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    • Frozen Out of the SleepOut

    Posted on | November 18, 2008 | No Comments

    A few people have asked me how the SleepOut went this past weekend. All I have to say is, thank Science Matthew arrived there first, because I would’ve been livid at what happened.

    We basically disqualified ourselves from the SleepOut because:
    1) Smoking wasn’t allowed…and we’re smokers.
    2) Drinking wasn’t allowed…and we’re drinkers.
    3) Pets weren’t allowed…and Matthew had D’Arcy with him (the new Caroline Collective puppy!).
    4) You weren’t allowed to leave the park until 8am the next day – at all – and we’re averse to being locked up.
    5) It was freezing out, and we didn’t want anyone on our team to get sick.

    We also had a moral objection to the fact that NO HOMELESS PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED IN THE PARK!

    All the acts canceled, it was freezing, and Andrew Zarnavas and Clory Martin were playing at Leon’s Lounge; so we opted to put the sleeping bags away and go see them perform. All’s well that ends well.

    The most interesting story of the evening: Matthew said that while he was waiting outside of the park, a guy walked up with all this gear; and Matthew said, “Wow! You even brought your guitar!” … And the guy said, “What? What is this?” HE WAS ACTUALLY A HOMELESS PERSON! After Matthew told him what the SleepOut was about, the guy huffed a derisive “what a crock of …” and walked away. Man, we’re right there with you.

    Category: a musing

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