Prom

On Friday, the Melbourne University Food Co-op hosted a prom as a fundraiser. Australian schools don't have proms, so the turnout was quite large considering the minor amount of advertising at Uni Melb. Most of the people there knew about it through word of mouth from excited hippies who had never been to a prom.


Most people were decked out in secondhand formal wear, but there was a vast array of outfits ranging from '80s wear to modern gowns and suits and even a bear costume. Men in dresses, women in suits, genderqueers in whatever they wished, and mixtures of all the aforementioned. I picked a couple roses from our garden before heading out and tied them in my hair.

I perhaps put far more effort into this prom than any of my previous ones. Earlier in the day I was running errands. Upon passing by an op shop, I thought I'd look for some new shoes. So I spent a little while in the store dancing, jumping and jogging around to test out a few pairs. One pair seemed comfortable enough...

Later that night, walking several blocks to the prom, my feet started to hurt. It wasn't soreness and it eventually turned into significant pain. Even after I went shoeless, the blisters on my feet prevented dancing from being much fun. Thankfully (though perhaps not so much) the music played wasn't very good. Live bands performed bad covers of '90s songs.

My date had to work late, so she met up with us at the after party. I'm sorry not to have photos of her in a beautifully tacky red dress.