so i was sitting in this movie tonight (“rumor has it” with jennifer aniston and kevin costner, and it was pretty good), i suddenly thought about a new year\u2019s day long long ago…<\/p>\n
my very first boyfriend, chris, who i thought i was going to marry and live happily ever after with in an actual house with a white picket fence, had a new year\u2019s eve party my freshman year of college.<\/p>\n
we served alcoholic punch. it might have been made with rum, or perhaps vodka.<\/p>\n
i was in charge of mixing the punch.<\/p>\n
i was mixing the punch before the party started, and i kept tasting it to see if it was ok. <\/p>\n
by the time the party started, i was drunk.<\/p>\n
as the evening went on i got more and more drunk.<\/p>\n
i was wearing this shimmery silver dress with a slip under it that kept slipping down. i\u2019d run into another room to hoist up the slip…but at the evening wore on and i got more and more drunk, i gave up running into another room and would just hoist the slip up wherever i happened to be.<\/p>\n
i believe this is the night i buried a photo of chris\u2019s ex-girlfriend.<\/p>\n
on more than one occasion i\u2019ve had boyfriends who had perfect in every way ex-girlfriends who they didn\u2019t seem to be over and seemed to worship still.<\/p>\n
chris had a photo of his old girlfriend in his bedroom. why didn\u2019t i ever ask him to take it down? i just don\u2019t know. but i didn\u2019t. but it bothered me, this totally perfect girl. so when i got drunk on new year\u2019s eve, i buried the photo in the snow.<\/p>\n
i\u2019ve always had a problem attempting to be aggressive, and this is about as aggressive as i\u2019ve ever gotten.<\/p>\n
also at this party, there was this perfect couple at the party. ralph and angie. they had dated all through high school i think, and both were very smart and she was a cheerleader and very very cute and adorable.<\/p>\n
but at some point in the evening, ralph kissed me. and although this was a very long time ago, i\u2019m pretty sure he kept following me around trying to kiss me throughout the evening.<\/p>\n
this was bewildering to me, because they were a PERFECT COUPLE, so why on earth would he be kissing anybody else? and especially, why would he be kissing ME of all people? angie was PERFECT. and i certainly wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
i wonder if they got married and lived happily ever after. and if he still chases other women around at new year\u2019s parties.<\/p>\n
anyway, my point was going to be that on the day after this wild new year\u2019s eve, on new year\u2019s day chris went back to college and i went to a movie with my family and i have a pretty vivid memory of being at the movie being very very hungover.<\/p>\n
not a great way to start the new year.<\/p>\n
today, not hungover, but very tired. i finally perked up about 10 o\u2019clock, and i actually beat randy at boggle.<\/p>\n
the family all started watching a show about coffee which bored me to tears, so i escaped.<\/p>\n
2006, i\u2019m still pretty sure it\u2019s going to be pretty darn good.<\/p>\n
and now, sleep. <\/p>\n
goodnight.<\/p>\n
january grace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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