I Grow Old, I Growl Old...
posted by George at 9:55 AM
Friday, October 12, 2007
About Me
- Name: George
George markets only for the forces of good for a living. He has a paid hobby that involves eating, drinking, and writing, things he’d do for free, which is almost what he’s doing it for. In a previous life he taught mostly illiterate and generally ungrateful college students how to write. He has been a body guard for Jodie Foster, a walk-on dancer with French avant garde troupe Maguy Marin, a film programmer, a judge at an Iron Chef style competition, a political activist, a textbook author, a bassist in a band, a two-time league winning fantasy baseball manager, a union local president, a pr flack helping run a red carpet at an Angelina Jolie event, a janitor, a chauffeur to folks from TC Boyle to Andrei Codrescu, a delivery man to Plato's Retreat, a reluctant writer of a non-snarky intro for Colin Powell, a radio DJ, a corn detassler, an escort van driver, a rock journalist, a lab assistant for a company that made everything from mouthwash to super skin lubricant, and even, once, a poet. His biggest brush with fame was when Julie Christie fondled his tie, a tie George Lopez belittled to 1000 people minutes later. The best thing about him is his wife. His dogs aren't bad, either.
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10 Comments:
I feel your pain -- or some variation on it -- just about every day. I like to think of campus as keeping me young (even if it's just "amongst the young").
And... pssst... I think you also know you're old when you are calling female students "co-eds".
I used the term "co-eds" for effect, definitely.
So, um, what's beer pong?
I do not think that they will pong to me.
Have you ever read Coetzee's Disgrace? If not, it might be time now.
Ahhh...the days of Nekkid Crisco enhanced "Twister"....
(don't even ask)
Gotta tell you...I still play beer pong at tailgates for Michigan State football games. Nothing like a group of 30-somethings playing beer pong.
Love beer pong. We call it Beirut. We play just about every time an occasion calls for a keg.
Ian claims the "sport" was invented at Lehigh. At any rate, I've always thought that if you need a game to drink by, you aren't doing it right.
Trekking Left, check out the Wikipedia entry, which does say the "sport" began at either Lehigh or Bucknell. Since Christy Matthewson went to Bucknell, my money's on the Bison.
Otherwise, though, I'm with you Marty--a game to drink? Might as well play breathing games.
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