Friday, September 11, 2009

Day 3 OR Pete Wygant's Milkshake Brings All The Kids To Shop Class


A pro's and con's list of Brad Schmitt's house:

Pro - It's in State College... like a nugget of gold in a pile of poop nuggets, the SC stands out amongst the rest of PA's college towns.

Con - It's not decorated at all. Like seriously... totally un-decorated. I may not be gay, but I know a decor disaster when I see it. It's bleak like a padded cell.

Pro - Brad's big effing tv. Man vs. Wild never looked so good. I could practically smell Bear Grylls... and he smelled like conquest.

Con - Seriously... there's nothing on the walls. At all. Not even smudge marks. Or scuffs.

Pro - His guest beds are wicked comfortable. I slept like a dead person would sleep if they weren't dead and took a lot of nyquil.

Con - I'm serious. There's nothing on the walls. I've seen padded cells with more pizazz.


All sterility aside, staying with Brad was awesome. Kudos for getting the exact same program assignment 3 years running dude (shafted!). The wife and I ambled around the SC for a few hours, bought Chandy Cane some Mountain Hardware pants at Ap House (homegirl rocks the granola look), ate some Panera, and busted out of there Shawshank style. Chandler went to the bathroom at a rest stop where a senile gentleman had just pissed on the seat of the women's restroom (classic!).

Two hours later we rolled into Franklin PA. As I opened the door of my car, mom and dad's chocolate lab Tess (short for Woodland's Lacka Testicles... dead serious. Way to go dad) jumped into the car and sat in Chandy's Pants' lap. The result - I'm totally getting a dog. She melted like a fudgesicle on a cheap college dorm hot plate. We ate chicken and dumplings that my mom made from scratch and I helped my dad with the construction of his new garage. Afterwards we went for a walk. Then Norman Rockwell painted us and we were filmed for a Country Time Lemonade commercial. It was freakin' awesome... and then the Steelers won, which was awesomer.

Day 4 - Hudson OH to see the Kessicks and the new nugget and onto the 'Nati to see the Murphy clan.

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