Jessica and I went down to Stanford this Saturday to attend the Class of 2005 5th year reunion festivities. It was good to spend some time with old friends and see the renovated football stadium for the first time. I'm also pleased to be involved with the fraternity again now that I have returned to the bay area.
The class party at the end of the day was pretty awkward however. Stephen pointed out that Facebook has pretty much made these reunion events obsolete. I still think they are nice but I think it is harder for them to live up to their expectations. Now that we have Facebook to stay connected to the people we care about, reunions are comprised of a dozen or so conversations with people we have not cared enough about to follow on Facebook over the last 5 years. Still, there is something good about the proximity. I guess the only thing to do is to wait another 5 years for the 10 year reunion and see if this dynamic persists.
