Today... OWNED!
Today was completely and utterly awesome. We made it into Woodstock, and I bought my ticket for the Tattoo Festival, and oh MAN was that some crazy fun. I hit up a bunch of exhibits, my favorites being the "Art of Propaganda" (there was a HUGE canvas painting of Bush dressed up in Nazi apparel, ahaha) and "Burton Snowboards" exhibits (I don't snowboard, but the artwork on them was phenomenal). There was also an appearance made by Grandpa Woodstock, a legendary local hippie who stands on a pedestal giving peace sings to everyone, dressed in a shredded skirt, floral jacket, sandals, and a Dr. Seuss hat, with big-ass white man dreadlocks, which was way cool (I took a picture of him!). And yeah, I was wearing my Che Guevara shirt, and this burnt-out dude started pointing at it and conversing with me:
Hippie: And YOU, Mr. Che Guevara... Aw, ya' shouldn't be wearing that. You kids see him as just a fashion statement...
Me: I don't...
Hippie: He was way before your time, lemme tell ya'...
Me: Yeah, he was a generation before me...
Hippie: Try five generations... heh...
Me: Well, by wearing a Che shirt, I'm keeping the spirit if him alive. Isn't that what counts?
Hippie (raises eyebrows, surprised): ...Do you know what Che Guevara stood for?
Me: Equality through communism?
Hippie: Yep! And FREEDOM!
Me: That's why he broke away from Fidel Castro.
Hippie (pleasantly surprised, and yelling with glee, while giving me a high-five): Yeah, YEAH! You've got your shit together! You're alright! Keep it up, man!
Haha, I love that... this guy, expecting that he's discovered another know-nothing kid, ended up striking up a conversation with someone who's done major reports on Che Guevara. Well, cool.
...And now I'm being kicked off the computer. Pictures to post soon! ^_^
~Xander the Wanderer
Hippie: And YOU, Mr. Che Guevara... Aw, ya' shouldn't be wearing that. You kids see him as just a fashion statement...
Me: I don't...
Hippie: He was way before your time, lemme tell ya'...
Me: Yeah, he was a generation before me...
Hippie: Try five generations... heh...
Me: Well, by wearing a Che shirt, I'm keeping the spirit if him alive. Isn't that what counts?
Hippie (raises eyebrows, surprised): ...Do you know what Che Guevara stood for?
Me: Equality through communism?
Hippie: Yep! And FREEDOM!
Me: That's why he broke away from Fidel Castro.
Hippie (pleasantly surprised, and yelling with glee, while giving me a high-five): Yeah, YEAH! You've got your shit together! You're alright! Keep it up, man!
Haha, I love that... this guy, expecting that he's discovered another know-nothing kid, ended up striking up a conversation with someone who's done major reports on Che Guevara. Well, cool.
...And now I'm being kicked off the computer. Pictures to post soon! ^_^
~Xander the Wanderer