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I spent this past Saturday night back in Shippensburg, PA at my 10th high school reunion. About 35 of the about 200 people in our class showed up. There weren't many of my good friends (yeah, the nerds) from the Class of '97 there, but there were plenty of people who I was happy to see. Out of everyone who was there, other than my friend who I dragged along, I can only think of one of them who I've even talked to since we graduated. So, there was plenty to catch up on.
For the first hour or so, most people just stuck to their tables and didn't do too much mingling beyond a "Hey there," on their way to the cooler to get more drinks. After a not-too-bad buffet dinner things started to loosen up a bit and I ended up talking to most everyone I was interested in seeing again. For those keeping track, that didn't include my still-a-bitch yearbook co-editor. I found out that my track & baseball bench friend is an architect in Philly, the girl voted "Best Hair" is now a hairdresser, our soccer goalie is with a geographical survey company in Maryland, and is also one of two guys who married a girl from our class (at least from those who showed up). Many of us haven't changed much - I was able to recognize everyone except one, even without nametags. I doubt that will be the case at the 20.
Since the reunion I've looked through all of my junior high and high school yearbooks. While there's certainly things I still think were great about that time, I don't want to go back. For one, even though I had a good range of extra-curricular activities, I really was a nerd. You probably aren't as closely tied to such a large group of peers any time other than in high school and that of course has unique advantages and disadvantages. I liked that I was always around all of my good friends, but it really sucks to be dumped at lunch time and then having to make sandwiches for a band fund raiser right after school with her.
I was listening to my music library on shuffle the week before the reunion, and a song by Bush came on. Immediately, I thought that, "Damn, this is a high school song." Since I remember having similar feelings about quite a few other songs, I attempted to put together a playlist that would represent my time in high school. It ended up being two CDs long and I made copies for a couple of my friends who I saw over the Thanksgiving break. Most of these songs were released between 1994-1997, although some just have a great story behind them. I could probably write a full post about each song on this list, but instead I'll just paste the playlist here and let you comment or question any of it.
Disc 1
The Dam At Otter Creek- Live
Good - Better Than Ezra
Hold Me Now - Elastica
Numb - U2
Ready To Go - Republica
Da Da Da - Trio
Lovefool - The Cardigans
Comedown - Bush
Unbelievable - EMF
Zero - Smashing Pumpkins
Zombie - Cranberries
Liar - Rollins Band
Asshole - Dennis Leary
Gel - Collective Soul
Novocaine For The Soul - Eels
Dock Of The Bay - Pearl Jam
Mighty K.C. - For Squirrels
Peaches - Presidents of the United States of America
Queer - Garbage
Disc 2
Discotheque - U2
Bulls On Parade - Rage Against The Machine
Just (Live) - Radiohead
Naked Eye - Luscious Jackson
The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
Say It Ain't So - Weezer
Mother - Danzig
Vasoline - Stone Temple Pilots
Sweet Dreams - Marilyn Manson
Popular - Nada Surf
Superman's Dead - Our Lady Peace
If I Only Knew - Tom Jones
Epic - Faith No More
This Is a Call - Foo Fighters
Hey Man Nice Shot - Filter
Talk Tonight - Oasis
Let Me In - R.E.M.
All Apologies - Nirvana
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