“My parents are out of town and nobody’s home, come over and we can hang out and go swimming!”
“Should we bring beer?”
“Sure!”
That may sound like a transcript of a conversation between two high school students in the middle of summer, but it’s actually from a conversation between two adults. One is 22 and the other is heading towards 30.
Chris Ryan invited Aaron, Laurene, & I over to his parents’ place in Sugar Land. They were out of town so he and Melissa took a break from their place in the Heights for a while to watch it. We took the 30 minute drive and once we got there, everyone went swimming. Well, everyone but me. I’m not really into swimming. I took some pictures and Chris Ryan told me not to tag him in them on Facebook because he’s friends with his parents on Facebook and he doesn’t really want them to know he had people over. After he grilled some hotdogs for us all, we watched the Tour de France.
I talk trash about the suburbs all the time, but spending time in one of those giant houses makes me realize that living like a king could be pretty cool. Chris and Melissa told me the only bad thing about it was the insane drives to go to Houston.
When Felipe turned 20 a few weeks ago, he had a party at a house that was kinda like a king’s place. It was at the house of an investment banker. The place blew my mind. Especially when it was filled with people in formalwear. I took advantage of this party because it would be one of the last ones I go to for a while. After I got my Associate’s Degree and hung it up on my wall, I decided that once college started up again I’d stay inside and try to learn as much as I can and study and make the best grades. This will also give me more time to write and paint, two things I haven’t done in a while.
I’m going to miss things like this.
The best thing about the party was the afterparty at Calder’s place. I think it was in the poolhouse, but I’m not very sure because I’ve never been to his place before then.
You can tell it’s an afterparty because everyone’s top button is undone and ties are loose.
It was a good party to end partying with.
Aaron and I have been hanging out more this summer, especially because his dad opened up a burger/hotdog restaurant that we started working at downtown. Aaron is a host/cashier/server I’m a dishwasher over there. I like washing the dishes. There’s no responsibility, no pressure, nobody to deal with, and gives me the opportunity to spend a few hours to actually think.
We arrive at the restaurant around 9 or 10 every morning and we leave at about the same time. The thing is, even though we work 10-12 hour shifts, we still feel the need to go out and do something. Most of the time we go to the Mink and we find ourselves there 2 or 3 times a week, at the minimum. The other night we went there and saw AK-47, something I thought I’d never be able to see in my entire life. I saw AK-47 play “The Badge Means You Suck.” I still can’t believe I’m able to say that.
While hanging out downstairs, I ran into Zoe Kanan! I had 7th grade math with her and was absolutely obsessed with her family because her dad was in Poison 13 and played with the Big Boys for some time and her aunt or something had something to do with the movie Paris, TX. I asked her what she was doing there and she told me her grandma was in the Mydolls. Unbelievable! Punkest family ever.
