dumb ol' facebook

[balthazar]

I prolly carry too much baggage from the high school years.

For EX, I recently looked at the FB profile of a guy I had a cross-room brawl with in high school, and I still feel dislike toward him, even tho the 'statute of limitations' has long ago run out on that.

OTOH, as I randomly look up people I used to know from HS, I feel better & better about my current state of self-preservation. Many of the 'beautiful people' have fallen so hard.

Life can be a harsh mistress, so the saying goes.

Is it wrong to take a teaspoon of glee from that??

[balthazar]

rock star then & nows :

http://freshpics.blogspot.com/2010/07/rock-stars-then-and-now.html

[SAmadei]

I prolly carry too much baggage from the high school years.

For EX, I recently looked at the FB profile of a guy I had a cross-room brawl with in high school, and I still feel dislike toward him, even tho the 'statute of limitations' has long ago run out on that.

OTOH, as I randomly look up people I used to know from HS, I feel better & better about my current state of self-preservation. Many of the 'beautiful people' have fallen so hard.

Life can be a harsh mistress, so the saying goes.

Is it wrong to take a teaspoon of glee from that??

Not wrong.

I'm kinda fortunate, too, in that I've stayed well preserved, at least externally. But its in the genes. Both my parents also were the same... for me, its like I grew into a 25 year old appearance in high school, and barely moved since. I used to be mistaken for my mother's brother. Keeping the hair is helpful, but now I have to decide if I'm going to fight the specks of gray that are going to finally betray my true age.

I disagree that statutes of limitations for high school stuff runs out. People who would throw me under the bus in high school who suddenly want to act like old friends because in the real world friends are hard to come by... no thanks.

rock star then & nows :

http://freshpics.blo...en-and-now.html

I think its funny how Neil Young is turning into Jack Palance.

[ocnblu]

Funny because it is so true. Just so happens this weekend there is an informal reunion happening on Kent Island, MD, involving several graduating classes at a dock bar. Not sure if I'm going. And 2012 is my THIRTY YEAR, official reunion, being put together by a little girl in my class who has aged about five minutes since 1982.

I started turning gray at age 18, a trait handed down from my paternal grandfather. I'm glad I didn't take after my maternal grandfather, who was bald by age 25.

And yes, it is funny seeing all those old folks on FB that I graduated with.

[balthazar]

>>"I disagree that statutes of limitations for high school stuff runs out. People who would throw me under the bus in high school who suddenly want to act like old friends because in the real world friends are hard to come by... no thanks."<<

Interesting- if that's the motivation, I would agree. Last year I jettisoned a best friend of over 2 decades, as his mind warped & shriveled into a nucleus of intolerance of others, and regardless of the good times we had, I don't need that sh!t directed at me. F him.

I would agree it's in the genes. A bunch of longevity on my father's side: Gramps is going to be 96 this month.

Bill- did you go to earlier reunions? I went to my 20th- enjoyed it but that's going to be the only one.

[SAmadei]

I started turning gray at age 18, a trait handed down from my paternal grandfather. I'm glad I didn't take after my maternal grandfather, who was bald by age 25.

Well, turning gray is not a totally bad thing... many grey folks are still quite youthful in appearance.

I got my first grey when I was about 10, but its a congenital patch... I forget the medical term for it. Several of my friends also have them, but much more obvious than mine. The grey is really started two years ago... but it ready started pouring it on this year.

Last year I jettisoned a best friend of over 2 decades,

Interesting. Went through a similar thing with a friend of over 25 years. Different reason, though.

I would agree it's in the genes. A bunch of longevity on my father's side: Gramps is going to be 96 this month.

Nice. I've got quite a bit of longevity on both sides of the family, many on the material side lived well into their 90s, even back in the 1800s... but it seems the males in my father's side of the family are cursed in their 50s. I'm not so confidant I'll shake that.

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

I think it's fun to do the same thing... But I try not to get cocky because I'm afraid I'll get slapped down for it.

I feel like I'm aging well, but I fear that someday I'll be one of those people that ages 5 years in the span of one year just because I stress out so much.

I really hate the concept of time though and feel as if it is my enemy because, in my opinion, nothing good comes from change. And time is CONSTANT change. The reason I don't do change well is because for some reason I have this 'need' to control EVERYTHING in my life (My friends call it my 'god complex') I feel that I have my 30s left before things really start to go downhill... (What a horrible mindset, right)

I'm already getting gray in my goatee (a little bit) and it makes me think of this old guy that used to be one of my office's investment clients. He had this awesome silver goatee and would actually get paying gigs as an Uncle Sam character.

Part of me can't wait to be this gnarly old dude that looks like a cross between Lemmy and James Hetfield and bitches about new music and new cars not being "half what it/they used to be."

Then again, if I could get away with it, I'd probably look like Rob Zombie all the time. LOL. But I have to keep a job.

Edited August 1, 2011 by FUTURE_OF_GM

[ocnblu]

>>"I disagree that statutes of limitations for high school stuff runs out. People who would throw me under the bus in high school who suddenly want to act like old friends because in the real world friends are hard to come by... no thanks."<<

Interesting- if that's the motivation, I would agree. Last year I jettisoned a best friend of over 2 decades, as his mind warped & shriveled into a nucleus of intolerance of others, and regardless of the good times we had, I don't need that sh!t directed at me. F him.

I would agree it's in the genes. A bunch of longevity on my father's side: Gramps is going to be 96 this month.

Bill- did you go to earlier reunions? I went to my 20th- enjoyed it but that's going to be the only one.

I've gone to several. 5, 10, 20 official ones, and two years ago to the informal one. I may skip it this year and wait for the big 3-0.

SAmadei, yup, going gray ain't all bad I guess. I've had a blind person say I look like Richard Gere, and another vision-impaired dude say Anderson Cooper. But whatever.

[balthazar]

I get 'Stallone' all the time. Just posted a pic on another forum, very next post said 'Yo Rocky'. I don't see it myself, but whatever.

He's looking pretty rough now, over 60 and 'roided out and all, but the association could be worse. I could make people think of Carrot Top {shudder}

[the_yellow_dart]

I guess I must be aging well... because at 28, I still get carded every time I go to the casino, where they're wondering if I'm over 19 or not.

[balthazar]

^ Or is that just like cigarettes; here in Jersey they ask for ID if you look 27 or younger.

[cletus8269]

yeah, there have been many rejected requests on my part. if we hung out or talked cool, but if not then why would i want to now? i see these people with 1000+ friends on there and wonder exactly how could you know enough even remotely about these people that you would recognize all of em on the street...

[balthazar]

I believe a lot of people judge their self-worth by how many FB 'friends' they have.

[the_yellow_dart]

I carried quite a few grudges in late elementary and early high school. People picked on me for being smart, and some were very mean about it. However, all of the worst offenders at some point came around and were actually friendly towards me by the end of high school. So, I no longer hold any grudges.

One particular story has a sad ending. One bully in particular who made my life hell in grade 6 and 7 had become quite nice to me by grade 9 - wouldn't quite call him a friend but it was heading that way. I really thought he was turning his life around, but unfortunately his past caught up with him and he got kicked out of our high school. He continued down the wrong path and had a long list of unsolved crimes in his wake. Finally one day the police caught him and the long list of crimes was finally pinned on him. He was sentenced to jail for a long period of time. Shortly after being jailed, he hung himself with the bedsheets. Despite the years of hardship he put me through, I still felt really bad when I heard about this.

[SAmadei]

^ Or is that just like cigarettes; here in Jersey they ask for ID if you look 27 or younger.

I actually have only been carded (for age) once... a few years ago at a restaurant with a 'card everybody' policy... my mother, in her 60s also got carded, so it doesn't really count.

I remember once I had a couple roommates younger than me... and a roommate MUCH older than me... like 25. At the time I was still a year from being legal. So we all put our orders in and send our old roommate in... but he gets carded (cause he looked 17) and had left his ID at home. I go in, and bought the same stuff and the clerk didn't card me at all. Whoops.

Now its insane who they card for cigarettes. But I don't smoke (or buy).

yeah, there have been many rejected requests on my part. if we hung out or talked cool, but if not then why would i want to now? i see these people with 1000+ friends on there and wonder exactly how could you know enough even remotely about these people that you would recognize all of em on the street...

Well, if you spend the average 2 years at a job, with 200-400 associates and change jobs a few times, the requests add up in a jiffy. And that's not including vendors and stuff.

I believe a lot of people judge their self-worth by how many FB 'friends' they have.

Yeah, seriously. I'm trying to keep my FB number as low as possible and still function. The more "friends" you have, the more worthless FB spam you have.

[Sixty8panther]

It's only human nature.

I went to a high school with tons of rich kids.

Many were lazy bums and had no respect

for anyone who was not in their "tax bracket"

or somehow worthy based on drug use or

what not.

Several of these jerks & ice-queens had

mommy & daddy buy them a new car at

16 or 17 years old.

I showed up to my 5-year reunion in a 5

year old Cadillac STS that I bought for

MYSELF with MY job.

The only car I ever had a payment on, a

1997 Cadillac STS. It was a new car

when I graduated H.S. in 1997 and it

cost over $50,000 then, just five years

later I was driving it and it felt good to

park it in a sea of BMWs and Acuras

that were paid for by a trust fund etc.

[daves87rs]

Eh, it's okay...I usually don't worry about it too much. We just had our 15th. And people still tell me I've haven't changed a bit.

One could say I have a decent amount of friends-but I've made quite a few. And actually talk to 90 perecent of them as well.

We had a few very sad things happen our last few years of high school, which actaually brought us closer together....so maybe it's a bit different for me.....

[FAPTurbo]

I finally got Facebook! Add me, or I will be super depressed!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002754498386