Review - High School Reunion

On Saturday night, I returned to the heart of G-land to attend my 10 year school reunion. And was it ever a doozy!

Sadly, no one wore dresses made of vinyl or trimmed with fluff

While at times it was equivalent to full fingernail removal, there was fun to be had.

Highlights:

- Being told I was even taller and thinner than I was 10 years ago.

- Getting along with people I was quite ambivalent towards at school.

- Seeing that some slackers have pulled the finger out, given it a decent scrub and got a fair way down the path of 'life'.

- Drinking a few glasses of Peter Lehmann's finest at my parents' house and arriving at the party already well lubricated (did I mention I drove the Range Rover with the world's biggest turning circle?). Ahhh memories.

- Seeing that some people that were previously 'portly' have since taken an Olsen twin approach to the term 'three square meals', culminating in a halving of their size.

- Wading through some of my old possessions and finding the following gems: (1) A 1996/97 one day series cricket record which was signed by Ricky Ponting; (2) My sticker book from Grade Four - with at least three stickers of Melissa Tkautz - what a lady; and (3) Several year books from school and university - my, my, the world is small. Never commit to paper that you are fond of Aqua as it will come back to haunt you!

Lowlights:

- Dubious ingredients within fried bread purporting to be prawn toast. I blame those two bites for the next day's stomach affliction.

- Finding out that those who had just two neurons at school, now only have the one.

- Everyone flashing pictures of their babies on their mobile phones and asking when one will soon part from an Amniotic Sea near me.

- Racial/homophobic behaviour nearly resulting in a punch-on. I stepped in and had a one-on-one chat with the aggressor. I, of course, got into the role of psychiatrist but this went on for a bit and in the end, got in the way of my good time.

- When asking whether there would be an after party, I received an extremely blunt request for coitus.

So there you have it. I will probably never see most of them again, which reminds me, I should remove some of them from my friends on Facebook...

High School Reunion: 3 and a 1/2 stars.