What did / would you do?

[Min]

In the spirit of Em's 21st birthday, I was wondering if other people would like to share what they did for their 21st birthday?
If you're yet to reach 21, what do you hope to do for your 21st?

I'll start: my 21st was a bit hazy! My closest friends hired out a hotel room down at Surfers Paradise for a weekend, and we got dolled up and went out by night, drinking many, many free c0cktails that my birthday-ness entitled me to, and played around in the pool / spa / sauna by day.

[Gally]

Me and four of my closest friends gallivanted out to the Blue Mountains and camped on top of Mt Solitary. The best bits were: burnt damper for my birthday cake, sleeping out under the stars, and dripping hot marshmallows.

[Fuil Dearg]

i didnt do anything much for my 18th nor my 21st. i dont think i even had a party on my 21st. im going to have a big party on my 24th in chinese tradition. 12 yr cycles are important to chinese tradition. 5 12yr cycles are a full cycle and ppl usually have a big celebration for their 60th birthday. a 12 yr cycle goes through the year of all 12 animals of the chinese horoscope. 5 such cycles goes through the 5 elements of wood, fire, earth, water and metal.

on my 24th im going to go for coffee and hot chocolate, go to the cinema go to a pre booked room in a pub to have my party and go bowling afterwards. i'll play lots of music i like at the party which lots of other ppl probably wont like. ill probably drink about a half bottle of peach schnapps, a bottle of mead, some tia maria and some malibu. and a few shots of zambucha. Hopefully i'll go to someones house afterwards and play a tekken tournament until the early hours of the following morning and maybe watch some DVDs. I'd love to go camping too but i dont see anytime for it. maybe go to the beach early in the day. i might even find somewhere to go kayaking. i'd like to go to a swimming pool too cos the sea is too cold to go swimming in for long in ireland in the autumn.

[Kangaruth]

For my 21st, I decided I wasn't going to do what everyone else does and just go out, get drunk, and not remember anything the next day. So I had a children's party. I had jelly and ice-cream and played pass-the-parcel, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey and musical chairs. My friends all thought I was crazy, but everybody had a great time - especially me!

[Gally]

kangaruth said:

So I had a children's party. I had jelly and ice-cream and played pass-the-parcel, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey and musical chairs.

Huzzah! That sounds like a great idea. I might just have to try that next year for my 24th. ;D

[Min]

That sounded like so much fun, Kangaruth!!

[Kaylan-R]

I haven't reached 21 yet (sadly) and have not even made it past my fifteenth! But in enlightenment of Emerald's birthday bash (we're going to her house!) I will tell you what I'd like to do!

Well....by twenty - one I will (or hope) to be in Finland with my dear lover (yes, yes, I plan ahead!) and so, as my birthday is in June, which I think *squints eyes in thought* will be during winter in Finland, I will be having a snow - party! During this truly spectacular day I (and my lovely friends, and of course anyone here who wants to come too) will be busy tobogganing, skiing, making snow-men and angels in the snow, drinkimg c0cktails and wine and afterwards partying!
Then there will be presents and cake and then a lovely ride in a chair - lift where we will all admire a wonderous view from a very tall mountain. Then, once down we will go ice-skating and pig out on cake!And then run around with streamers under the moonlight till we get dizzy and fall over and roll up each other in snow to make giant human - snow balls!
Then we can all get head - aches from vodka and wine and sleep it off in my Ice - castle next to a truly wonderfull magnificent marble fireplace ready for what will come the next day!!
yay!! (if any of this actually happens and If I actually make it to Finland andget my ice castle I will be absoloutley shocked and I might drop dead. But everyone else can still celebrate!!!

[Kangaruth]

kaylanr said:

my birthday is in June, which I think *squints eyes in thought* will be during winter in Finland, I will be having a snow - party!

That sounds like so much fun! Except... June is summertime in Finland. But that means midnight sun - it's one of my ambitions to see that.

[Rushton]

I turned 21 when I was in America and during one of the summers I spent as a camp counselor. My birthday fell on one of the half holidays that the counselors get during one of the sessions. So a bunch of us decided to go camping near the appalachian trail as we were a bit cash poor by that point. (New York and Atlantic City were for other days off)

We loaded up the cars with camping gear and bought many bottles of booze with which to celebrate. When we came to sety up our tents it was discovered that no-one in our group of 15 had actually brought any food with them (apart from cheetohs and pixie sticks - evil sugarey sherbert)

So that first night - my birthday - we all partied to our hearts content. A huge thunderstorm rolled in at about midnight - it always rains on my birthday as I'm a winter babe (even a northern summer couldn't stop that) so we danced in the rain and I was passionately kissed by the wonderful boy I fell in love with as the lightning crashed overhead.

It was a day I'll never forget and the hangover the following morning was completely worth it!

[Roland]

My Dad turned 50 three days before I turned 21. So we rented out a hall and had a huge party with all family and friends, with a jukebox and purple and silver balloons!

It was great!!

Dad was drunk, I was drunk and my Nana, bless her, was also drunk. My friends are still talking about my awesome family of tri-generation partying!

[Cookie Lover]

Well, I'm thinking about my 18th first. I'll be in Finland, and it's going to be november which might have snow? Sorry, I don't know the seasons over there, but it's pretty north. Yeah, I plan on just having a big party with my Finnish friends. But 21st....hmm. That'll be a big party with my Aussie friends!!! Yay!

[Lauren Hedgehog]

hmmm... I'm not 21 yet, but I remember spending my 18th at my best friends 18th party trying to keep concious an underage gatecrasher and being yelled at by his parents for 'irresponsibally allowing him to get drunk' when I got so worried about him that I called them. I was so peeved off. It wasn't my party, he wasn't invited in the first place and his parents (though I'm sure they were just frustrated and worried) didn't need to take it out on me. My 21st will not involve alcohol as I always seem to be the one looking after everyone who gets drunk and it's not exactly how I'd like to remember my 21st

*as a side note the gatecrasher was fine- his parents took him to hospital and he had his stomach pumped and he later apologised to me for being such a twit

[Cat-Eyes]

Well, don't know about my 18th or 21st yet, but my 18th does fall only a month and a bit after my brother's 21st and in the middle is my Aunt's 50th...

[Min]

Lauren! That sounds so similar to a party of a friend's 18th I went to - Adam's. He was a couple of years ahead of school, so the invitees were friends from school, and a couple of us (18-19 year olds) that he'd known from Stanthorpe. My friends and I weren't drinking much, since we were having more fun catching up with each other and Adam and dancing.
Unfortunately, Adam got so drunk, he didn't know what was going on.

I'm wondering if we went to the same party now...
There were some gatecrashers...one of the boys got incredibly drunk and ended up running off outside and passing out in a gutter. His parents, or his girlfriend's parents showed up, and started yelling at Adam.
Adam, being totally out of it, screamed back at them, and threw a plastic jar full of spaghetti at the parents.
The parents took the kid away, and I remember Adam punching a hole in his bathroom door?

It was a hell of a party...literally. Luckily we can look back at it now and laugh, but it was not fun at the time.

So Lauren, was this party in Lilly Street, Greenslopes?
How bizarre would that be if it was the same party...

[HeartoftheDarkness]

He threw a jar of spaghetti? How's that for random...

Alas I have years to wait for my 21st. I'm still trying to think of something for my 17th in two weeks (I'm thinking... pool of jelly)

For my 18th, I think I'll do the traditional and get drunk with my friends
For my 21st....I've always liked the idea of getting all my friends to wear 70's disco gear (Afro wigs and all) getting them all drunk and taking them to the roller disco It should be extra funny seeing none of us can skate in the first place.
Oooh, or my dream of renting out a jumping castle! I've been dying to do that for years!

[Dark One]

Mine was 10 years ago! I can't remember what i did for my 21st

[Lauren Hedgehog]

No, the party I was at was at Bracken Ridge. Though unfortunately, I don't think stupid young gatechrashers getting ridculously drunk is that uncommon Staying sober is much better-> you can remind everyone about what they did that night I remember at one party a friend (she still doen't believe it was true, even though there are other witnesses) getting so out of it, that I found her sitting in the garden, and when I asked her what she was doing, she said that she was being a garden lamp

[Squirt]

My parents took me and one of my sisters to Sydney for the week of my 21st! We spend six fantastic nights at the Intercontinental, it was fabulous! We went and saw the Crows play against Sydney (we lost ) and as we were staying in the same hotel as them I chatted to some of their parents (For those of you who know the Crows, Reilly's mum may not like me very much) and ate breakie with them the next day ;D We then spent the rest of the time checking out Sydney! It was fantastic, even my wake up call on my birthday from some of my friends at 5am was great

When we got back I had about 50 of my family and friends come over to the, yet that's right, the CROWS TAVERN, where we drank the night away! I had an awesome time! My best birthday yet!

[Min]

Yeah, I guess underage gatecrashers aren't all that uncommon...just thought it'd be bizarre if it was the same party!!

I much prefer staying sober for these events now too...is that boring? The easiest way to explain it all is that you're the designated driver. I've been there done that with the getting so drunk you can't remember anything, and now it's more fun seeing other people make tossers of themselves, than be the one who is being a tosser.

Yeah, the spaghetti jar was very random, we always remind Adam of it. He can't remember it, of course. He also can't remember putting a hole in both the entry window or the bathroom door that night, nor can he remember knocking over his fish tank...it was such a bizarre party. Adam always did weird things when he got too drunk though...like at graduation party, we were camping out, and he decided to sleep under one of the tents. Not in it. Completely under it.

[Arctic Firefox]

I really like the way you celebrated your 21st, Kangaruth; instead of celebrating 'adulthood', you seemed to have farewelled your childhood instead! Original!

To be honest, the only reason I cared about turning 18 was that I could vote! ;D And now that I think about it, both my 18th and 21st birthdays were unfortunate days due to circumstances beyond my control. I'll just stress that they had nothing to do with parties - I'm not that keen on alcohol or any other drug - the situation was a lot more serious. Fortunately, I'm not that interested in my birthday; I don't like being fussed over.

My brother, on the other hand, is the opposite to me in this matter, so he celebrated his 21st the other week by hiring the Mitre Tavern (Melbournians may know what I'm talking about) for the evening. It was quite an enjoyable experience - he loved being in the limelight, while I hung around the periphery catching up with people I hadn't seen in a while.

[catwhisperer]

I am 14, so my 21st is a way off yet but i don't care what i do as long as all my friends are with me (and not ripping each other to shreads)
OMG, this is totally unrelated but i have to tell you... i met up with my friend who was my bestie in Years 1 and 2. We hadn't seen each other for 8 years and it's soooo awesome! She'll be at my 21st... I hope!

[Kangaruth]

arcticfirefox said:

I really like the way you celebrated your 21st, Kangaruth; instead of celebrating 'adulthood', you seemed to have farewelled your childhood instead! Original!

Farewelled? But that suggests my I thought childhood was over! I just love any excuse to be childish - part of the reason I'm looking forward to having kids of my own to play with! I always say, given the chance to be any age again, I'd be 6. Life was so... uncomplicated back then.

catwhisperer - it's so great you meeting your old friend again. When I was about 14 I met my best friend from playgroup for the first time since we were 5. It was very strange - we didn't really know each other at all.

[~Ethereal~]

My mother wanted to ggive me a big 21st, so we hired out a funtion room in town and I had a costume party. I encouraged (read: bullied) everyone to wear a costume of some sort,a dn everyoen actually did make some sort of effort. We had costumes and music, and the pub worried about security adn cleanign up. WHich was the main reason I wanted to do it that way, 'casue I'm jsut lazy.
I love dressing up, and I hardly ever get the chance, hence, costume party. Some of you may have seen the pics last year.

[Dark One]

Min - i tend to be the designated driver too. I much prefer driving to drinking. Anyway, not matter how much i've drunk i can always recall everything that happened...

[Squirt]

Me too except for that one party, hmmm, almost always. The one party that seems to have gaps was over six years ago and it put me off drinking that much ever again. I definately learnt my lesson.