TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2008

A few stupid things happened today.

First, we're skating at the Marina (big area of lake Michigan with boats and s***.) when this drunk guy gets a big kick out of the stuff we're doing. So he keeps trying to grab our boards and show us what he wants us to do. To be nice, I comply with his wishes, but I fail to grind the damned block, because as I kept telling him it's not waxed enough.

It was funny though, I was in the middle of a certain trick (360 pop-shuvit) when my huge headphones (I call them ear-goggles) swing down and get caught in my legs, so I fall over with my legs all tied up. :D

Later, my friend Anthony manages to get himself kicked out of Subway for disruptive behavior XD. So I had to go in and by everything for him later on.

Have any of you seen a skater trip over something small and look around to see if anyone was watching? We had a good laugh at him; he didn't see us sitting across the street. Hell, if I fall on my ***, which happens alot, I'll just laugh and move on.

Sometime later I nearly avoid having my board (and myself) ejected into Lake Michigan.

WEDNSDAY, AUGUST 7, 08

There were a few notable events.

SO, we headed to Wal-Mart on our bikes, and thankfully we were able to return the ipod crap. Since we had thrown away most of the packaging, the lady let us find the exact same product from the shelves so she could make sure everything was intact - and oddly, there was only one left, so we lucked out. Not much happened there, although Anthony completely ignored the receipt checkeron the way out and left, which I thought was pretty funny.

Later, we go to a nearby shop and I lend Anthony enough money to buy a new board So I'm pedaling back to the house as he's holding on to my bike (on his new board), but he trips over a pothole and the board goes shooting into the street; narrowly avoiding vehicular destruction.

Back at the house, Anthony's ordering expensive bike parts with his friend's mom's credit card (don't ask, don't tell) while I'm drawing on my arm out of boredom. I get up to raise the blinds - when I do so the whole thing comes loose and I topple over with a face-full of white blinds. Anthony's laughing his a$$ off about it, but I get really pissed and take my frustrations out on a nearby chair....

Just as like an earlier event which you may recall, that was a mistake. For you see, when I punched the crap out of that chair, I kind of aggravated my previously injured knuckle, so it was (and still is) hugely swollen and hurts like a *****. If that weren't enough, later on that day my board shaves the skin off of my leg (near the calf muscle) so that it's completely white.

...So I thought I might write about some stupid things that happen in an average day around here. Enjoi.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 08

---This was two days ago. My friend Anthony calls me and tells me he "found" an ipod shuffle. However, he has nothing to hook it up to the computer with, as ipods are inexplicably incompatible with everything. I offer to buy him the necessary cords; but he's too lazy to actually ride to Wal-Mart by skateboard. So we end up taking the bus.

We first check every applicable store; Radio Shack wouldn't let me use my debit card without an I.D., and K-Mart had a predictably crappy selection. On to Wal-Mart. Once we get there, we grab the ridiculously pricey peripherals for his ipod and head to the counter. I hand the guy my debit card, which still has my mother's name on it. - looking at me, he can guess that my name isn't "Kara" so he gets like half of the Wal-Mart staff to come to the desk because he doesn't know what to do.

Eventually, everything gets sorted out and we walk out of the store with the god****ed stuff. On our way through the parking lot, I jump up and slap the leaves of a nearby tree. This proves to be a major mistake, because 5 minutes later my hand is burning and I've got several tiny bleeding holes in my fingers. So while I'm *****ing about that, Anthony goes "****, that's our bus!"

So we're running across the parking lot like maniacs (he's on his skateboard, I'm on foot) and thankfully we get to the next stop before the bus does. During the ride, I notice a really pretty girl and some dude that looks her age sitting near us. They keep laughing about something - particularly the guy, who has a somewhat fruity laugh - but I pay no attention. Also, Anthony is trying to annoy me, so I don't notice what they're talking about.

At our stop, I get off and throw most of the packaging for the cords (and unknowingly, the receipt) in the trash can. Just then, the girl walks up to me and asks how old I am; I tell her and the two walk off and sit at a nearby bench. As I unlock my bike from a nearby bike rack, thinking "she must have been interested" Anthony comes running up to me.

Anthony: Dude, what did she ask you?

Me: She asked how old I was.

Anthony: That guy is gay!

Me: Whut?

Anthony: You didn't notice? The guy she was with; he asked her to ask you how old you were!

Me: *in disbelief* shutup.

Anthony: You weren't paying attention? He kept looking at you!

Needless to say I was in denial; when we got to my house we found out the cables for the ipod do nothing except charge it. So I'm pissed; Anthony suggests we return it tomorrow, but we threw most of the packaging away, so we're not sure if they'll accept it.

Later that day we skated down at the Marina as usual, but Anthony severely cracks his board to the point of breakage. So we stomp the crap out of it to "finish it off".

Lastly, on my way back, I check to make sure no one's looking and dig through all the bus station garbages. Luckily, I find the receipt for the ipod cords.