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Senior photo leaves doubts about attending class reunion
October 28, 2009"To fame and fortune, we will soar. Senior Class of 64."
In high school, I was one of those kids who really didn't fit in.
I was short.
I wore nerdy glasses.
I didn't have a car.
I didn't have any money.
I was not a star athlete.
I was not in the National Honor Society.
I was really nobody.
So I have never attended any of my class reunions.
Why should I?
Isn't four years of suffering enough punishment for one guy?
But last week, thanks to Facebook, I was reunited with several others from Wichita Falls High School's senior class of 1964.
I probably still don't have much in common with these people, but the older you get, the more you enjoy reminiscing about the past.
I was really enjoying looking at the current pictures of all of my classmates, while at the same time wondering why they all got so old and I am still a youthful, handsome dude.
But not long after I joined the group, the woman who started the site put my high school annual picture up for everybody to see.
I need to call my lawyer.
This is surely worth some kind of big lawsuit.
I have told you this before, but as a kid, I was Ralphie on "A Christmas Story."
The spitting image of that nerdy little kid.
As much as I've tried to forget my 17-year-old self, now here I am on the world wide web for everyone to see.
A fat-faced kid with glasses, a flat top, a phony smile and a Subway suit.
I'm not talking about the 5-dollar foot long Subway.
Back in the old days, the Hub was a really nice downtown men's clothing store.
The Subway was in the basement of the store and had cheap stuff for us poor and needy folks.
My grandmother took me to Subway and bought me a cheap suit and a clip-one tie to wear to church on Sunday.
Senior photos required a suit and tie, so little Nicky wore his Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes to school on picture day.
I was a virgin when I graduated from high school, and I still blame picture day for that.
I didn't even like crawling into bed with myself every night.
Now these people are talking about getting together for a 50th reunion in 2014.
I would really like to attend, but every time I look at the annual picture, I change my mind.
And after looking at the high school pictures of others in my class, they may be thinking the same thing.
I wasn't the only nerd in town.
Posted by Nick Gholson at 8:47 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Nicky Don, I certainly remember you long before 1964 graduation from WFHS. Please keep me informed somehow about our class reunion for 2014. I really would like to attend. I attended the 10-year and 20-year reunions and really enjoyed seeing my friends and meeting others that I did not know way back when.
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