tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post5632279951013936604..comments2023-08-06T04:09:45.468-07:00Comments on ...and hijinks ensued.: Of reunions and small town papersPrincess Pointfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911296163218358167noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-34048018732400143532008-06-02T08:47:00.000-07:002008-06-02T08:47:00.000-07:00My 10 year should *technically* be this Summer, bu...My 10 year should *technically* be this Summer, but the class of '98 never could get our shit together so it's happening next Fall.<BR/><BR/>I find it amazing that in my graduating class of 457, I recognized about 95% of my classmates as they moved to the podium. And when I see them next Fall I may not have bouncing babies on my hips or a rock on my finger, but I will be living in the big city, will have set foot on 4 continents, and most of all... I will be *Happy*<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Skinny.<BR/><BR/>That's good enough for me ;)the frog princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263491966906372090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-1141335099390008572008-06-01T21:50:00.000-07:002008-06-01T21:50:00.000-07:00Hey girlie, I have been reading you from afar late...Hey girlie, I have been reading you from afar lately but I had to come out and say I totally understand where you are coming from with this reunion. I came from a tiny school too and while I think my own self worth shouldn't be based on my classmates, those thoughts steal creep into my mind, and in particular I tend to compare myself to two other people in my class.<BR/><BR/>Anyway I enjoyed your description of the cliques in your high school!Miriam Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431661192302522470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-39107794624367816722008-06-01T10:39:00.000-07:002008-06-01T10:39:00.000-07:00Yeah, that'll be me, pushing 28 and still in schoo...Yeah, that'll be me, pushing 28 and still in school (unless I can somehow get a PhD in 5 years, which, knowing me, won't happen). Sometimes the only thing that amazes me more than the wandering I've done is the wandering I still have to do.WKChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18273069465908097449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-70855394326027976862008-06-01T03:52:00.000-07:002008-06-01T03:52:00.000-07:00I'm with you on this. My ten-year reunion will be ...I'm with you on this. My ten-year reunion will be in 2010, but already now I know a few people that are loosing weight, and getting their stuff in order, just to be skinnier, more successful, better paid, have a hotter husband etc, etc, etc then the rest of the graduating classes...<BR/><BR/>...it's like we measure our personal success by the defeat of others.Dizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405889448901042848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-44759354833086935842008-05-31T17:22:00.000-07:002008-05-31T17:22:00.000-07:00i'm still a ways away from my reunion...if one eve...i'm still a ways away from my reunion...if one ever happens. but just from running into high school classmates randomly, the funniest thing is how much people grow up. friends from childhood who never spoke a word to each other in the walls of the school are now friends again. etc. etc.<BR/><BR/>then, of course, there are the people that NEVER change...haha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-21586370847996663882008-05-31T09:41:00.000-07:002008-05-31T09:41:00.000-07:00We kind of had a reunion at a mates stag do recent...We kind of had a reunion at a mates stag do recently.<BR/>I see him every month at least, but some there I hadn't seen for ten years.<BR/><BR/>I was surprised to see one formerly renowned ladies man was now as bald as Montgomery Burns...<BR/><BR/>And everyone said I hadn't changed at all :)Crushedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-28785386526867001942008-05-30T21:50:00.000-07:002008-05-30T21:50:00.000-07:00You will be the Endurance Reunionizer, with the bi...You will be the Endurance Reunionizer, with the big payoffs of their jealousy and envy coming at the 20 year reunion, when you are not only outearning them, but your kids are 4 and 6, while their kids are in jail--having turned out badly after Mom and Dad got divorced.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227519811818290510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-8865409289367330372008-05-30T16:32:00.000-07:002008-05-30T16:32:00.000-07:00Ack! This year was my HS graduating classes 20th a...Ack! This year was my HS graduating classes 20th anniversary. I have never been to a reunion, and never will. The people I wanted to stay in touch with, I've stayed in touch with... well all except for one of my boyfriends who seems to have fallen off the face of the earth.<BR/><BR/>Besides, in 1988 I was a waver (as in new-wave), with my dime store clothes and head half shaved - how could I show my face now? I wear mother of two items like jeans, tennis shoes and my hair back in a headband. I lost all my coolness!Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627100891908577662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-11527638842911881192008-05-30T15:47:00.000-07:002008-05-30T15:47:00.000-07:00Holy lot of comments Princess. My reunion was a co...Holy lot of comments Princess. <BR/><BR/>My reunion was a couple years back. I had a lot of angst about not having any of the 'right' status marks. No final degree, no boyfriend - never mind husband, no kids, no land, no nice car...nada. <BR/><BR/>I tried to go with two approaches. 1) I talked a lot about how well published I was - who can really say that? Makes me sound smart and successful is my guess. 2) Looked down at all those baby-makers. Even if I wasn't really believing it, I figured I'd be reverse haughty for those that just made babies.<BR/><BR/>In the end. Kind of a waste of money time and energy. I'd do it again for my 15 or 20. I better be a Dr by then.Abbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338660653004655997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-68503600158018275232008-05-30T12:32:00.000-07:002008-05-30T12:32:00.000-07:00ohhhhh, so you're princess pointful! I just a lin...ohhhhh, so you're princess pointful! I just a link here from the lighter side of growing up and I finally figured out who you are.<BR/><BR/>Hi!<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I thought my high school graduating class was small but wow! I was wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-19572088468841909172008-05-30T11:18:00.000-07:002008-05-30T11:18:00.000-07:00Your small town has it's own AC/DC cover band? Th...Your small town has it's own AC/DC cover band? Thats awesome.<BR/><BR/>2 more years until my 10th reunion...my graduating class was about 2000, so a bit dif because there was alot of people I really didnt know in high school.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00976360898085871173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-16373616107248170712008-05-30T07:00:00.000-07:002008-05-30T07:00:00.000-07:00I'm back. Finally. Sort of. Checking in before I w...I'm back. Finally. Sort of. Checking in before I whisk away to NY this weekend. Man, I need that escape.<BR/><BR/>All I know about my 10-year reunion was ... it was a blast. I hadn't really stayed in touch with many people, so it was fun to reconnect. And it was particularly humorous to see how good all the women looked and how beer-bellied many of the guys looked.<BR/><BR/>Also, the whole children versus degree thing? Everyone was in such a good mood (alcohol certainly helped) that we all seemed happy for one another no matter what stage of life.<BR/><BR/>So, I say go, you'll have fun. And if you're not having fun, you can leave. It is your right. But if you decide not to go? Well, you can't change that.Nilsa S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11960351638623857751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-59242922370496548542008-05-30T06:44:00.000-07:002008-05-30T06:44:00.000-07:00Our class was half of yours! Still, that is a sma...Our class was half of yours! Still, that is a small class. And why am I not surprised that you were on the Hippies die anyway? Even though, with the invention of Facebook, you would think that everyday would be high school reunion day anymore.t.k.fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885392861916837443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-65229404561010543482008-05-29T19:53:00.000-07:002008-05-29T19:53:00.000-07:00"chief tobacco chewer," that's very funny :) 10 y..."chief tobacco chewer," that's very funny :) 10 year reunions are boring (in my opinion); there hasn't been enough time to pass and people still stick to their clicks. Later reunions are more fun, I think; people have dropped labels and don't really care if you were Most Popular anymore. (You weren't Most Popular...were you?? no offense intended, haha!)Mrs4444https://www.blogger.com/profile/06426176094895489541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-39704056878426093242008-05-29T13:37:00.000-07:002008-05-29T13:37:00.000-07:00my high school class was pretty small too, only 84...my high school class was pretty small too, only 84, and i totally agree that reunions are mini mile stones that you sort of want to show off, haha. i've still got a couple years til my 10 so we'll see how that goes.Katelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994241556437259884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-85112504207141838942008-05-29T12:51:00.000-07:002008-05-29T12:51:00.000-07:00facebook is just the weirdest thing, i still haven...facebook is just the weirdest thing, i still haven't figured it. just weird.<BR/><BR/>anyway, i had a much better time at my high school reunion that i expected. only bad part was everyone kept saying 'hey benj do that funny dance you used to do!'Chris Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00402945887045545024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-62292354724797948082008-05-29T12:31:00.001-07:002008-05-29T12:31:00.001-07:00My 10 Year Reunion is coming up in a couple weeks!...My 10 Year Reunion is coming up in a couple weeks! I'm still trying to come up a stock answer to the "What do you do?" question, because my job is hard to explain. I wish I could just say I'm a student! And seriously, I don't think you should be ashamed of that at all...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-73958838850833563722008-05-29T12:31:00.000-07:002008-05-29T12:31:00.000-07:00I never quite made it to my 10 yr high school reun...I never quite made it to my 10 yr high school reunion ... BUT I had a PhD by the time my 10 yrs were up :-)<BR/><BR/>Very nice!!Yodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711652528962940049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-9868904152173905532008-05-29T10:39:00.000-07:002008-05-29T10:39:00.000-07:00well, you know how i feel about reunions. ha ha. m...well, you know how i feel about reunions. ha ha. my school was big...and WAS divided into the jocks and the nerds. I was neither. I was the dork.Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618173853004051479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-7565462054486862862008-05-29T09:38:00.000-07:002008-05-29T09:38:00.000-07:00My ten year reunion is this summer.I have still no...My ten year reunion is this summer.<BR/><BR/>I have still not recieved an invitation.<BR/><BR/>Boo to be being shunned by your high school. <BR/><BR/>I wish I went to your highschoolRahulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10921631514980980229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-87156787420316431382008-05-29T09:29:00.000-07:002008-05-29T09:29:00.000-07:00i'm on the brink of trying to decide about whether...i'm on the brink of trying to decide about whether or not to go back to school for my PhD (all signs point to yes) but I keep wondering if I'm doing myself a disservice by putting off all of the normal things 20-something year olds do to start their lives - marriage, babies, careers, houses...etc, ad nauseum. <BR/><BR/>i've never wanted to be normal, so i suppose it's all part of my plan. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-13930726965689626412008-05-29T08:38:00.000-07:002008-05-29T08:38:00.000-07:00A lot of people have been posting about their ten-...A lot of people have been posting about their ten-year reunions recently and I was thinking, yeah, that's a long way off for me, but I suppose it has already been six years, and four more isn't really that many. Wow.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942269316108576622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-54945403187325522452008-05-29T08:22:00.000-07:002008-05-29T08:22:00.000-07:00You know.. I still stay in touch with people from ...You know.. I still stay in touch with people from the super small town in Germany I lived in.. but I can't say the same for most of the other areas I've lived in..<BR/><BR/>Except for Blacksburg - another small town (albeit a College Town)..Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795526911040698284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-18645114976463805572008-05-29T08:09:00.000-07:002008-05-29T08:09:00.000-07:00my 10 yr. reunion is coming up next year. i wish ...my 10 yr. reunion is coming up next year. i wish i could go but secretly, like a fly on the wall. i don't want to participate, talk about all the wrong paths i went down careerwise, but i do want to know what a few people who i lost touch with are up to. hmm who knows if i'll go or not. i think the fact that you're in a phd program speaks volumes for you. nothing for you to worry about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-68717752079776373792008-05-29T07:53:00.000-07:002008-05-29T07:53:00.000-07:00Do not give a second thought to the babies/marriag...Do not give a second thought to the babies/marriage vs. student/student loan comparison.<BR/>One day you will have it all - and then the <I>real</I> challenge will begin.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110235078325434919noreply@blogger.com