NOTE: This is an update to my previous post from last September, Wyndham: Get Me Out - Update 1. If you haven’t read it, check it out so you can get an idea of where I’m coming from. I’m not bitter or being negative, but merely telling it like it is. I’ve been here way too long and need to get out. You have to understand the humorous undertone and sarcasm, too.

On Saturday night, I went running down past Wyndham Lake. Now I might now be in high school anymore, but I also don’t live under a rock. I knew it was prom night and all, but little did I know that more than 200 Deep Run kids would be there, all taking pictures in front of The Dominion Club as if it were a holy temple or shrine of some sort to their pretentious ways. The road in front of the lake was more jammed with cars than during the summer concerts held at the amphitheater from the kids and their parents. Here’s what showed up later: A flood of pictures, many from the lake, on Facebook. Every album I saw on Sunday was from Deep Run’s prom. Take a look, and then continue reading below. I’m just getting started. And no, this is not directed at anyone who happens to be pictured in this image, they’re merely examples of all the prom pictures that were posted the day after.

The girls had their immaculate makeup on (in heaping amounts that would put clowns to shame, except more skin-toned colors) and the guys smiled brighter than their preppy melon and lime colored vests and bow ties as if to show off their trophy girls, most of which are as fake as the day is long (Side note: Of course I value an attractive girl, but it’s really a turnoff when girls act or look overly fake like this).

Now, let me start by making one thing clear. There were plenty of people at Deep Run I did like, and I made some friends who I will probably keep in contact with my whole life. I’m not make a big blanket statement, because everyone was not like the people I’m about to describe, but that being said, most were. Some of the most pretentious people I ever met went to Deep Run. Some got me simply because of how they acted to other people, but a few made my life a living hell around the beginning of high school. I’ll get into more of that aspect of it in a future post, but just know that I get along with pretty much everyone I meet and still I couldn’t stand some of these kids.

Where does this tie into Wyndham? Well, most of those kids live here. I live there, too, but I’ve never fit in with them, nor have I ever wanted to. I knew it in 5th grade when I moved here and saw the difference in Shady Grove kids over Springfield Park, and I still know it today. And it’s not just the kids. Their parents are the same or worse.

Why do I notice this so much? I used to live in a neighborhood about 10 miles from here called Morgan Run, with the nicest group of neighbors you could ask for. People were just friendly there. Everyone waved when you drove by, always got together for block parties and such, and the list goes on. Wyndham, on the other hand, is devoid of all those good things. Hardly anyone waves, neighbors get into weekly squabbles over stupid things such as who planted a bush too close to the other’s property line (no joke, real example) and other petty things, everyone gossips about everyone else, and hardly anyone will give you the time of day. We’ve even had neighbors that no longer talk to our family because of silly misunderstandings (usually things like the bush example above) and hold a grudge over it for all eternity. That is not the way to live.

These people are dead on the inside, cold and brutal. It’s like living in a real life episode of Desperate Housewives sometimes. And this is all before pool season. I assure you there will be some stories to come once The Dominion Club’s pool opens. Sometimes I go up there purely for entertainment value. Every five minutes someone’s squawking at someone else or complaining about anything they can think of to the poor servers up there. Everyone thinks they’re the most important thing this side of Timbuktu.

Anyway, I’ll stop for now, but I’m sure there will be plenty more updates soon. I have to get out of this place soon.