September 25, 2006

how do i answer that?

my 10-year high school reunion is in november and i received a questionnaire in the mail asking for all the usual identifying information. easy. ok, i won't go to the damn thing, but i'll at least send in the questionnaire. but the questionnaire also has two questions calling for a narrative response. first: "what have you been doing since high school?" second: "what is your favorite memory from high school?" these will be published in a "memory book." i'm limited to 3 sentences.

i seriously sit down at my desk on a daily basis and try to answer question one without seeming boring. i inevitably do.

"I went to college, graduated, screwed around for a while, went back to school, got my law degree, and now i have a 'real job.' i have a dog. i've been to hawaii."

yeah. there's no way i can write the past 10 years in 3 sentences and not sound completely insane or completely mundane.

so then i try to start with question two.

"Ditching prom to see the archers of loaf in my prom dress (that my mom made)."

OR

"Skipping school to go buy Wowie Zowie."

ok, so those are a bit more interesting but still apathetic.

so, sorry everyone. i'm not gonna send it in, which is the same exact thing i would have done 10 years ago. i guess this means i haven't changed a bit. that's reassuring, in a way.

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