

Uncomfortable positions are always fun. Take for example what happened to me today. It starts pouring rain out of nowhere as I exit my car and walk to class. So I'm trudging up the steepest hill at my school and all of a sudden I see an older man speeding down the hill. He makes a sharp turn and his tires slide across the pavement throwing his body over his handle bars. His body begins to slide down the remainder of the hill. This happened right in front of me. I walk to him not knowing what the hell to say. All I could come up with was "are you alright?" Obviously he Isn't. He just ate shit right in front of me. I asked about three times all he did was suck in air. Kinda like Peter Griffin did on Family Guy when he hurt his knee. Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEtGzqbZajs. I then pick up his bike. His handle bars were completely turned the opposite way around. Super broke. "..Your bike is kinda..broke..here.." is what I said. Still I hear no words from him. I extend my hand to him to help him up. He gets up, laughs, dusts himself off then says "thanks". Then out of nowhere to add insult to injury literally, a girl says "you should be more careful, it's raining you know". After that statement we all just sort of stood around until I said "welp, I'm late for class. Have a good one, I'm glad that you're alright". Awkward much? I'm glad he wasn't seriously injured though, that would have been horrible. But come on, it's raining and you're speeding down a hill. Seriously? Anyways, I've been doing research on one of my favorite artists and public figures Banksy for my informative speech. Banksy is an amazing street artists with so much to say. I'm especially drawn to Banksy for his outspokeness in the form of art. Anyone who speaks the truth on society and animal activism in such a creative way such as Banksy does through his art definately has my respect. But above all he's such an interesting person because absolutly no one knows who he is! He paints these amazing murals completely undetected. The mystique of it all definately makes me want to learn more about him. I just now remembered I actually witnessed some of Banksy's work first hand. But this was all before I even knew who Banksy was. Last summer when I was on Melrose I remember seeing a photo of a pregant woman with a gorilla head. Gorilla heads are common in many of Banksy's work. That pregnant woman ended up being Britney Spears on the cover of Harper's Bazaar. It was pretty funny. I tried googling it but came up with nada. What you should definately youtube though, is the prank Banksy pulled on Paris Hilton and her debut album. HILARIOUS stuff. He documented the whole prank on camera, careful not to expose himself of course. Wow, so basically I just told u half of my speech :). Google up some of Banksy's work when you have time. Then you'll be hooked like me.
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