My Favorite Wes Story

I'm not sure how all the blogging works, but I'd like to tell my favorite Wes story...

There was a ward function at his house one night (to this day, I'm still not sure what the heck it was all about...). The parents had a thing going on downstairs, and all of us kids were upstairs in Wes' rec room hanging out, listening to music, etc...

Wes was the perfect host. He offered us drinks and basically gave us total access to anything in his house. I remember at one point we were all sitting down listening to the radio and he comes back from his room and shows us this... multi-colored... wax... mold of the inside of his fist. It was one of those "wow - that's really weird but somehow freakin' COOL at the same time" kind of things. I mean, he must have literally, like, poured warm wax into his hand, made a fist, and just took the burn like a man! I dunno. It was pretty spectacular though.

Later on, we were listening to the radio some more and he busts out this mix tape. "Buddy Holly" by Weezer had JUST come out and he had recorded it off the radio. We must have listened to that song only 10 times, but it seemed like 1000.

To this day, EVERY time I hear that song, I'm instantly taken back to that night at Wes' house...

... and I smile.

Kim (Leavitt) Raper