Small world...

nah, just a small school.
i graduated with a pretty small class, and since graduation (1993) i've only run into a handful of ex-classmates. i don't frequent the 'classmate' websites, or even look for any of them on 'myspace'. i didn't keep in touch with any HS friends in the weeks after graduation, much less through college...
so, yesterday, i was sitting at a fast-food joint, and had been for a while, when this girl pops up out of nowhere (actually she was sitting at the table across from me) and says, "Are you livelee?"*
i answer, "yes." and she jumps right into, "i'm Holly, we went to HS together, i thought that was you! so, you live here?" etc. etc. etc.
then the conversation goes to "do you see/talk to anyone from HS?"
no, not really, here and there...
then she says, "well i saw one on the news the other night..."
"what?" (you may know from my recent post...i don't watch the news.)
"yes, Shawn D. apparently he killed his mom with a machete."
and she said it so casually...
the name sounded familiar, but there was no face to go with it. she suggested i could look it up on the internet if i was interested in knowing what happened.
...i still don't recognize him. but i had to post a pic, 'cause i mean, really, how often do you get to post a mug shot of someone you had P.E with?
he's a bit scary looking, if you ask me. drugged out of his head, totally the machete-toting type.


*the names contained in this post have been changed to protect the innocent.