OK folks, as much as I fussed and cussed and fluctuated about going to my class reunion I went. I hate to admit it but I actually had a good time. SSHH don't tell anyone. All those 'good' people in my throwaway series of blogs believe it or not, 20 years later, they – we are all the same. There is no good or throwaway anymore. Now, we are equal. No one is better than the other. It was kind of nice. I talked to people 20 years ago neither one of us would have given the time of day to. There are a few I did not really get a chance to talk to but over all, it was a good time.
I have got to say however, I still stand by my statements I said at the reunion. I was the smarted one there. I managed to be the photog and not the one in the pics… Whose the smart one now class of 89? OK that was sarcasm. I still do not lack in that department. There were so many people I had not planned on really spending any time chatting with, and I did.
Life is an amazing thing. The twists and turns it takes along the way are nothing short of a miracle. I was the one most thought would be in prison or something equal to that, and yet when I walked in and a person I grew up playing hide and seek, kick the can, 123, or ghost in the graveyard with said my name and greeted me, (mind you I was not sure who it was at first) said so many people were asking if I was there yet, and just asking about me in general can I just say I was more than surprised certainly a difference from high school.
20 years later I would not have guessed would have allowed things to be so different, but they were. No cliques, no rumors, none of that existed tonight. No one was pretending to be someone they weren't or trying to fit in to any particular group. There were no jocks, freaks, burn outs, throwaways, or losers. We all gathered together in one room, listened to the same songs we did in the 80's, some danced, some grooved where ever they stood or sat, others just chatted with whoever was closest.
To me what is the most ironic thing is some that came up and talked to me were surprised that I am doing the things I am now. The freelancing, photog, hurricane Katrina runs to New Orleans and Mississippi, work with the delinquent teens etc, for some they were genuinely surprised others seemed to somehow know I was more than most knew in high school.
My life during those times was not shall I say the best but I came through and I will continue to get through. Life 20 years later is not all that bad. Actually, tonight it was quite fun. Just don't tell anyone I admitted it OK? And without a last name, Kathy, mark this down in your history book to remember this cuz I don't say this often you were right OK?
I have more I will probably say about this later, but for now it is 4:20 AM and I have a bit of a buzz rolling. For now, it's time to take off the mascara and all the other gunk on my face and try and crash.
Dr. Seuss (sp) wrote a book I like to give to kids that are graduating from high school it's called 'Oh The Places You Will go' it wasn't around when we graduated but today in 2009 just look at all the places we as the class of 1989 we have gone, and all the places we have yet to go……
ROCK ON!!!!
