Reunion is a GO, Tailgate is a NO GO

Just an FYI, the reunion is happening. So have no worries about that. The Homecoming Tailgate, however, has been cancelled. We will still have a section for our class at the game so come out and cheer on the pirates! He hope you all can make it to the reunion!

Invitation Issues?

Did everyone receive their reunion invites in the mail? If not, please contact us at pascohigh2003@gmail.com to update your info. We hope everyone can make it!

Erica Munz (Murburg)

The Great Debate- To Go or Not to Go to the Reunion (maybe in costume)

Hey everyone!

I was speaking to one of my best friends a few months ago (who shall remain nameless), and we started talking about the reunion. To my surprise, she mentioned to me that she didn't really want to go. I was kind of in shock, because she was (in my humble opinion) an important part of our class. I thought that out of everyone she would be the most excited to come to the reunion and catch up. She told me that her lack of desire was because she really didn't feel accomplished. That she hadn't reached all of the goals that she wanted for herself in high school and didn't feel as if she could face our whole class.

It got me thinking that she can't be the only one that feels this way, so I'm going to tell you what I told her. We all had these great aspirations when we graduated high school, we thought we were going to go out there and concur the world. And what happened? Life happened, to all of us. We all had goals that we wanted to have accomplished by now that haven't come to fruition yet. We have all had things happen in our lives that have set us back, or changed our course, and we have also had some of the most wonderful surprises happen to us as well. This reunion is a great opportunity to remember who we were, but even more so to celebrate who we are now and who we have become! So what if you haven't accomplished everything you wanted to by now, who cares? None of us have! And what if you've gotten a divorce, lost a job, are having infertility issues, baby mama/daddy drama, or lost a close friend or family member? There will be, without a doubt, someone else at the reunion who has or is going through the same thing.

I know that for myself, these last ten years have been much more painful than I could have ever imagined, but it was my group of friends (and husband) from this class, our class, who lifted me up. Our class was and is so much more than a class. We really were, and still are, a family. So I implore you to come to the reunion and have fun. You may discover that you have more in common now with some members of our class than you did back in high school.

Also, lots of people think that they don't need to come to a reunion because they can stalk everyone on Facebook to catch up. WRONG! Can you remember a post you wrote a year ago? What about five years ago? I'll bet you can't. Why? Because Facebook isn't real. Its not a visceral experience. You can't reach out and hug the people in your Facebook feed. You can at the reunion, as you can also dance, and laugh, and drink, and have a great time with them. You can make an actual memory.

WARNING: THIS GETS PERSONAL AND VERY REAL
I only bring this up because I know from experience that Facebook does not replace human interaction. Do not take your friendships for granted. Do not assume because you are on Facebook you can catch up whenever you want to. That is also not how life (or death) works. After my brother died, a childhood friend of mine reached out to me on Facebook. She was my first friend ever. She wanted to meet up the next time she was in port (she was a cook on the HMS Bounty). I missed her dearly, but I was not ready to reach back as I wasn't in a good place emotionally. I thought that, thanks to Facebook, I could just reach back when I was ready. About a year later I was thinking about her, and decided that I was ready to catch up and see where she was. I went to her page and was looking through her pictures when I realized that she had died a few months back in an accident. I was beside myself in grief and guilt. Don't make the same assumption that I did. Don't assume Facebook will give us the power to maintain friendships. Only we have that power; Facebook is but a tool to help us. Life is short and unpredictable. Have as much fun with your friends as you can. Come to the reunion and make some good memories. Before you know it we will be planning our 20th reunion and I can tell you now, all of us might not be alive to make it.

Sorry it got so real. I just really wanted to put this all into perspective for you, and explain why this matters so much to me. I'd love to hear your comments on the subject. Why are you going or not going? What are you most excited or apprehensive about? Personally, I wish we would have made it a halloween themed party and just let everyone dress up in costumes. I think that would have been AWESOME!! Let me know if you would be down for that too! I still might do it anyways.

Hope to see you all there!
Erica Munz (Murburg)

You've Got Mail!

Reunion invitations went out today! If you don't receive one at your home (or your parents' homes) within the next week, please contact us at pascohigh2003@gmail.com, or complete the Contact Information Update Form on our blog at pascohigh2003.blogspot.com. Please let us know if you have any questions regarding the reunion.

We hope to see you all there!

M.I.A.

A few months back we mailed out reunion Save the Dates. If you have NOT received one, please contact us at pascohigh2003@gmail.com and provide us with your updated contact information, or please complete the Contact Info Update page (see above tab). Of the postcards we sent out, about 50 of them came back with bad addresses. These graduates have now been classified as M.I.A. If  someone you know is on this list, please have them contact us immediately. If YOU are on this list, ditto! The M.I.A. list is as follows:

Ben Alford
William Bandy
Ebony Barker
Amy Barthle
Jared Baum
Timothy Blackman
Charles Cavanaugh
Nicholas Earl
Jason Epperson
Tommeca Floyd
Elijah Franklin
Christina Gochenour
Bryan Hall
Viridiana Herrera
Todd Hoehn
Christian Keen
Erik Limas
Juan Lopez
Robert Martin
I'Shorn Matthew
Kirk Moats
Jessica Pike
Jonathon Rehmann
John Roque
Donna Sikes
Nathan Sullivan
Charles Thomas
Stacey True
Ashley Villarreal
Heather Worthing

For Your Viewing Pleasure

Hey Everyone!

Varsity Blues was on HBO today, and like always, it got me really excited about our class reunion (geeky I know, don't hate). I have a few movies that routinely get me nostalgic and it inspired me to make a few lists to help get the rest of the class excited too. Please feel free to shoot me over some other titles and I will gladly update the lists. Enjoy!

~Erica Munz

 Warning: I have not seen all of the movies listed
 * = my faves and come highly recommended

Movies that take place in high school:

•         10 Things I Hate About You
•         21 Jump Street
•         American Graffiti
•         American Pie
•         Can’t Hardly Wait*
•         Clueless
•         Dazed and Confused* (Dade City could totally exist in Texas)
•         Dead Poets Society
•         Detroit Rock City*
•         Donnie Darko*
•         Drive Me Crazy
•         Easy A*
•         Empire Records*
•         Fast Times at Ridgemont High
•         Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
•         Final Destination
•         Friday Night Lights
•         Footloose (the original)
•         Grease
•          Juno
•         Mean Girls* (Lindsey Lohan when she was still lucid and sober. Who's not nostalgic for that?)
•         Napoleon Dynamite
•         Never Been Kissed
•         October Sky*
•         Remember the Titans*
•         Rushmore
•         Saved* (Ashlee Fredrickson and Matt do not agree, but I don't care, this movie rocks)
•         Say Anything…
•         Scream*
•         She’s All That
•         Sixteen Candles*
•         Superbad
•         Superstar
•         The Breakfast Club*
•         The Girl Next Door*
•        Varsity Blues*
•        Weird Science
•     Buffy the Vampire Slayer- you know, before vampires sparkled in the sunlight and had a crazy obsession with a blonde waitress from Bon Temps, LA (if for no other reason than all of the delicious cameo appearances- Luke Perry, Ben Affleck, Hilary Swank, David Arquette, Paul Reubens...)

      High school reunion movies:

•         American Reunion
•     Just Friends* 
•          Grosse Point Blank
•         Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
•         Take Me Home Tonight* (Dreading the reunion? Watch this, it will cure what ails you.)
•     Ten Years

Great movies that came out while we were in high school (1999-2003):

•          8 Mile
•          28 Days Later
•         A Beautiful Mind
•         Almost Famous*
•         American Beauty*
•         American Pie 2
•         Anger Management
•         Austin Powers: Goldmember
•         Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
•         Bad Boys II*
•         Big Daddy
•         Big Fish*
•         Big Mommas House
•         Black Hawk Down
•         Blow*
•         Castaway
•         Catch Me if You Can
•          Chicago*
•          Cold Mountain
•         Cruel Intentions*
•         Dogma*
•     Dude, Where’s My Car?
•         Elf
•         Fight Club
•         Finding Nemo*
•     Friday After Next (Friday is still way better)
•         Gladiator*
•         Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone* (I'm muggle born and proud, but watching this movie really shows you how much changes in nine years, Harry is all grown up now!)
•         Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*
•         How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days*
•         Ice Age*
•         Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back*
•         Kill Bill: Vol 1 (but go ahead and watch Vol 2 as well)*
•         Lord of the Rings Trilogy
•         Lost in Translation
•         Love Actually*
•         Meet The Parents
•         Monster
•         Monster’s Ball
•         Monsters Inc*
•         Moulin Rouge!
•         Mr. Deeds
•         Mystic River*
•         Ocean’s 11
•         Office Space*
•         Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?*
•         Old School*
•         Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl
•         Pootie Tang
•         Requiem For A Dream*
•         Resident Evil*
•         Road Trip
•         Runaway Bride
•         Shallow Hal
•         Shrek*
•     Signs
•         South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
•         Spider-Man
•         Super Troopers
•         The Blair Witch Project
•         The Bone Collector*
•         The Boondock Saints*
•         The Bourne Identity* (I haven't seen this, but Matt has an he loves it)
•         The Cider House Rules*
•         The Fast and the Furious
•         The Green Mile*
•         The Italian Job*
•         The Matrix
•         The Matrix Reloaded
•         The Matrix Revolutions
•         The Patriot
•         The Ring
•         The School of Rock*
•         The Sixth Sense
•         The Sweetest Thing
•         The Wedding Planner
•         Toy Story 2
•         Traffic*
•         Van Wilder
•         X-Men
•         X2
•         Zoolander

Reunion Updates

The actual reunion will be held from 7pm- 11pm in the Mabel Jordan Barn at the Pioneer Museum in Dade City, FL on Saturday, October 26, 2013.  We are working on ticket prices, but expect between $30-$40 per ticket. If you intend on coming to the reunion, please send us an email to pascohigh2003@gmail.com. The better idea we have of the number of people attending, the lower the ticket prices will be. If you have any questions or concerns, please email us as well. Also, only actual graduates and one date will be invited to this event. Please don't pass this information along to would be party crashers. If you intend on enjoying the festivities and paying for your ticket, don't let other people mooch off of our hard work and your ticket purchase. We will have a table for you to check in at and receive your hand stamp for food and drinks.

We are also planning a homecoming game tailgate party in the teacher parking lot at PHS from 6pm- 7pm on Friday, October 25, 2013. We will have food and drinks available for a price yet to be determined (possibly $5 per adult). You can bring your kids, or bring your parents, but make sure to bring your kids' parents! Just a reminder, no alcohol is permitted on school property. We will not be serving any alcohol, don't bring any. Do bring chairs (possibly tents, I'm checking on it).

We will have a section for our fellow graduates and their families at the stadium. Details will be forthcoming.

Also, we will be posting an MIA(missing in action) list in the next few weeks. It will include people we have tried to contact, but have failed to reach. If you are on that list, or know someone on that list, please contact us at our email with your (or their) updated mailing address. We have already sent out Save the Dates. If you or your parents did not receive one, guess what, you are on our MIA list. Please contact us.

We plan on having a great reunion weekend, we hope everyone can make it.

Go Pirates!
Erica Munz (Murburg) and Elizabeth Mercer-Lynch