I play guitar a lot. I don't think it's too much, but it is definitely a lot more than most people. I feel comfortable in saying that, because I'm pretty sure most people don't play guitar. Some one should do a study on that. Or maybe include it in the Census Questionnaire. "Number of children in the household.... Spouse?... Guitar?..." Too many, unfortunately, I wish.
(those wouldn't be my answers, just some random person who apparently has a lot of kids--literally, an actual lot--doesn't like his wife, and can't play guitar)
Today in Rhetoric class. Wait let me stop and say something. That is the most worthless class I have ever taken. Ever. Anyway, back to the story. We had to share group projects. I won't go into detail. I didn't really pay attention. Except for one, which was about a subject very close to my heart. Popeye's Chicken.
I'm going to take a minute, first to explain what Popeye's means to me. I. Fucking. Love. Popeye's chicken. I honestly feel, deep down in my soul, that "Popeye's Chicken is fuckin' awesome!" Every time I walk into a Popeyes, I feel, at once, alone and yet at home. This is because, while I'm generally the only college-aged white man in the establishment at any given time, I feel really comfortable in those circumstances. For instance, my first day at a new high school, where did I sit for lunch? With the black kids. I think it comes from being one of the only white democrats in East Texas. But i digress from my digression. The point is I really dig Popeye's Chicken.
So, with that in mind, lets talk about this presentation. Have you watched the YouTube video linked to this blog? Go ahead and do that. I'll wait.
Done? Okay.
How 'bout now? Ah, good.
So we watched this video in class right? It comes off as extremely racist. But let's not think about that for a moment. Lets not think about how the large woman in her Suburban yells for a solid minute at a sign and a recording. Or how there are no white people seen going to Popeye's. Instead, lets talk about a particular phrase one of the men says at one point in the video. I'm not listening back to get the word-for-word, but basically he says "now, are they out of chicken, or is there no chicken." Most people thought this was a dumb thing to say, because it seems as though it just communicates the same question twice. Not true! Being a regular patron of Popeye's, I have experienced exactly what the man is referring to in one half of his question. An individual Popeye's gets chicken for however much they think they'll need for the week/day/month, whatever time interval they use. Obviously they don't cook it (and I use the term "cook" loosely) all at once. That would be ridiculous. They cook a bunch at once, then sell it off, then cook some more. The problem occurs when you happen to want a particular kind of chicken that they have recently sold out of. Most of the time they have some more of it, and they are even making it as you order, but they prefer to just tell the extremely disappointed customer that they are out of that kind of chicken. Or that there is no more chicken. They switch it up on you from time to time. Which is why I can't tell you which part of the man's question was meant to mean, "hey, I know this trick so I'll just wait" and which part was "holy shit, you can't really not have any chicken left!!!???" I can translate the phrase, just not the literal meaning.
Well that was a long paragraph. And I'm very hungry. So, I'll be going. Hot Pockets maybe? I dunno. Haven't really decided.
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