So the big reunion has come & gone, and as I said a couple days ago- neither Susin or I are big on them but we were gonna put on a couple of smiley faces and go for the hell of it. When we graduated we said that we would never and promised to spend our 10 yr having dinner together & getting drunk. I was living in Toronto when it rolled around so we got drunk together over the phone.

So… the twenty year was yesterday. I got in the car, made the trip to Susin’s house in Kelowna.

My bestest friend Susin

The evening started out with a little of this…

Ruby deliciousness

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Dear Asshole,

You are the guy who stepped around the elderly woman that tripped on the sidewalk without even bothering to help her up or even ask if she was alright. I hope that an exotic South American parasite invades your rectum.

-k

Excerpt from Another Little Disappointment;

“…… I didn’t actually want sex so quit cupping my nuts.”

I love this sentence because for whatever reason (head injury? Early dementia? Alcohol induced hysteria?) it makes me laugh a lot. I wish I had nuts so I could use it. I would. I would steal it and pretend that I just thought it up because I am always so funny.

Soooooo… couple o’ hackers calling themselves “anonymous” gained access to Republican Vice President nominee Sarah Palin’s personal email account. It appears as though Mrs. Smarty pants has been using her Yahoo accounts to conduct Government business. This would be hysterical if it were a report in The Onion. In real life however, it’s freaking mind blowing. One such email from aide Ivy Frye to a State Official was inquiring as to whether personal emails were immune to subpoena. The response was reportedly forwarded to both Palin & her husbands Yahoo accounts.

Still think that if McCain wins he won’t die in some mysterious accident shortly after taking office? Don’t kid yourselves. This is one cut throat bitch. She’s the Leona Helmsley of politics except that Helmsley had a substantially smaller pool of peons to terrorize and of course lacked the global ramifications. (more…)

So let’s just get this straight. The US Federal Reserve has bailed out A.I.G to the tune of 85 billion dollars. Freddi Mac & Frannie Mae got got pulled back from the cliffs edge with 100 million each. Lehman Brothers is in Chapter 11 & Merrill Lynch has been forced to sell to avoid the same fate.

Housing prices over in the US are continuing to fall as mortgage default rates continue to rise. Call it predatory lending or call it stupid consumer decisions- hell, call a fucking pumpkin pie with whipped topping. It all amounts to the same thing; Their bailing a battleship with an empty tuna can. The markets are sliding, global faith in US economic stability is at an all time low and Bush describes this critical economic crisis as a short term market adjustment that will result in minimal effects on an otherwise stable economy.

Is he drunk?

Whoever wins the big chair next door had better not get too comfortable in it because the cuts required to fix these problems will go right through the muscle and into bone. The new administration will end up becoming the whipping boy for the former one.

You know when you’ve had one of those days when you just can’t stop smiling? I am having one of those and my face is starting to ache from the uber grin. Is a good ache. Yes, there are in fact such things as “good aches.”

Is my face. Hurting from the smiling.

Sometimes it's all about "hookers & blow" other times it's a well mixed cocktail & a terrycloth robe.

After work today I will dash out to Kelowna and pick this guy up at the airport. It has been a month since I dropped him there so I am somewhat excited. It could be because he is slightly weird, silly and fun or it could be that I drink too much and cannot make sound, rational romantic decisions. Not sure. Don’t care.

One week from tomorrow I will go to Kelowna and attend an “informal” high school reunion. (Informal means that it takes place at a pub rather than some shitty hall. Yeah, my class kinda liked to party.) I have thus far avoided these events like the plague. In fact, Susin & I made a deal the year after school that we would never attend a reunion. We would instead spend the evening getting extremely drunk together. On our 10 year reunion I was in Toronto so we spent the evening getting drunk over the phone. This will be our 20 year. (Yeah, shut the fuck up.)

So…… what’s changed since then that we would go back on out little deal made in the late 80’s? Well, to be honest, Denise’s mom died. I know that sounds weird but we all loved Mrs. Rafferty. She died earlier this year and the handful of old classmates that flocked to pay their final respects to a very kind woman found themselves shoulder to shoulder for the first time in 20 years. I was completely and totally shocked at how much I enjoyed seeing some of those old faces. I honestly hadn’t expected it. I guess the fact that it wasn’t a full blown shitass “whattcha been doing?” type deal with everyone from my grad year, 3 of which I’ve kept in contact with. Chatting with Karen, Harry, Michelle and the likes was actually a lot of fun. Many of them have continued contact over the years but I am not one of them.

So, a while back Susin hits me with this… and I quote…. “Which reminds me…on Sept 29 they are having a bit of a reunion. The only way I would ever go would b if u were there…and even then I’m not so sure…???”

So. We’re going. Both a bit apprehensive but for different reasons. Susin has a busy happy life with husband and baby & is wondering what’s gonna happen and I am worried that I will offend someone (which is likely) considering the fact that I will not randomly give out my number or make plans with someone on the sole basis that I went to school with them 20 years ago. I don’t know why people don’t believe me when I tell them that I’m just not a social person. Seeing me in a social setting might make you think otherwise, but really- I just don’t like most people and am not willing to pretend that I want to hang out with them if we no longer have anything in common.

I know that I might be surprised by some of the people that I see and meet there and it could be fun…. I’m not holding my breath but nor am I writing it off in advance. The people that I saw at Mrs’ R’s funeral reminded me that sometimes it’s nice talking with someone who has known you for over 20 years. I don’t have many of those people around me and it was kinda cool catching up.

It should be interesting. Susin & I will undoubtedly get very drunk.