Facebook and Reunions

As some of you know, I recently signed up for Facebook. If you haven't done so, you should. It is pretty amazing how many old friends are out there; I have reconnected with people I haven't even thought about in years.

One thing I have noticed about Facebook and others like it (Daily Mile for example) is the oddity known as serial-befrienders. I often get Facebook friend requests from people I don't know. Why? Why do people want to get status updates from me if we have never met? Seriously, someone explain this. There is a guy on Daily Mile that sends a friend request to every new person that signs up for the service. WTF? Does he think that every single person on Daily Mile wants to know how his training is going?

Ok, got a little off topic. Back to Facebook. The whole point of this post was to talk about a buddy from high school that found me on. He also told me that our 15 year high school reunion is in September. Can it be? Has 15 years really passed since I graduated? Ugh. I don't like the sound of that.

The fact is I hardly remember anyone from high school. I only attended that particular school for my 11th and 12th grade years. I was a dork, shy, an introvert, nerd, whatever. I was all of those things. And more. Admittedly, I might still be a dork and I am certainly a nerd, but I have lost the shyness and while I am still an introvert to a certain degree, I am 1000% more outgoing.

So here it is: I am scared to death to go to this reunion. If I don't remember any of those people, they certainly wont remember me. Should I go? Any advice? Did you go to your high school reunion? Do I pretend I am now a millionaire and CTO of Facebook?