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My high school classmates held their 15th anniversary reunion party (GRAN FARRA GRAN). I was there for the 10th (and had a blast) but i couldn't make this one. As i check out pictures from the event, it's depressing to see how many names i've forgotten (and some faces i don't recognize at all), interesting to see some people who haven't changed a lick and others who have (although are still recognizable), and a little scary to see the few who have aged poorly. I hope to go for our 20th (assuming i'm not going to South Africa for the World Cup... tricky).

Current Music: Midnight Oil - Section 5 (Bus To Bondi)

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Definitely go to the 20th. It's a whole different thing than the 10th. At the 10, everyone is posing, trying to convince everyone else they've "made it." We had a picnic (not a real party) for the 15th. I don't remember how people were because the love-of-my-life had just walked out on me and I was shell-shocked. Not too shell-shocked, of course, to miss the gathering and seriously misbehave after the picnic, but that's another spicy story ...

The 20th was really interesting because it was at that point people began reconnecting with one another. It stopped being "all about me" sort of deal and turned into a "who are you now" sort of thing. I really enjoyed talking to people I'd not known that well and finding what interesting people they'd turned into. Some people who were shy and didn't have the best social skills at 17 had turned into pretty interesting adults.

The 30th was even better, because a certain affection permeated the gathering. I reconnected with several old (and by then - OLD!) friends and we're still in touch. A few years ago some classmates began holding a summer picnic. I went to 2 or 3 of those.

I have my 40th in 18 days. Oh boy! I'm hideously self-conscious because I've gained serious poundage since the 30th. Nonetheless, I will push past all that and go because I always have a good time, I always find interesting people to talk to, and I really really REALLY like discovering who these "kids" became.