So tonight we went to Ezzie's for Megan's 18th bday.

At first I was under the impression that the place was gonna be full of old hicks and white folk alike. But much to my surprise and relief, it was actually a pretty packed place with all kinds of ages. The place was still filled with white ppl (I think with our party in count, there were just under 10 asian ppl in the whole bar), but what do you expect from a country bar?

And again much to my surprise and relief, it was one kickass time. In my head I had already made assumptions that there was gonna be like 100% country music and cowboy hats and ppl randomly yelling "YEEEE HAW!" Actually, I was pleasantly surprised to find lots and lots of HOT CHICKS, and a decent moderation of R&B music. I'll have to say I enjoyed myself thoroughly.

One of the things I really enjoyed about that night was when they played the Line dance songs in succession though. Picture this: Me and Tony standing at the front of the lines and having no clue whatsoever on how the dance goes! We looked pretty ridiculous, but hey like most things, we picked it up after just a little bit. So now I can successfully Electric Shuffle, and some other weird dance. Awesome stuff!

Overall, I think it was the dancing that made it. Don't get me wrong though, it WAS still really fun to pick drinks out for Clarence to buy (A Prarrie fire, Double Jacks, Taquila, Sour Jack, Gladiator, and something else). Even after all of those hard drinks though, Megan came out as the winner with 12 whopping drinks none of which she paid for! And she didn't even eat anything since lunch! Ahh yes the joys of turning 18 :D She had lots of fun, and I really wish her the best considering she feels pretty crappy right now and has hockey the next morning (whoops...) Anyhow, fun times the whole night, and met all kinds of cool people!

Another thing I wanted to touch base on was a revelation that Ryan had caused in me. Just after I had gotten back from school and getting ready to head out to the club, we had gotten on the topic of what our plans were for summer. And somehow, we centered on the topic of where we were at now. I had made a comment saying "You talk as if High School was so long ago! lol" and that's when he said "It is, man. The time wasn't too long ago, but when you look back we've come a long way since then." And that's when it truly hit me about what kind of stakes we're playing for. Ryan was absolutely friggin right, and I had been too ignorant to notice this past year. Here I was still stuck in the mind frame of "Come on, let's finish this class already so I can go!" and going through classes just to be done them. When really I should be in class doing as much as I can to do well in it, not just attending class for the sake of it. Because really, there is so much riding on these classes, it's getting scary now. I think that's one thing that society has faltered in. The transition b/w adolescence to adulthood is such a big and sudden step, people barely ever see it coming and keep their heads in the cloud.

In short, tonight was kickass and everything, but now it's up to me to devote the rest of my weekend to studying for my two midterms on monday. The less that I'm able to do that, the more damage I do to myself. I'm going to have to pick myself up out of this hole that I've dug for myself, and start walking towards the road to the future. Because though it's everyone's belief that your friends and family will always be there to catch you, they can only really do so much....