Monday, 15 September 2008

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    Captiva
    By Falling Up
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    So I'm hungry, right? I just got a job, and on Monday it starts at 5:00. It's 4:00 and I decide to go to the dining hall to get dinner. This requires, of course, a walk out of Williams Dorm, along a sidewalk lining the parking lot, and to the first floor of Crowley. No big deal.

    I walk outside, happy that it feels so darn nice, and onto the sidewalk. I hear a vehicle drive up behind me, which isn't a big deal either. I mean, I'm walking next to a parking lot. It slows down, which isn't really a big deal either. It's probably a bus, stopping at Williams, or waiting to see if I need a ride.

    Except it doesn't stop.

    This vehicle is driving just behind me, at about the speed I'm walking. That's not normal. I stop and look back. It's one of those "Physical Operations" vans that drive all around campus. They take care of the grounds. The people in them, not the vans. They pull up beside me, and I duck down to look in the window. "Hi," I said. The two in the front seat merely point at me. Techno music begins. Their fingers move to the beat, back and forth, back and forth, pointing at me the entire time. This is weird, I think. This is not normal.

    And... prepare yourself, because I am NOT kidding... at all.. seriously... the side door slides back and a GIANT leaps out. I am seriously not kidding. He could easily squish anyone you know. Even very large people. He is huge. And he starts going crazy, dancing all over the place to this techno beat that claims "God is real" in quiet, dramatic tones. And all the people inside start going crazy too.

    I do the only sensible thing, and there, on the side of the parking lot, start dancing with them.

    The driver of the van said "Here we go!" and the techno beat grows more intense. We dance around a little more, and then the GIANT leaps back in the van, the van pulls away, and he slides the door shut. I mean, they don't even finish the song.

    I start to crack up, and head to the dining hall, which isn't open yet.

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