Friday, July 07, 2006

you don't want this guy - trust me.

this is alan fine. he was a professor of mine in college. he's running for congress in mn. he's a douche.

let me say that i don't care that he's a republican. his bad fashion does not bother me. no big deal that he's balding. and i'm not holding some grading grudge from freshmen year. what does bother me is what happened around six or so years ago in his marketing class.

it's always rare that i remember things from a week ago. let alone from years ago. that's why this is important.

we had an assignement to create a new type of cereal and come up with bullshit to incite people to buy it. alan fine thought it would be a great idea to come out with "afro puffs" and include "fake golden chains in the box" to get people to buy it. i remember walking out of class that day and not coming back again until the final.

i'm not quite sure why i didn't slap him that moment. i remember wanting to. then i just remember walking and saying "this is fucken bullshit" under my breath as i stepped out. and him saying "veda, are you not..." the rest fades out.

the douchebag remains.

SUCKS

big purchases shouldn't freak you out.

sure they should. and sure they do. i got this the other day and i'm freaking out.



but it's nice to walk a few blocks and hit the lake. and the rose garden. and the bird sanctuary. yesterday, bullet and i took a long walk toward the docks. there was a lady biking towards us. bullet yawned. i yawned. as the lady biked closer i realized she was yawning as well. we both smiled. i wonder if she knew the dog caused it all to happen. or if there was someone else in our circle that was yawning as well, i just didn't notice.