It's over. Its all over.
Latin Convention 2005, probably one of the best times of my life, anticipated from the minute i arrived home from Convention '04, is over. I cannot say if it was the best Convention out of the four, there is no comparison. They were all great in their own ways. All i can say is that it was amazing. I could not have asked for a better way to end my high school career. People who have never gone can not possible understand it. Those who go can only strap in for the ride. The memories created, the friendships forged, the traditions upheld, it blows my mind to think about these past for years. McCullough, Carpenter, Strobes, Murph, Smitty, Liam, Chuck, Crazy Nick, Mastromatto, and the girls, Laura, Sam, Ellen, Mims, made Convention what it was. I couldn't have asked for better people to be there with me. Also the people who couldnt be there- kessler, horowitz, seth, wappes, turkot, wilson, Brown, and i will add others as i remember them.
First, a list of inside jokes......
1. Don Delouis: "You come to me on this, the day of my daughters wedding, and ask me to kill a man i do not know. Now why should i kill this....Count Chocula?
Captain Crunch: "Because that bastard has been spreading lies! My cereal does not cut the roof of your mouth!" (leans back and folds arms) "With all respect."
2. THAT WAS A LOAD BEARING CANDY CANE!
3. I have a boyfriend! His name's....John...John Cauldron!
Hi is Denise here?
Give her about 20 more minutes
But the show starts at 8
4. I couldn't be in more pain! Ahhhhhh!
5. Theres a dick in my ass and its 2:35 am!!!!!!!!
6. Theres a stick in my shoe and it remind me of you.....
7. Of course, Feminine Night
8. So Sally can wait
9. The 3 Banditos. Forever.
10. I am Nipples, Fortunato is Pervert.
11. The Mr. Mike story as played on guitar and told by the one and only Ben Starobin.
12. I say Caruthers. You know what's very, very funny? A man dressed in women's clothing.
Yes, ah, ripping good laugh
13. More to come as i remember them
Ok now for the stories...........
1. First of all, the Convention video (the project) that was amazing and ended up winning 3rd place.
2. Me wooing at ellen on the bus going to psu every time she stood up.
3. Our awesome volleyball team that got 3rd place
4. The 3 Banditos of course. Me, McCullough, and Carpenter, dressed in full mexican attire. Matching hats with Mexican flags sticking out the top and Zorro masks. Ace had a black dress shirt with a tie, Carp had a giant paper table cloth that said Fiesta along the sides and a black grease paint mustach with marraccas. I had a red polo shirt with a stripe, a red and blue tie, and my guitar. I played "Hero" and "Bailamos" by Enrique Iglesias all day, and everyone sang. I also threw some Third Eye Blind in there. It was amazing. All the other school had gay sombreros, we were the only ones with music. We should have won the informal spirit contest.
5. While Carp was doing oratory, me, McCullough, Liam, Murph, and possibly some other people, took all of his boxers, soaked them in the water fountain outside the dorm room (where i proceded to toss them like salad), and put them in the freezer. I also made a tribute to Seth by trying to fit myself into the freezer and then running into the wall. In Carp's bag we found some undies with a "vagina strap" as i like to call it. I put them on over my shorts and stuck a snack pack and a tennis ball in there and proceded to dance and pelvic thrust a lot. We go that on camera. When Carp found them and we took them out they were all frosted over. That was the first real prank of Convention.
6. The Dance. Wow. What a great dj....NOT. He sucked sooo bad. He didnt blend the end of the song and the beginning of the next song together so there was like a 10 second pause between songs, he played bad songs, the music wasnt loud enough, and it wasnt dark enough. Oh and the best looking girls were from our school. I swear we were the best looking school there. So anyway, While we Carp and I were at the dance with the girls, McCullough, Murph, Smitty, and probly others trashed Whistletips' and Fortunato's room. They hid one mattress in the window and closed the drapes, and hid the other in one of the closets. However, in a move of pure genius, they tied the other closet shut, so when Winterfresh and Fortunato came in, they opened the wrong closet and didnt even check the other one. The guys also switched clothes and stuff from Wonka and Fortunato's bags with each other. Winstein got really mad. It was funny. Also at the dance, i did the worm.
7. We all finished the tests at the same time. How did that happen? I got the lowest score in Derivatives, and Ace got the lowest in vocab i think. Wooooooooooo.
8. Basketball. I was the cardinal. I was AWESOME. It got real hot in that suit. I sweated more than the players. We did good in bball but we got a bit robbed. Some people are too large for their own good, i.e. the chewbacca girl.
9. After the spirit competition, we all went to the creamery. I still had my guitar with me, and when we came out of the creamery some girls shouted at me to play something. I asked them what they wanted me to play and one said "play dashboard!" So i immediately yelled "NO! NOW YOU DON'T GET A SONG!" So we started walking away and one girl ran up and said I have change! I have change! She wasn't too bad looking so i played her Jumper by Third Eye Blind. Sure, i could have played her something that would have serenaded her a bit, but whatever.
10. Tennis. We had to walk around the entire building becase there was a fence right before the door to get in. Go Ellen and Fortunato! First Place!! The cowbell, me videotaping ellen's ass for like 5 minutes, showing mccullough, and then deleting it. Because tennis went on long we were real late for the banquet. We all walked in, without togas, and magistra immediately gave us the patented "magistra death look" and everyone stared. It was good. Hey, its whistletips' birthday!
11. MTV and Pimp My Ride were at PSU. They wouldnt let me go. Bastards.
12.The spirit skit. So much preparation. Ace's Magister Miyagi voice was priceless, carp forgot his lines, and i didnt even get to do my part. Ewwwwwwwww Caliope.
13. The talent show. What can i say? Me, Ace, Carp, and Murph. The hecklers. Feminine Night was played. It was the greatest moment in music history. The guy pulled the mic in and that was it for me. I lost it. I will bring that memory to my grave.
14. At around 11:30 we did the dedication of the Tether Bear. All the names. Ace's speech. My trumpet. And.....TURKOT! We forgot Carp.
15. The toast at 2:00 am. Reminiscing. Me, Ace, Strobes, Carp, and Crazy Nick. It was very good. Handshoe interupted us at like 3:30 and made us go to bed. IS THERE A RULE AGAINST REMINISCING?! And tattoo was there too i think.
It will be hard to say goodbye to something as great as Latin Convention and i will never forget it, nor will i forget the people that made it great. This chapter of my life may be ending, but a completely new chapter is starting. School is ending, college and summer are almost here. Its time for new beginnings and all good things must come to an end. Such is life my friends....such is life.
I propose a toast. To Latin. To Convention. To friends and memories. To our fallen heroes. Latina vivit. It is our time.
Don't look back in anger, i heard you say.
Advice of the Day: what the fuck do you think?
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