Ecto Cooler Is Refreshment, Perfected
There was a time in second grade where the girls in my class decided they would all pretend to be snakes. Why snakes? No idea. At recess, they chased the boys, making hissing noises with their tongues. My friends Robert, Tony, and I fought back by creating "Snakebusters" (during the height of the two Ghostbusters cartoon shows...remember the knockoff with the gorilla and Prime Evil?). We made proton packs out of yarn and construction paper to help us battle the girls while chanting "I ain't afraid of no snakes!"
This leads us into the story of the most epic boys vs. girls battle I ever encountered. The girls claimed a hilltop jungle gym as their base and used it as a jail for captured boys. Robert got caught early one day, so Tony and I tried to figure out a plan to rescue him. With only three girls guarding the jail, our chances of breaking Robert out were good. While Tony kept lookout at the bottom of the hill, I charged the hissing snake girls and shot them with my plasma beams (in the form of bright pink yarn). They gave up quickly and I rescued Robert almost too easily...then I heard Tony yelling. I whirled around to see him running uphill, screaming something about reinforcements. About 25 girls abruptly appeared behind Tony, running at full speed with Braveheart-esque vengeance in their eyes. We were completely outnumbered and all three of us got captured. I remember thinking that it was a sad day for Snakebusters. We eventually won the war when the girls dropped the snake personas, but the only day I remember was our crushing defeat. The look on Tony's face is etched into my memory: the heart-stopping fear of knowing that he would get caught, mixed with an equal amount of satisfaction in getting 25 girls to chase him.
I am working hard to get ahead with schoolwork in order to finish the final demo song this weekend. I've started thinking of possibly using a stage name as well. I mean, I love my name, but I'm not sure how catchy and rockstar-ish it sounds. The name floating in my head right now is Patrick Graham - two separate names that people say fit me well. I also like Cameron, Damon, Devon, and Foster. If you have any ideas, please send them my way.
Monday, February 9 at 2:53 PM
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