Green Room - Week 26 - 9

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I was having a conversation yesterday with a friend who wasn't all that familiar with Survivor as I was explaining something they mentioned that it "sounds like high school".

Which got me immediately thinking about every other time someone has said that something has been "just like high school".

It got me wondering - just what sort of high school did people go to that it was just like a reality show and/or being on the internet???? ;)

Is anything ever "Just like it was back in elementary school?" or "Man, this is just like Pre-K all over again!"??? Crayons everywhere man. I'm telling you, crayons everywhere. There are some stains on your soul that just don't wash out man!!!
They. Just. Won't. Wash. Out.

I figure that the people who had decent high school experiences probably *aren't on the internet* - they are the ones who were "popular" which is why the term (online) has such negative connotations at times. "People like it - it must suck" :)

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Speaking of things that people like, but definitely don't suck - voting is still going on with this week's entries!!! http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/340937.html

Immunity will be announced LATE this evening btw. So if you are on the jury, remember to get your ballot in and if you aren't - stay tuned!!!

Comments

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Oh my. I'm so glad I didn't go to your school. lol... If you even tried to bring a gun around campus anywhere I went to school, the police would shoot you down, man.

Feel better, you. ♥

[cacophonesque.livejournal.com]

My school was strange, and it had a lot of problems, and I didn't really fit in there... but it was an experience, and looking back on it, I have an appreciation for the novelty of it all.

Oh, also I went to school with the same people from kindergarten through high school! Started half days of kindergarten. Then in 1st grade all the morning and afternoon kids were put together. Then in 7th grade, the New Sharon schools integrated with ours. And in 9th grade the Wilton schools fed in. And even before the schools came together we often knew each other through music or athletics. Small town living, man.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Wow. Going to school with the same people for that long... that'd be strange. But it actually is something that I do envy. My friends changed basically year to year. I can see pros and cons to knowing people that long and that well. Small town living indeed.

[cacophonesque.livejournal.com]

When I was on one of my visits to Portland in April, I met up with a girl that I befriended in kindergarten. And, the strange thing is, even though I drifted and changed and all of that--every time an old school mate finds me on Facebook, it's really cool. Despite any old animosity, we have a lot of shared history, and I think that kind of thing matters a lot. We all knew each other and the same teachers and local figures and places...

And it's cool to see how we've all grown and changed over the years... and how most of us have matured into compassionate adults.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

That is a wonderful thing. Even though it has a lot of negatives, that's one of the really great things about Facebook... the ability to reconnect with people from your past.