Quote Originally Posted by LavenderLounge View Post
Unlike a lot of gay people, I was popular in high school and had a great time. I went to my 10th and that was enough.

We all fantasize about going to our reunion and being the star - like "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion". Unfortunately, one of my classmates got a medical degree, a doctorate in Philosophy, AND became famous astronaut! Tickertape parades and all. How do you compete with that?

Sample conversation:

Me: "...after that, I've been working in gay porn the last few years. What about you?"
Classmate: "Well, after spending 5 months as commander of the Russian space station, putting out the most severe fire on a spacecraft and surviving a slow, uncontrolled tumble through space, I've been kinda taking it easy..."
LOL!

I was pretty confident when I went to mine. I was a reporter and columnist with my picture in the local paper when mine rolled around, so I was already a bit of a "celebrinality" (read: not really a celebrity; more like a recognizable personality), and I'd co-founded a theater in Maryland. So I was pretty confident that I'd accomplished quite a bit. The fact that I'm out here in L.A. now and have had a book published is pretty big news to my classmates back home, but honestly, sometimes I think they have it much better than I do. There's not as much pressure on them to have big stories to tell at the reunions. Me, on the other hand ... they want to know about which celebrities I've seen, if I've had a screenplay sold yet, etc. etc. etc.