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Show Campus News The Forum Beware time Evils of Concrete: Bov Paid ding Kristin E. Briggs Forum staff writer love my sister, really do. Its just when she straps on a pair of rollerblades that she turns into a little twerp on wheels. No, I take that back. Its actually the combination of her wearing rollerblades and being in the general locale of our driveway when I am also wearing rollerblades and trying to exist in roughly the same area. Are you beginning to get the idea? In contemplating what I wanted to do for the d I I much-anticipate- senior-yea- r spring break, I decided (I haven 1 the slightest inkling why) that I wanted to learn to rollerblade. I can ice skate pretty well and roller skate Ok; how much harder can rollerblading be? (I am asking myself this as I lie on my back underneath the basketball hoop wondering where one goes to purchase a new basketball hoop net. Mine is ripped.) Driving home from work one day, 1 stopped by Gart Bros, to check out price ranges, styles, brand names, accessories and whatever other pertinent information I may need to know in order to comprehend the Consumer Reports article my dad had threatened to look up for me. Rollerblading provides a brave new world of technological diction to describe and discuss the equipment with which one rollerblades. Wheels and bearings I understand, but when there are special names for the latches across the top and the (onefooted) brake, I simply cannot Wednesday 12 xhe Forums pick xle Most g haps an No luck. such dictionary. A pair of black and purple blades caught my eye (trust a girl to go for the aesthetically pleasing). As I took a closer look at them, a sales associI was ate, Sam, appeared. fully expecting him to say, "Sam, I am at any given moment. To make what could very well be a long story short, I English-Rollerbladin- 1997 for unusual spring Break Even.. bought some rollerblades. Sam, in considering my little (try experience with rollerblades but not forgetting my desire to be functional on these things over spring break, non-existen- t) well-intention- ed recommended that I purchase a rental pair (at a discounted price) of the ones I liked. I follow. agreed with him, impulse I bravely accosted the wall shopper that I am and pulled of rollerblades and began to study them in detail, searchall truthfulness, I ing hopefully for a diagram of some sort (yeah, right) or per- - In didn't fall that much my photo courtesy of Holly Millerberg going too slow and being ' Holly Millerberg Forum copy editor first time ou- t- i was you HEED March If youre looking for an interesting and definitely unusual to spend a weekend, try the World Potato Exposition in Blackfoot, Idaho. The expo features a museum on the history of the spud artifacts and a kitchen with free taterspotato, for The highlight of the exhibit is the gigantic baked potato that sits out front, complete with sour cream. The exhibit is free and open painted) to the public from May to September, or if you really can t wait to see this big potato, you can call for reservations. Be aware though, that you wont get any free taters. The big potato isnt for those looking for massive amounts of excitement but if youre like me and thrive on wacky, tourist attractions, this is definitely the place to go. Besides just around the corner is a 25 foot tall plastic woman. How could you pass that up? way TO EAT damage at all." TO THINK 1 1 Sun. thru Wed. Bring in a valid STUDENT ID & GET 10 OFF ALL DISHESl T Ofn Ihm at A A- - Thc A too careful to do much I no ' Of Tm V.hooi Viol out my credit card. By the way, no matter how good you are, you definitely need elbow andknee pads and wrist guards. Sam was adamant about this and I took his word for it at the store. (I decided to trust Sam after we discovered we had the same boots on.) Now I have personal experience and I am tempted to start picketing with a sign that says, Beware the Evils of Concrete. Buy Padding. I thanked Sam for his help, explained that I wasnt sure I wanted to do this anymore, spouted off about how time consuming reading Consumer Reports can be ana went home. Enter younger sibling Heather. Shes eleven and has always been precocious almost to the point of nausea. Shes the baby of the family by eight years and one of those eclectic children that picks up See Concrete page 2. 1 out-ofstater- off-be- at s. |