Just Sayin'

So, as you all know, today is St. Patrick's Day, which is like the second St. Patrick's Day that Penn State celebrates, after State Patty's day and, actually, as far as most people at PSU are concerned, they're exactly the same. Basically that just means that everyone gets a second chance to wear their green t-shirts and light up shamrock necklaces and burst out into spontaneous bag-piping (which, ironically is more of a Scottish thing) and everyone gets just as drunk as they did before. Anyway, my best friend and I took this opportunity to ride Penn State's white loop last night and observe the festivities. My friend also wrote a blog about this, so check it out if you want ( http://coffeeyogaandlifesothernecessities.blogspot.com ). Consider it a sociological experiment, this is the data we uncovered, in the form of a short play. I call it Friendly Drunks 2: This Bus is in Motion . *** Scene 1: Concerned Drunks My friend and I get on the CATA bus, as we sit d...

As those of you who go to Penn State know, last weekend was State Patty's day. For those of you who do not go to Penn State, State Patty's day is PSU's version of Saint Patty's day which is basically like any other Saturday in a college town (use your imagination) except for everyone wears green. Anyway,  on Saturday night, two of my friends and I were going to a concert so we took the bus across campus. Most of my friends and I do not participate in State Patty's but, it's always great fun to sit quietly on the blue loop and observe the intoxicated. Not that anyone was black out drunk or anything, at least not when we saw them; most people were just buzzed enough to be talkative and quite funny. Without further ado, I present to you a series of vignettes or a very short play, depending on how you want to look at it, entitled Friendly Drunks (based on a true story). *** Scene 1 On a CATA bus. Enter drunk girl, being supported by two friends. Drunk girl...

So, for you guys who don't live where I live, the CATA bus is a system of buses that take you places in my town. Most of the time, it costs $1.50 each way, but there are four routes that are free: the white loop, the blue loop, the green link, and the red link. And let me tell you, they are a horrible temptation. So, the other night, my friend Megan and I decided to go to Panera for dinner. Now, Panera is down town, about 10 to 15 minutes away from my dorm, but we were feeling tired and lazy so we decided to take the bus. We were waiting for the blue loop to take us to Panera when what should roll up but the red link. Naively, we assumed that all four free routes went down town so we got on. We were wrong. The red link does NOT go down town, it goes to the hospital, then to Innovation park, then to West Campus; which, for those of you who don't know, is no where near downtown. Long story short, we rode the bus in a loop in an attempt to get down town, that is until the bus ...