08/11/09 - Random and Recent 7
Random and Recent 7
THE ANCHOVY AND THE VAGRANT – FB FRIEND SPOTLIGHT ON JAMAL “TAKEYOGURL” ROLFE-MURRAY – “NO, NO, IT’S TRUE…” #16 – QUOTE OF THE WEEK
The Anchovy and the Vagrant
So, as many of you are aware or could probably guess, I do have a day job. Like many Americans, I work at an establishment, selling things. Recently, I found myself having a beverage in a somewhat similar establishment, and the experience allowed me to note a number of interesting comparisons between the two. I don’t want to cause any kafuffles (at least I don’t think; I’m not 100% certain what a “kafuffle” is), so let me refrain from using actual names. Let’s call them the “Anchovy” and the “Vagrant”…
The breakdown has always been fascinating to me—here are two places, on opposite sides of the downtown area, both open approximately the same hours, selling approximately the same things to approximately the same type of people. But from there the similarities end… one is large and open, the other small and intimate. One could be described as a bar that’s also a coffeeshop, the other a coffeeshop that’s also a bar. One sometimes has bands in their non-smoking section, the other sometimes shows movies on its back patio. (What? Did somebody say “movies”? I didn’t hear anything…)
And the contrasts continue:
· One has a picture of Carrie Nation on the wall; the other has a picture of Scott Baio
· One is next to a giant, phallic clock tower; the other is down the road from the Donut Whole
· One wins the “hairiest staff” competition by over 80 square feet (and they’re the one with the kitchen); the other wins the “sluttiest staff” competition, with nearly 40% having reproduced in the last two years
In the end, both are great, important outposts of Wichita culture, worthy of your patronage. But just for the record, I think there’s more lesbians at the Vagrant. It’s probably just a good “Vag”-association thing, but hey, if you’re into that, there you go.
Facebook Friend Spotlight on Jamal “TakeyoGurl” Rolfe-Murray
With such unique and enchanting status updates as “Movin On Up Jus call me Mr Jefferson!” and “…Don’t care how many steriods u take to pump up ur meat, the back stroke is wat counts Period, if u aint got that down Y bother”, Jamal quickly caught the attention of the FBFS selection committee. But a deeper look into the world of Jamal “TakeyoGurl” Rolfe-Murray (what the kids these days call “Facebook stalking”) would show those nuggets barely scratched the surface…
A native Wichitan and graduate of Collegiate High School now residing in Lawrence and attending KU, Jamal (or “J‘TG’R-M”) lists his interests as “Girls, Girls, Girls, um football, money, shoes, video games, NCAA 2008, girls, cooking, infidelity, and Candice Ogbomo”. As I share at least five of those same interests, I felt drawn to J‘TG’R-M immediately. He’s also an avid hip-hop and reality show enthusiast, and I particularly identified with his response when asked about his favorite authors: “I’ve read a lot of books, so sh*t, whatever you wanna know.”
The more I read, the deeper the kinship I felt…take his job description (for the dual roles of “MwB-Racketeer” and “MwB-King Pin”):
“You know we do a wide range of community work. A lot of time in the street/s. My team is part of a movement, a new era, eraticating a lot of domestic error and the faulty character of its inhabitants. The governments investigating because they swear its Genocide. The major factor is, we get money, lucrative schemes for C.R.E.A.M. later for the bullsh*t because once you got that the rest falls in order.”
Now, who hasn’t put that down on a job application?
In all serious-ity, Jamal looks to be an enterprising young man, doing his part and playing a role in the nascent Lawrence hip-hop scene, and credit where credit’s due for such endeavors. Feel free to look him up in my friends, and in the words of J‘TG’R-M himself. “Stop spreadin them satanic rumors ‘bout 3-6 Mafia”…
“No, No, It’s True…” #16
The word generally accepted as the most difficult in the world for lexicographers to define is mamihlapinatapai , a Fuegan word meaning “Two people looking at each other, each one hoping the other will do that which both desire, but neither is willing to do themselves.” (The thing about it, once the word’s been introduced into your life, you keep seeing instances where it fits… like “Who’s gonna take your drunk friend that cries home from the bar?”, or “Which of us in the neighborhood are gonna tell the one lady that gargoyles hanging off a white picket fence is not ‘kinda classy?’”
Quote of the Week
“Man…it looks like the Fun Machine took a sh*t and died in here…”
– Guy I’d stop quoting if he’d quit saying funny things
I was wondering what that smell was,
JG
