Our own little nation

Well I went to an all boy Catholic school so we really didn't care about grouping each other into different boxes. With the absence of girls the popularity hierarchy kind of crumbles. There of course were cliques I'm not sure high school boys would call them that but there definitely were groups of guys that were always together. I'm sure sports and drug usage came into play. I was in my own little clique, I was in the art club/gay clique. We probably were the most identifiable group out of our class because everyone watched us to see what we would say or do next. They'd even gossip about us behind our back. It was this weird fascination they had with the three of us. Some kids would even ask us obvious sexual questions. It was always fun to exaggerate our answers to them. It was as if we were some kind of other worldly creatures. All in all it made for a fun and surprisingly comfortable high school experience.

As far as things that set us apart that would have to be the way we talked. Some of the lingo we used in high school is classic and looking back on it we laugh. The phrase "buffoon honey" was one of the most used. This was used to describe someone or something that was utterly a mess for various reasons. Thank God we don't say that anymore. Another word was "chop!" you got to put the exclamation on it, it gives it the much needed emphasis. That was another word that meantsomeone or something was utterly a mess. We were very judgemental and still are. Always focusing on the negative. And the word "late" is a word that means something has gone terribly wrong. Example: He was late for never calling you back. We would use our code words to carry on conversations among other students and they would have no idea what we were talking about. I'm sure there was more lingo but that's all I could remember for now.

Looking back on highschool I'm glad for my little clique. We were always laughing about something ridiculous. We were like our own little nation.