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Attention HMC Reunionistas! Plus: All Hail President Klawe!

Five years ago, Brian Gee had to drag me kicking and screaming to the HMC Class of 1997 five-year reunion. I mean, who the heck goes to a five-year reunion? Ridiculous. But in the end, I had a pretty good time. I haven't accomplished a whole heck of a lot in the intervening five years in terms of fame, fortune, or promulgating the family genome. But I do still have a thick, luxurious head of hair, so -- ha!

Anyway, I'm curious -- of my classmates who read this journal (all two of you), are you going this time around? And which official events are you attending? The reunion dinner and Media Studio are both mandatory as far as I'm concerned. But I'm not sure about the other events -- maybe its best to stay flexible. You don't want to be stuck at some $20 event when everyone else is running off to Donutman for strawberry doughnuts. Thoughts?

UPDATE: Did you know that this year HMC installed a new president, and her last name is Klawe? President Klawe. That's beyond awesome.

Also, since my list of accomplishments is so meager, I'm soliciting suggestions for, errr, augmenting this list. Ideally these would be accomplishments that sound impressive, are vaguely plausible, but are extremely hard to verify. Thanks!

Posted by Evan Goer on Apr. 19, 2007 at 11:29 AM | Comments (5)

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  1. Sadly, I'm not going this time. I would have liked to, but the uncertainty of a new baby tipped the balance toward not booking flights & stuff. Give my best to the ratio statue and everyone that shows up.

    P.S. What if I AM a spammer, but still want to post a comment? What then, Mr. Smarty-pants?

    Posted by Russ on Apr. 19, 2007 at 1:50 PM

  2. If you're a spammer who spends his off-hours leaving thoughtful, incisive comments, I suppose that's fine.

    Everything else is covered by my official comment policy, spelled out in full here:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/pnh/464975164/

    Posted by Evan on Apr. 19, 2007 at 2:24 PM

  3. We will be there! All three of us.

    We are going to the reunion dinner. Just two of us, assuming the babysitting works out.

    Sadly, we do not plan to go to Media Studio, because we are driving up Friday evening and then not leaving Ella alone in the hotel. I guess one of us could go. Hmmm....

    We opted not to pay $20 for the lunch on Saturday. Maybe we should hook up for lunch off campus?

    I am also planning to go to the Physics Dept. tour on Saturday morning. And Donnelly is giving an interesting talk on Saturday that I might go to.

    So how is it that more HMC alumns don't follow the blog?

    Posted by Dinesh on Apr. 19, 2007 at 7:03 PM

  4. Excellent! Yeah, I thought the $20 lunch was a bit excessive. We can do much better off campus. And yes, I think I will try to attend some of the talks, and see the physics profs.

    As for why more HMC alumns don't follow the blog, it's a mystery. Maybe I need to get shot into outer space like George "Pinky" Nelson? That would pack 'em in, I bet.

    Posted by Evan on Apr. 20, 2007 at 7:10 AM

  5. I'm soliciting suggestions for, errr, augmenting this list.

    • Climbed Mount Everest. (You have Photoshop, right?)
    • Singlehandedly created the Goerist movement, which is storming the blogosphere, turning it orangy-brown.
    • Did not poison the pets of our nation.

    That's all I can come up with right now. The rain is falling really hard and distracting me. Isn't there some rule against rain in April in San Diego?

    Posted by Dinesh on Apr. 20, 2007 at 2:51 PM

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