Comments on: Cut ties and the lies we used to live in http://www.mistcat.com/2006/cut-ties-and-the-lies-we-used-to-live-in Forsan miseros meliora sequentur Mon, 11 May 2009 12:48:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Mihan http://www.mistcat.com/2006/cut-ties-and-the-lies-we-used-to-live-in/comment-page-1#comment-105 Mihan Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:00:33 +0000 http://www.mistcat.com/?p=51#comment-105 Interesting take on the reunion. You're braver than I. I've not gotten the gumption to digest it yet in my LJ...though not for any real reason. It was strange, but good, to see everyone. And I, like you, found some of the more thought inducing moments coming from people I had not been close to while in school. Different perspectives on old relationships are sometimes hard to take, but good for us in the long run. I think in the back of my mind I always assumed that I'd see everyone again, that the random fringes of my old life would be somehow accessable in some real way. But going back and seeing the few who did return, how altered we all are, and knowing that so many more chose not to come back for a variety of reasons...well, that's a pretty effective way to kick the idea that we can go home again to the curb. What's the line from <i>Grosse Pointe Blank</i>? 'You can't go home again, Dr. Oatman, but you can shop there.' Interesting take on the reunion. You’re braver than I. I’ve not gotten the gumption to digest it yet in my LJ…though not for any real reason. It was strange, but good, to see everyone. And I, like you, found some of the more thought inducing moments coming from people I had not been close to while in school. Different perspectives on old relationships are sometimes hard to take, but good for us in the long run.

I think in the back of my mind I always assumed that I’d see everyone again, that the random fringes of my old life would be somehow accessable in some real way. But going back and seeing the few who did return, how altered we all are, and knowing that so many more chose not to come back for a variety of reasons…well, that’s a pretty effective way to kick the idea that we can go home again to the curb.

What’s the line from Grosse Pointe Blank? ‘You can’t go home again, Dr. Oatman, but you can shop there.’

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