Spin the Bottle

Damn Spin the Bottle. All I ever wanted in life was to play Spin the Bottle. Pop culture taught me that Spin the Bottle is an essential part of being a teenager and I couldn't wait to check it off my list. Plus, it was pretty obvious that no guy was going to kiss me willingly at this point in my life, so I was pretty sure I was going to need a game for it to happen.

But no, I am now 26 years old and still haven't checked "Spin the Bottle" off my teenage to-do list. All two of my opportunities were ruined. The one described in the entry above was the first failed attempt, due to Doug being the only boy in attendance. The second chance I had to play Spin the Bottle was later on in 7th grade or maybe in 8th grade at Jackie's birthday party. Maybe it'll be mentioned in a later diary entry, but oh well, I'm going to talk about it now.

At Jackie's party, there was a good mix of boys and girls and someone suggested Spin the Bottle. The only problem was... we had no bottles. So Jackie ran upstairs and came back down to the basement with a can of Lysol... and Spin the Lysol was born. I was so pumped to finally play the game (and finally kiss a boy) but then, my two best friends Lianna and Jaime proclaimed that they were both going to sit out. What?!?! I tried to convince them to play but instead they chastised me for wanting to play and eventually convinced me to abstain. So I sat there, hating life, as I watched everyone around the circle trade kisses.

Jackie's mom even came down at one point and just kind of rolled her eyes and giggled at the game. I remember thinking, "Seriously?? A MOM is okay with this game and my friends aren't? For once, it's my FRIENDS keeping me from doing something fun and NOT a mom? If that's not totally backwards, I don't know what is."

I think I'm still kind of salty about that Spin the Lysol event.

Anyone want to play Spin the Bottle?

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“12-7-96. Dear Yraid, Hi! I’m back from Monica’s party. We didn’t play Spin the Bottle cuz only 1 guy showed up. Who? Doug! It was so much fun! Doug is such a flirt! He flirted with everyone at the whole party, mostly me though. Here’s what Doug & I did together: (these aren’t in order) 1) Played Chess; 2) Played Mille Bornes; 3) Everyone put plastic bags on their feet and skated around. Doug & I purposely skated towards each other to run into each other. We ended up falling on top of each other!; 4) He tried to lock me in the basement; 5) Spied on Jackie, Monica, Kelly, & Erin cuz they were leaving us out; 6) We were alone in the living room laying on the couch. They were two different couches! Geez. I’d never lay on the same couch as him; 7) Him, Jackie, & I got into a huge marker fight; 8) He wanted me to french braid his hair. So I did using my scrunchie!; 9) We were alone in the basement. He kept pushing me backwards onto the couch so I ended up like this. Then he’d push my legs over. He did this like 4 times. He flirts so bad. But we’re just friends. I don’t think he likes me. If he does, I wouldn’t go out with him- unless he asked me out. Plus, he loves Jaime. That’s right Jaime, he does. I’m not kidding. He already has her Christmas present. I’d tell you what it is but I can’t cuz Jaime is most likely hearing or reading this. He said he never liked Moe when they went out. I believe him. Well gotta get my beauty rest. Krista. Everyone was saying Doug & I should go out. I’ll pass. Jaime he’s all yours! P.S. I’m almost over Craig. P.P.S. No, I don’t like Doug. P.P.P.S. This was the best party I ever went to. P.P.P.P.S. There are a lot more little things Doug & I did together but they’re not worth talking about and if I did, it would take up the rest of this diary!”