hippies go skating (feb 17 2009)

What happens when you let 20 lost valleyites loose on a field trip to a roller rink? Total mayhem! Imagine, any big group of friends going anywhere would be pretty crazy. We dominated the rink. The dj willingly played music more appealing to us - less Hannah Montana, more funky 80's. The 5 other people there didnt seem to mind too much, until J demanded more 'reverse' skating. JW and I eventually led a revolt to get back in the regular skating direction. Some of us showed off our sped skating abilities, L perfected the crouch, D learned she DID need to let go of hands when she falls and D @ M were groovin. Others enjoyed the snack bar with its sodas, cotton candy and pumps of dyed yellow sludge with chips. At one point we all stopped skating and went to the middle of the floor to dance and spin and do crazy legs. R learned to skate, J did a head stand, A checked video games for money and I think we all learned how important a "mandatory" (or highly encouraged), fun trip can be.