it's so much easier...
Last night was Ryan's graduation. Hit me yesterday morning that I would probably see a lot of my former classmates. I was kinda...eh...on that. I had forgotten how
many of my former friends (and former classmates) had siblings my brother's age. Michelle was there, even though she doesn't have a sibling who graduated...she was
the only person I talked to. Oh, and Matt Enochs. But I run into him here and there and he's Michelle's friend and he's a nice guy, so that was no big deal. I saw
a fellow classmate of mine who dropped out due to teenage pregnancy. Pretty freaky to see someone my age with two kids that are like at least 5 or 6 years old. I saw
two of my old best friends from junior high. I saw one of my old best friends...we stopped talking when our other friend (the three girl dynamic does not work) was
totally brainwashing her and she began smoking again and let this other girl step all over her. A lot of my friendships never had a real "end"...it was simply...stopped
with no explanation or care. Weird. I was going to go say something to her...but it's like...she could've come and said something to me, too. No big deal.
Then me and Gen talked to one of our English teachers. Ryan had him, too. He's had all the Gates kids. He was a nice guy and one of my two favorite teachers from
high school. It was weird because he no longer seemed like a teacher...he seemed like a peer. He said "shit" and it made me laugh inside my head. Anyway, Gen and I wanted
to talk to him because Gen found out his brother (who is an actor) was on Six Feet Under...so I needed to know WHAT role. And I found out and holy shit, I knew exactly
who his brother was...it was sort of a decent part that ran a couple of episodes. Small fucking world.
Oh, and my sister and brother both told me that one of my best friends from elementry school and junior high is a lesbian. They thought I knew...and I was like...uh, no. I was
sort of taken aback for a moment...but when I thought about it, out of the eight of us that were friends in junior high, she never had a crush on a boy. We were all pretty boy
crazy and she was never writing "I heart 68" on her notebooks or anything. The funny thing is, out of my friends, she wouldn't have been the one I would have pegged a lesbo! Not that
I have sat around thinking about who's gay and who's not...but it's just weird.
Afterward, we ate pizza. We were going to watch Monster but by the time things had settled, it was 11 and I was tired and so was my dad. We ended up watching some
Titanic thing on the Discover Channel. Exciting stuff.
Today was less exciting. I finished watching Freaks and Geeks. I'm so disappointed that there's no conclusion...but the way the last episode ends, I was like, "Yeah!" Totally
love Jason Segel. His character (Nick) cracks me up...and he's cute in that not obvious, sort of dorky...way...kind of like John Mayer.
Ok I've been battling a headache all afternoon. I think it's time to hit the sack.
when sea foam green is in fashion...
What does Ronald Reagan mean to me? Not much besides a character chosen to be part of the Cafe 80s in Back to the Future
Part II. I was 7 when Reagan left office. I only can remember my parents were rooting for Dukakis...and it really hurt my feelings when my favorite teacher,
Miss Darga (2nd grade) expressed she was happy that George Bush won because she reminded her of "a grandpa." That was my first real experience with realizing people
have different political views. My point is, I should mention Reagan's passing, but I just needed to clarify I do not remember like, anything about his
presidency.
