I wish I could stop ranting..

I'm a senior. This means a lot of things. You would think that it would mean added responsibility and maturity, but in reality, it does not.



Many of my peers spend their weekends partying. Drugs, alcohol and other kinds of bad behavior are a regular part of their life. "But you're only young once," many say. Yes this is true, but I believe Eleanor Roosevelt said it best when she said,

"Learn from the mistakes of others.

You can't live long eough to make them all yourself."

Yeah I like to have a good time, but I don't need to be under the influence of anything to do that. I actually think its sad that so many kids can't have fun without drugs and alcohol.

A lot of my close friends are in this categry of partiers. I know that it is ultimately their decision, but I still don't agree with it. I feel out of place because I don't want to do these things. My parents always tell me "Oh you're just more mature. It's a good thing." But what fun is being the only one when all of your friends are out and about without you. I would never let this "left out" feeling lead me to drink or use drugs, but it is just disappointing when good friends want to party instead of hang out with me.

I just don't understand. For instance, a girl in the senior class had alcohol posioning last weekend and it really scared everyone with her. I was told by one girl there that she was soo scared to party again. This morning in the hall however, I heard her say she didn't want to be the designated driver again. Great.

I wish I wouldn't rant about this so much because I know that it is a never-ending battle. I just miss days where having fun meant going outside to play, or going rollerskating. Here is a list of how to have fun, the real way.

1. Go glow bowling on a friday night with a fun group of friends.

2. Have a dinner and a movie night. Get some fresh pizza dough and make pizzas with crazy toppings on them. Then watch a silly movie with it.

3. Go to the batting cages. I did this last weekend and it was actually fun. And then go get ice cream like you just won your baseball game.

4. Make something sparkle. Coer converse in sequins, or bedazzle a headband. Something to add a little fun!

5. Have a campfire. Cookout, and sing songs and just talk.

6. Slip-n-slide. This is great once its warm. Warning: do not try to use vegetable oil on it. It is not as great of and idea as it sounds.

7. Plan a trip somewhere. Hershey Park, a bus trip to New York, a local park-- anything really.

8. Try a new type of resturant. Indian, Thai, Vietamese or just somewhere new.

9. Play outside games. Capture the flag, flashlight tag, Manhunt, boce ball, crochet or even volleyball.

10. Go to a diner and order lots of delicious fried food and pancakes and just hang out with friends.

11. Laser tag

There are like 439820398402398409238049 other things to do but those are just a few ideas.