College reunion

[msmemory_archive]

My 25th college reunion is this year, and as ever I don't feel I measure up to my classmates. You should see the beautiful polished (probably retouched!) photo of our class president with her careful makeup and executive hair on the website with the advance publicity for the reunion. I expect there will be much angst in this journal over the next four months.

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[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

Interesting. My 10th college reunion is this year and while I care a great deal about what my friends think, it hasn't really even occurred to me to care about my other classmates at all, let alone what they think.

I couldn't care less what my friends think about my job. I don't think they care about my job either. Undoubtedly, some are far better off, and some will be envious that I have a job at all, especially one that doesn't make me work weekends.

I care BIG TIME about the fact that I'm still single and nowhere near marriage, commitment, cohabitation, or kids. At least enough of my friends are or have been poly that I can say "I was with a married man for three years, but it didn't work out" and they will all smile and nod sympathetically.

And weight loss. Don't even get me started.

I may just be reaping the benefits of going to a hippie college where my friends were all freaks. If they saw a photo of me looking like that, they'd probably wonder why the hell I had makeup on. Working for "the greater good" at a small non-profit is sexy. And they will probably be more impressed with my SCA accomplishments than anything else I've done.

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

My former roommate works for AT&T Research and raises heirloom breeds of sheep. She's one of the people I'd particularly like to sit around with over a whole lot of tea (or wine) til all hours at reunion.

[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

It's probably a sign of my freakiness that of those two items, despite my proclivities for research, the sheep is what leapt out at me as most immediately fascinating. :)

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

I'll probably discover that half my friends have been buying wool from her for years, or something.

[galaneia.livejournal.com]

You aren't the only one. My brain went AT&T...hey, sheep! It took me the second reading to notice the word research. :-P