I think it's time for

my yearly post.

A bit of the last while has me poking around sites like classmates and facebook finding names of those from years gone by. Given the nature of those sites, there's a lot of folk from schooldays in there, a few pictures, some new content. Over a 30 year gap there's a lot of changes that take place.

It's no doubt the nature of the sites themselves, biasing introduced by design, but I'm surprised at the number of people that retain contact with their school mates. Quite frankly, I haven't given a lot of them much thought, and I wasn't one of those 'central' figures in school. Some people would remember me, most wouldn't, no standout here. I had my friends and have kept some level of contact with a couple, but very few. Even when I go back to Sydney and visit I generally just stay with family and not socialize too much. I wouldn't know where anyone was anyway and I really wasn't (isn't) that type that makes the extra effort to retain those bonds.

Still, a part of me does look back and kind of wants some of those old friendships to be there in some form or another.

In this body I've gone day to day, bed at night and wake up in the morning, and the time just ticks on by with those tiny bits of erosion that cumulate to form the face that looks back at me from the mirror. I've spent my time with work and family and lately I've realized that I haven't made much time for my own relationships and contacts. Part of it is my personality, part of it is finding the time in the big city to really make those things happen. Places I've worked at in the past had quite a social atmosphere to them and made it easier to make that one night a week to just hang out and yakkity-yak. That hasn't been the case here and I've found it's quite wearing when you lack that outlet.

It's interesting to see how others have fared. There are a few from way back when that I'd really like to know where they've gone to and what they're doing.

I've got a 30k coming up this week. Weather's supposed to be wet snow. Blech!