Made in Richmond

This June will mark 10 years since I graduated from high school. HOLY HELL, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

The reunion committee has started notifying people about our reunion coming up this fall (Quick side note: How the mess did reunion committees find anyone before Facebook?). Today, Justin (who we went to high school with – awww, lifelong friends!) directed Ross and me to our reunion website where you can set up a profile, letting the committee know where to find you, and (most importantly) totally scope out other people’s profiles to see what they’ve been doing since 1999.

In 12 short hours, I’ve become mildly obsessed. You can be sure that I will spend the majority of my time between now and September checking back on that site to see who else has added a profile AND to find out who will be making an appearance at the reunion.

Anyway, in honor of this new obsession, I thought I’d share some things about High School Valerie that you may or may not know…

1. I was on homecoming court. Twice. Both times I got to ride around during the Homecoming parade in a convertible with Katie Marsh who was awesome. And I’m sure still is.
2. I got up at 5:45 every morning so I could get to school as soon a possible to have time to hang out before the 7:20 start time. I have no clue how I did this without dying.
3. I played Ophelia in this sort of Shakespeare review that we did. I had to go out in the audience during the scene when she loses her sh*t and get all up in people’s faces. Basically I was my own worst nightmare because I’m ALWAYS the audience member that gets picked for stuff like that.
4. My boyfriends in high school went in this order: Jonathan, Matthew, Andrew, Ross, Darren, Ross, Tom, Ross. I REALLY hope I’m not forgetting someone because that would make me the ultimate douche bag.
5. I was only allowed to have a job during the summer. During the school year, my mother insisted that my only job was to “be a student.”
6. I gave three people rides to school every morning. Consequently, I rarely had to pay for gas. Keep in mind though that back then I could fill up my car for about $10 even.
7. My 11th grade Spanish teacher was the first person to point out my resemblance to Sabrina: The Teenage Witch. Her realization is probably the reason I ultimately decided to cut off my long hair, thus terminating the resemblance.
8. I used to wear lots of necklaces. Not like Mr. T, but to the point where pictures of this are kind of embarrassing.
9. I ate at Burger King most afternoons after school. How I am not 900lbs, I will never know.
10. My brother was occasionally a substitute for some of my classes. I hope I wasn’t an a-hole to him.
11. I sucked at geometry and trig but was awesome at algebra. I even won an award for it.
12. I once agreed to let Matthew put his name on my physics project if he agreed to bring me a sandwich from Dominic’s during a Saturday play rehearsal.

Now it’s your turn. Tell us about The High School You…