A classmate tells Rosken how many memories she has of him
Ten years after they finished high school together, former
Young Achiever Lee Rosken can recall minor personality quirks and biographical
details about every single one of his classmates, an ability he demonstrated at
his reunion late last year. "Lee was pretty quiet at school," said reunion
organiser Anna Aprile. "Which made it kinda creepy that he could describe all
the different outfits I wore on mufti days."
Without obvious malice or agenda, Rosken spent the vast
majority of the night bringing up humiliating events from the past, in the
guise of funny stories. "I assumed my first period was something only I would
remember," said Susan Veech. "But Lee recounted every excruciatingly embarrassing
detail in front of three science teachers, my fiance and Bryce Chadstone – my
high school crush. I was ready to crawl into a hole and die, and then he says,
‘Hey, remember that massive pimple you had for, like, three weeks?' He must
really hate me."
David Pinder had a similar encounter with Rosken's total
recall of his school years: "All I did was bring up this one time in PE when he
and I got in trouble for stealing a tee-ball stand. Next thing I know he's talking
about how much he loved the Nikes I used to wear. Then I spent about 40 minutes
listening to a recap of some handball game before Harshula turned up and got me
off the hook."
Over the course of the night, Rosken managed to make cooking
teacher Mrs Crawford cry, cause a fistfight by reigniting a long-forgotten Year
8 argument about Street Fighter 2, and break up the marriage of high
school sweethearts Brendan and Tina Hayes by casually telling the story of the
time he saw Brendan and Emma Phelps kissing behind the assembly hall one
lunchtime.
"The worst part is, I have no idea who Lee is," said Tina,
sobbing. "Apparently he used to sit behind me in Mr Walker's maths class and
watch me draw flowers in my grid book, but I can't remember him at all."
Re: [Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much (s)HELL January 24th, 2008 - 2:04 AMClearly they didn't drink as much as I did during school.. As a result, I wouldn't be able to remember too many of my class mates! Aaah the memories of a drunken adolescent mind...
To the people that refers to, ooops! And all apologies!
Re: [Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much Broken Brain January 24th, 2008 - 5:38 AM
Clearly they didn't drink as much as I did during school.. As a result, I wouldn't be able to remember too many of my class mates! Aaah the memories of a drunken adolescent mind...
LOL. Bet you hope you never get sober.
*excitement* New Chaser article!
[Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much shane January 24th, 2008 - 5:54 AMGuess who that drunk guy is getting told off in the photo?
Re: [Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much Ubiquitous January 24th, 2008 - 6:05 AM
Guess who that drunk guy is getting told off in the photo?
tis you, isn't it?
that's what this place needs, more articles to sink our teeth into
Re: [Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much Mez January 24th, 2008 - 11:49 AMI can't believe it... At last! A new article, after a hiatus that subjectively lasted several months!
I am the reverse at school reunions - have been to THREE ten-year reunions, and at each one have met somebody who knew all about me, but whom I completely failed to remember. Not even their faces; I could have sworn I had never met that person in my life!
I would hate that fucker who remembered everything! Some things really are best forgotten.
Re: [Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much Kelchables January 24th, 2008 - 4:54 PMHmmm...
lolhighschoolreunion.
He was a quiet person because he's a stalker.
and his high school sounds a lot more exciting than mine.
Re: [Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much Pinball Neil January 24th, 2008 - 5:28 PM
Good to see you back, but you're looking very plain these days Shane... didn't you used to have some kind of official Chaser endorsement on your profile somewhere? A logo avatar or something?
Re: [Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much Pinball Neil January 24th, 2008 - 8:34 PMActually is shane the same person as Shane Cubis?
If not, what's the deal with all the Shanes? Is the Chaser employing writers on some sort of work for the dole scheme?
Apologies to all the employed Shanes out there. I admire your achievement.
Re: [Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much Broken Brain January 24th, 2008 - 8:50 PM
I believe so. The second profile 'Shane Cubis' will be the one that he used to have before the forum upgrade. Most people who were around then had to get new accounts.
Heh... I'm noticing similarities between myself and the dude from the article... (I only know this because I had to get a new account too! It's true, really it is!)
Re: [Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much pseudonym January 24th, 2008 - 9:06 PMHuzzah!!! A new article. And appropriate for me at least - I have my 10-year high school reunion coming up in March. Although lots of memories have come flooding back (facebook is great for these things) there are about 10 people on the "attending" list that I have absolutely no recollection of...
Re: [Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much Broken Brain January 24th, 2008 - 9:47 PM
Huzzah!!! A new article. And appropriate for me at least - I have my 10-year high school reunion coming up in March. Although lots of memories have come flooding back (facebook is great for these things) there are about 10 people on the "attending" list that I have absolutely no recollection of...
Yeah... I saw someone from high school (I just graduated in November), and I had no idea who she was until she said something to me. I didn't even recognize the face. I feel quite bad that I didn't pay these people attention in high school because they know me and I don't know them. I can only imagine how horrible it will be when I have to attend a reunion. Good luck with yours though! Hopefully they don't remember you either!
[Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much shane January 24th, 2008 - 11:47 PMJust for the record, I am Shane Cubis. I got a new account so I could do administrationy things.
Glad this article's striking a chord - I had my 10th anniversary of school graduation last year (and yeah, I'm the guy who remembered everyone...)
Re: [Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much Broken Brain January 25th, 2008 - 12:11 AM
Teehee, OOOOH YEAH! I'm afraid that if I ever did get sober, I'd remember far too much from those days. The only thing I need to know is that I passed! lol.
Now, where did I put that Jack Daniels???.....
Re: [Article]Guy at school reunion remembers way too much Broken Brain January 28th, 2008 - 7:45 AM
