This is dedicated to the spray-paint graffiti artist whose work, pictured below, is on Gardner Street in Allston.I have often walked down my street before;
But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before.All at once am I several stories high.
Seeing obscene words on the street where I live:
Are there lilac trees in the heart of town?Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?Does enchantment pour out of ev'ry door?No, it's just on the street where I live!
People stop and stare. They don't bother me.For there's no where else on earth that I would rather be.Let the time go by, I won't care if ICan see porn on the street where I live.
I is good writer. Srsly.
Kthxbye
So I was working on my laptop in my favorite neighborhood punk-rock coffee/ice cream shop, Herrell's Cafe, when I began eavesdropping on a tragic conversation happening at the table next to me. This guy was detailing some trauma to the chick sitting across from him, and I overheard him say something about an accident wherein he got burned. Intrigued, I began to listen more closely.
Burn-victim guy mentioned something about accidentally inhaling fuel and deciding that day to "quit." Wow, I thought, this guy must have been some sort of heroic firefighter before he got injured. The girl listening to his tale of woe was nodding sympathetically and holding his hand across the table. It was all very emotional and made me feel guilty about my chosen profession, which will never put me in harm's way or involve any life-saving.
Then I hear the guy say, "Yeah, well, fire-eating is definitely the most dangerous thing I've ever done."
Ok, never mind. Dude, you make the choice to stick a flaming baton down your throat, you deal with the consequences.
Mom and Dad would be so proud. Ok, so technically, I don't work at Club Fuxxx, but The Comedy Studio, where I am a waitress two nights a week becomes Club Fuxxx at 11 pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Located on the third floor of the illustrious Hong Kong restaurant and bar, Club Fuxxx draws mostly Harvard kids who enthusiastically and poorly dance to hip-hop after drinking a few too many Scorpion Bowls.Observe:
The woman on the far right looks like she just got an enema. I'm thinking about submitting info about my new job to the Yale Alumni Magazine for inclusion in the Class Notes section. The entry might look something like this:Brooks Madison (JE) just passed the California bar exam and will be joining the prestigious law firm of Miller, Toppleman, and Krauss next month. Best of luck, Brooks! McKenzie Adams (SM) and Douglas Dalton (TD) recently tied the knot at Martha's Vineyard in front of a crowd of 350 which included many Yalies and Ivy League graduates. The ceremony, according to bridesmaid Lindsay Taft (SM), was extremely elegant and tasteful. Katie Vagnino (BR) just got a job as a cocktail waitress at Club Fuxxx in Cambridge, MA. Drs. Suzanna Spitz-Boone (DC) and Pierce Boone (MC '01) recently returned from a three-month Doctors-Without-Borders tour in Kenya and are thrilled to annoucnce that they are expecting their first child in March. One of these things is not like the other....
