Saturday, November 07, 2009
Happy Reunion NPHS class of 89!
Tonight is the class of 89's 20th year reunion. I know this because of facebook. And because they opened up their last 2 hours of their reunion to all classes. I won't be crashing this one though, like I did for 88. Last year I happened to be in NJ at the time, this year I'm not, so it's definitely not something I would take a trip for.
When I went to my own reunion 2 years ago it was really amazing meeting all those people again. I had NO IDEA what anyone was up to. No clue what they looked like, what they were doing for work, or where they were living. And I think that's part of what made it so cool to go. Every conversation was interesting. Even the boring people ;)
But now since most of my class is on facebook, I wonder what our 25 year will be like. I also wonder what tonight's will be like for the 89ers since I think a huge chunk of them are on too.
If you've seen each others' pictures, read the stati, know their day to day stuff... I almost wonder what's the point of a reunion? There's one going on every day online.
I wonder how fb has changed reunions anymore. Don't get me wrong, as long as I can, I plan on attending my 25th in a few years, but I really think the magic might be missing. We'll just have to wait and see!
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I found that our 25th Reunion was enhanced by Facebook. My group of friends in H.S. was very small but because of Facebook I was able to talk to nearly everyone and have some idea who they were! We had about a 50/50 mix of people on FB and those that weren't. We were also able to find so may more people for the reunion because of FB. A bonus all the way around.
I've never heard of opening u the reunion to other classes...now that's an idea. :)
Kristin - The Goat
interesting to hear. I would have to count to see how many of us are on fb, but I think it's definitely more than half, and I think it's the main ones who would go to the reunion. We'll see! :)
The last 2 classes who did reunions opened them up after the dinner and cash bar ended. I went to the class after me's last year, it was really cool since my school wasn't very big so we all had friends in other grades too.