Esther & The Military The Smoke Bomb

This is kinda what Monica looked line back then.

Esther and I had a crazy friend who was a teenaged punk in 1999. Her name was Monica, she dyed her hair bright red, but was still beautiful with long black hair, fair skin, and big lips (think Angelina Jolie in the 90s). Monica was a rebel, and even though Esther was too, at least Monica was a rebel that was out of the closet. She was proud of it and maybe that is what attracted her to Esther. Monica was also her stealing buddy who she would steal underwear with from department stores.

Monica and Esther would hang out around Emory University because that is where Monica lived with her mother and brother. Her brother wasr also was a militant punk who wore combat boots and military clothes in highschool. His skinned head did not take away from his good looks either!

One day when Esther and Monica were hanging out at Monica´s house, they decided to drop acid together. This was the first time that Esther took acid so she did not know what to expect, but Monica had done it before so she felt more comfortable. Esther told me that she did not feel anything at first. They were watching a movie and eventually things started to seem funnier. After a while of giggling for no reason, things got interesting.

Monica´s brother noticed that there was an Emory frat party down the street. Of course, Monica and her brother hate frat parties and the people who attand them because they are punks. They complained about the noise and their ¨stupid neighbors¨ for a while until Monica´s brother realized he had a solution to the problem - a smoke bomb! It was a military strength smoke bomb and they wanted to break up the party with it.

Ok, this is not an actual picture of them throwing the bomb, but you get the idea.

Because of the acid, their need for adventure was high. Monica came up with the idea of throwing the smoke bomb at the party house. OK! Esther and Monica covered themselves with black hoodies and headed down the street with the smoke bomb. They ran and hid behind trees like ninjas until they arrived close to the house. After counting down 1-2-3, Esther pulled the needlie while Monica threw the smoke bomb towards the house. After a couple of seconds the smoke began to build...then they turned around and ran back to the house. Minutes later they realized how strong the military smoke bomb really was!

After peeping out the window, you could see that the whole street was full of smoke. Also, Esther said you could hear the people at the party start to scream and run out of the house - they thought that thw house was on fire! Esther and Monica could not stop laughing. Moments later a fire truck and police arrived. Because they were still tripping on acid, the flashing red lights only made the experience even better.

In the end, the house was not on fire, but the party was over and there was a big mystery left in the neighborhood. Where did the smoke bomb come from and who threw it? Terrorist? The mystery has not been solved to this day, but they could have gotten in a lot of trouble!