Datenight Debauchery

I was looking through my pictures today and I ran across a bunch of old datenight pictures. Talk about a wave of nostalgia! For me it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Warning: some of the pics might be a little scary for some of you. Just know we're all past this phase of our lives. As Allen told me the other day, "After college, it's called alcoholism."

For those of you who don't know...datenight was a weekly party on Thursday nights up at the house on Cortez Street. It started innocently enough in August 2004 when I moved in with Jed. It just so happened that Jed, his friend Allen and I had hung out for 3 Thursdays in a row. We were all single and joked we were each other's dates and after that Thursdays were just known as datenight. The ironic thing is, most of time no one ever brought dates. There was A LOT of drinking, A LOT of laughing and the occassional throw down. Here are some of the highlights...

Here's the kitchen where most of the debauchery took place


Allen


Quarters+Boone's Farm Blue Hawaiian=A Happy Jed


One time the dude from Adventures in Babysitting (Anthony Rapp) stopped by to play King's Cup


Allen and I made this beer bong!!


We didn't inhale!


It's just water! Oh Cherilyn...


Some nights were pretty long...


Jed often fell over from laughing so hard


There are no words...


We broke Pouya in a little bit


My sister Aimee joined in on the fun when she was in town


Derek always had this way of looking drunk, even when he wasn't


Sometimes we took field trips. Like the time that Spencer and his crazy friends put a spell on our house so we had to go visit the Virgin Mary tree to help ward off evil spirits


We had some awesome BBQs


Derek and Jeff J showing off their dancing abilities (I'm pretty sure that Jeff J is looking at himself in the window)


Datenight Dave, Jed, Scott, Doug


Scott (with taquito in hand!), Jed, Patti, Mitch


Derek taking one for the team in King's Cup with Logan


Scott liked to look pretty for datenight...here he is primping


Mont could do 3 beers at a time!


As you can see, we had a lot of fun. Sometimes too much fun, if there is such a thing. Sadly, like all good things, datenight came to an end. Jed moved to New York, Derek moved to Seattle and I moved to the Avenues. I will always remember those Thursdays fondly, but I'm glad I don't (or is that can't?) party like that anymore. Man, I'm old!