Jun 18, 2004 21:59
Been thinking about my teenage years a lot lately, God I was a piece of work. I miss those feelings of invincibility, the unfaltering belief in happy endings, and having the world at my fingertips. I miss being fearless and stupid. I miss the sex, drugs and rock & roll, life's a little more masturbation, alcohol and easy listening these days. (could be worse though, there's always frigidity, prozac and country [for the record I have nothing against country, but it does tend to be just a smidgen on the depressing side]) To be fair though there's a lot of stuff I don't miss too, I had some seriously bad taste in people back then, for example:
The Community College Cafeteria Crowd:
"The Virgin" was a Catholic girl who was saving herself for marriage, so she would only have oral and anal sex with her boyfriends. (?????) This lasted until she was 19, when she lost her virginity to a guy who 3 days later left the state, to avoid going to jail on a number of different charges. Towards the end of our friendship she got involved with some folks who were creating their own religion. (fabulous stuff, including psycic powers, astral projection and energy manipulation, let me tell you these folks had way too much time on their hands) Last I heard she was on her 3rd husband and addicted to meth.
"The burrito bandito" was my second "boyfriend" we were in French 101 together, and he used to help me "study" (I apologize for all the quotes folks) after class. (there's just something about making out in the French classroom, if you ever get the chance I highly recommend it) We dated for 11 days, I broke up with him for trying to touch me in inappropriate places, right after he was 86ed from the cafeteria for doing exactly what this nickname implies. Last time I saw him he was still dumb, but I think the petty larceny phase has passed.
"The Geek" was actually a really nice guy, almost a textbook nerd though, he wore anime t-shirts, had coke bottle glasses, you get the picture. He married his high school sweetheart and he now works for a computer software company where even his co-workers think he's a little too nerdy.
"The mother" was reminiscent of any Hollywood trashy single mother of teenagers with a heart living in a trailer park, she was a good person, with a lot of little quirks, including an affinity for sex with people around the same age as her kids, I stayed with her for a couple of weeks during a "transitional period" she got me drunk one night and tried to take advantage of me (the funny thing about this is her daughter who was about 4 years my senior had tried the same thing the night before)
"The arsonist #1" wasn't actually a student, he just like to hang out with us, this was boyfriend #3 for me (1 month) and the first guy I went past 1st base with (lucky guy) he had beautiful eyes, and absolutely nothing else going for him. He was one of those guys who thought the "that's what she said" jokes were brilliantly funny. He went to jail for a number of years for setting fire to a couple of cars and the woodshop of a local high school. Last I heard he was making a living selling drugs.
"The arsonist #2" dated "The mother" for awhile, he was a pretty talented musician, and a relatively good student until he hooked up with #1 and went on a burning spree, he was jailed for 5 years for the above mentioned high school fire, and came out with bigger muscles, a smaller brain, and a mountain of debt, last I heard he was working 2 jobs and living with his father. (poor guy)
"The sexually ambiguous guy" was confused. The first year I knew him he was straight and single, the next year he was gay and in a relationship, the next year he was straight and married, Oh and he had a creepy habit of wearing a cloak everywhere he went. Last I heard he was getting married again to another woman. I gotta say I called that one wrong, never thought he turn out straight.
"The Goth chick" was often quoted as saying "all I want is a guy with a job, a car, and a penis." You know the type, black lipstick, a wardrobe of black and army green, and an attitude out to there. She liked to try to shock people, but she had a heart of gold. I don't know what ever happened to her, but I hope she found her guy.
"The sarcastic guy" was the reason yours truly didn't see the Star Wars movies until last year, but that's another story. He was one of those people who never had anything nice to say to anyone, unless he wanted something from them, but he was hilarious. I guess he got a little less jaded later in life, and I hear he actually made something of himself but by then he'd burned his bridges.
"The Jay" (as in Jay and silent Bob) if you've seen any of Kevin Smith's movies, just imagine Jay more hyper and annoying, and you'd have this guy. (if you haven't seen any Kevin Smith movies where on earth have you been) At one point he actually had his throat slit by an ex-girlfriend (or so he said, some have theorized that he did it himself, but that's just too weird for this little girl to contemplate) Last I heard he could talk again.
And of course there was me, When I met most of these people I was 14 years old, I had been in college for a year and a half , and I had a 4.0 GPA. I was Daddy's little angel, but it didn't last. (it never does) I made all sorts of mistakes, and went through all sorts of stages, but you can hear some of those stories another day.
I'm pretty sure I had a point when I started this, but it's lost on me now, and I'm too lazy to go back up to the beginning and figure it out.
friends,
funny,
college