Show 6 Thursday TXWeber Plus July 30 1998 CLASH OF THE SEXES Standard-Examin- - PART 2 jokes and make shallow remarks about girls at our school We By MATT! HOWARD TX corespondent J play with fire T JLumn 'was about the 1 ‘ ’ ! ’ ’ " difference in movie tastes between guv's and girls I think I'm going to pursue the subject of the major culture clash between the sexes even further today If it isn’t already obvious to everyone when guvs hang out with guys and when girls hang out with girls it’s like two completely different species The difference is so dramatic that I figure I can type up a few pages of examples and make enough money to fund my Mountain Dew habit for a good week or so When my fnends and I hang out together with no girls present we have a dang good time We dnnk enough caffeine to keep us up until the next major election We play pingpong and video games We watch gory science fiction movies We listen to loud offensive music We tell sexist Clinton From 4 and then I realized that President Clinton was shaking hands and visiting with people as he made his way back inside surrounded by a swarm of microphones and journalists I stepped back wanting to let my parents and my English teacher the wonderful Nancy Isaacs have a chance at meeting him People pressed around on all sides and I stepped back further away from the crowd It was time to let others have their moment Suddenly tangle of talking reaching people parted like the Red Sea in the light of the the news cameras I couldn't see at first but a hand reached out to me and it was quiet It was him’ The president was asking to shake my hand1 This moment had just barreled into the si slot on my “Cool Things That Have Happened To- list “Hi” I pronounced " day” somewhat sheepishly He smiled --I as I shook his hand “How are " you1" he asked "Great'" I re- plied ’"Where are you from1" he asked again trying to keep the conversation going "Utah'" I re Some of my best memories in the whole world are of playing sports with my friends We ll (that’s played short for TRAMPOLINE you sicko) at my fnend Ryan's house My doctor says that it’ll take reconstructive surgery if I ever want to breathe out of my right nostnl again But it was worth it During all these acuvities we never once discussed our feelings I remember when I was in ninth grade My mom made a deal w ith me If I w ent to the school’s Christmas dance she would fund a party at my house for me and all my fnends Up until this evening my fnends and I had avoided all school dances and stomps like we had avoided the white hot dogs they served in the cafetena Ten minutes before the dance was slated to begin all my fnends showed up at my house in normal clothes We hastily changed into the proper ature: shin jeans and a button-dow- n One of my fnends appeared weanng a tie and was laughed at until he left it at my house Come tramp-basketba- plied just as excitedly "That’s great” he said smiling in his fnendly way "So where are you going to school?" "Brigham Young University sir'" I shouted getting a little out of control with the thnll of it all "Well that's just great” he smiled again "I hope you have a nice day here in Washington” Thank you!” I answered firmly shaking his hand again before he turned back to the crowd The gap of people filled and my mom came rushing to me "Wow" breathed "Wow” She grinned "Dad got a picture” Then I was off to be interI viewed by the press and I chattered nervously to a nice man who scribbled furiously at his notepad And then it was really over The Marines shuffled us out the gates and we were on the bus again So that’s the story President W illiam Jefferson Clinton is just like the rest of us He puts on his shoes every day eats his presidential Froot Loops and gazes out the window of his house It’s white palatial but really it’s just where he hangs out after debating politics And he doesn't have to do his own laundry He has a dog named Buddy and a cat named Socks who does Denise looks back now and sees a great deal of childhood she missed She is sull married to the father of her first child and now has six children beating the odds of surviving motherhood from such a young age Though she says she has made the best of her situation and has come out on top she wishes there weren't so many girls making the same mistake “Tell girls to have respect for themselves” she said “Value yourself enough to not have sex High Sihixvl savs his hobbies are eating anil sleeping He also makes clav motion movies He added the ' to his name about two at years ago He elcomes scaapegoat a aol com not happen to hanging on earth-shatteri- like to feel its Once in a while smoothness and think back to the time when I was 5 I turn it over carefully and read the engraving on the back the one that says: Bill Clinton 42nd President of the United States of America Wow same thing we did I think it’s a safe bet that the only contact the ones who stayed made was running around and putting ice cubes down the backs of the girls’ crushed-velvdresses and running away My sister and her fnends spent the next three hours or so talking about their feelings the cry ing and guys who were all having a great time beating each other up on trampolines I've heard that girls have a really good time w hen they get together and have fun but I don’t really buy it Why do you think girls are so much more desperate to get to know the guys than the guys are to get to know the girls in junior high1 People will try and tell you that it’s because girls mature faster than boys but I think it’s just because it's obvious that we have a lot more fun than they do If that's immature I say forget about grow mg up Matt' How ard a 199 ? 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