Forgotten Pictures
Not too long ago, I unearthed a 15-exposure roll of Advantix film, and I had no clue where it came from or what it even contained. I made a "wise" move and got them all on CD as well as double hard copies, even though I did not know what they contained. The results were rather interesting. Most of the pictures were from my senior prom and a few were from Senior Week 2001 at Oceancity, Maryland.
This is a presentation of a few select pictures that will help put a face to names that I have mentioned and will mention throughout my entries. By putting a face to people, they become more real and alive.
Side note: If I ever get the other mystery roll of 25 exposures developed, I will try to post some of them as well.
Pictured (Left to Right): Steven Whetstone, Brandon Arce, and Eric Joseph (Me)
I have mentioned both Steve and Brandon multiple times, and up until the previous entry, Steve was only a name and had no actual face (To the readers, I mean), and up until this moment, Brandon was just a name without a face.
This picture was taken at my senior prom towards the end of the night. Brandon had some "gangster" thing going that night, and he always wanted to do "gangster-like" stuff (Not African-American gangsters; the intent was Italian-American gangsters). Anyways, this picture was us posing with "guns" in our hands. There was another picture on the roll that was taken only 20 seconds before this one where we were not prepared for it, and it came off as Steve and I giving the camera our deer-staring-into-headlights impersonations. I am a bit surprised that this picture came out as well as it did because of how rapidly we were just flying around and getting our pictures taken by all of our friends.
Also, this picture came after Courtney effectively dumped me (Something that I will never forgive her for). My hair was all messed up because it was windy outside in the gardens and because I had fallen to pieces. I cannot tell if I am smiling or just showing teeth (Nor do I remember now), but this was a rare moment after I was dumped because I looked happy.
Pictured (Left to Right): Michael Rittman, Erin Schmucker, Eric Joseph (Me), Brandon Arce, Meghan Turk, Allison Geiger, Steven Whetstone, Sharon Meilstrup, and Briant Giles
To say that this picture came out horribly would be an exaggeration; to say that this picture came out beautifully would be lying. I have no clue how or why the quality of this particular photo was not that great, but this is how it is, and I cannot help it. Anyways, this picture was supposed to be an "extension" of Brandon's "gangster" theme. I guess he saw a Godfather movie (Now that I think about it, I have never really watched an entire Godfather movie all the way through; this is something that definitely goes onto the To Do list) and got the idea that gangsters have big family portraits/pictures taken. The idea was good; the actual execution did not come out as planned.
This picture was of our group of friends (Aaron was not in this picture for some reason; as I think about it, I realize that I have not really spoken about Aaron in all of my entries, but I will in this one). It was taken as the prom was wrapping up, and we all stopped and got it taken on a whim (Actually, Brandon's whim since I guess he wanted a group shot bad).
I do not wish to bring unnecessary attention to something that I have already said before, but before you read the next sentence, look at the picture carefully and see if you notice something about me. I am the only one without a date. By this point, Courtney had dumped me like trash in a dumpster. Everyone else has their date with them, and this picture seems to bring to life a fear of mine: being lonely forever. I will not pretend that having a girlfriend/wife/whatever will automatically "fix" that fear, but it is apart of the solution. I see everyone else passing me by, happy with their spouse, and me left in the dust, alone.
Pictured: Steven Whetstone
Just a picture of Steve giving his best deer-staring-into-headlights impersonation. Actually, I think that Steve was trying to give a serious look at me while I took the picture, but he looks anything but serious.
Pictured (Left to Right): Meghan Turk, Erin Schmucker, Allison Geiger, and Sharon Meilstrup
Note: This picture was modified to remove excess "dead space" and focus on the people presented.
In this picture, the only person I do not know all that well is Sharon. She was Briant's date for the prom; an alright person and a little on the geeky side, but then again, most of the kids I knew in high school were a little on the geeky side.
Meghan is a rather interesting story. Brandon asked her to prom because he found that she was quite fun to be around, and nothing is really wrong with that. They both had a blast going together (Which makes me wish I had asked someone else), and at the part after prom, both of them started their infamous sexual relationship; still nothing wrong with that, even though Meghan was a sophomore and Brandon was a senior. Where things went wrong is when Brandon "corrupted" her, something that he takes great pride in telling other people. Basically, Meghan began giving Brandon almost nightly blow jobs; no vaginal sex, no kissing, no Brandon going down on Meghan. And this happened for the whole summer. According to Brandon, he kissed her two times throughout their relationship, and he never wanted to kiss her at all. They had to break up at the end of the summer not because Brandon was going to college, but because Meghan's mother caught Meghan sucking Brandon's penis at 2 AM one morning in August 2001. Brandon laughed the relationship off, and Meghan never really forgave him for "leaving" her.
There was the "family" picture before, but that did not provide a whole lot of detail of Erin. This picture shows Erin in much more detail, but since her dress was all black, the amount of detail is still quite limited. Anyways, Mike took her to prom, and I guess they had a good time, but it always felt like Mike and Erin were just good friends and nothing more. As I look over the picture more, it does not really do Erin much justice because she looked better than that at prom. I guess I will have to search around for a better picture of her at a later date and time.
Last but not least, Allison. Steve and Allison had been going out for a little more than six months when prom came around, and their relationship seemed a bit shaky at this point. I say this not because they were having major problems, but because they had yet to "open" themselves to each other. That did not stop them from both having a blast at prom, and actually, it seemed as if prom was a great bonding time for them.
Pictured (Left to Right): Aaron Freeman and Karen Norris
This is "jumping" ahead of things, but this picture was taken at Senior Week instead of our Senior Prom. I chose this one to show Aaron because I completely forgot the name of Aaron's prom date, and because this picture is a bit funny. This was taken right after Aaron got done downing a few shots of cheap vodka, and he was pretty much drunk at this point.
Since this picture was taken, Aaron has moved down to Oklahoma to go to college, and he has pretty much removed himself from our little group because of a constant lack of contact. He is a good friend, if not cocky and confident in everything that he says (And with the amount and type of stuff that would come out of his mouth, he always seemed pretty positive that that is how things happened).
Karen deserves to be talked about a bit. I am not quite positive, but Aaron and Brandon came into contact with her online. Only after they discovered that she was going to Oceancity, Maryland at roughly the same time as us did both of them gain an interest in her (They were also interested in her because she sent them a "hot" picture of herself, which they later said, "She looks completely different in real life than she did in the picture"). Karen is a good party girl, but it always seemed as if she was forced to "play mother" to drunks, as was the case in this picture.
Pictured (Left to Right): Eric Joseph (Me) and Courtney George
Note: This picture was modified to remove excess "dead space" and focus on the people presented.
Here is a picture of Courtney. Quite honestly, she is a cute little Italian girl. This picture was taken at her house before we actually got to the prom. As I look at the picture, I notice two things: my hair was really long then, and there is no contact between Courtney and I. Further talking about the contact part, I never touched Courtney in any way that could be perceived as the two of us having a closer relationship than being just friends. Holding hands or having my arm around her shoulder would have been presenting a false relationship in some sense.
I admit that there are some people that I dislike, but I hate Courtney for what she did. As I think about it, Courtney is the only person that I truly do hate in this world. I cannot forgive her for blatantly dumping me at the prom, and the fact that she refuses to speak to me only adds insult to injury.
These pictures bring back many good and bad memories.
This is a presentation of a few select pictures that will help put a face to names that I have mentioned and will mention throughout my entries. By putting a face to people, they become more real and alive.
Side note: If I ever get the other mystery roll of 25 exposures developed, I will try to post some of them as well.
Pictured (Left to Right): Steven Whetstone, Brandon Arce, and Eric Joseph (Me)
I have mentioned both Steve and Brandon multiple times, and up until the previous entry, Steve was only a name and had no actual face (To the readers, I mean), and up until this moment, Brandon was just a name without a face.
This picture was taken at my senior prom towards the end of the night. Brandon had some "gangster" thing going that night, and he always wanted to do "gangster-like" stuff (Not African-American gangsters; the intent was Italian-American gangsters). Anyways, this picture was us posing with "guns" in our hands. There was another picture on the roll that was taken only 20 seconds before this one where we were not prepared for it, and it came off as Steve and I giving the camera our deer-staring-into-headlights impersonations. I am a bit surprised that this picture came out as well as it did because of how rapidly we were just flying around and getting our pictures taken by all of our friends.
Also, this picture came after Courtney effectively dumped me (Something that I will never forgive her for). My hair was all messed up because it was windy outside in the gardens and because I had fallen to pieces. I cannot tell if I am smiling or just showing teeth (Nor do I remember now), but this was a rare moment after I was dumped because I looked happy.
Pictured (Left to Right): Michael Rittman, Erin Schmucker, Eric Joseph (Me), Brandon Arce, Meghan Turk, Allison Geiger, Steven Whetstone, Sharon Meilstrup, and Briant Giles
To say that this picture came out horribly would be an exaggeration; to say that this picture came out beautifully would be lying. I have no clue how or why the quality of this particular photo was not that great, but this is how it is, and I cannot help it. Anyways, this picture was supposed to be an "extension" of Brandon's "gangster" theme. I guess he saw a Godfather movie (Now that I think about it, I have never really watched an entire Godfather movie all the way through; this is something that definitely goes onto the To Do list) and got the idea that gangsters have big family portraits/pictures taken. The idea was good; the actual execution did not come out as planned.
This picture was of our group of friends (Aaron was not in this picture for some reason; as I think about it, I realize that I have not really spoken about Aaron in all of my entries, but I will in this one). It was taken as the prom was wrapping up, and we all stopped and got it taken on a whim (Actually, Brandon's whim since I guess he wanted a group shot bad).
I do not wish to bring unnecessary attention to something that I have already said before, but before you read the next sentence, look at the picture carefully and see if you notice something about me. I am the only one without a date. By this point, Courtney had dumped me like trash in a dumpster. Everyone else has their date with them, and this picture seems to bring to life a fear of mine: being lonely forever. I will not pretend that having a girlfriend/wife/whatever will automatically "fix" that fear, but it is apart of the solution. I see everyone else passing me by, happy with their spouse, and me left in the dust, alone.
Pictured: Steven Whetstone
Just a picture of Steve giving his best deer-staring-into-headlights impersonation. Actually, I think that Steve was trying to give a serious look at me while I took the picture, but he looks anything but serious.
Pictured (Left to Right): Meghan Turk, Erin Schmucker, Allison Geiger, and Sharon Meilstrup
Note: This picture was modified to remove excess "dead space" and focus on the people presented.
In this picture, the only person I do not know all that well is Sharon. She was Briant's date for the prom; an alright person and a little on the geeky side, but then again, most of the kids I knew in high school were a little on the geeky side.
Meghan is a rather interesting story. Brandon asked her to prom because he found that she was quite fun to be around, and nothing is really wrong with that. They both had a blast going together (Which makes me wish I had asked someone else), and at the part after prom, both of them started their infamous sexual relationship; still nothing wrong with that, even though Meghan was a sophomore and Brandon was a senior. Where things went wrong is when Brandon "corrupted" her, something that he takes great pride in telling other people. Basically, Meghan began giving Brandon almost nightly blow jobs; no vaginal sex, no kissing, no Brandon going down on Meghan. And this happened for the whole summer. According to Brandon, he kissed her two times throughout their relationship, and he never wanted to kiss her at all. They had to break up at the end of the summer not because Brandon was going to college, but because Meghan's mother caught Meghan sucking Brandon's penis at 2 AM one morning in August 2001. Brandon laughed the relationship off, and Meghan never really forgave him for "leaving" her.
There was the "family" picture before, but that did not provide a whole lot of detail of Erin. This picture shows Erin in much more detail, but since her dress was all black, the amount of detail is still quite limited. Anyways, Mike took her to prom, and I guess they had a good time, but it always felt like Mike and Erin were just good friends and nothing more. As I look over the picture more, it does not really do Erin much justice because she looked better than that at prom. I guess I will have to search around for a better picture of her at a later date and time.
Last but not least, Allison. Steve and Allison had been going out for a little more than six months when prom came around, and their relationship seemed a bit shaky at this point. I say this not because they were having major problems, but because they had yet to "open" themselves to each other. That did not stop them from both having a blast at prom, and actually, it seemed as if prom was a great bonding time for them.
Pictured (Left to Right): Aaron Freeman and Karen Norris
This is "jumping" ahead of things, but this picture was taken at Senior Week instead of our Senior Prom. I chose this one to show Aaron because I completely forgot the name of Aaron's prom date, and because this picture is a bit funny. This was taken right after Aaron got done downing a few shots of cheap vodka, and he was pretty much drunk at this point.
Since this picture was taken, Aaron has moved down to Oklahoma to go to college, and he has pretty much removed himself from our little group because of a constant lack of contact. He is a good friend, if not cocky and confident in everything that he says (And with the amount and type of stuff that would come out of his mouth, he always seemed pretty positive that that is how things happened).
Karen deserves to be talked about a bit. I am not quite positive, but Aaron and Brandon came into contact with her online. Only after they discovered that she was going to Oceancity, Maryland at roughly the same time as us did both of them gain an interest in her (They were also interested in her because she sent them a "hot" picture of herself, which they later said, "She looks completely different in real life than she did in the picture"). Karen is a good party girl, but it always seemed as if she was forced to "play mother" to drunks, as was the case in this picture.
Pictured (Left to Right): Eric Joseph (Me) and Courtney George
Note: This picture was modified to remove excess "dead space" and focus on the people presented.
Here is a picture of Courtney. Quite honestly, she is a cute little Italian girl. This picture was taken at her house before we actually got to the prom. As I look at the picture, I notice two things: my hair was really long then, and there is no contact between Courtney and I. Further talking about the contact part, I never touched Courtney in any way that could be perceived as the two of us having a closer relationship than being just friends. Holding hands or having my arm around her shoulder would have been presenting a false relationship in some sense.
I admit that there are some people that I dislike, but I hate Courtney for what she did. As I think about it, Courtney is the only person that I truly do hate in this world. I cannot forgive her for blatantly dumping me at the prom, and the fact that she refuses to speak to me only adds insult to injury.
These pictures bring back many good and bad memories.
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