Dec 31, 2010

Crunk


Emily, Leah, The Shark, and Matt @ Pal's Clubhouse 

One of the "magic" features of Holga cameras is their capacity for multiple exposures.  Most cameras  advance film automatically, but Holgas require a manual twist of the spool to differentiate individual frames of film.  If one is artistically savvy, they could forgo advancing the reel and use the multiple exposure technique to create surreal works of High Art.  Or, if one is completely and utterly crunk and spaces out the basic necessity of advancing film entirely,  they may create surreal works of HIGH art.   

The latter happened to me between 3 am & 5 am at this raging house party.  I remember bits and pieces of these interactions, but not in vivid detail.  Here is the rundown of what went down:

1)  Emily (pink hair/glasses) and I blew each other's minds with Folk music trivia.  I told her that Elizabeth Cotton was Pete Seeger's nanny and taught him how to play guitar when he was a child.  KABOOM!  She responded by turning me on to a sister act called Yvon & Yvette, who are world famous gospel singers and also conjoined twins.  KABOOM!

2)  Leah (highlighted in green) told me her family history.  She is descended from the original owners of Quaker Oats.  At one point, the Quaker Oats C.E.O also owned a lion, whose grave she visited as a child.  All I could think about was that Quaker guy from the oatmeal boxes, wearing his tricornered hat and strutting about the amber waves of grain with his faithful lion by his side. 

3)  The Shark (look for him in the center) was this flamboyantly gay Asian dude who had a cool pompadour and a leather jacket.  He looked like he just walked off the set of West Side Story.  I don't recall his name or what we talked about, but I do remember him screaming, "Why the FUCK does everyone always talk about HOW COOL MY HAIR IS?!?!"  

4)Matt displayed his cards from behind a door he saw leaning against the porch.  Neither of us thought to ask why there was a door leaning against the porch.  It certainly wasn't there earlier in the evening.

Ah, revelry!  Have a great New Year's Eve everybody and crunk wisely, if not responsibly!


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