It was one of my longest friend's 21st birthday over the weekend just gone. I never really thought about how old our friendship was until I had to sit down to write a speech for the party she had at wee Sugar Bar (which I have to say, was a good choice of venue - nice and intimate - just what she wanted I think). Not going to lie, I wrote the speech literally half an hour before I got to the 21st, but she liked it. As follows...
"I've known Emily since we were about 9 years old, just before we started St Mary's together. This is where we also met Amanda - who unfortunately couldn't be here tonight - but wanted to make sure I made a few points about our friendship with Emz. The three of us have been close friends since form 1, so we've had the pleasure of watching Emily grow into the person she is today.
We've seen her go through a few boyfriends - the first of which was the legendary St Peter's boy Robert Borrell. This relationship was probably the best telephone relationship Emz has ever had I'm sure. The fact that he had three way made him so much more appealing to her. But she got over him quick, she dumped the poor guy, of course, over the phone, by playing him 'I Just Wanna Be Friends' by 50c.
We've seen her go through a number of email addresses too, all of which perfectly describe the phases she was going through at the time. We remember sweet and innocent butterfly_star@hotmail.com. Rapperz_hunnie was inspired by her obsession with Chingy in third or fourth form. And then there was hoochie_stylez - still unsure as to what inspired that one.
We've seen Emz rebel over the years. Getting caught smoking at school, being blamed for bullying, giving numberous amounts of teachers a hard time - especially the 'all evil' (according to Emily) Mrs Walsh; Emz has definitely had her moments. But not without taking others down with her. Being in the same class as her for seven years was tough on me. She had me banished to my own desk for months in one english class, had Mrs Johnstone believe I was aboriginal, and I cannot even count the amount of times we were separated in classes.
We've seen you at your worst and at your best Emz. It's hard to believe it's been something like 12 years since you found that mouldy muffin behind my bedroom curtain and still wanted to be my friend. Your stubborn nature is often mistaken for ur strong-will. Your sometimes bitchy comments can be mistaken for your opinionated and outspoken personality. But your jokes will never be funny.
Thank you for being there for Amanda and I, ready with crackers, cottage cheese and tomatoes at all times. Your friendship has been the most constant and important to me in my life. It's been amazing watching you grow into the beautiful young woman you are today. Happy 21st Birthday xxx"
Awwww isn't that cute. It was a real good night in the end. She only wanted a (I quote) "Low Key" 21st, and it was quite, but it was one of those 21sts that had all the important and real friends in attendance. Even though I lost everyone after the actual party before town etc, and ended up on Albert St on my own at 4am - yeah, it was a good night. Way to end the 21st season methinks!
Happy 21st Birthday Emzilla Crowd Thriller!
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