can't this car go any faster...
can't this car go any faster...
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i used to park my car in an unregulated lot off of Lane Ave. I did this entirely because i was cheap, i was short of money, and honestly, the parking pass i had meant i had to take a bus that made my walk to classes that much further. parking there was convenient, close, and one of the hidden secrets of OSU life. access was on the same alley as the lane bar (probably long gone now), but the best thing about it was the proximity to my classes and the fact that it overlooked a park. and the river. and...it was not what OSU was.
i did like parking there. but two stories:
middle of winter, snow coming down constantly. i pull into the alley to go down and immediately realize i am not only never going to get down to the parking area, i am also going to get stuck in the 6+ inches of snow that is never going to get plowed...and i get stuck.
i'm in a two door Tercel, motor is already blown but whatever. i get out, thank god that i have a shovel in my trunk (you can't lie about some stuff...i also had a blanket and a full tool chest).
i shovel for a bit and try to get myself out but no luck. i'm pushing and out of no where comes a guy who says hey need a push? and of course i say yes.
i get back out to Lane Ave...park it just to see that he is ok, doing the right thing. and there are no tracks in the snow aside from mine. i backtracked, even putting my boots in the same prints i made before...whoever it was, was never there.
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the second is that...one of the last times i ever parked in that lot, overlooking a very nice floodplain park (god bless OSU) i was getting to my car when i noticed a blanket. and then a leg. and then a girl. and i managed a very bad conversation while i got in the car. it was very nearly summer (and finals) and here was this girl just laid out in her swimsuit in a parking lot, adjacent to a decent park. and i still have no idea what was going on. but this, this song was what started up when i started the car and all she did was say Turn it up Louder.
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yeah.
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i used to park my car in an unregulated lot off of Lane Ave. I did this entirely because i was cheap, i was short of money, and honestly, the parking pass i had meant i had to take a bus that made my walk to classes that much further. parking there was convenient, close, and one of the hidden secrets of OSU life. access was on the same alley as the lane bar (probably long gone now), but the best thing about it was the proximity to my classes and the fact that it overlooked a park. and the river. and...it was not what OSU was.
i did like parking there. but two stories:
middle of winter, snow coming down constantly. i pull into the alley to go down and immediately realize i am not only never going to get down to the parking area, i am also going to get stuck in the 6+ inches of snow that is never going to get plowed...and i get stuck.
i'm in a two door Tercel, motor is already blown but whatever. i get out, thank god that i have a shovel in my trunk (you can't lie about some stuff...i also had a blanket and a full tool chest).
i shovel for a bit and try to get myself out but no luck. i'm pushing and out of no where comes a guy who says hey need a push? and of course i say yes.
i get back out to Lane Ave...park it just to see that he is ok, doing the right thing. and there are no tracks in the snow aside from mine. i backtracked, even putting my boots in the same prints i made before...whoever it was, was never there.
*
the second is that...one of the last times i ever parked in that lot, overlooking a very nice floodplain park (god bless OSU) i was getting to my car when i noticed a blanket. and then a leg. and then a girl. and i managed a very bad conversation while i got in the car. it was very nearly summer (and finals) and here was this girl just laid out in her swimsuit in a parking lot, adjacent to a decent park. and i still have no idea what was going on. but this, this song was what started up when i started the car and all she did was say Turn it up Louder.
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yeah.
posted by jersn at 6:48 AM
1 Comments:
i completely flubbed the last paragraph. it should have been at least three. my narrative sux.
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