The Colombian Frat Party

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Last night, I went to a party. When I walked in, it immediately struck me as similar to the North American frat party, so one of the things I spent my evening doing was analyzing the similarities and differences.

(Another thing I spent my evening doing was inventing a new dance, called the beer dance. This is used when you're dancing and you want to take a sip of beer - you don't want to keep dancing normally, because it looks stupid, so you have to invent a special dance that you only use when taking said sip. There isn't one universal beer dance, so feel free to invent your own - it's just important that it's distinct from your regular dancing.)

Anyway, frat party comparison chart:

Similarities

• it was in a huge house. well, actually in the huge backyard of the huge house
• there was constant loud music played by a live DJ and, eventually, a live band
• girls got in free, guys did not
• upon entering, I got one of those annoying paper wristbands that always gets stuck to my arm hair
• there was an ever-present cloud hovering over the party area. though i've listed this as a similarity, the smell was stronger than any i've ever encountered before, and was remarkably constant throughout the whole party, which is especially impressive considering it was an outdoor area
• there was a distinct lack of shirts
• there was a pool outside, but it was empty, so it became an empty beer bottle receptacle

Differences

• there were no kegs
• (related to the previous) there were no keg stands
• the host of the party was the family who lived in the house, not a frat. (i'm not even sure if the concept of frats exists here, i don't think universities have on-campus housing - almost everybody lives with their parents through and well past university age) also, the mom, who coincidentally works at my school (this really is a coincidence, i found out about the party from someone else), was taking tickets at the door rather than being out of town and having no idea about the existence of the party
• there weren't any douchebags (then again, I haven't encountered any in 2 months of being here, so maybe I just don't know what to look for yet)
• (related to the previous) there weren't any fights and/or ridiculous pranks