I'm not going. No way. The only appeal I can think of for these things is the whole highway-accident kinda atmosphere. You don't want to look, or even know. You keep telling yourself that, but it's just not possible to look away.

It occurs to me that I don't think I've ever met anyone who wanted to go to a high school reunion. Obviously, there must be people who like these things. But who are they? Just think about that for a minute. Are these the sorts of people you really want in your life, even for a few hours?

Here's my idea: Let's get a pool of people together, draw names, and all go to someone else's high school reunion instead. I guarantee that we all went to school with basically the same people. At someone else's reunion, you could see all the archetypical encounters going on, and not have to get emotionally involved in any of them.

The logistics will be rather funky, but I'm sure we can get the details ironed out with a little thought.

"Yeah, I'm Daven. No, really. I'm Daven. Why do you keep looking at me like that? I haven't changed that much, have I?"

Of course, once it caught on, everyone would be doing it. If by some chance you screwed up and went to your own reunion by mistake, you still might not see anyone you actually knew. Just a lot of representatives. Which would be its own kind of fun.

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Damn. I really want to play with this idea more, but I've gotta get to work. Stupid reality! Always spoiling my fun. To be continued, perhaps.

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