You'd think this kid was getting a Ph.D or possibly a celebration party for discovering the cure to some rare disease, but no, he was graduating bloody high school. Who the hell cannot graduate high school these days?! It was in a huge hall that could seat around 1000, with amazing audio, lines of tables for the myriad of guests, and a SHIT LOAD of food (it almost sounds like I'm describing a lu'au or something)! The food was ok, but the Baklava at the end was the highlight, in my opinion. All in all, I think the parents must have dropped around $5k minimum. I would have taken that money and cruised around the world, but this was not me. What I'm trying to say is that there are more ways to blow $5k than a fucking party w/ a bunch of old people who you don't even know. For example, when I walked in, I congratulated about 5 wrong kids before I got to the one that was actually graduating. It was kind of funny, actually. Anyway, bottom line: this kid got a lot of gifts.

Now, moving on to why I think this was especially overdone. They had a singer for one thing. They had the community priest plant the seed of fear in this guy's heart--telling him to make the right friends, being a good muslim, etc etc.. Then, there was a guy who read verses out of the Quran. That's not all. After those people, we had to suffer through 3 more speakers who gave these corny, heartfelt speeches about this kid and how smart, witty, humorous, etc etc etc etc he is and how he will be greatly missed (he's going to a state school about 1.5hrs away, for God's sake). I swear, if I had randomly walked into the hall while one of these people were talking, I'd think I was at a funeral or something. There was just so much love! God have mercy!

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