{"id":819,"date":"2024-10-13T13:56:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T18:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/?p=819"},"modified":"2024-10-13T13:56:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T18:56:48","slug":"class-of-198omfg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/?p=819","title":{"rendered":"Class of 198OMFG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Early this summer, I was approached by a barely-known member of my local fraternal lodge, who seemed strangely intent on speaking with me. She started rattling off how wonderful it was to realize I went to high school with her as well as being a Lodge member, and that I was very much needed to be on our local High School Reunion Committee. Caught flat-footed before witnesses, I mumbled something wimpy about I could maybe help decorate if it was at our Lodge Hall, but I really am only good with social activities for about 90 minutes at a time\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026.and The Fuckery began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago, the day after the Reunion Party, I spilled my guts into my Apple notes. It was a highly unattractive and pissy rant, filled with frustration, aggravation, and general curmudgeonliness. My sensibilities were offended, and my wallet left with a non-negligible hole in it. I have a burning need to post something about the behind-the-scenes Drama, but\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No, there is too much. Let me sum up*:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>40-year old tatty hand luggage crammed full of seething jealousy and resentment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blatant adolescent behaviors perpetrated by a gaggle of quinquagenarians.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shadow competing reunion events run by two factions, each with the goal of outdoing the other.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human sacrifice. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!**.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/hsdrama.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"920\" src=\"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/hsdrama.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-822\" style=\"width:251px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/hsdrama.jpeg 640w, http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/hsdrama-209x300.jpeg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was absolutely reminded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why my circle of friends in high school was itty-bitty.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why I despise group projects with everything in my soul.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To always, always, always reply to an unexpected request for my time with, \u201cI\u2019ll need more information before I can possibly commit. Timelines. Lists. Budget projections. The results of a recent drug test from the Team Leader.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That thanks to some lovely folks who attended, not everybody in our graduating class is an immature twerp. Bless \u2018em, and such a pleasure to meet them again as grownups!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That TRS was and is my BFF, my ride-or-die, after all these years. That right there is worth its weight in pure gold.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At this time, I am disinclined to attend our next reunion in five years. I reserve the right to change my mind if I can simply be an attendee and know that I will get to hang out with The Good and Nice Classmates. Today? In mid-October 2024? Meh. Not so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">*Credit to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Princess Bride<\/span><br>**Credit to the original <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ghostbusters<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early this summer, I was approached by a barely-known member of my local fraternal lodge, who seemed strangely intent on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-ramblings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":824,"href":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}