2ndclepunkbuddha

Last MLK Day (which has nothing to do with the day itself, things just happened to fall that way), there were some hilarious things that went down.  Firstly, Old Man Winter decided to show it's ugly head and we were hit in Northeast Ohio with Arctic cold for the first time in a while.  This lead to snow, temperatures in the teens and lower, and snow, which also leads to seasonal depression and feeling lousy.  Try as I might not to acknowledge this oddity, I too suffer from it and I felt sluggish and the need to cocoon.  Yet I know I am not alone in this.  As Practicum Reboot was not meeting that day (which I will dedicate another blog to), I spent most of the day indoors with my laptop on my lap and in my bed.  Still, there are worse things.  Like having a bottle of Diet Pepsi leak all over you, not knowing that it was leaking until you got to the assignment, and having to spend the morning with a wet spot on your winter coat, turtleneck and pants, soa...

I have my twentieth high school reunion coming up this summer.  I know a lot of people look forward to such things, why I'm not too sure.  Adolescence is a rough thing for most (for a variety of reasons), I don't think mine was any more or less difficult but I did have a few things that were unique to my situation.  I matured through those years, but moreso as an adult.  I was talking with a friend of mine from those years (she and I have had an odd history together, but that's another story) who agreed that we were being trained to become alums while there.  I would have to agree, there certainly was a level of elitism, but there was also a certain veneer of sleaze under it as well for some like the gal who now a convict serving time for Arson 1 and Murder 2 in a maximum security prison on the West Coast last I heard.  I'm not sure if she's out now or if the other inmates have killed her yet either.  Most alumni relationships are based on hazy, nostal...