November 24, 2005
What I miss.
You know how people say the time you spend in high school will be the best time of your life? I always disagreed.
My view is yes, sure, I had fun in high school but I don’t think it was the best time of my life.
Today? Today I miss high school. Though I still don’t agree my life will never be as good as it was then, today I really do miss it.
Maybe I am just feeling a bit ripped off, since I booked this weekend off to go home for one of my brother’s infamous small town pubcrawls. But now, in light of the insanity that is the next few weeks, I am staying in Saskatoon doing homework. Good thing I am fairly sure the pubcrawl has been pushed back to January.
A few weeks ago, when I was over at Roseanne and Julie’s, I told them I needed a night of small town partying. I haven’t been home since Carrot River grad, which was five months ago.
I miss booze cruises and moonshine and back roads and bush parties. I miss country boys in their big trucks who buy you beer and tell you you’re beautiful. I miss small town bars with ancient jukeboxes and ever present jars of pickled eggs. I miss lapping main to see who’s out and about to try and figure out where the party will be. I miss school dances with liquor hid in the toilet tank and knowing every single person there.
I guess it is true. You can take the girl out of the honky tonk, but you can’t take the honky tonk out of the girl.
Thank God for Boxing Day cabarets and the fact my crazy, party animal Uncle is getting married in my small town on New Year’s Eve. Those two nights should more than satisfy my craving for a little bit of country.
November 24th, 2005 at 3:19 pm
I too have always disagreed with that high school is the best years of your life crap. I would hope that a three year period of my life that was filled with lots of uncertainty (where to go for school, what to do with my life) wouldn’t be better than oh, getting married and having kids. OR I dunno, university where you really get to learn who you are. I think those who actually claim high school as the best years of their life must lead pretty sad lives. Just a thought. However, you can still miss it:)
November 24th, 2005 at 3:59 pm
High school for me is one big big long story, I`ll have to tell you one time. if we ever go for coffee or something.
But i do agree even tho im a city boy at heart the small town parties i went to, everyone knew everyone, and partied all night long. it was great.
some of my best party memories are from those.
ahhh the good ol days.
November 24th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Small towns.. hehehe.. its what I live and breathe… especially that jar of pickled eggs..lol
I came across one of these in an email months ago but couldnt find the one I had.. mind you they are all pretty much the same
http://www.anvari.org/shortjoke/EmailJoke_Set_3/5527.html
November 24th, 2005 at 6:10 pm
I miss the exact same thing too. Cruising around town, booze cruises, people pulling beer, spring parties, etc. *sigh* And then ya don’t talk to half the people anymore and then we ended up here. Which it’s had some good times, but not the same.
-J
November 24th, 2005 at 10:24 pm
what’s a bush party? and when you say small town exactly how small are we talking…..
This city boy needs enlightning…..
November 25th, 2005 at 6:47 pm
My small town had 200 people in total in school (K to 12). Around 5-600 in the whole town. You city people missed out.
November 29th, 2005 at 6:04 pm
Yup..those were the days. I’m from a small town too and attended many a bush party. Nothing like coming home and smelling like burned bales.
And I’ve been to a few bars in the Carrot River area..I distinctly remember pickled Turkey Gizzards!