MemphisBBQ

This is quite a mouthful but I'll try and start from the top.

I turn 20 on sunday(Nov 8th), so me and my buddies(Jonathon,Nick,and my brother Josh) decide to get a bonfire going at a nearby lake and celebrate. Me and my friend Jonathon go out early to scout a spot to have the fire and chill. We gather some starter wood, find the spot and head back home. We receive the dried plant substance and roll it into strawberry swisher sweets so that we are prepared for when the bonfire is up.

My friend Nick arrives, he's a good friend I've known for some years but we've always had somewhat of an unstable friendship. Moving on, we both have a mutual friend named Jacob, this guy is a little off the chain for me, he's one of those kids that usually gets caught up in some kind of trouble(usually by his own doing), and i know this. Well Nick asks if it's ok with me if Jacob comes, and brings like 3-4 people. Knowing the nature of Jacob, I'm a little reluctant but i end up saying yes.

So we decide to head to the lake, which is about a 10 minute walk from my house.
This lake actually has a sand quarry in the middle of it, and the landscape has changed quite a bit since the photo, but it's still pretty ballin. Some of the more unclean or abandoned areas were bulldozed over and now it's turning into thick brush too, and for the most part, aside from the sand quarry, the whole place is surrounded by lots of trees, it's a nice secret spot in the middle of the city.



Nick gets a call from Jacob and asks for directions and also asks him if he would buy alcohol for everyone. Everyone you say? Well it turns out there's like 15-20 people, and Jacob was basically bringing his entire house party,when he was instructed to bring like 4 people. Well me and Jon decide to go smoke a blunt right fast. We walked up the beach a little bit and both agree that we should climb the conveyor belt(at a sand quarry mind you) that reaches about 30 feet, and smoke on top. We enjoy the view over the entire lake+ surrounding memphis area while smoking a blunt, and i admit it was pretty damn cool. I'm also keeping a lookout for all these damn people i was told about, i look down towards the entrance, and i see a bunch of cell phone lights pop up. Well, finally they get close enough to where we can see them in the moon light, and all we see is a mass line of people approaching, me and Jonathon, high on the conveyor belt, are in disbelief. Eventually i come to the realization that i left the blunts sitting on the boat(serving as a seat) and the cheetohs laying out in plain sight. Now keep in mind I didn't plan on 15 people, of whom i did not know, showing up at this little birthday bonfire, i expected to see a few new faces at most.

After realizing that i left my shit out for all to see, I hastily walk back to our area, passing several random people and then i notice a guy carrying a wheel chair. So I'm like wtf? Are these guys just being drunk and goofy as hell? I look over and there is a guy carring a disabled girl to the fire area.

LAWL.

Note that getting to this spot is not a pleasant task, it's atleast a 5 minute walk down a dirt
road, that requires jumping a midget fence.

I don't know what to think at first, but it turns out the blunts are still chillin and everything is fine so far. I meet some of these people, and obviously someone is going around talking because I'm steadily becoming known as "the birthday boy." These girls whom are fairly drunk, keep talking about how they act older than they really are, so i start asking how old some of them are. Turns out most of these guys are still in highschool, and all of the sudden me and my buds are the cool "old" kids now.

I meet this guy named Alex, and he suggests we smoke a bit, so I'm like "alright sure, I'm down to smoke", we try not to attract too much attention, but soon after the blunt is gone, he's asking to smoke again. Immediately I know this guy just wants to smoke all my weed, I make it clear that isn't happening, and he asks a bit later, this time saying "I'll throw in a dollar", I stand by what i said.

The party is still kicking, but the fire is bitching out, so we decide to "Go look for wood."
We immediately spot the tower(sand pump?) and agree that would be an even better place to smoke, since it stands about 40-50 ft tall, higher than the conveyor belt. The blunt is lit, we chill up there for a bit, talking about w/e, Jon ahd Nick get paranoid about a plane they spot which has white and red lights, i tell them to relax, we decide to climb down the ladder and head back to the fire. We told a few people we smoked and now this little fiend Alex wants to, in his words, "Go look for wood". Well even later during the party, he ponies up to 5$, and says "Cmon man, you should be able to sell me one for 5$ even if it is your birthday". I straight up make it clear it's not for sale.

I don't really do much drinking, and didn't last night at all, so the drunkeness of others was very apparent haha.All the girls insisted they weren't drunk, and while stumbling they would reassure us they were completely sober.
Eventually i hear the first "I don't feel very good" from one of the girls, and i knew that was the first sign of the death of the party. By now, I've had fun but I'm an introvert so I'm ready to just chill with the close friends. While everyone starts heading out we toss down a tent and start getting ready to settle down and feed our stomachs. Hot dogs on a stick is the only thing for dinner, however i came prepared with several snacks. The last blunt is lit, we chill by the fire, and i realized we made a mistake by bringing one blanket for each person. This would have been fine under normal circumstances, but since 15 people showed up my brother decided to stay and help keep these kids from doing stupid shit (like going out on the boat), so there wasn't quite enough cover for everyone lol.

I still left out quite a bit, Overall i had fun, despite Jacob being a little dick ass and bringing a bunch of underaged girls and dudes, it was a pretty pimpin bonfire. I'd have to say the worst thing was waking up cold as hell at 5 or 6,cleaning the place up, and having to pack everything up and walk back. Sunday, my actual birthday, my dad will be finishing up my tattoo. =] Life is good.

I still left out quite a bit

macphearsome

I just wanted to congratulate you on having the same birthday as me.

You must be honored!!

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Grass-Smoka

LOL. I love how you say that he must be honoured. Like you're some kind of king maybe you are?

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MemphisBBQ

It's so strange, lately I've been meeting alot of people with the same birthday as me, or atleast really close haha.

macphearsome

That's doubly funny, because just last week i found out that a friend of mine has my birthday as well.

...weird...

by the way, that's a sweet spot. hahah i wouldn't have posted it on the internet, tho... not-so-secret anymore!

That sounds a lot like the kind of party that I would like to have, too. Sweet times, man. Too bad about the crowd!

MemphisBBQ

I'm hoping these kids were too drunk to remember where this whole thing was, Jon had to carry one of the drunk girls out because she had an injured foot and was tripping every where. They probably won't even remember our names lol.

EDIT:I just ordered papa johns BBQ chicken pizza, did i mention life was good?

newcarcaviar

Moved to Places and People.

Happy Birthday.

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StonedCoder

While reading through, I thought it was going to be a horror story, lol. Guess I was wrong. Sounds like a good night despite a few things. It seems like the best nights almost always have something to complain about.

I wouldn't have posted so much info. I mean, you got the longitude and latitude on the pic, lol.

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MemphisBBQ

doesn't prove anything, otherwise i wouldn't have posted it lol.
Not so worried about people finding it.

Sounds like fun shit, all mine got smoked up in last nights bonanza haha

MattyBlunts117

yoooooooooo happy early bday my man...im currently celebratin my 22nd birthday, which is today...just got back from the bar round 1...chillin and smokin before round 2 lol