Well, despite it's initial problems, tonight turned out to be pretty fun. Me, Chris, Jenna, Danny and Pat sat in the backyard with a fire and drank beer - although Jenna, then Pat, called it a night earlier/passed out. But after that was actually the funnest part. There's a guy -Kyle- who's lived at the end of my street for the past 16 or so years - he's a year older than me and when we were younger we never really got along that well. In the past few years though, I've seen him around at bars and we get along pretty good. Well, tonight him and his buddy wandered up the road and hung out at the fire with us, where we spent a bunch of time catching up on people we knew in high school - some his grade, some mine. As it turns out, some of 'em have led rather colourful lives....
- One of them turned into a pretty good speed skater, moved to Calgary, and actually dated Olympian Catriona Lemay-Doan for awhile before she married some cowboy.
- One guy, who I played hockey with for years and was extremely good friends with in elementary school, and saw as recently as a year ago, is apparently a porn star.
- One guy, who I was good friends with in elementay school, got expelled from/dropped out of my high school due do certain problems (ie: wrong crowd) but now he's a linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. This didn't come as a surprise to me - I already knew, but it's a sharp contrast from porn star.
- One guy, who I didn't know (except the name sounded familiar) but Kyle did, moved to L.A. after high school graduation and became a drug dealer down there. He got busted and is currently serving a 7-year stretch in some California prison. He must almost be out by now though.
Those are the notables, but there were plenty more. Kind of weird when you think about it actually - I mean, porn stars and L.A drug busts? A little extreme for some Canadian suburbanites, don't ya think?
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