Aliases

There will always be people to envy for one reason or another. A time when these feelings of envy seem to come out full force is around times of class reunions. People will do anything to try to impress their old classmates that play no significant role in their current lives. Why? I have no idea, but some people can go to the extreme.

Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion pops into my mind immediately. These two blonde-haired bimbos decided to pretend they invented post-it notes in hopes of being viewed as the most successful alumni. Of course, their lie was discovered in hysterical fashion.

But this was for entertainment purposes; fictional. Then, today, I read about this man, Steven Burton,  who has been pretending he is a celebrated war hero. However he had a few glitches in his story and his attire.
http://www.sphere.com/nation/article/military-impostors-are-neither-few-nor-proud/19280604?icid=main|main|dl1|link1|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sphere.com%2Fnation%2Farticle%2Fmilitary-impostors-are-neither-few-nor-proud%2F19280604
This man who was so eager to impress people at his 20-year reunion, he wore some of the most prestigious military awards, when he was nothing but a lying civilian. Very classy, sir!

With that, I began to think of what I would want to portray myself as at a reunion. I mean, in reality, my 10-year reunion is right around the corner. Much like Steve Burton, I have about a year to come up with an elaborate, self-glorifying story. And of course, while making myself heroic, I also need to make Jeff equally impressive!

As if it were a Halloween party, I feel the need to go as a traveling veterinarian that saves the lives of unfortunate animals in third world countries. Sticking with basketball, and adding in some impressive medical background, my husband will be a traveling doctor for the Cleveland Caveliers. Some of his biggest accomplishments to date have been resetting Lebron James' dislocated shoulder so that he did not miss any of the season, and miraculously bringing Shaq's vision back after he was poked in the eye.

What do you think? I think it is a good thing that I have some time to work on our aliases!