A Word on Theme Parties

As my friends and I are entering our mid-twenties (how scary is THAT?!) I have to say that I've noticed a trend in the way we choose to get together and socialize. The theme party provides us with a purpose to boogie down, and while it takes quite a bit of preparation, a successful theme party with willing participants is always inevitably something that will be talked about for years to come.

Past theme parties that I've attended include Johnny Dice's infamous eighties party, which is the last time I wore my hair in a side ponytail and purposefully cut a t-shirt to be off-the-shoulder. There was the now historical West 108th Street Pimps 'n' Hos party a mere ten months later, at which I met people who are now some of my good friends...only they were carrying big canes, had on purple feathered fedoras, and were sporting a nearly inappropriate amount of bling. Then there was Matt's Oscar Party for which I made Oscar cupcakes. (Oscar cupcakes: chocolate cupcakes in gold foil wrappers, yellow icing, and little flags with the names of the nominees sunken into them...."Kevin Spacey, delicious!")

Well, early this morning at an informal "summit" with my friends Dice, Katie, and Liz at a diner on 56th and 2nd, we came up with an idea for another theme party. This theme party is unique in that it requires no costumes, baking, or bling. It's the "Drama Party."

The Drama Party would involve inviting your friends....and then also inviting people who you know have beef with your friends. The latter group might also be your friends, too (I get headaches trying to figure out who amongst my friends have a dramatic history with each other). But you are certainly not exempt as well. Your friends are all instructed to bring at least one person that they know has issues with another invitee. Past hookups and bad breakups are also good. People who can find a friend's one-night-stand-that-they-never-thought-they'd-see-again get a free door prize. Exes are also excellent, but you get extra credit if you can get the ex to arrive with his or her new girlfriend/boyfriend.

Once you've gathered this rogue group it's really quite simple: you also gather as much alcohol as you can, hide sharp objects, perhaps put out a box of tissues, and sit back and estimate how long it will take before the police will be arriving. The Drama Party, yes, that's one they'd be talking about for years to come!