Today, I’ll do the weekend in reverse, I think. (I’m such an innovator! 
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Sunday was pretty low key. We ended the day with the movie Blood Diamond. Eric had gotten it from Netflix, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to see it. Bad things: R-rated, LOTS of gore/violence/swearing, my bad dreams last night were directly related to the movie. Good things: Hard as it was to watch, it was really a well-done movie. The violence was not gratuitous; that is really how people all around the world are living right now. It was heart-breaking and redemptive all at once. But it left me with a huge heaviness, and no real ideas about what to do about it. I mean, it’s one thing for the Hollywood-types to raise awareness (I’m all for that!), but what can one small person in Columbus really do about African refugees/civil war/child armies/conflict diamonds/etc. Seemed a bit like I was just supposed to feel guilty for being an affluent American while so many lived in chaos, violence, poverty and crime. But there weren’t many ideas for how to really help.
Okay, other than the movie, I did laundry and read the newspaper. We watched a couple of MacGyver episodes in the afternoon. Karen dropped by in the evening to give me a coupon for a car place nearby. I MUST get my brakes looked at today. They were making some BAD noises on Saturday.
As for Saturday, we went rollerblading in the afternoon. For the evening, we drove to Beavercreek to go to the Class of 95 “reunion” dinner. It was fun to see everyone and catch up. They asked about Michelle, so I updated them on the twins and Sierra. They were all duly impressed! We didn’t stay very late (9:15-ish). I think some of the others went someplace else for a while, but we came home so we’d be ready for church.
Friday night, I think we hung out on the couch and watched television. Nothing terribly exciting.
I agree with Trisha.
How’s the car?
There was absolutely no mention of a reunion by our class for five years. I’m guessing we won’t do anything for 10 either.
^ Greg and Michelle and Chris and Shannah could go together! ^
I hope we have better attendance than you guys did. I think we have a good shot, especially considering we put a little more effort into TRYING to find people!
Does your class get together yearly, or just on anniversaries divisible by 3? What kind of attendance did you have?
We’ve talked about doing a cluster reunion one year. We’d invite the classes of ’93 and ’95 to join us. What do you think about that?
I don’t think I realized it would call reality into question. I just knew Denzel Washington was going to be in it.
Kevin and I bought an on-demand movie on Saturday night. That was one of his picks, but NOT one of mine (for all of your reasons and Trisha’s).
We ended up with Deja Vu which I really liked except for the ending. It just seemed slapped on there. But it was still good.
So this was your 12-year reunion? Odd…
I was not one for your creativity – I read the post from the end to the beginning, so I wouldn’t get confused!
I will not be watching that movie – I have issues with nightmares related to scary movies! Sounds like that would be a bad one for me!
My husband is South African (but grew up as an MK in France from the age of one year), so we have especially been wanting to see this movie. I don’t think it’s out on dvd here in Paris yet. S. Africa’s history (and present) can definitely be classified as turbulent, corrupt, and disturbing, but it is truly a beautiful country with some amazing people.