hilarious

>>laughing hysterically<<

Background: Macalester parties often had funny themes (it's a 50's cocktail party -- complete with cocktail weenies and ironic Donna Reed dresses! it's a graffiti party where everyone tries to impress their crushes with witty one-liners to write on each other's shirts!), and almost everyone who goes their prides themselves on being ironic pretty much of all of the time. When I was there, it drove me nuts, but law school has made me kind of nostalgic for that level of self-awareness and humor.

The Funny: I was just on facebook, and saw an album of pictures from a party at an off-campus house near Macalester (some of my younger classmates are seniors now - which is crazy - and I see Mac goings-on in my news feed every once in a while). The album was called "who like to rock the party" and the theme was clearly some variant of "jock/frat/party school party." The kids were dressed in polos, popped collars, visors sideways, boxers sticking out, playing beer pong (NOBODY does this at Mac) and reading Sports Illustrated. The best thing about this album was that if it were anywhere but Macalester, the pictures would just be normal Friday night party pictures, yet I could just SMELL the irony with which these (let's be honest) nerds were playing frat boy. I don't know if it's the insomnia or the nostalgia, but I can't stop giggling. I miss those kids!