Classy.
Speaking of classy - TRANSITION ALERT! - I believe last week I promised that I was going to share a story of drunken embarrassment? One that would hopefully be unlike any you'd ever heard - one with major photo evidence? Well I was lying. Peace out, homies!
I'm just kidding. Let's do
this.
While we just celebrated
Thanksgiving, there are other national holidays that need tending to as well.*
One of those is Fourth of July. It's not a particularly notable one, as far as
holidays go. It's not as fun or sexy as Halloween, and it lacks the
nostalgic, magical feeling of the winter holidays. But, I mean, it's not as bad
as, say, Memorial Day. Like, bummer much?
*I am just NAILING these
transitions! CRUSHING IT.
But I suppose there's
something to be said for being able to take a time out and enjoy a nice summer
day with your friends. And enjoy it I did, a couple years ago. My friend Andrew
graciously invited the gang to the apartment he was renting for the summer at his
University.* What he neglected to mention, however, was that his little place
had no air conditioning. In July.
With like thirty people inside. Of course, there wasn't actually anything he
could've done about this, but it was one of those things that we all decided to
get half-faux upset about anyway. "Did you know he doesn't have air
conditioning?" "No, he didn't say anything!"
"He's RIDICULOUS." The bottom line is that everyone was sweaty to
begin with, so combined with the copious drinking that is a staple of the
holiday, the yield was SWEATY SWEAT MONSTERS.
*And when I say 'his
university', I of course mean the one that he OWNS.
Look at how these pretty people glisten. You can practically smell them from here.
Sweaty sweat monsters was the technical term that night. By that I mean that one person shouted "SWEATY SWEAT MONSTERS!" and then everyone else was shouting that the rest of the night. So now that I've set the hot, crowded scene, let's get to the point. I know you're dying to. As established, while I'm not much of a drinker, when I do drink, four different possible personalities emerge. One of those fellas was named Smith. Let's look back at my description of him, shall we?
"Smith lives life pretty hardcore. Not really, but Smith doesn't like the idea that he's perceived as boring - he HATES the idea that he's predictable. So he wants to shock or surprise people by doing things you'd never expect. He's a rebel, man! He likes playing games that involve dares because SMITH FREAKING LOVES DARES."So now that we've got the scene set and the personality established, here's what happened. Smith and several of his pals were sitting in the skinny little hallway of the apartment, chatting. One of Smith's friends said to him, "I bet you can't climb up this wall using just your back and your legs." "IS THAT A DARE?" Smith asked. "No, it's just a suggestion." Said the friend. Smith was PRETTY FUCKIN' SURE IT WAS A DARE, AND SMITH LOVES DARES. "You totally don't think I'll do it, do you??? Well guess what, I'll totally do it." And so he did, shimmying up the wall until he could touch the ceiling. He sat up there, legs stretched over the hall like a little bridge that people walked under. Occasionally people at the party would look down the hall, confused as to how he got up there or what he was doing, and Smith would be like, "Yeah I climbed up the wall, so what?" After sitting comfortably for quite a while, Smith suddenly felt a little push. Just a tiny thing, a slight lurch backwards. He was confident it was nothing, but decided to get down and check. When he turned to look at the wall, this is what he saw:
YOU GUYS, I PUT MY ASS THROUGH THE WALL. My ass made a hole in the wall. A literal asshole. I made an asshole in the wall. It's ass-shaped. And yeah Smith did it but SMITH IS ALSO ME.
Let's take a look at a side view
I was horrified. Smith had fled the scene of the crime, and it was just me standing there left holding the bag. I actually know exactly what my face looked like, because someone was thoughtful enough to snap a photo:
See, look how bad I feel! Also, note: long hair and sweat do not mix. Lesson learned, keep it short in the summer. Also how white are my teeth?
If you're asking how Andrew - whose wall I had ruined - reacted, there's even a photo of that too!
...mostly with exhaustion. Also note how high up on the wall it is and be impressed.
Everyone who wasn't me or Andrew enjoyed the sheer ridiculousness of the fact that I had left an ass-print on the wall and loved walking by it for the rest of the party. To make me feel better - I feel guilty for things I don't do, so when I actually do something wrong it ain't pretty - we came up with other, less damning backstories for how it had gotten there. Like someone who had planned on putting their butt in cement, but wanted to do a test run. Or a thief who robbed apartments and always left his signature calling card - his ass-print. The cops would have to make suspects put their butt into the hole to see if it fit, like a way less romantic or child-appropriate version of Cinderella and her slipper.
And yes, I had to pay to fix the wall. I was employed and making good money (unlike now), so it wasn't so bad. And now I have a great story - now at parties, as a joke, if someone fake-makes me mad, I'll back my butt up to the wall and yell like I'm a hostage-taker, "I'll do it! I'll put my ass right through this wall!" I just love the idea of being pissed at someone and yelling, "screw you!", then immediately ramming your rump through their wall and being like, "I'll be leaving now - enjoy your asshole, asshole!"
It is my dream that someone somewhere will do this. If anyone out there in the internet can do this and prove that they did this, I will pay you 5,000 dollars.*
*Prize money to be distributed at the writer's discretion - in this case over the course of the writer's entire lifetime.
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