Homecoming...TBH

Homecoming 2011

Homecoming 2012

Homecoming. The word everyone is so obsessed with for the entire month of October. What am I going to wear? Who am I getting ready with? Who am I going to ask? What time should we arrive (because if you arrive too early, you run the risk of being "too eager")?

Why is everyone so obsessed? I guess it's because this is the high school formal dance that you watch in your favorite 80's movie. You put yourself in Molly Ringwald's shoes and you just have to make the perfect dress that will show the popular boy just how much you're worth. You picture yourself as a Teen Witch who dreams of being popular. Unfortunately, that reality only exists in the movies.

Blair's Homecoming is over-hyped. Those of us sophomores through seniors know this. However, the freshman aren't clued in.

Last year I must admit I had my dress picked out the month before. I knew exactly how I wanted my hair, my shoes, and my night to go. When I arrived at the dance, I was disappointed. No one else was taking it this seriously. How embarrassing. In protest of the way things were, I decided not to dance and I sat down or stayed out of the way for the majority of the night.

One major factor to my boredom at Homecoming last year was also due to the fact that I didn't know anyone but the people in CAP Blue Group.

This year I still planned ahead--I can't help it-- but I went to homecoming with no expectations of how the night would go.

I ended up having more fun this year than I did last year. I danced, and it was fun. I talked to my friends, and it was great... despite the fact that my feet died around 10:30 from my not-yet-broken-in red heels.