don't bother; you probably don't care
so i've been back at smith for a few days now...i was in florida visiting marisa, a friend from school from last saturday until wednesday, and then we flew into boston and drove back down here. it was me, marisa, marisa's girlfriend mandi, and kate (molly's cousin). we had some very interesting times...lots of good stories came out of this trip.
so on saturday i got into tampa earlier than i expected, so i had to sit around the airport for a while waiting for marisa to come pick me up. i was so happy to see her when she finally got there. on the way to her house (we took the scenic route), we stopped at her high school softball field and smoked a blunt (my first ever). we then proceeded to drive the rest of the way to her house. i went in and gave her mom the box of chocolate that my mom had gotten in new hope (while trying desperately not to sound stoned, not that i was too worried about it because the first time i met the woman, i was drunk off my ass). so that was nice, because marisa's mom and stepdad are pretty chill people. anyway, after that, mandi, marisa, and i went to the mall to kill time before kate's flight was supposed to get in. we didn't do anything too interesting, and then we went to meet kate and all went back to marisa's, where we hung out for the rest of the night (and smoked once more)...until we decided to drive to the pier in st. petersburg to go stargazing...no stargazing actually occured, but we saw weird crab-like fish and a narcoleptic pelican.
the next day we were supposed to go the circus at the forum (which is the arena where the lightning play)...so we went. now, i'm not a big fan of circuses, but half the fun of this one was just making fun of everyone. the theme was 'bellobration' (what???) which basically consisted of people in hats that looked like blonde flat-top haircuts from the 90s jumping around singing 'bellobellobellobellobellobello...BRATION'. it was deranged. after the circus, we proceeded to walk around tampa trying to find a tattoo parlor, which we finally did find (it was called shiva's...it was interesting). so we went in and kate got her tattoo (after mandi INTERROGATED the artist about his sterilization procedures. he hated her by the time we left, we think). so after that, we met marisa's mom and david (her stepdad) at a place called gameworks...kind of like espn zone with all the games and such. so we played a bunch of games (including some pretty intense rounds of air hockey), then went to go get ice cream...and then kate and i sat there for about an hour while marisa and mandi had an intense conversation. a bum offered kate a rose made of a palm leaf in exchange for a cigarette.
the next day, we went to universal studios. it was quite the interesting day. first of all, kate and i had been talking for the whole trip about how whenever we were in public with marisa and mandi, they would get very interesting looks from passersby. well, these looks were NOTHING compared with what we saw at universal. we could have written a field guide pretty easily. anyway, the looks kept kate and i entertained. speaking of entertainment, they were even propositioned by a brazilian man, who asked how he could 'eh...put this together. you know, you two, me...'. he was clearly (and very adamantly) turned down. and kate got a phone number!! from a girl named pippa who worked at the jaws ride in universal...unfortunately pippa had a girlfriend who didn't want her going out with a girl who was clearly interested in her. it was a strange situation. anyway, we went to hooters for dinner, and then cruised around for a little while waiting for it to become midnight and hence, marisa's 18th birthday. i do believe that the date actually changed in the parking lot of a sex shop (called 'the todd). so as soon as marisa was old enough to, we went inside the todd...and saw some crazy, crazy, crazy shit. like an inflatable sheep (like mr. nibbles. but a SHEEP). and a vibrator/dildo shaped like a CARROT. weird.
anyway, the next day was marisa's birthday...we went back to the forum to meet martin st. louis (a player for the lightning the leading goal scorer in the NHL), which was pretty damn sweet. marisa's stepdad works for the lightning, so he has serious connections. so we met martin and then went back to the house to nap until the hockey game that night. this is when things truly got interesting...i'll save it for another entry because i'm getting pretty damn tired.
so on saturday i got into tampa earlier than i expected, so i had to sit around the airport for a while waiting for marisa to come pick me up. i was so happy to see her when she finally got there. on the way to her house (we took the scenic route), we stopped at her high school softball field and smoked a blunt (my first ever). we then proceeded to drive the rest of the way to her house. i went in and gave her mom the box of chocolate that my mom had gotten in new hope (while trying desperately not to sound stoned, not that i was too worried about it because the first time i met the woman, i was drunk off my ass). so that was nice, because marisa's mom and stepdad are pretty chill people. anyway, after that, mandi, marisa, and i went to the mall to kill time before kate's flight was supposed to get in. we didn't do anything too interesting, and then we went to meet kate and all went back to marisa's, where we hung out for the rest of the night (and smoked once more)...until we decided to drive to the pier in st. petersburg to go stargazing...no stargazing actually occured, but we saw weird crab-like fish and a narcoleptic pelican.
the next day we were supposed to go the circus at the forum (which is the arena where the lightning play)...so we went. now, i'm not a big fan of circuses, but half the fun of this one was just making fun of everyone. the theme was 'bellobration' (what???) which basically consisted of people in hats that looked like blonde flat-top haircuts from the 90s jumping around singing 'bellobellobellobellobellobello...BRATION'. it was deranged. after the circus, we proceeded to walk around tampa trying to find a tattoo parlor, which we finally did find (it was called shiva's...it was interesting). so we went in and kate got her tattoo (after mandi INTERROGATED the artist about his sterilization procedures. he hated her by the time we left, we think). so after that, we met marisa's mom and david (her stepdad) at a place called gameworks...kind of like espn zone with all the games and such. so we played a bunch of games (including some pretty intense rounds of air hockey), then went to go get ice cream...and then kate and i sat there for about an hour while marisa and mandi had an intense conversation. a bum offered kate a rose made of a palm leaf in exchange for a cigarette.
the next day, we went to universal studios. it was quite the interesting day. first of all, kate and i had been talking for the whole trip about how whenever we were in public with marisa and mandi, they would get very interesting looks from passersby. well, these looks were NOTHING compared with what we saw at universal. we could have written a field guide pretty easily. anyway, the looks kept kate and i entertained. speaking of entertainment, they were even propositioned by a brazilian man, who asked how he could 'eh...put this together. you know, you two, me...'. he was clearly (and very adamantly) turned down. and kate got a phone number!! from a girl named pippa who worked at the jaws ride in universal...unfortunately pippa had a girlfriend who didn't want her going out with a girl who was clearly interested in her. it was a strange situation. anyway, we went to hooters for dinner, and then cruised around for a little while waiting for it to become midnight and hence, marisa's 18th birthday. i do believe that the date actually changed in the parking lot of a sex shop (called 'the todd). so as soon as marisa was old enough to, we went inside the todd...and saw some crazy, crazy, crazy shit. like an inflatable sheep (like mr. nibbles. but a SHEEP). and a vibrator/dildo shaped like a CARROT. weird.
anyway, the next day was marisa's birthday...we went back to the forum to meet martin st. louis (a player for the lightning the leading goal scorer in the NHL), which was pretty damn sweet. marisa's stepdad works for the lightning, so he has serious connections. so we met martin and then went back to the house to nap until the hockey game that night. this is when things truly got interesting...i'll save it for another entry because i'm getting pretty damn tired.