.... the burning ....it all stared in february when our "group" aquired a paper mache figure skater from the george q. morris dining center ... it was part of their olympics theme decorations .... we decided that we were going to burn it ...... just look at it .... doesn't it just scream burn me?! .... of course it does ....we didn't actually get around to such things until the end of the semester, though ... it was thursday, april 25 .... after chillin' in the lobby .. that's greg and jeremy, by the way ... guarding our prize ... our ringleader .. joseph crapo ... came running down the stairs shouting for us to move quickly .... funk was coming .... what is a funk? .... trust me, you don't want to know ... so we tossed her in the back ... along with some other things ... and we were on our way .... kind of ... we forgot the video camera ... so after we got some gasoline ... we came back ... we also picked up my fire extinguisher .... the one from my car ... as if i need one ... nevertheless, i had one, we took it ... and we were on our way ...
our original intention was to burn this thing up on squaw peak ... however ... seeing as how it's illegal to do such things ... we decided against that .... instead we found a camp site at bridal veil park ... down the road from squaw peak ... we also found a pallette on which to prop our prized possession .... that was after we took trophies .... trophies ... and more trophies ... she was missin' some vital body parts after that, let me tell ya .... we also threw a bowling ball (still in the box .. which joseph had purchased for $2.50 on ebay) on the pile .. along with a textbook .... then it was time to burn ... we doused her with gasoline ... and threw some lit matches in her general direction ... she wouldn't lite on fire though ... not enough gasoline ... so we poured on some more ... and tried again ... it was a glorious site .. seeing that monstrosity go up in flames ... how very satisfying ... she burned up pretty quick, though ... we basked in the flames for awhile ... no that's not gasoline joseph's holding ... i think the guys are amused far too easily ... anyway, you may think that that was the end of our night ... but no ... that bowling ball would've burned forever ... but we had other plans for it .. it had craters and it was lopsided .. but squaw peak was calling it's name .... so we rolled it down to this creek nearby ... we couldn't pick it up because it was so freaking hot ... even after being in the creek for awhile ... eventually we put it in this yellow plastic bag ... unfortunately, we could still smell the darn thing ... have you ever had a good whiff of burned plastic? ... my goodness that thing stunk ... we loaded up the rover .. and we were off ... actually, we went back to dt first, shed one, dan the man .. then we headed for squaw peak ... you can only drive so far up the mountain ... you have to walk the rest of the way .... we were about half an hour up the trail when the guy carrying the plastic bag with the ball set it down to tie his shoe .. and as greg was describing the cinematography of the balls last moments .. it went rolling down the mountain .. plastic bag and all .... jeremy wasn't going to let it go so easily, though, and announced that he was going down after it ... joseph decided that he would go too ... and the rescue operation began .... they searched for that stupid ball for half an hour ... however, they returned unsuccessful ... the whole situation was mercoculous ... what sane person would end up on a mountain trail with a half melted bowling ball that ended up rolling down the hill prematurely .. and the only reason they would go down the mountain after it was so that they could throw it off again .... it was quite disappointing .. but all in all ... i'd say the evening was quite worthwhile ... i think the guys would agree with me ...
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