Kroger, Where Shopping Gives Me Displeasure
Wow, this whole lacrosse team thing is turning into a big deal. This guy Brett -- who is most famous for stumbling into Hiram's apartment drunk a few weeks ago and stealing some B-day cupcakes with his meathead friends -- and two other starting lacrosse team members were accused of gang raping a stripper at their off campus house. No charges have been filed, but the Director of Athletics has already required that the team forfeit two games (or matches or whatever they're called... I heart Lax), so their season is probably ruined. It's pretty nuts that a few idiots can ruin something for everyone, not to mention the girl who was raped. I believe in the whole innocent until proven guilty thing, but I can't help but want to believe the girl, both because I tend to believe the woman in this type of situation and because the lacrosse team and other varsity athletes seem to have such a sense of entitlement, be it to someone else's birthday cupcakes or to sex with whomever they so desire.
I went to a reading on Friday night with Hiram and Andy. The reader was Diane Ackerman, who was publicized as a science poet or something. I thought that sounded pretty shitty, but I went anyway. She was actually great. She read a story about swimming with whales, which I really enjoyed. My other favorite was a dramatic monologue in the voice of the wife of one of the great poets. After the reading she talked about herself a bit, and overall she reminded me so much of Riss it was scary. Here's part of the transcript imprinted on my brain...
"I love to learn about creatures that are right in front of our eyes that no one else has bothered to study. For instance, I decided I wanted to know more about grey squirrels. So, I trapped all of the squirrels in my backyard. Then, I took them to a laboratory and anesthetized them with these cute, little, squirrel-sized oxygen masks. Then, I put necklaces on them: pink for the girls and blue for the boys. When they woke up, they were a little mad, but I gave them five different types of nuts, so they forgave me, and I set them free. Now, I go into my yard each morning and sing out 'squiiiirrrrrrelllllss,' and they come running, because they know I've got the nuts. My neighbors sometimes call and ask why all of the neighborhood squirrels are wearing necklaces, but I tell them it's part of my muse."
So yeah, she was real cool. She also looked like a witch, which didn't hurt. Afterwards, I had a delicious glass of wine and chatted with Professor Porter and Philip, who is in my Shakespeare class. He turned out to be a really nice kid. He said he had a lot of good ideas for new doughnuts, which I respect, despite my distaste for doughnuts.
Friday afternoon, Aaron and Hiram came over with sack-loads of Colt 45. We drank beers and smoked hookah all afternoon. Aaron made a television set costume out of a large box.
Last night, I went to Inside Man with Liza, Jessica, Kellyann and Phil. It wasn't a great movie, but it was pretty entertaining. There were a lot of funny bits, but I wasn't satisfied with the "twist." I feel like Matt Starek.
Brian McGinn might be shooting a film in our apartment, and I'm so excited, because I'm going to be famous!!!! But mostly I'm excited, because they said they'd clean our apartment. Yay! Cleaning up after Riss is a full time job, and it's just nice to have some help from time to time.
I went to a reading on Friday night with Hiram and Andy. The reader was Diane Ackerman, who was publicized as a science poet or something. I thought that sounded pretty shitty, but I went anyway. She was actually great. She read a story about swimming with whales, which I really enjoyed. My other favorite was a dramatic monologue in the voice of the wife of one of the great poets. After the reading she talked about herself a bit, and overall she reminded me so much of Riss it was scary. Here's part of the transcript imprinted on my brain...
"I love to learn about creatures that are right in front of our eyes that no one else has bothered to study. For instance, I decided I wanted to know more about grey squirrels. So, I trapped all of the squirrels in my backyard. Then, I took them to a laboratory and anesthetized them with these cute, little, squirrel-sized oxygen masks. Then, I put necklaces on them: pink for the girls and blue for the boys. When they woke up, they were a little mad, but I gave them five different types of nuts, so they forgave me, and I set them free. Now, I go into my yard each morning and sing out 'squiiiirrrrrrelllllss,' and they come running, because they know I've got the nuts. My neighbors sometimes call and ask why all of the neighborhood squirrels are wearing necklaces, but I tell them it's part of my muse."
So yeah, she was real cool. She also looked like a witch, which didn't hurt. Afterwards, I had a delicious glass of wine and chatted with Professor Porter and Philip, who is in my Shakespeare class. He turned out to be a really nice kid. He said he had a lot of good ideas for new doughnuts, which I respect, despite my distaste for doughnuts.
Friday afternoon, Aaron and Hiram came over with sack-loads of Colt 45. We drank beers and smoked hookah all afternoon. Aaron made a television set costume out of a large box.
Last night, I went to Inside Man with Liza, Jessica, Kellyann and Phil. It wasn't a great movie, but it was pretty entertaining. There were a lot of funny bits, but I wasn't satisfied with the "twist." I feel like Matt Starek.
Brian McGinn might be shooting a film in our apartment, and I'm so excited, because I'm going to be famous!!!! But mostly I'm excited, because they said they'd clean our apartment. Yay! Cleaning up after Riss is a full time job, and it's just nice to have some help from time to time.