AmandaSparks730
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- Sep 22, 2007
Junior Prom!
May 7, 2010.
The day we'd all been looking forward to for years and years and years. Prom day.
Let's break it down, shall we?
We had a full first period, which unfortunately for me was Trig. Which is, of course, my worst class. Oh, well.
We trudged to second period, which was Spanish. It was really fun, actually. I got to hang out and laugh with my friend, Jake.
We got called down to the auditorium at 8:50. We had to sit through the traditional "don't drink and drive" presentation (which made several of us cry during the video portion) until 10:30. My grandma picked me up, and home I went.
I took a shower immediately, because I had to wash my hair, and my thick, long hair takes a LONG time to dry!
I cozied up in a button-down shirt and jeans, and played a computer game for a little while before eating a quick lunch. I watched Mamma Mia! and just chilled til my hair appointment at 3:00. Luckily, there's a hair salon a few streets down from my house, so I was able to cut through the neighborhood and walk there.
Thank goodness for Ramone! He did my hair for a Make-a-Wish function a few years back, and he is the Hispanic updo HOMBRE! Gracias, Ramone!
Mom brought me home, and I relaxed some more before getting dressed up and bejewled.
Here's the final product! :
We went to pick up one of my best friends, Ellen, around 6.
Here we are, ready to go! :
Yes, I am standing on a step. Ellen's 5'10.5". I'm 4'10.5". Awkward? Yes. A bit.
Anyways...
On we went to the RI Convention Center! Yes, we were going all out for this year's prom!
The theme was "Above the City Lights". Fancy, no?
Well the "above" was quite so. We were on the 5th floor, in a large, nice ballroom.
We met up with friends, the cast whom you'll be hearing about from here on out:
Meaghan W. (another best friend)
Tereasa (a friend from Geometry last year)
Tereasa's friend (Tereasa's friend whose name I never figured out)
Aly (a friend)
Alicia (Aly's "date" and Meaghan W.'s neighbor/best friend)
True to the "city lights" theme, each table was named after a different famous city. After some...errr...navigational issues, we finally found our table, Bangladesh. Ooh la la!
Our table was me, Ellen, Tereasa, her friend, Ryan B. and his girlfriend, Aly, Alicia, and two other girls. Meaghan W. got separated from us, unfortunately, but spent the whole rest of the night with us!
Here's the table (I loved the floating candles!) :
(Ryan B. and his girlfriend in the background)
Dinner was served at 7:30 (the event technically started at 7). Salad was first, followed by bread. The main course was chicken in some sort of...whiteish sauce, mashed potatoes, and veggies. Dessert was chocolate cake with an...orange slice? Yes, a random orange slice. Interesting.
We found out later that the class president, a vegetarian, got a special pasta primavera made for her...
Oh, well.
They opened up the dance floor soon after, and the party really begun!
I'll cut the dancing details short, but it sure was fun, in our little group! Everyone looked GORGEOUS, by the way. We shied away from the boys and the Populars.
Our little group (which is much bigger at school, but not everyone was at prom) is definately an ecclectic group. Populars, we're not, but we have a very diverse group. Band geeks, honors kids, jocks, singers, drama club kids, tall people, short people. And I'm the only dancer. Go figure!
In any case, we all had fun dancing to bad music and to good music.
Is it so sad that, when the Backstreet Boys and the Spice Girls came on, we were called them "oldies"?
Q: What kind of deejay doesn't play the Macarena or the YMCA?
A: The deejay that the Prom Committe hired.
Seriously. No "it's fun to stay at the YYYYY-M-C-A!"
No Macarena.
No fun.
I digress.
Still, it was loads of fun. Prom King and Queen were 100% predictable, but a perfectly acceptable King and Queen. Congrats, Shane and Chelsea!
(*insert King and Queen smilies here that the DIS doesn't have but should*)
The night ended at 11. What time did I get home? 11:30. I was in bed soon after that
All in all, it was a very fun night, and I'm sorry that I don't have more pictures. Once they dimmed the lights, it was way too dark in the main room to take pics, and we didn't feel like going out into the hall! We were too busy dancing!
(But not dancing like that smilie!)
No events coming up soon. Recital isn't for another month or so. I'll give quick updates until then, with countdown and trip details!
Love, Meg
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