20 year reflections..

Had a chat with a friend today to go over some preliminary planning for my 20 year High School reunion next year. A bit later, I went through my "Suggest A Friend" link on Facebook, and I was clicking through some profiles when I realized: I really don't remember a whole lot from 20 years ago!

People's names raise some very vague memories. I can't place some people, while I remember others like it was yesterday. Not just close friends, either. Then my mind starts to wander and think "Was I really shitty to this person? I mean, we have 8 Facebook friends in common, why haven't I thought to add them? Or better yet, why haven't they thought to add ME?!"

Then I flip through my old yearbooks. Pictures of me, pictures of friends, pictures of events and happenings that I'm sure in some way shaped a small piece of who I am today. My thoughts then drift to the "lyrics" from the Baz Luhrmann spoken word "Everybody's Free". I remember thinking, when the song came out back about ten years ago how some of the lyrics rang true. Ten years later it's one of the wisest things I've ever heard.

I guess we've all gone through changes since those molten, molding years when we first set foot on our own out in this crazy world. Some good, some bad. Some so indifferent at the time that we didn't even realize the gravity.

I leave you with the wise words of Baz Luhrmann. Trust him on the sunscreen.

Till next time!

Everybodys free - Baz Luhrmann

Why, why, why?

It's a valid question. While I had initially hoped to run a nice little blog under it's own power; content driven by friends and aspiring writers, it hasn't worked out so well. Some hosting problems and some legal disputes about the name have cost me more time on this than I'm really willing to spend right now, but I hold out hope I'll resolve them within the next few months.

But seriously, what's the point?

"Claiming Today" is still going to rely heavily on user submissions, and my own story-spinning. I think all of my friends have interesting qualities, traits and stories that are well worth the read. I'm going to start things off with some recent goings on, and send out some feelers to friends from all over to submit some good reads. I hope you all enjoy, and please contact me if you want to submit something. I look forward to reading some good stuff in the coming months!