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| Majorettes (photo credit) |
It’s time for Monday Listicles, a weekly blog link up hosted
by Stash at A Good Life. Today, due to a
suggestion by Rachel (Totally Ovar It), the Listicles blogging community is
exploring the pros and cons of attending your school reunion. For me, it’s a timely subject to contemplate. I graduated from high school in 1987. Put your eyeballs back in your head. Yes, that’s 25 years ago. I know it's shocking because I don’t look a day older than 30. But I'm not sure about attending my 25th high school reunion this summer. If I had Angelina Jolie’s right leg to take
along with me, I might feel better about going.
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| Angelina Jolie (photo credit) |
Pros and cons for attending my 25th
High School Reunion:
PRO: I am still hot. I could strut my stuff and
superficially enhance my self-esteem for a few hours.
CON: I am still hot.
I could be talked about behind my back by jealous former cheerleaders
who spent their high school careers doing that very same thing--destroying me
with their meanness.
PRO: I am no longer afraid of bully-type jealous people and
could open my heart to forgiveness and thus, become a better person. Possibly this transformation could lead to me
becoming a humanitarian on par with Oprah Winfrey and go on to be awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Do I have to be in a film for that?
CON: Even though I am friends with many of my classmates on
Facebook, I haven’t spoken to anyone since my 10th reunion in
1997. At that point in time, I was still
drinking and don’t remember much of what transpired during that celebration. I think maybe my behavior while under the
influence has hindered some of my relationships with H.S. folks. I don’t know and am frightened to find out.
PRO: I no longer drink.
I can leave a much better snapshot in former classmates’ minds than was
left for them in 1997 and would not have to return to another reunion in order to clear my reputation.
CON: Perhaps in my drunkenness
during the 10th reunion, I criticized the chosen location of the
party. I mean really, a bowling alley? The organizers may be waiting to beat me up
or throw gum in my hair.
PRO: I can take in the loveliness of the reunion venue and
my former classmates with sober, clear eyes.
This could be considered a CON, I am not sure.
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| Me, 1987, center right |
CON: With the exception of marching band and a handful of
people, I really hated high school. I
don’t see the point in reliving the torture of my four years of life spent as a
confused and scared high school girl.
Really, I don’t.
PRO: Last I saw, the venue for the reunion may be at the
casino. I could win the jackpot and use
my winnings to fix up my house, get a new car, and finally fit in among the
wealthy people in my 2.5 square mile insulated community. Maybe I’d even move south of Broad Street,
but I doubt it.
CON: My Alma Mater is
two hours away by car. Gas costs
money. That would be money I would
rather spend on tickets to the Forecastle Festival which is during the same
month, and tickets for Madonna’s concert taking place in Cleveland in
November.
Do you have a reunion coming up? Will you attend?
