weekend recap: revival edition

went to missouri this weekend for my sister's high school graduation. the weekend started on wednesday.

wed
-drove 8 hours by myself, revisited and exhausted entire musical history.
-hung with my little bro while he schooled me about video game systems and computers.
-endured dad's self-righteousness, stepmom's off-the-rails alcoholism, and their constant fighting.

thurs
-shopped with my sister and target was reaaaaaalllly good to us.
-the graduation was at this crazy church! weird!
-p.s. that is a staircase for jesus to walk down when he returns.
-only 300 grads, no shenanigans, pretty lame by my standards.
-a celebratory joint was smoked on the car ride home with me, sis, and dad.
-dad took us to a hole in the wall greasy hamburger place and told us the kind of woman he's looking for is the kind that he could take here on a first date.
-they didn't get her a cake or anything. ok so i know graduating high school isn't like curing cancer but it still marks the end of a stage and beginning of a new one. it deserves some commemoration. jerks.

fri
-sister took me to her downtown haunts, which happen to be badass.
-hippie store where she graciously bought some insence for julian, and most righteous vintage store where i got the PERFECT earrings for my new gold dress.
-then a tea/coffee shop where people know her and we had some bubble tea.
-i asked her to come live with me for the summer because i don't know how she can live in that house. it's dark there.

sat
-early morning starbucks/breakfast making with the whole fam and things are light and easy.
-i hang with sister and some friends and i love their conversations and i'm taking notes.
-here are some of the notes: "he's gay, the party never ends." , "you guys are gonna be totally pissed when you start going to bars." they were outraged over a $5 keg party. apparently its usually only 2. sheesh.
-they think they'll never have to see the people from their school again. oh, but they will. lanchi still shows up about once a year to make me feel like i've done nothing in 8 years.

sun
-stopped in on my grandma on the way out of town and was totally depressed by it. is this what we have to look forward to? i'm not sure what to make of it.
-made the decision to get a camera. a proper one. LOOK OUT. should be about a month till this happens.
-totally switched gears, went to dennis's for a barbecue with alex and bogan.
-saw chad. laughed at chad.
-had a ridiculous conversation with zach that ended with him being pre-emptively uninvited to my funeral. for real. keep him out. and don't listen to anything he says about avril lavigne. it's bullshit.

yeah.