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December 23, 2006
A Good Party
Enjoyed a wonderful holiday party with some new friends this evening. We listened to some CDs, namely the sound track to "Xanadu" and the new Beatles remix "Love," ate the contents of several veggie trays, and had a lot of fun talking, telling funny stories, and teasing my BF. It might seem odd to comment on such simple entertainment, but it's a treat for me. The other attendees were a bit older that the BF and I (we all met through theater) and grew up in a time before everyone had to be constantly entertained. There was no need to put on a movie or play a video game. We were simply content to share one another's company and introduce one another to neat music.
I really do wonder about my generation. It seems they have been trouble makers since I was in elementary school, and now that I've hit college they seem to want to party harder than is really necessary or safe, and aren't well versed in the art of conversation. My generation seems to make much of cultural inside jokes and constantly refer to popular shows and movies. It seems like more time is spent reminiscing about the '80s, which most of us were only around for the last half of (and spent that half in diapers) than enjoying the goings on today.
Maybe I'm an odd ball, but my favorite things to do don't involve electronics at all. The best time I've had with the BF lately was when we went on a hike up on Signal Mountain along the excellent Rainbow Loop trail, and the best party I've been to since the holidays got swinging was this simple gathering tonight. It's the little things, you know. People need to learn to just kick back and really enjoy life, rather than distracting themselves from it.
Like enjoying the humor in the President saying "I'm the commander-see, I don't need to explain-- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president."
| By Spike | 12:29 AM