Below are the 2 most recent journal entries recorded in uniqueunorque's LiveJournal:

Monday, August 14th, 2006
10:50 am	Hello one and all. Most of you know that I have not, in fact, fallen off the face of the earth. Whether or not I would ever post in my lj again may have been more of a question. I seem to have a peculiar need to write about my high school reunion, which was last Saturday. What a bazaar experience. Everything was eerily the same...same people, same cliques, same music...and yet not nearly as bad as it should have been, for all that. It had a surreal intangibility which I do not think was entirely due to the dry martini I had in the hotel bar just before. My good friend G and I decided to leave the boys at home and go together. Neither of them had much interest in going and we both figured they'd mostly get in the way. I found myself a little sad that I had made that choice. Strangely enough, it was more because I had a really good time and I think he would have enjoyed himself after all. There weren't very many of my old high school chums there, but we made a fun and self absorbed table. The pictures, speechlettes (they didn't qualify as full blown speeches) and so-called dancing were nostalgic in a faded sort of way, and we did manage to get everyone up for a grudging picture. Full of old school spirit, our class. It all went by in sing song rounds of "hi, how are you? What are you doing these days?" with the voices of fifty other people asking fifty more the same questions filling in the background. Everyone was awkwardly happy. So very strange. After a mostly palatable dinner and dessert and a passable stab at entertainment, the lot of us wandered back down to the martini bar in twos and threes to regroup and catch up with those less willing to attend the more choreographed part of the evening. What saved the night from being a total wash was, of course, my fabulous friends and my willingness to flirt shamelessly with Canadians (I'd left my favorite one at home). So, this is my advice to anyone who is considering attending a high school reunion: 1)bring a friend or find someone/thing else to entertain you 2)talk about more people than you actually talk to 3)have a stiff drink before you get there 4)flirt shamelessly; you'll probably never see them again anyway. My cynical side and I need to get some sleep. Think I'll make it to three? (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, July 25th, 2005
4:07 am	Warming up There is something a little scary about the blank page, especially the very first blank page. In my mind, blank, first pages are solidly attached to writing papers for school, so much so that I am currently working through the same little clutch of anxiety and anticipation I used to get when beginning an essay for class. The pressure of creating an introduction that describes a linking thread for my thoughts, while hopefully pulling the prof out of the essay induced stupor they've fallen into while reading various incarnations of the same theme, lingers with me. I can hear the love of my life thinking "such a dork". You should know, Sweetheart. There is a little presence of glee bouncing along side that bit of anxiety. It has been a very long time since I've written anything that had any kind of an audience. It feels good. Scary, but good. Fun even. It took me a year of reading other journals before I decided to begin one of my own, a month to find a name, and a week and a bit to actually post something. Yup, no time like the present, that's me. So welcome any and all who happen this way. I started this account for entirely selfish reasons intended to make me happy, but if I happen to provide a bit of enjoyment or happiness to others, well that's just icing, isn't it? I suppose I may provide unhappiness as well, but I really find it hard to care. Entirely selfish. Makes me happy. Current Mood: contemplative (8 Comments |Comment on this)