i had a beer and read the westword - good times.

also, i used to live in this neighborhood when i was in high school and have many memories. one of the things i did back in high school of which i’m particularly proud (and embarrassed) was a “drive by water ballooning”. my high school had 3,000+ people in it. that’s a lot. the “cool kids” vs. “everyone else” gets amplified by the fact that in a class of 800 students there are enough people to have multiple warring cool-kid factions. creek (or cchs) was pretty amazing in that regard. lots of the “cool kids” would hang out at the starbucks on arapahoe. lots of them. they filled the sidewalk and overflowed into the parking lot. bad kids would go to the parking lot to smoke/drink. baaaad.

i didn’t really like the cool kids in high school. they were obsessed with money, cars, and looks. in a quite daring move one hot summer night my friends and i got a bunch of water balloons prepared, got in an open top jeep, turned on our best bass heavy song, and crept up real slow to the location with windows open. then we all threw our balloons and sped away as fast as we could. we heard screams from the recipients of the balloons as we sped away laughing.

last night i saw a smaller group of those same kinds of kids at 9:30 at night hanging out on the patio outside chipotle. it’s amazing how the years go by and things stay the same. seeing them last night reminded me of the story, so i hope you’ll pardon the extra trip down memory lane.