So last Saturday I got the opportunity to go to prom. I didn't legitimately go. I was really on assignment for our school newspaper, while keeping the yearbook in mind. I was instructed pretty severely by my assigning editor: TAKE GOOD PICTURES OF PEOPLE DIRTY GRINDING, OKAY?
Oh boy! What a demanding task they were asking of me. I had doubts, I must admit. Could I do it? Well! I sure won't spoil it for ya. Find out for yehselvs.
I took pictures of Grand March, a parade of prom couples around the gym. That was fun, for a while. For the first 15-25 minutes or so I really enjoyed taking pictures of each couple, they all looked so happy and the dresses looked gorgeous. Seeing everybody all done up and excited for the night ahead was contagious. Soon, I found myself just as excited as any of the seniors there.
Many of my friends are seniors, so I actually had a group to go with. Seriously lucky for me. It gave me the opportunity to actually get pre-prom shots of girls doing last minute touch ups, mothers fixing their sons' tuxedos, dates adorning each other in their corsages and boutonnieres, and pictures that each prom group takes before the dance.
It also proved to be quite helpful at the actual dance. One of the most awkward moments of my life would probably be to try and sneakily take pictures of people dancing. No, not dancing. You can't even call what teenagers do at school dances dancing.
I'm going to give you a very graphic picture of what goes on. Girls bend over ever so slightly so that their butts are directly up against the boys' genitals and then the rubbing ensues. Boys and girls sway back and forth like that the whole night. It's quite commonly referred to as: "grinding". There was a point where I just stood there and laughed. The whole room just seemed to be moving back and forth. The whole humongous clump of high school students seemed to be pulsing.
And then the 2nd most awkward thing of my life, is when everyone else is dancing and I'm just awkwardly standing there trying to figure out what to do. I almost wish that I'd brought a date, so I'd at least have somebody to sway with, so I wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb.
Most of the night, when I wasn't doing anything, I'd go out and sit on the terrace, talking to my friends and their dates. It was cooler out there and a lot less awkward.
So all in all, I felt that prom was a lot of fun. The funnest part was actually dinner. We ended up getting the wine room at Biaggi's, allowing us to basically have a mini rave in that room, garters to be removed via teeth, and we didn't have to monitor our volume.
So prom. Worth it? Yes. A little over blown, but fun enough.
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