Jolt Country

Adam Wood, junior
"I took this girl to a party, and we were having a good time. Suddenly the cops came, and we had to run through the woods to get away. It was dark and there were a lot of trees. She was ahead of me, and all of a sudden I hear this huge thud, and I see her fall down. She had run into a wall that she had not seen in the dark. But luckily, she was okay."

Chloe Caplan, junior
"My boyfriend and I had this elaborate date planned for Valentines Day. I spent all day getting ready. I went out and bought him this huge box of chocolates, I made him a really sweet card, but I was planning a more personalized gift for later…. if you know what I mean. He couldn’t drive, so when I finally got to his house, he answered the door looking like he just rolled out of bed. I thought it was a joke, but when I handed him the present, he invited me in and threw me a paper bag, crumpled up with a stuffed animal he had won at a carnival. Needless to say, he didn’t get the more personalized gift..."

Perrin Doniger, junior
"At AAL my freshmen year, my date said that he would only be a little late. It turned out that he didn’t show up until after dinner! I was in a big group with about 20 other people, all of whom had dates. To keep me from feeling lonely, everyone at the table contributed a little bit of their food to an extra plate and placed it across from me. Whenever the waiter came by we just pretended that my date was in the bathroom."

Anonymous
"My freshman year, I had the best Valentine's day of my life...or so I thought. When I woke up in the morning I had a dozen roses waiting for me on my front table, accompanied by a sweet card. Soon after my boyfriend picked me up and we spent the day together. That night we cooked dinner together and ate by candlelight. Everything had been perfect. The following day he told me that he had cheated on me the night before Valentine's day."

Carl Almore, senior
"My group arrived at the [AAL] dance at 9:00. When we came in the doors, no one was at the dance. We decided to eat at The Cheesecake Factory and come back later. When we came back to the dance though, the chaperones wouldn’t let us back in (school policy). My date and I were so mad! We spent the rest of the dance in the parking lot, waiting for the dance to be over. The supervisors finally let us in for the last dance. It was so frustrating!"

Anonymous
"After a dance I was driving my friend and my date home in my new pickup truck. My friend was feeling carsick and asked to sit in the front. We were almost to his house when, suddenly, he threw up all over me. I swerved, but was luckily able to pull to the side of the road. I made my friend get in the bed of the truck and quickly drove him and my date home. I didn’t walk my date to the door."

Mark Flemming, Senior
"After the [AAL] dance was over, my group and I went to the after party. As we were told to leave, all of my friends piled into my car. Chris Wilson sat in the middle, which made it literally impossible to see when I was backing up. As a result, when I backed up, I ran into a tree. Luckily, very little damage was done to my car. After that, I had to take all of my friends home. Because they all lived in different areas, it took a very long time to take everyone home. Meanwhile, my mom called, very angry for being late, and started to yell at me. All of my friends were laughing so hard. Overall though, it was a good night."

what valentine's days stories (horror) have you all

I've been broken up with on Valentine's Day, which also happened to be our year anniversary. What did I do? I went to Vegas! And a very nice bartender handed me a bottle of very nice cheap whiskey and a glass and told me to pour as much into one from the other as I wanted. I was hanging out with a guy friend who was going through <strike>female</strike> bitch leading him on for the attention troubles, and he <strike>talked</strike> whined and begged to her on the phone for like 3 hours total that night, pretty much leaving me to my own devices gambling, at the strip club, and at the bar. Which kinda made me grateful I was definitively out of my own relationship. Then again, I broke up with someone the day before Valentine's Day once, so I guess it was all just comin' 'round again.

I very much angered by using 'round eyes' slur on other website. We peoples very proud race and not liking laugh at us. My father writing 'All your base are belong to us' to find all laughing at him. He kill himself in shame. I not understanding all you peoples. To selling you very nice products at small price and you mad at my people. I not like this for you! I not bring up bombing of my cities either.

And then there was that one time I was trying to have a nice, medium-rare meal with my boyfriend and maybe another couple on Valentine's Day, and Rikki Lake, Captain Kirk, the Detroit Tigers and the entire cast of Office Space kept stopping by. Wow, was that a night I'll never forget!

I called up this chick once for a date and neither one of us remembered that it was Valentine's Day until we were picking up some adultlies at the corner store. So, I didn't get her flowers, candy or even one of those Teddy Bears that Spike TV has a commercial for that runs about ten minutes. I instead got her lemon-flavored "Hooch."

I know you're all asking yourselves, "Did he score?" I can't remember, so let's call that a "yes." It may have been a "no." So let's call that a "yes," too. I think it was the last time we saw each other in person, so let's make that an extra "yes" just so the bonus multiplier kicks in.