Stale Tequiza '99

there are few memories that are fond, and yet as disjointed, as our collective memory of this particular party. everyone who was there remembers it fondly, as a party for the ages.. few are very clear on how it happened, and fewer on the timeline of the memorable events of the night. a few of the points that we've come to agree upon (of course open to debate as to the actual timeline):

- i, showing up at lisa's mom's house, to give her her birthday present (which she still uses, a bathroom caddy). when i mentioned this (keep in mind, we were both sober at this point in the day), she said, "Oh, it was my birthday? no wonder i remember fireworks!" her birthday is typically celebrated on the day of the shawano fireworks.

- lisa taking her dad into town to buy alcohol for the party.. him thinking we would be well-stocked with what he'd picked out, her feeling too ashamed to point out that we would probably need three times that amount, given the group she'd invited.

- starting drinking much too early. (lisa's memory is as follows) lisa, i, mindy, and sako standing around a bottle of MD20/20 (orange jubilee), discussing (of all things!) masturbation. sako getting disgusted, she'd never even think of such a thing.. mindy, taking enormous swig of jubilee, swallowing, and glaring at sako, "Well maybe you should." lisa and i snickering knowingly.

- mindy and lisa running off to gather other people for the party. driving around town for what seemed like ages, leaving me and her dad to tend to the guests at lisa's party. in between taking them outside for circular group discussions involving the phrase, "Dude, you're fucking up the rotation!"

- lisa remembers going to the fireworks, so i feel like i should include that, even though i have no recollection.

- everyone being frantic, at the realization we were running out of alcohol (in the daylight!), and not knowing how to fix it, as everyone was either: a)intoxicated, or b)underage.

- tim showing up in the nick of time, with 4 cases of expired tequiza in his trunk ("they were just going to throw it away!"), everyone deciding that it wasn't the worst thing they'd ever drank.. i guess, which turned into exclamations of, "wow, imagine how good it is when it's NOT stale!!!" as the night wore on.

- lisa and mindy dirty dancing to nirvana, in a naughty rendition of the dance they made up when they were 12.

- getting overly warm in my tube top, and mindy loaning me her bikini top to wear. subsequently, when i said something about feeling over-exposed, lisa's dad saying, "Oh, i don't know, you look about perfect to me," leaving me slightly uncomfortable with him forevermore.

- sammy sitting on the front steps with the bottle of mudslide she'd single-handedly (after swiping it from us, and drinking it all for herself, grr!) drank, telling lisa's dad that she was fine, and that she could drink three more, and still be fine. she was playing lisa's role, the "it's ok, i'm the only sober one here," role.

- wandering off to the lake, and standing with todd for a while, i believe he wanted to look at my boob, but refused to kiss me, which made me feel slightly good, and slightly like dirt, all at the same time. lisa finding us, being pissed for a few seconds, then us all going out to eat. as it was about 9 am.

god, i still can't believe that i was a part of that. it seems so fun, like something i'd dream about doing. at times, i'm so immature, this is all i ever want to do with my spare time. and i don't care, it's still some of the best memories i have, and i don't want to quit making memories like this. there's something (a lot of things!) to be said for memories that are this fond, and yet this disputable, all at once. i don't get to spend this kind of time often enough with people who actually matter to me. i should call sami (my sami, not lisa's sammy) and see when she's free next week. i feel the need for a night out.