Friday Night [9.07.24]

It's currently 4:30 am. What a day.

My friends and I have been planning to hang out for a good minute now (I say as we have still yet to reach a week of everyone knowing each other) and today/last night was the time.

We met up at one friend's place to watch a bunch of shows together. I was the first to show followed by another, and a couple more later on. We watched some brainrot, the (best) Spongebob movie, and mainly WWDITS (show) together, followed by a few more chill movies after. The whole time, we were laughing about random shit and just talking about life. Good memories were made for sure. One of them brought their bead kit and made us some cool bracelets, and later let us use the materials to make some cool things ourselves. I made a little phone strap based on my current fixation (my page should be a good hint) while our other friend made a necklace. It was a nice experience.

We talked about all sortsa stuff. A lot about our experiences and views on gender & sexuality, crazy high school stories, whatever we'd be watching, and unpleasant people & relationships. We bonded over a lot while maintaining light-hearted fun. Everyone ended up leaving, which left me and my newest friend. We kept up the same energy and hung out for another 2 hours. For only knowing them for such a short time, they have already shown themself to be such a safe space. Not only are they kind and hospitable, but we also made discussion about some unsure feelings we had about someone in our group and helped put said feelings into perspective about what and how much we had been putting up with in the hope that they would change or were one off events. With that being said, things can only happen "just one time" so many times before you're faced with a decision to make: keep allowing things to happen despite the uncomfortableness of everyone or have a difficult conversation for the benefit of everyone.

But all that will be unpacked another time. I want to bring the focus back to the fun we all had. Being the broken record that I am, I cannot stress enough how much I love these people and the memories we've been creating. The plan right now is to meet every Friday to hang out and watch things together, and I can't wait for the trend to pick up. I could spend hours with them an not get bored once (partly because so much is constantly happening to the point of getting overwhelmed, but it's still fun). Even when I need a second to gather myself, everyone continues to get along so well. I really love it. I have never loved energy like this before. It's wonderful. 

The reason I started writing again is because I been having so many good experiences that I want to catalog. For memory's sake. For me. Even for my friends and others to read. I want to document these moments because they're beautiful and remind me of the good life has to give. It's truly a great thing to be thankful for, and I will forever cherish this. As cliche as it is, the notion of college being a time you'll remember for as long as you're around really is true. Nothing I've experienced before now has been like this. These are things I want to carry with me proudly, as well the bonds I've formed.

All this to say that today was fun. I look forward to many more with these friends.