1. Woods Parties– CAUTION: There will be bugs, and lots of socializing. Woods Parties are definitely a thing, especially if you life in a smaller town. “Let’s walk for 10 minutes deep into the woods, and get bit by bugs just so we can drink,” sounds logical… right? Partying in the woods was one of our favorite (and muddy) pastimes that’s for sure. It was like a less intense version of the Hunger Games. May the odds be ever in your favor, aka pray the cops don’t show up. Everyone had the same goal: to have fun, not get caught, and to make it out with clean shoes
2. Saran-Wrapping Cars/ Forking Lawns– For some odd reason the idea of wrapping someone’s car in saran wrap was extremely funny to us and created some sort of thrill for people, but the more I think about it, it’s just dumb. Also, forking lawns sounded like a good idea at the time but looking back, whose idea was that?
3. Body Painting– I guess it’s a thing for sporting events but looking back why didn’t we just wear the fan shirts everyone had?? Life would have been a whole lot easier compared to taking a three-hour shower and still looking like a five year old painted your body.
4. Having your friends-Facebook friends-brother who was over 21 to buy you alcohol– Once our parents alcohol cabinet wasn’t enough to satisfy us, we tried something new. If that doesn’t smell like desperation I honestly don’t know what does. Good times!! You group chat probably looked something like this,
Friend 1: “Guys who do you think can get us stuff for tonight?”
Friend 2: “I don’t know ask (insert random person here) maybe they can.”
Going through all this trouble so you could get your hands on a bottle of UV Blue, which they forgot to mention wasn’t exactly the greatest alcohol of choice. But before I forget bring out the mixers of Dragonfly Vitamin water as well!!
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