Funny reading about this.

how do we judge popularity in school? You are voted King/Queen of Prom? You are socially charismatic and people look up to you? Everyone knows your name?

I was a anti-popularity person. I hated the limelight… but I loved meeting people. I was one of those guys who had a group of misfits that didnt fit into any social group so the misfits banded as friends and even used a term “Zu Krew”, because we were the Zoo. People passed by and stared at the kids not wanting popularity…

We knew it was a falling star waiting to happen. One day you getr out of school and realize… oh all that waste of time.

I did put my foot in a lot of doors, I was the oddball geek/jock/kicker/etc kid that was trying everything out just to improve myself with skill. Played saports because I was forced to by a parent and teacher. I tried drama because it was fun, although the Thespians were numnuts. I excelled in computers, but that wasnt a good thing in the 80′s.

But 1 fell stroke of a idiot trying to get me to fight him propelled me into a world of strangeness. I got a nickname, because it was my dead dogs name. He knew I was upset, ovber its death, and so he started chiming it. But it backfired. I never fought him, I never backed down from him… the crazy eyes sortof just made him go away. But the girls thought it was cute. god forbid!

LOL

By the end of highschool I felt like Highschool was an episode of cheers. Everyone knew my name, and I laughed at them.

I hated them using that name but it grew on me.

I had aquaintances who used Facebook. I’d heard about it, but being IT I stayed away due to viral issues that myspace and facebook presented. but I was lured in by someone i dated.

Within months, nearly the whole graduation class had me friendes. People use me to find other people they are looking for. I’ve got 1000′s of aquaintances befriended and honestly I rmemeber their names, faces, and I have vivid memories about them from the school days. Crystal clear.

I was rarely ever invited to a non-Zu Krew gathering… but they all seem to have loved my social happiness and smile that I always lived with. I’m a goof and I laugh at the inane.. but people remember that I was always a shoulder to talk to and an ear to listen. a smile to brighten their day?

Holy crap… was I popular without trying to be.. even though I wasnt on the invite lists?

Reunions are funny… “I remember you quite well.. …” … “I cant believe you remember that”! my nickname rolls out and they are suddenly my best friend.

I am a Facebook magnet for the lost souls of life.