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today the glitterbomber is... |
2002-12-22 today, i made my annual holiday pilgrimage to the exciting metropolis of altoona, pa. every year, kevin, jenny, sometimes kristen (though not this year), and i get together around the holidays to hang out and catch up. i think we've been doing it every year since college. kevin's mom's house in altoona happens to be a halfway point, so that's where we converge. we had a lot of fun today. we ate mexican food, went bowling, and played scrabble. going bowling was an interesting plot twist. i haven't been bowling since i lived in greece six years ago (going bowling in greece is another tale entirely), but kevin (randomly) got a bowling ball as a going-away present this summer. so we went to the seedy bowling alley (as opposed to the nicer one, because everyone knows that the seedy ones are more fun). bowling is great entertainment. i suck at it, which makes it even more fun. the lane next to ours was occupied by a kid who must have been around eleven. i started talking to him after a bit. he was a pretty good bowler, and even retrieved a stuck ball for us. however, he was also a little smartass. he kept commenting on our bowling skills (or lack thereof). his friend showed up and started using the glittery bowling ball that i had called dibs on. when i exclaimed, "hey! that kid is using my glitterball!" the smartass kid said to me, "he's putting luck on it." so i said, "you're a little smartass, aren't you?" kids are fun to mess with, especially ones with hints of inbreeding who think i'm eighteen. *** quotes of the day: [i get a gutterball] "i always wondered what white folks do with greens." -produce worker to amy b "i'm not sure that america is the stupidest country on earth--it's just that they promote their stupidity so effectively." -mil |
