Ann's post reminded me of one of my Rory stories about girls.
From 7th to 12th grade, Rory and I frequently had sleepovers (though we called it something cooler towards the end I'm sure). The nights were generally at Paul and Karen's and we usually played Nintendo for quite a while and stayed up very very late. I remember leaving early on occasion to go golf with my brother/dad the next morning and I had only gotten a hour of sleep max.
We had all sorts of fun but during these nights we always did a couple of things...
* Via complicated and covert tactics, we'd head upstairs at some point after everyone was asleep and each swipe a handful of Oreo cookies. It was never easy because they had the Oreos in a flip top jar behind a roll up door. It was not quiet to do without precision accuracy. As usual, we'd accomplish our goal and head back downstairs. I'd finish mine in 2.2 minutes and he'd take 2.2 hours.
* During high school, the highlight was for us to rank some of the girls at school. I actually don't think anyone knows about this. We hadn't even spoken about it in a decade, give or take. There was generally about 20-25 on the list (almost all from our grade) and we'd rank them over the course of the night. However, in true Bri/Ror fashion it was not simply about looks. That would be too easy. It was the whole package (personality, looks, how good a friends we were with them, etc.). It was the highlight of the night.
Afterwords we'd talk about our rankings for quite a while...usually questioning eachother about some of our decisions. Rory was in charge of the list (and being the pack rat he was probably had it in his apartment on Snelling for all I know). I'd guess we did 30-40 rounds of this over the years. Think of Rory, then think of how much fun he probably had doing it...
So innocent, so fun.
Those were the days.
From 7th to 12th grade, Rory and I frequently had sleepovers (though we called it something cooler towards the end I'm sure). The nights were generally at Paul and Karen's and we usually played Nintendo for quite a while and stayed up very very late. I remember leaving early on occasion to go golf with my brother/dad the next morning and I had only gotten a hour of sleep max.
We had all sorts of fun but during these nights we always did a couple of things...
* Via complicated and covert tactics, we'd head upstairs at some point after everyone was asleep and each swipe a handful of Oreo cookies. It was never easy because they had the Oreos in a flip top jar behind a roll up door. It was not quiet to do without precision accuracy. As usual, we'd accomplish our goal and head back downstairs. I'd finish mine in 2.2 minutes and he'd take 2.2 hours.
* During high school, the highlight was for us to rank some of the girls at school. I actually don't think anyone knows about this. We hadn't even spoken about it in a decade, give or take. There was generally about 20-25 on the list (almost all from our grade) and we'd rank them over the course of the night. However, in true Bri/Ror fashion it was not simply about looks. That would be too easy. It was the whole package (personality, looks, how good a friends we were with them, etc.). It was the highlight of the night.
Afterwords we'd talk about our rankings for quite a while...usually questioning eachother about some of our decisions. Rory was in charge of the list (and being the pack rat he was probably had it in his apartment on Snelling for all I know). I'd guess we did 30-40 rounds of this over the years. Think of Rory, then think of how much fun he probably had doing it...
So innocent, so fun.
Those were the days.
Good post B. And yay for manly sleepovers!
ReplyDeleteWho won? I have a guess.
ReplyDeleteIt was time by time, no carryover. Liz was obviously #1 on his last ranking. I think Jill B. was for me.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of each school year, was there a tournament or did you settle it BCS-style?
ReplyDeleteHoly Crap! I totally remember this list. I think I at one time attempted to create my own list, but was not brave enough to put in down on a "Mean Girls" list of proof of my feelings about the ladies.
ReplyDeleteFunny Shane, I would guess Brian had Rory keep the list, because he didn't know how to use Excel yet.
ReplyDeleteSadly, this is so true.
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