*Please
note that while drinking may be mentioned in this post, I am in no way
encouraging the consumption of alcohol, especially for those under 21 years of
age.
So,
this past Halloween weekend was my first official “college experience” for the
holiday. In the past, I’ve always chosen
to not celebrate the holiday at school, and instead have gone home to spend
time with my family and get away from the craziness that occurs in a college
town due to the festivities. And, in
2011, I didn’t go home but instead went to watch the last Harry Potter movie at
our campus theater each night. So, I’ve
never really celebrated Halloween since high school.
The
costume: I decided to dress up as Athena, the Greek Goddess of Wisdom. I didn’t want to dress up as something super
slutty, like so many people do on Halloween, because that just isn’t me. So, I chose Athena, and wore a knee-length
white dress with a ton of gold jewelry.
I braided little braids in my hair and wove golden ribbon into the
braids. For makeup, I put gold glitter
on my eyes as eye-shadow and created a golden smoked-out look. Overall, I thought it was a pretty nice
costume and look.
The
Party: I was invited to a party where I would know the majority of the people
there. Being a little nervous about
going out for the first time (because yes, I’m a total newb at this), this was
a great alternative for me.
The
Reality: On Saturday night, after spending the day doing homecoming activities
like tailgating, the football game, and a UPB alumni brunch, we went out. Shannon, my roommate, and I went to her
friend Michelle’s apartment in order to “pre-game” before the party. This portion of the night was definitely
awkward. There weren’t many people that
I knew there, and I definitely felt slightly awkward drinking at that point in
the night. So we all sat in a circle
playing a game of Kings sober, which was just slightly strange. Have you ever played a drinking game
sober? It’s just super weird to do.
After
we pregamed (or in this case, pretended to) for about an hour, we made our way
over to the party. The party was
conveniently right across the hall from Michelle’s apartment, so Shannon and I
headed over there first. And, the party
wasn’t really happening. There were
about 10 people that I’m pretty close to there, so I was fine with it- I knew
I’d have a decent enough time. But since
there wasn’t a huge amount of people there, Shannon didn’t think it’d be a good
idea to bring Michelle and her friends there since it was an invite only
event. So, we all ended up going
downstairs to what everyone called a “legit” party.
The
legit party was no fun at all. It was
super crowded to the point where we could all barely get in the door. And after about a few minutes of being there,
a fight started to break out and I ended up getting a drink spilled on me. It was so not worth it. Luckily the drink didn’t stain my dress but
it did stain the slip I had on underneath it.
After that happened, we all left because we didn’t want to be caught in
a bad situation.
Shannon
and I went back in to the party where our people were, and we stayed for about
20 minutes. We just sort of hung out
with people and talked, but didn’t dance or anything. We didn’t stay very long because despite
liking that party better, Shannon had to work at 6am the next morning so we
couldn’t really stay out too too late.
Overall,
the night wasn’t as fun as it could have been, but it wasn’t horrible. I still had fun hanging out with Shannon and
my friends that were at the small party.
I definitely don’t think I’ll be going out anytime soon though. It’s just not my scene. But if it’s yours, there’s nothing wrong with
that as long as you stay safe and don’t drink and drive. I can’t even begin to talk about how
important that is. But stay true to who
you are-if you don’t like partying, don’t do it. You won’t be happy. Just be your awesome self and people will
love you for it. <3
