Ok. let's get this party started. Kind of the inspiration behind the first story challenge was in addition to myspace, I've also joined facebook and between the two of them I've found a lot of old friends, many from school and it is a lot like being at the reunion just a little bit early. Remember Jud Bowman? He's like all super rich making his own companies and all but golly pete the things he puts on his page make him seem sooooo boring! Remember Taylor Erwin? I used to think she was snobby but she sends me flowers for the lil patch application pretty regularly. Looks like she wants to be a celebrity chef. Remember John Hardin? (I still remember him as Laurence) The lady who works at the Colony Tire down the street says they are best friends! I remember being thoroughly convinced at our graduation that I would be famous by now - as if somehow that particular success would make all those people feel sorry for ever being mean to me. Not only do I not mourn the loss of that particular dream but I also don't need them to feel bad. I think maturity isn't about learning to not care what other people think - it's about knowing that what they think doesn't matter. I love my life - that's what counts!
Fond memories of high school - eating off campus senior year. Susan had this same mix tape and every time i hear that cars song I make up my own lyrics to fit the situation the way Charlotte did. I think Dara had a different lunch time but for a long time I didn't realize her connection to Susan and Charlotte - I knew her first as Kay's friend. (Remember Kay Sun? She doesn't appear to have changed much.....) I liked dressing up for prom and then eating breakfast at Dr Bauso's apartment the next morning and seeing his cat. The trip to Italy was a blast!
Regrets? I wish I had been a better friend to Grace Wu. We were always very casual friends but after we both lost a parent i felt a special connection to her and wished we could have hung out more. I wish I remembered more from my art history class. I should have taken Japanese, although taking German with Susan was fun...I also should have been more involved with the theater from the beginning.
Party like it's 1999 is the school song regardless of what the yearbook says!
Oh, and the movie. Did you enjoy it? I thought it was very fun and I liked how ultimately they found they were content with their lot - that success found them. That dance scene won the award for, um, best dance scene that year at the MTV movie awards. Awesome.
Ok, I'm still waiting on Charlotte to post her stuff, but I'll try and respond to Robin's post. Wow, 10 yrs? Somehow I can't believe it. Felt like the girls in the movie. I mean part of me is aware of it on an intellectual level, but 10 years? I feel the need to really clean house and catch up to the rest of you. Not to say I haven't accomplished a lot in the past few years, definitely more experienced and a lot happier, but missing the whole marriage, kids, and financially stable thing. I've always felt a little cursed that I click with so few people from a dating standpoint. The only guy I've ever really liked haven't heard from since he left for Afghanistan a year ago. The rest, let's just insert the word settling. So maybe Robin's words are good in that they are forcing me to recognize my inaction and change. ;-) Thanks girls.
hehe... sorry I am a slacker and not posting. Just posted on another one for ya. These past couple weeks at work have been crazy tiring.
Yeah, catching up on the lives of people from our past can be very interesting, but sometimes I want to just close my myspace account and just stick with the people I knew the best and not worry about anyone else. I am kind of looking forward to the reunions and seeing ppl face to face.
Did ya'll remember fish-boy? I think his name was Eric. He was that scrawny dark haired kid that always smelled like fish. I saw a pic the other day on the news about a kidnapping or something like that, and I was like, "oh my gosh, that's fish boy". lol... it wasn't, but it sure popped him into my memory from his picture. hehe... it is sad though, he seemed so troubled, I kind of wonder if he is even still alive.
But on to a happier note, yes, I have many fond memories of senior year lunches. I am sad that we were not able to share those with Dara, and I am sad I did not choose to hang out with her during the other years of HS. I feel like I really missed out on closer friendships (in HS and in college, actually). I enjoyed the relationships I made during HS, but none have really stuck besides ya'll. So I guess that would be a regret of sorts.
I have other regrets, but hmmm... this thread was a party thread, and I am not sure how I got stuck on regrets. :-)
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Ok. let's get this party started. Kind of the inspiration behind the first story challenge was in addition to myspace, I've also joined facebook and between the two of them I've found a lot of old friends, many from school and it is a lot like being at the reunion just a little bit early. Remember Jud Bowman? He's like all super rich making his own companies and all but golly pete the things he puts on his page make him seem sooooo boring! Remember Taylor Erwin? I used to think she was snobby but she sends me flowers for the lil patch application pretty regularly. Looks like she wants to be a celebrity chef. Remember John Hardin? (I still remember him as Laurence) The lady who works at the Colony Tire down the street says they are best friends! I remember being thoroughly convinced at our graduation that I would be famous by now - as if somehow that particular success would make all those people feel sorry for ever being mean to me. Not only do I not mourn the loss of that particular dream but I also don't need them to feel bad. I think maturity isn't about learning to not care what other people think - it's about knowing that what they think doesn't matter. I love my life - that's what counts!
Fond memories of high school - eating off campus senior year. Susan had this same mix tape and every time i hear that cars song I make up my own lyrics to fit the situation the way Charlotte did. I think Dara had a different lunch time but for a long time I didn't realize her connection to Susan and Charlotte - I knew her first as Kay's friend. (Remember Kay Sun? She doesn't appear to have changed much.....) I liked dressing up for prom and then eating breakfast at Dr Bauso's apartment the next morning and seeing his cat. The trip to Italy was a blast!
Regrets? I wish I had been a better friend to Grace Wu. We were always very casual friends but after we both lost a parent i felt a special connection to her and wished we could have hung out more. I wish I remembered more from my art history class. I should have taken Japanese, although taking German with Susan was fun...I also should have been more involved with the theater from the beginning.
Party like it's 1999 is the school song regardless of what the yearbook says!
Oh, and the movie. Did you enjoy it? I thought it was very fun and I liked how ultimately they found they were content with their lot - that success found them. That dance scene won the award for, um, best dance scene that year at the MTV movie awards. Awesome.
Ok, I'm still waiting on Charlotte to post her stuff, but I'll try and respond to Robin's post. Wow, 10 yrs? Somehow I can't believe it. Felt like the girls in the movie. I mean part of me is aware of it on an intellectual level, but 10 years? I feel the need to really clean house and catch up to the rest of you. Not to say I haven't accomplished a lot in the past few years, definitely more experienced and a lot happier, but missing the whole marriage, kids, and financially stable thing. I've always felt a little cursed that I click with so few people from a dating standpoint. The only guy I've ever really liked haven't heard from since he left for Afghanistan a year ago. The rest, let's just insert the word settling. So maybe Robin's words are good in that they are forcing me to recognize my inaction and change. ;-) Thanks girls.
hehe... sorry I am a slacker and not posting. Just posted on another one for ya. These past couple weeks at work have been crazy tiring.
Yeah, catching up on the lives of people from our past can be very interesting, but sometimes I want to just close my myspace account and just stick with the people I knew the best and not worry about anyone else. I am kind of looking forward to the reunions and seeing ppl face to face.
Did ya'll remember fish-boy? I think his name was Eric. He was that scrawny dark haired kid that always smelled like fish. I saw a pic the other day on the news about a kidnapping or something like that, and I was like, "oh my gosh, that's fish boy". lol... it wasn't, but it sure popped him into my memory from his picture. hehe... it is sad though, he seemed so troubled, I kind of wonder if he is even still alive.
But on to a happier note, yes, I have many fond memories of senior year lunches. I am sad that we were not able to share those with Dara, and I am sad I did not choose to hang out with her during the other years of HS. I feel like I really missed out on closer friendships (in HS and in college, actually). I enjoyed the relationships I made during HS, but none have really stuck besides ya'll. So I guess that would be a regret of sorts.
I have other regrets, but hmmm... this thread was a party thread, and I am not sure how I got stuck on regrets. :-)
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