2.10.2002
 
Hehe. It's still the morning after and I'm still riding on the adrenaline of last evening.

First off, waited for Matt and Karen to arrive so we could put the final touches on our outfits. Matt came first, but he had to change his undershirt since he decided to wear a black one with a white collar on top. Later, I had to help him put on his suspenders. Karen came a few moments later and we had a mini dilemma with our ties. She had a patterned navy blue one while mine was a plain black one... Problem solved. Sis got her navy blue tie and gave it to Karen. I had to tie it for her since she didn't know how to tie ties. Later, added fishnet gloves and safety pins to complete the outfit. So...

Matt and Cat: White collar shirt, tucked into denim pants/skirt, with black suspenders, red ties, and fake black glasses.
Karen and I: Blue t-shirt, tucked/pinned to black pants/skirt, with black ties, and an armlength fishnet glove on our right hands.

Piled into the van and off to the dance!

Got there a bit early so we hung out with DJ while he waited for Eric to show up. Surprise #1 of the night: Drew came. Eep.

The beginning of the dance was a bit boring... so much so that all four of us were hitting around a balloon with our foreheads. About half an hour into the event, we really started dancing. Karen was understandably a bit stiff (especially while trying to swing dance) so I had to loosen her up a bit. Even taught her how to freak dance. Tried teaching Mike (by Lauren's behest) how to freak as well, but he... erm, was disturbed that a) he's freaking with a guy and b) the guy was me.

Met up with Tyler and his date. Both were wearing Dickies shirts.... are we surprised? (audience: no!)

Surprise #2: Lex's outfit! Her date had one of those printed-on tux shirts a la a touring cast on broadway while she herself had a corset printed on. Whoo!

Surprise #3: Joe (my step-cousin) was there with Kaylin.

Surprise #4: Joe was watching me while I was freaking with Matt... 'course, we didn't freak for too long since I accidently elbowed his face and knocked out his contact. So, I went up and waited for him to get his contact in, but ended up waiting for a bit. Then I realized that they were doing the electric slide back on the dance floor so, a lil bit fumed, I went back down and joined them.

Managed to get a slow dance with Taylor, thusly fulfilling my promise to her.

Eventually the freak dancing reached a fevered pitch, resulting in a 5+ people orgy surrounding Eric. Hehe.

So, here's basically what everyone was wearing to the dance:
Lauren and Mike: Superman-t-shirts and black pants
Joe and Kaylin: No Fear shirts w/ black pants (again?)
Nick and Kristen: came as a 50's sock hop couple
John and Adrian: Blue top, white shirt, black pants
Sydney and Joey: black sleeveless, red "hot pants", Joey with a collar led by Syd

Only one disappointment though: I didn't get to slow dance with any guy at all. DJ wouldn't dance with any guy unless they were his date, Matt was busy dancing with several other people, Nick would've been willing to but I couldn't find him. I got to slow-dance with Karen a lot though, and she's very slow-dance-able.

... It seems that, after every dance, Matt ends up with a prospective boyfriend. This'll prove to be interesting come monday morning.

After the dance, went to Cafe Sienna and saw Francesca with her date(s) there. Ate, joked, dad picked up the bill before we could pay, had fun with the fortune cookies.

Dropped off Karen first. On the way: me choking Matt from behind using his seatbelt, Karen trying to steal his glasses, a discussion about queens.

Matt was next. On the way:
"Ugh... My stomach hurts."
"Aw, I'm sorry."
::pause::
"... What was that?"
"A kiss."
"Really? You know, my stomach's a bit lower than that."
"Oh?"
"Yep, right there."

It seems less innocent than it really was! Honest. Just... that's how my parents heard it from the front seats. In reality Matt just kissed his fingers and rubbed it onto my stomach. Didn't really help, but it was a nice gesture.

Got home and I was still very energetic. But... decided to sleep anyways because I didn't feel like dance to more Kylie Minogue.

Now, however, I have to go to church for 3.5 hours. Singing and rehearsal. Ugh!

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