Music and Age
Well, we're back from Boston. We had a good time there. We did some shopping and some eating, which was to be expected. We also saw Maria Full of Grace, which I liked quite a lot. As for new music, we got the latest Rilo Kiley (still on my first listen, but sounds good), the Rogue Wave album (haven't heard yet), Scissor Sisters (so far, I like it), the new Libertines (haven't heard yet), and the new Bjork (like it). Could any of these be a contender for album of the year? Maybe.

In other music news, Franz Ferdinand won the Mercury Music Prize. Oh, and Victor, Diana, and I got tickets to Morrissey in Fort Worth today.

So what else is new? Over the past couple of months, I've been getting email about the upcoming ten-year reunion for my high school class. They have gone so far as to start a Yahoo! group for the class. I can't believe that it has been almost ten years. Next summer, I'll head off to see how much people have changed and/or stayed the same.

For the most part, I really enjoyed high school. I was in the weird, arty crowd... you know, the ones wearing fishnets and silver boots to school (remember, this was the mid-90's). We had crossdressing parties, went to raves, participated in every drama production, dyed our hair, all that stuff. Quite a lot of us were also honors students, including myself, which I think threw people for a loop. I don't think people understood how I could get straight A's and still be a complete drug fiend (which I wasn't - I have never taken drugs)... just goes to show you how people form these crazy misconceptions. Anyway, I managed to enjoy high school with only a few incidents of people being hateful and mean to me (especially compared to brutal junior high). I'm interested to see if the people who saw themselves as better than the rest of us still have that viewpoint. My guess is no. Most of the people I've seen since then have been nice and friendly, including the people who were not so nice back in the day.

I wonder how many people will be there that don't have kids and a spouse (or ex-spouse). So far it seems that most everyone is married with children. What is up with that? It took me quite a few years after high school to just get to know myself, experience things, travel, you know... how could I have done that with a family? I guess people's priorities are different, and mine just weren't the same as most people's. I really only keep in regular contact with two people from my class: Ryan and Ellen. Ellen has lived in New Zealand for years, traveled quite a lot, and is still single. Ryan is a filmmaker and is gay, so no marriage and kids for him yet either. So maybe we're the exception to the norm.

Still, aren't I too young to have a ten-year reunion???