Mountain Clams

20 years already?

October 7th was my 20 year high school reunion in New Jersey. I would love to have gone to it, but as you can read on other blog entries, finances weren't what they should have been to allow me to go. Last night, one of my HS classmates sent out the pictures that were taken there, along with a long e-mail contact list. (Yay!) Thinking back, I didn't know many people from high school, at least not well. I wasn't - and still am not - the best in social situations. I didn't go to my junior prom. I didn't go to my senior prom. I never went to a football game. While I wasn't in the chess club (I would have hated it), I was an honorary member of the German club, and was a member of the computer club. Co-president, if I remember correctly. So yeah, more geek than socialite.

After high school ended, I had a few small jobs, tried moving to Dallas for work, moved back, joined the Army and served 5 years, including when the Berlin Wall came down, and during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. The Army was kind enough to deposit me in Colorado Springs five years later. After a few months on unemployment in 1992, I found a job in Denver and then moved up here. I've been here ever since, working as a computer programmer.

There are pictures of me in here, but I'm in costume in those, so I decided to upload one where I'm not harder to recognize. This one was taken at Christmas when I got the hat and sweatshirt I'm holding up. My hair is quite a bit longer now than in HS and I've probably put on about 45 pounds. What'cha think?

posted by Brett @ 6:40 AM