To be young again

I had dinner last night with some long time friends. Alexis, Erin, Lindsay, Marianna and I all went to middle school and high school together. It is fun to get together with them because it reminds me of the times when you could be totally ridiculous and hyper without the aid of alcohol (though admittedly, alcohol was often times involved). The pictures I am sharing with you are after only approximately one margarita, so our foolishness cannot be attributed to the sauce. Don't you remember when you were younger and you would start laughing hysterically with a friend over absolutely nothing? I have memories with each one of these ladies doing just that, and when I see them now, I am reminded of those days. As I get older, I find fewer and fewer friends who I can just be stupid with and who will laugh along with me. When you do find those types of friends, it is like finding a soul mate because they are amused by the same dumb shit as you are. A really good way to bring out these hysterics is pictures and video. When we were younger, we would all get together and make these ridiculous, sugar high infused videos. I still crack up when I watch these because you can feel the giddiness oozing off the screen. When I went to Spain for study abroad I met a few "soul mate" friends and whenever we would get our pictures back from being developed, we would look at them and laugh over every picture. Laugh is actually the wrong word because it describes something much more restrained than what we were actually doing. Digital cameras are just the right medium for producing immediate hilarity, and last night we used this technology to our advantage. These are just a few of the ridiculous photos we took. I'm also including some normal pictures of these ladies to prove they are not as freakish as they appear in some pictures. Still, it is fun. I hope it translates to a wider audience, though probably not. This is more likely one of those, "you had to be there" moments, so just indulge me.