Rant #3,779: I'm Sorry

I was kicked off the Facebook site that revolved around the Massapequa High School 50th anniversary reunion that was held Saturday night ...

Or perhaps the site was taken down.

I have no idea ... all that I know is that I cannot get onto it as I have in the past.

Yes, I pressed matters perhaps too much with them, but the link right here to my blog that I posted on the site yesterday morning evidently really, really riled them, because I told it like it is and was, from my perspective, perhaps a bit too much for their liking.

I praised the organizers for their hard work in getting a reunion together--been there, done that--but I guess they had had enough of me for the other things that I said, and canned me.

I also praised those who pushed me at the reunion to speak to people, and I also thanked those who listened to me.

But I also came down a little hard on those who ignored me or sassed me like they did all those years ago. I guess the administrators didn't like that, nor my coming down on one unnamed person, in particular, who did not attend the reunion because ... he is no longer with us.

That is OK ... it demonstrates that many of my fellow grads' true colors hadn't changed in 50 years. I did reach my objective, which was to hand out my son's resume and speak about his job plight to as many people as possible there, going outside the box a little bit.

I had more views of this blog than I had had in a while, so I guess lots of people saw the entry who usually don't visit this site.

If nothing else, yesterday's post gives a different perspective to high school reunions. And yes, i am truly astonished at the many names I did not know who attended the reunion. I have a great memory, but I have learned that your brain protects you and blots out things like this. Again, I thank those who did remember me, who did listen to what I had to say, who did put a smile on my face that night. But overall, let me tell you ... it was pure torture being there and going back 50 years. Many people told me not to go, but I had to go for my son. I had to go outside the box--for him, and for him only. Since this is a Rochdale Village site--even though i go off on many different topics here--I can rightfully and confidently state that the ONLY reunion that matters to me took place 11 years ago, when I was one of the planners for the Rochdale Village Reunion. Sure, there were many problems with that event--mainly behind the scenes--but overall it was a great success, and I will never forget it. This high school reunion ... a blip on my personal radar, nothing more, nothing less. The funny thing about all.of this is that if there would be a 50th anniversary reunion for Springfield Gardens High School--the high school i would have attended had we not moved to Long Island--i would have felt more comfortable, as I would have known many of the graduates--even though I never stepped foot in the school, which has since closed. The Massapequa High School reunion is over, it is out of my system, and I am moving on from it. My goals were met, and hopefully, something will come from it. If not, so be it. I tried.