A while back I was ordained Web Master for Wheaton’s great class of 2004. It was a great honor but, sadly, one I was unable to live up to. I’ll admit that the title did not really suit me and perhaps I let it get the best of me. Maybe I felt disconnected, being so far removed geographically from the bulk of our class (I’m in San Francisco). Whatever the reason, I failed miserably and was about 5 minutes from quitting when I thought of a way I might be able to contribute regularly and with the appropriate enthusiasm.
Some of my Wheaton classmates may remember the “Senior of the Week” section of our little class bulletin board in Balfour, where I would fairly regularly post a photo of a fellow senior and share the results of a short interview. The questions were of an intense and probing nature – starting with name, hometown, major, and ending, I believe, with “If you you have a super power, what would it be”.
Now, I don’t know how the rest of the class felt, but I effing loved that thing. I think my happy life would be even better if I had a little more “senior of the week” action in it, or some variation thereof. Since a blog is the perfect vehicle and our college bore an uncanny resemblance to a summer camp, I have faith that the concept – albeit the newer, more grown-up, five-years-later version – is still viable.
There you have it. I’m going to be reaching out to my ’04 classmates with a few simple questions and a photo request. That’s it. I have hopes that this will continue for a while and we’ll end up with a nice little portfolio of our fancier selves, along with a growing listing of our company web sites, projects, blogs, favorite nonprofits, etc. We’ll see what happens.
So, I look forward to connecting with as many of you as I can, even if it’s just to satisfy my own selflish desire to feel a little closer to my so many great friends on the other side of the country.
