Word: drunkenness
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Inside, we listen with the drunk and stoned Swedes. But now, we roll deep. We’re a family of strangely dressed, drunken, threatened kids. People hug each other. The band seems boring in comparison...
...know this? Because the Absolute Arbiter of Truth (with a capital T), a drunken member of the varsity football team, told me so. A few weeks ago, I was walking from Quincy House with two of my blockmates when I spotted said football player with his girlfriend staggering along Plympton Street. It was still somewhat icy on the ground, and the inebriated lovers slipped, nearly falling...
...problem isn’t with this one football player. He’s probably a fine, upstanding young gentleman who will contribute a great deal to this world (he could be President one day!). I could easily label this an isolated, drunken incident and move on. Sadly, these incidents are not isolated and often not even drunken, but part of a pervasive and harmful social structure...
...probably shouldn’t take this drunken man’s comments so seriously. What does his opinion matter, after all? I can still take pride in my own accomplishments (like my mother does). Bill Gates may have been a “little bitch” once and look at where he is now! Yet these thoughts are unsatisfying. From a utilitarian point of view, Gates made out all right, but from a Kantian perspective, he probably never deserved to be called a “little bitch” in the first place...
...then check out Common Ground on a Monday night, where they have Simpsons Trivia from 7 to 9 p.m. and then Karaoke from 9:30 p.m. to midnight. It’s the perfect place for those seeking out fellow Simpsons connoisseurs, for those itching to be the next (drunken) American Idol, or for those who just want to sit back, relax, and laugh at their friends. There’s no cover, so no excuses...