Aaron Gillespie

 

Column is…. GO:

 

So, it’s been a while since my last update, I know. There’s a perfectly good reason for this- I’ve been much too busy lately. Even right now, I should be working on a paper that’s due in 4 days for which I need to write eight more pages, or studying for my calculus test on Friday… but I just can’t force myself to keep on working on them. It’s hellish.

 

There is good news. Chances are, I’ll get an A in computer programming, a B at worst in my Film class (if this paper gets done, that is), an A in Philosophy, and…… hopefully a C in math.

 

The great news is this is my LAST MATH CLASS EVER.

The bad news is I’ll have to start learning Spanish next semester.

The worst news is I’ll have 18 hours next semester.

 

            Josh, Sadie, Christine, and I went to the World’s Largest Gun Show in Tulsa this past weekend. It’s a lovely five to six hour drive (depending on number of stops) if you are ever interested, you get to go through a lot of nice little towns on the way there. The drive down there was long and somewhat uninteresting… at least as uninteresting as a drive with the four of us could possibly be. Josh had a way of making the car foul every few miles that lightened the spirits… Also, jokes and witty conversation was not in short-supply. We stayed in Afton, Oklahoma in Christine’s lake house. It’s a nice, cute little place on Grand Lake. We arrived late and decided to just call it a night.

            I woke up to breakfast in bed the next morning. Christine made me scrambled eggs, which were amazing. Then, as a consequence of me being the last to wake up I got the pleasure of a cold shower before hitting the road to Tulsa. Josh reminded me of the Simpson’s children in the backseat on the way to the Gun Show. Impatient grunts every so often to show how he was displeased with the fact that we weren’t there yet. After an hour and a half of that, we found our way to the Gun Show. The parking lot made KU’s parking look like a barren wasteland. Huge trucks were jammed into tiny spots. I drove around for probably 15 minutes before I found a spot waaaay out in the boondocks. It was long enough away that we met some people on the way in, and almost had one of our group hit by an Oklahoman asshole in a huge truck who decided pedestrians weren’t a good enough reason to give up his path down the very middle of the road. After Sadie was nearly decapitated by a large side mirror, we made it inside. It was in the single largest room I’ve ever been in my entire life, even so, it was still as densely packed as the Renaissance Festival (if you’ve ever been to one) There was over 6 miles of vendors on display. A short list of things for sale: Handguns, Riffles, Stun Guns, Knifes, Crossbows, WWII Guns, Jewelry, Ammo, Books about Guns, Tactical Gear (such as bags and hostlers), Scopes, Night Vision Goggles, Fudge, Beef Jerky, Ridiculously Huge Riffles (such as this one), and even a Gatling Gun- just to name SOME of what I found in the hour or two that I was there. I took the girls around Tulsa for a little bit (to go shoe shopping, what else?) to take the chain off Josh’s boner so he could properly run around the Gun Show at top speed in effort to take in all that was there. In this aimless trek to find shoes I found out what driving in downtown Tulsa was like. Not fun, in case you were wondering. In half an hour we drove less than a mile at one point in time. After a refreshing Arby’s 5 for 5.95 deal and a trip around a mall, we headed back to the Gun Show. I bought a new knife. I kind of went with the same theory I did at the beginning of the school year when it came to buying pens and pencils, one or two really nice ones will save you money and hassle in the long run. We drove back to Afton, watched a movie, then retired early.

            The next day we had a lazy morning followed by a short rhompus around the neighborhood in some golf carts- which are apparently the primary method of transportation down there. Josh and Sadie managed to almost kill run over a dog, somehow, and nearly get into two accidents. We decided to head back to Lawrence pretty early, so we wouldn’t feel rushed, and could really make a day out of the trip. We stopped in “Kahoots” (a little gas station/grill) for lunch. They had an amazing hamburger that didn’t leave you room for the fries; plus some amazing homemade ice cream. We had a great trip.

 

Although this was found here in Lawrence, it’s a great representation of what you’d have found in the parking lot of the Gun Show. (Here’s the kicker)

 

This was much too long. Sorry. Take this funny ad I found as an apology (if you don’t get why it’s funny, I’ll hit you) 

 

Top 5: Memories from the trip

 

5. Watching “forgetting Sarah Marshall” with Josh and Sadie

 

4. Seeing the 7ft tall guy and the stereotypical western villain in the Gun Show

 

 

3. Josh’s epic Farts

 

2. Sadie about losing her head because some prick decided he couldn’t move over for pedestrians

 

1.  Pulling my phone out of my pocket to find I had called mom on accident and had been on the phone with her for five minutes shortly after inquiring about… well on second thought, let’s just leave it at that.

Quotes: I need to work on my paper, and I haven’t written any down, sorry L

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