Today was a rather eventful day. More eventful than most days. I woke up around 2PM because it's Saturday and I like to get a lot of sleep on Saturdays. I ate a bit of food, drank a coke and worked on a paper.
After the paper was done, David and I decided to go get some food. We called up Tombo to see if he wanted to come with us. By 7, David, Thomas, James and I were at Buffet City eating way too much. Let me tell you something. Mongolian Grill is the shit. It's like low mein, except you get to pick what you want in it. And it's super awesome. So that's what I ate. I highly recommend it to anyone.
Back at Thomas's place, we looked at some of his sweet comic strips. They're top secret, but with any luck, will be published in the school paper next semester. At which time, everyone will explode due to their sheer awesomeness.
A little later, we rented Beerfest. It's by Broken Lizard, the same guys who made Super Troopers. It was super funny. It wouldn't have been quite as funny had we not stopped by Albertson's for a couple of six packs.
I don't drink much. I can count on one hand the number of times I've been drunk. Recently, however, we've decided that a good time can be had of a good movie and a few brewskies. We don't drink heavily and it's not to get drunk, so we always make it a point to try different brands and styles of beer. Tonight's selection featured some Portuguese beer and six pack of Dixie Beer.
Again, I don't drink much. I don't know much about beer. I do know what I like. I like Dixie Beer. It's definitely one of my all time favorites. I don't even really know at all where to begin describing a beer, so suffice to say that it is really good, and I'd probably buy it again.
After the movie, we decided to take a drive. "Don't drink and Drive, Ben!" Yeah, yeah.. I know. But I wasn't even buzzing. I'm a big guy and it was on a full stomach. I know when I'm not fit to drive because I'm usually not fit to drive, but do it anyway. Tonight I was definitely okay to drive.
Looking for something interesting to do, we stopped at the Park. I've heard stories that gay, sex-crazed zombies live in the park and like to rape innocent pedestrians at night, but David assured me that this was false. We took a lap around the pond and, sure enough, saw not one single zombie. Oh well. We did, however, happen upon a small group of African American youths with baseball bats. David, the largest and drunkest of us, was super tense and ready for a fight. The black guys were busy drinking some vodka and joking with their girls and didn't bother us as we calmly walked past. Good thing, too. As big and scary as David is, there's no way we could have taken on a couple of bats.
Leaving the park, we drove around for a bit and landed at the 24hr Wal-Mart for some soda because we were a bit parched from the clammy, heat of the South Louisiana night. In the parking lot, looking for a place to park, we drove past a couple knocking boots on the hood of their car. Stunned, we circled a few times, just to make sure we saw what we thought we saw. And we did. But we were thirsty, and headed inside.
Normally, we'd walk around the store for a while, killing time, but this particular night, all we wanted was a soda. So we mostly hung out by the vending machines at the entrance. It's probably the only place in America where you can get a coke for 25 cents. It's awesome.
While we chilled, a black guy came up and asked if we knew the number of a towing company. We expected that he was a hobo looking for a hand out. But he assured us that he worked off-shore and just got back. He's pretty well-off and this is the first time in years that his truck had broken down. We also learned that he and his family were from Jeanerette and that they'd be moving pretty soon because it's a bad neighborhood and he doesn't want his kids to get shot while playing in the yard. He bid us adieu and left as quickly as he had come.
It does my heart good to meet a good guy like that who doesn't want anything and is embarrassed to even ask a favor. It does my heart wrong to see the list of missing children on the bulletin board by the door. I figure at least a few of those kids just ran away. The majority probably were taken against their will. Including the 49 year old in the top right corner who I joked about, causing the girl working the door to reprimand me.
After failing at the crane game, we looked over to the quarter machines. You know... those vending machines with the cheap little toys? The Japs have the Gashapon machines with high quality stuff, and we get the ones with the cheap plastic whistles and temporary tattoos.
This one, however, had a thing of beauty. A mustache. Of coarse, seeing the furry prize, Thomas had to give it a go. "Dude, don't waste your money, what are the chances of you getting one?" And, of course, he did. It was a fetching, raven haired handle bar which was easily applied to his upper lip thanks to its adhesive backing. If only we could grow real ones as glorious.
The night drew to a close. Before heading home, we stopped in at the free carwash to try and get David's truck washed. It's not really free. We just discovered a bug in the payment system and exploit it. You're supposed to put your money in, receive a ticket and then punch in that ticket on the keypad. The ticket number isn't really important because, in reality, you can punch in any 5 digit number and it will work just fine. Unfortunately, the machine had been fixed and David's truck remains dirty.
After that let down, we decided to call it a night. It was 2AM and it had been a long evening. There would be other nights for other adventures and this night had come to an end.
Until next time,
~~Ben
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