"It's high school" revelations.
Last night, Aris held a cookout at his house to celebrate his return
from Senegal plus an excuse for a belated celebration with us. Because
my dad had to work at the church all night while I had to stay at home
to keep my mom company (as she never outgrew the scary feeling of
staying home alone), I only got to catch up by midnight when my dad got
home.
So
half an hour before midnight, the moment my dad got home, Aris and Iam
arrived at my house a few minutes later to pick me up. Found Seph, Josh
and Raffy at Aris' house, and while Iam decided to catch up on a few
zzz's, I took her place at the table with the rest of the guys. I never
got to the actual "cookout" part of the night, but at least I got to
pick on the leftovers. Plus I also managed to finally open that bottle
of Merry's Irish cream from Rosa. And I must say, I loved Raffy's
barako coffee jelly with vanilla ice cream.
Iam had said that by the time she and Aris had left to pick me up, the rest had been ranting about the Twilight movies, especially this new one. Hahaha, all throughout the wee hours
of the morning, even as our conversation shifted from topic to topic,
we still somehow ended up going back to that topic because of how
idealistic and crazy-fanatic people can get over the whole vampire
trend. Crazy conversations over beer and Irish cream included Twilight's "sparkling" vampires, the "stealth assassin," the "gay friend," the useless 40-kilometer workout, the ala-School-for-Scoundrels teacher, the text language issue, among others.
Who
needs the high school reunion plus those unnecessary "reunion planning
sessions" when you can just get together like this? One favorite topic
were those very interesting revelations that were only opened up to
some or most of us at least 10 years after they had happened, hahaha.
Diane's boys, Avril's boys, and even the uneventful Olive competition.
Pre-prom date vows, prom dates, rejections and merely funny heartaches.
But hey, as we kept saying the entire morning, "That's high school." It
was amusing enough that how some had mentioned their own point of view
on what was happening. It could get even more interesting if more of
the people involved could be there as well, hahahaha!
Now that's a thought. That could make a really awesome December get-together.