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My ten-year high school reunion is this weekend. And no, I’m not going.

It’s not the typical “my life blows” rationale either, at least I don’t think I’m rationalizing that. Rather, I saw the list of attendees and there were only a couple people with whom I wished to reminisce. Those few I can do so on an individual basis.

But it has made me think of and encounter those awkward greetings after extended interims apart. You know the ones, those “how have things been since the time I saw you last” exchanges. They never much get any where. Plenty of “things are great”s and “I started a new job”s but never any meaty, meaningful admissions.

Anywho, that led me to a different sort of extended-separation correspondence. Without further ado, here is an Ian update, headline-style:

Kayak industry falters, makers peddle on

New couch decorates den

Girlfriend now wins bread, brings home bacon

Death creeps closer as birthday passes

With truck acquisition white trash ranks swell

Discovery Channel appearance explodes ego

And for those of you who are buy-curious, here is my (our, technically, but this blog is about me) new couch:

Note the awesomeness. Also, the sectional-ness. It looks smaller in the pictures, but it measures roughly eight feet on each side and almost 11 feet across the hypotenuse (suck it, Pythagoras!).

Also, I was able to construct a new wall gallery following the instructions on how to hang a string of pictures on a wall. Here are the results:

Next up, a new mattress. Likely from IKEA.