3 posts tagged “anecdote”

A few weeks ago, I was on the bus on the way back from Ithaca.  We were seated right behind a young girl and her mother - and I noticed she had a Game Boy Advance SP.

I have always been aware of the reason the GBA refuses to die - the endless library of shovelware crap for kids, that parents can buy and expect their kids to be edutained for a low cost.  She was playing some Barbie game, and so I watched a little through the seat.

She was playing a hangman game - of course, there was nothing being hung; that would be violent and scary.  Anyhow, the word looked like this:

S L _ P P _ R

She had three guesses left.

First guess: V

Second guess: J

Last guess: W.

*sigh* Kids today!

I have a longer Del Close post to write tomorrow after the finish, but this one cannot wait.  The reason is the sentence I am about to write.

Tonight, Katie was struck by a motorized cooler - twice.

I'm going to repeat this: Tonight, Katie was struck by a motorized cooler - twice.

Now, to explain:

Last year, when we went to Del Close, the last show we saw was the Upright Citizens Brigade - all four of the original cast members out for an hour.  They goofed around a bit and then did an ASSSSCAT.  It was enjoyable, if not quite as structured as the rest of the groups.

This year, we decided to again go to the UCB group timeslot; it was our 12th show of the marathon.  I was standing towards the back, while Katie managed to be seated on the floor of the stage.

The cast (Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, and Ian Roberts - Amy Poehler was absent) had apparently invested their riches in a Cruzin Cooler.  For those of you too lazy to click through, it's essentially an electric-powered cooler on wheels, capable of doing up to 13 miles per hour.  Matt Walsh rode it around for most of the opening of the show.

At some point, Ian decided to jump on and decided that his primary goal should be to drive it straight into the audience.  He drove right towards Katie and a few other people, and while it was not going terribly fast, it's difficult to move when you're sitting on the ground in a crowd.  She was tagged in the ankle.

Not long after, Matt Walsh was again riding when Ian decided it would be a great idea to knock him over.  He and the cooler happend to land almost directly on Katie's leg - yes, again.  According to her retelling, he realized that things had definitely gone wrong, got a very serious look on his face, and asked her if she was okay.  She said she was fine.

At the time, it was true - but five hours later, she has a very pronounced limp.

For whatever it is worth, I will probably be soloing all my shows tomorrow.

Soda? Cola? Pop? What do you say? Any other regional words that set you apart?
Question submitted by Gladys.

Soda, people.  It's soda.

I have no regional words that make me unique, short of my ability to mimic accents.  I am generally considered accentless otherwise.

Fun side anecdote - first time Katie and I talked on the phone (sup 1997!), the first full sentence of conversation was "Hey, you don't SOUND like you're from New York!".