Old Friends

This summer has been especially fruitful for meeting up with old friends unexpectedly. I met up with one at a wedding whilst another was getting married at said wedding, and another at Best Buy while working. I suppose that's 3 if you're counting, but that's enough of a coincidence if you consider that 2 had not met Idris or even Jenny. One I had only bumped into once or twice randomly since sophomore year of high school, the other once since... grade school I think.
Old friends always tell you something different about yourself, as you need to explain- to some extent- how you changed from being that guy to whatever you are now, plus describe whatever it is that you are now.
Oh, and... Did you share an inside joke back then? try not to use it more than twice in the same conversation. You don't want to seem DESPERATE to re-connect. After all, it was just a happy mistake.
Were you happy never to see them again? try not to make this obvious by saying something like: "I always liked to think you never did make it out of that broom closet/locker alive. It was a fun anecdote."
Had you really hoped to reconnect? it may be unseemly to describe how you scoured the yellow pages, searched Google (once it was invented) or hired that private detective.

Not that any of these scenarios applies to me (I did, after all, freely make this blogsite available to their eyes). Just some useful pointers for you, the reader at home.