as part of the thousand hours I spend getting ready for party, I try to get people who grew up in town to come to party. Last night I talked to Bob Appleby for 45 minutes. hes not on facebook, so he hadnt seen all the pictures, so I had him use my password to see. Bob, laurie, Kenny and David moved out of town 3 days after he graduated to Pennsylvania. They are many of the people that make up the fabric of the original town. Thousands have left, never to be seen again. Occassionally they would come back to town on a weekend to see how things were, but for the most part, something like my party didnt exist. There wasnt a sure way to come up and see anyone on any given day. On top that, there are basically 2 kinds of people, task oriented(accountants, engineers,computer people etc.) and people people. I am a people person. Facebook is for people people and Linked In is for task oriented people. The difference is that task oriented people dont like to share their personal info. You can see that on Linked In as all of their history is documented(mostly for a chance at a better job) All business info. No family pictures at all.. Crazily, our town graduated a bunch of task oriented people-probably half.. When I talk to some of these people they have no wish to come back and see anyone. It isnt that they didnt enjoy growing up here, its just not in their DNA to care for other people. This isnt a bad thing. The country needs these people to do all the things necessary to run a country. So, that is the harder part of this party. Getting people who were friends of ours to come, when it isnt in their DNA to care. just for a day. just so we can say Hey, it was fun growing up with you... I had a lot of good memories as a kid with you We dont have to share our future together, but having friends like these is what made each of us who we are. Sometimes it hurts when I talk to people that never come back or even want to (Henry Laforrest and Denny Parks left in 75 and have never come back as an example) by choice. They dont seem to have the kind of childhood memories that make them want to come back. My Mom died when I was 13 and it sucked for a long time. But a lot of you are my friends that were there when I went through that, and for that, I thank you. I wouldnt be who I am if not for some of you. Even now,after a very long time to consider(that was 1968) I have come to understand that everythin happens for us. Took 28 years to decide that. I thought things happened to me. Now, I know, that they happen for me and what I do with that is what will determine my future. As much as I have recently said that I may not do this again, most of it is the frustration of trying to make people come who couldnt care less. Its in my DNA to want them here, its in theirs not to care. Its not personal on their parts. A bunch of the people who do come are married to task oriented people-Their opposites. But it makes a nice blend. makes you see the other side of life. Thats it for now-had to get this off my chest. 2 weeks from tonight I will be at Purple Pub seeing all of my friends, and it will have been worth it... Hope to see all of you that want to be at the greylock Club in 2 weeks- Thanks for letting me rant-Pete
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 10:25:31 +0000
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