Own Sort of Fun
7 Jul
In the town where I grew up, you had to make your own sort of fun. We weren’t super close to a city (two hours away from Pittsburgh), and most of the land was rural or suburban. As a result, I was often the youngster who said, “I’m bored” every two seconds.
But when I entered high school, I started hanging out with friends from the cross country team. These friends were different than the rest – they wanted to exercise to have fun: games of ultimate frisbee, tennis, walking – you name it. And at the end of the day, we’d gather at someone’s house and sit around the fire.
I can’t even tell you the number of fires I’ve sat around. If memory serves – my two friends, Casey and Joel, hosted fires most often. We’d all sit around in our camp chairs around a burning flame and ashes of past fires.
Some of us would even burn the soles of our shoes.
The best part about it all was that we were all together.
Even though some of us went our separate ways, I still look at us like this:
Thankfully, I have kept in good touch with the majority of my childhood friends. And even though I don’t see them often, we always have a good time when we get together.
What was considered “fun” when you were in high school?
I love the oatmeal representations – keep ‘em coming. I remember just having fun in high school. I had a great group of friends, was outgoing but still a little sheltered by the parental units, so I wasn’t too wild (thankful for that now) and I was outdoors a lot.
Such a cute bowl, as usual!
High school fun: a tub of frosting, a monty python movie, and lots of good friends. We were tame like that
At the risk of completely embarrassing myself, I was in marching band so the ‘fun’ stuff was all hanging out after a football game or competition – in the parking lot, at a restaurant, at someones house, didn’t matter
Ha, it was the mall.
When we could get there, all malls were 1/2 hour away in any direction. We were so isolated it stank. In middle school it was the roller rink! Oh those were such fun Friday nights!
This sounds so stupid, and even at the time it did, but we used to hang out at in the 7-11 parking lot.
I love your oatmeal bowls! So cool. Your high school memories sound fun. We used to sit around campfires too.
I grew up an hour away from DC – in a VERY rural area. We had to drive a half an hour just to get to a movie theater – with only two screens. I remember just hanging around people’s houses – we didn’t drink – just playing video games or sitting around. There was also an incident with a cow being tipped – that I can’t say I’m proud of being present for it. Sports were HUGE. My school was Varsity Blues -esque. Friday night football games and basketball games were where you were – no question. And then afterward we’d drive to Ruby Tuesday’s for potato skins or sundaes. Ahhh, those were the days!
I was kind of the same way as you – no real big towns nearby, although they’re even farther away now!
i love the dude shirt, btw
That bowl looks so cozy!
In high school, my friends and I would make an “event” out of watching our favorite shows, getting amazing food, hanging out, and sh-shing everyone when the OC would start
Oh, high school…
my best friend used to have bonfires in her backyard every summer. we would roast marshmallows, play games, take tons of pictures. it was such innocent fun – i really miss it sometimes!
What fun memories! I was definitely a country girl, and going out for drives in the country (to the levee, of course…), as well as cruising the Kream Kastle BBQ joint in the neighboring town, were considered to be excellent entertainment. The other fun thing to do: go to Wal-mart. Sad, but true.
my friends and I did scavenger hunts and hung out on decks and porches just enjoying eachother’s company and being outside.
Awe…. my HS friends and I use to hang out at a local coffee shop. I was open late and we were to young to get in anywhere else. We would all sit around and laugh, talk and get wired on coffee until our midnight curfews! Thanks for bringing me back!!
-A
That’s so cute! We saw a LOT of movies in high school… and most of us were on the drill team (don’t be jealous) so Friday nights consisted of football games. Other than that I can’t really remember- isn’t that sad??
I love your oatmeal representation! Hmm… in high school, going downtown was fun, and just walking around and going into random stores.
I ruined many a good pair of flip flops at Joel’s house
Also, do you remember how we would almost kill ourselves on the invisible clothes line in between the fire and the house?! dangerous.
Lovely oatmeal metaphor!
Hmm…in high school, lots of people drank heavily but I totally wasn’t into it. I saw lots of movies and went to TONS of punk rock shows.
Wow, so I’m definitely the outcast of this group but I’m still going to be honest…
Before high school I had lots of random, innocent fun… but since you asked specifically about high school…
We pretty much drank and smoked to have fun, but there was a lot more to it than that. We’d go out and have a bonfire (drinking and smoking included) and talk about real issues and philosophical questions. Or we’d just drive out on some rural road (the closest big city was 3 hours away) and get lost… We also spent a lot of time in my basement watching movies, getting intoxicated, and enjoying each other’s company.
So while our fun was a little more racy… it still had the common theme of friendship.