Everyone loves a casual summer get-together

[emily_swank]

I am thirty three. The thirty three year old woman, she has learned, at the age of thirty three to stop trying to impress groups of people with large scale cooking/baking sprees calling themselves "parties". The thirty three year old woman is wise. She has left all of that foolishness behind her and now does not entertain, nor does she think the

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[strangelet]

I <3 you. This was fucking brilliant!

You need my friends, they love dips and salads. Your problem was it was family. I long ago learned that all that was required to appease my extended family was a grill with meat stuffs (let the men fight over who gets to actually grill), some shrimp cocktail, chips, potato salad and lil' smokies in a vat of hot BBQ sauce with some toothpicks.

Oh and you magically transported me back to the midwest by calling it pop. Here in Texas everything's Coke. Sprite is Coke. Dr. Pepper is Coke. Mountain Dew? Coke. People order Coke and expect you to prompt them into telling you exactly what kind of soda they REALLY want. They don't actually expect you to SURPRISE! bring them an effing Coke like they asked for. It makes my brain hurt.

[emily_swank]

I only recently learned this about soft drinks. An LJ friend posted a map that shows, all technically, the US with what areas call it pop, soda, and coke. I had known for some time that they call it soda in California, since every time my niece visits she has a giant fit that we don't say "soda". I travelled all the way through the south and never had an issue. Of course I always ordered sweet tea to have the genuine southern experience (of drinking syrup).

[chickbrarian]

This made me exhausted and hungry.

Did any of the children fight?

[emily_swank]

Absolutely no fighting whatsoever and there is a lot of salad in the refrigerator still.

[kyrieleison]

I wish I could come over and help eat those leftovers!

[ms_pooka]

oh, Party Hostess Hangover.

i do not understand people who do not finish cake. or eat dips. or finish a beverage or anything else which will be wasted if they don't. apparently, i was born during the great depression.

and hello. it is seattle. you have nice weather. nice, sitting-on-a-deck weather.

your father needs to be spanked for leaving.

even though i was not at the party, i applaud you for putting on such a grand show. i much appreciate it. especially the peach business with the coconut crunchies.

[emily_swank]

I BLANCHED those peaches. First Time Peach Blancher here. Where's my commemorative iron-on patch???

[kyrieleison]

This was such a thrilling read! You should stop worrying about writing fiction and publish a collection of assorted odds and ends from your life. If I had to pay money to subscribe to your journal, I totally would. And I am cheap.

[lula_fortune]

Geezus. I am exhausted just reading this, so I can only imagine how you feel!

And those people are retarded. Dip is the FIRST thing I go for! I would have eaten all of it. :)