what kind of dialogues would ensue. Like what are you gonna say, "So like yeah, high school, that was g-r-r-eat. My favorite subjects was recess and lunch. So like what do you remember? Detention hall afterschool. The action packed fights in the hallways. Hey who'd you have for History? Coach Carter? How bout our ol football team. No, I was gifted and talented and I didn't associate with those of your kind. I was on various state and national academic teams, making the school look good all the time. Putting everything I had afterschool and outside of school on competitions. Next question? Well this catered food is kinda good. What do you do? Small talk. Don't really like it. Can't say I'm the master of it. Or if I actually care at all. Maybe even apathetic. Boring. Anyways that's my take. I don't see what the big deal is. I occasionally email some of my old friends, but you know we're all busy and doing things now and moved on with our lives. You gotta put your behind in your past. And that my friend is the circle of life.

Hakuna Matata y'all.