As I slog my way through senior year of college in the city, the age-old funtimes of drunk dancing, punk shows and bar-hopping are starting to lose their luster. This scene’s never particularly been my thing – a bit too entrenched in high school nostalgia and pointless clique politics to genuinely interest me past the promise of dumb fun – but I made a choice when I came here to enjoy what I can, while I can, and fuck if I’m not going to ride this out till graduation. If nothing else, it’ll give me peace of mind to know that I’m not missing out on some magical hidden treasure trove of good times and merriment.
So, I got a year left on the clock and it’s time to make the best of it. I hold that Boston punk hipsters are a damn sight more fun than the vast majority of my fellow nerds, capable of the sort of blind enthusiasm and playful wit I seem to need to feel genuinely satisfied. I’m down to set up and host whatever I think might be a good time, and I’ve got plenty of bored and interesting people surrounding me to make it fun, I’m just running out of things I think might be fun to do.
I guess what I’m asking is, when you're hanging out, what do you numb nuts do for fun?
I’ve had some success with shots and Bionic Commando Rearmed, but fun co-op video games nowadays pretty much require both parties to be at least somewhat decent at them to be all that grand. Most people I know can’t play Gears of War or even Little Big Planet to save their life, and that just leads to frustration and boredom. Had hoped the Wii might swoop in for the save, giving us something active and easy to pick up, but there is precisely dick for the Wii since WarioWare. and no i will not play any more goddamned wii bowling
Being a resident of Drugachusetts, gettin’ high as a motherfucker and setting some ambient to an muted episode of something actiony like Lost or Superjail works, but again, that does get old after a bit. Watching TV/Movies in general is something I’d like to keep as a last resort, as it kind of vacuums out everyone’s energy and leaves us semi-catatonic.
Making movies is something I’m wrestling with at the moment. I know it can be a good time, but unless there’s some semblance of an outlined plot in place at the start, the whole process devolves into work pretty fast. Making a full movie on impulse demands a level of creativity most folks, myself included, aren't really ready or willing to put ahead to entertain ourselves.
Skateboarding, sports, dicking around in the park can be fun, if it’s not negative one billion outside. Traveling from friend’s house to friend’s house works too – something about just having a destination, a place to walk to, keeps folks active and entertaining.
Shows are hit or miss. If you’re into the band you can give myself up to the crowd and enjoy the torrent of energy, but if you’re not hunting for girls or looking to get completely fucked up, expect the same “remember when this happened” high school bullshit at the afterparty. Again, it can be a good time, it’s just harder to enjoy to festivities if the music isn’t particularly remarkable.
I get that our interests don’t really translate well to groups - so much of what we’re into is built by antisocial people, for antisocial people. It just seems like there’s so dang many of us that we shouldn’t have to fall back on what all the… normies consider a good time.
