Oh yeah.  I had my 10 year high school reunion a few weeks ago.  I have to say I'm really glad I went.  I was kind of hoping for some really impressive train wreck or some amazing success story, but all I got was that just about everyone I knew (who showed up) is doing well.  I think 10 years is still to close to HS to see where people will end up.

My criticism for the reunion:  Too expensive, Rohert Fucking Park Double Tree (need I say more), cocktail attire, low turn out.  None of the people I ran with my senior year (the people I considered my close friends) showed.  Not that I expected any of them to, but it would have been nice to be surprised.  I like people to do that.  Just sayin is all. 

Too expensive?  Yeah, $55 presale, $75 a month before the event and that didn't even cover an open bar.  There are ways of stretching a buck and I just don't think those ways were employed.  It's really easy to criticize something you had nothing to do with planning, so I do give mucho mucho thanks to AC and MC for putting it together.  YOU GUYS ROCK!

Rohnert Park?  Yeah, I know.  Anyone from SR knows that if you want people to not show up you put something in RP.  It's a generic hotel in a planned town in the middle of a wide expanse of strip malls.  Ugh.  Not a destination.  The food was actually good, but the presentation was horrible (what were those fucking baby food carrots?).  NorCal is known for good food, good wine and relaxed and unique places.  Even our prom was in a more inspired place.  With all the people in the wine industry there had to be some connection with some family's winery that could have put us somewhere other than RP.

Oh, yeah.  Sit down dinner?  Too formal.  DJ who played the macarena and the hokey pokie?  BAD BAD BAD.  And what was with him switching from 90's to today's stuff?  The whole point of a reunion is to act as a flashback.  There was tons of bad music that could have brought up nightmares from our adolecence.

But that bitching aside, it was a really good time.  I'm really glad I went.  In fact, I recommend to all people to go to their reunions.  They only come along every 10 years so you don't really have an excuse.