Same here. I remember lots of people from college and especially those in core classes, in the dorms, in my major, in social/sports organizations and had friends outside those circles. I kept in contact with some for years after. Invited them to my wedding and me to theirs. All these years later, every once in a while a classmate calls out of the blue or yells my name across a crowded mall (yes, that was one of the handful of black students). Years later, I had to deliver a death notification to a star athlete whom we knew each other by face but it seemed the connection helped. One of my profs turned out to be an old college friend of my mother’s so there’s always weird connections of rememberances. One prof thought he’d take a female student on a weekend rendevous to a little out of the way place a hundred miles away so you can imagine his face when I ended up in the same check out line as them. I remember everyone in my HS class and many in above and below classes. I also remember people in elementary and jr. high and could probably tell a story about them from back when if they ever become famous.
But very few people in this clown’s life, especially after Punahau’s choom gang and until his arranged marriage with Moo remember Mr. Transparency. The Dark Years. Strange how we lowly little peons are well remembered but not so with the almighty King Obama.
Yes I agree. My graduating class in HS was around 550 and I knew every one of them if not personally then by sight. I went to my reunion a few years ago and I still remembered almost everybody and they remembered me which was a shock. LOL!