Our Tradition

my friends and i have traditions. it also just so happens that most of our traditions occur in the summer months. i think its part of growing up in a small town and having to entertain ourselves with limited resources and actual things to do.

one of the biggest traditions are the backyarders. a foreign concept to some, but to us, it's as much a part of our summer as the sunshine. (backyarders (noun): to party in the backyard of a friend's house). we don't have grottoes or boats or amazing cottages up in muskoka. we don't bar hop around town and pray that a good dj will come into town. we don't get bottle service and we don't listen to house music. we have our parents' lawn chairs, an old cd player (if we're lucky with an ipod hook up) blasting whatever cd someone thought to put in and if we're really lucky there will be a table, but that's not necessary. i think that's why our group of friends are so close with one another. we sit at these backyarders and talk and talk and laugh and talk and laugh some more. we don't jam til the sunrises, or take pills to help make our night better. we're friend and this is where the best tradition ever continues.