Party like it's 2012. Thrift shop by Macklemore is on. The invitation was pinned to your door with a thumbtack it said "yr invited 2 a qt partyyyyy @ gravelhaus 9/12 // 8:30 ///////))))))))" written on an old typewriter. Everyone is wearing feather boas and body glitter and playing nonalcoholic beer pong. The lizard terrarium is overflowing. There is also a gecko tank. The gecko tank is overflowing. Empanadas on the kettle. Stews in the fryer. Shoes in the fridge. Everyone is loving it. You wear a shirt with an old timey mustache on it and bowties are in. In every corner is a little snowman smoking a cigar. You've never felt more unconscious. It's just like 2012 again. Time to vote for Obama.
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I think this gets the gold star of 'first time I've ever felt OLD old', because this was roughly around when I went to college proper, as a just-20-something, and while not... Perfectly accurate to my part of the world, the vibes are disgustingly close.
I was there, in pubs and clubs, when Thrift Shop dropped. When Gangnam Style dropped. I was all over it. There's absolutely video footage of me, knees bouncing, destroying a dance floor with a hyper-energetic recreation of PSY's evocative dance.
And there were so many tanks full of lizards and geckos just overflowing everywhere
I was going to say that I don't remember having quite so many lizards around
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