On the spot


By Nathan Tafoya
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday, December 9, 2003

Longtime fan finally gets a word in with her favorite Wildcat employee; digs his beard, glasses

Wildcat: My name's Nathan and you're On the Spot. You don't know how nervous I was to meet the only girl that ever wrote me a fan letter.

Jensen: I love your column.

Wildcat: I was hoping I wouldn't scare you with my beard, and you'd think I'm a psycho or something.

Jensen: No, I like beards.

Wildcat: Hey, that's cool.

Jensen: It's funny. It's like meeting ... you know how you run into a rock star and then you get that post card back with the stamped signature?

Wildcat: That's a big comparison stretch, but hey, I like AC/DC. So we can flow with that. What are you doing about the cold weather?

Jensen: I like it 'cause I bought this jacket in Italy over the summer. So I've been waiting for it to get cold so I can wear it, and the first day that it got cold, like 85¡, I put it on.

Wildcat: I used to buy clothes. 'Cause I'm ghetto, (I'd buy them) after winter and then just wait an entire year for them.

Jensen: I had to do that too. My mom made us do that.

Wildcat: Did you shop at Payless too?

Jensen: Oh yes. I like your glasses, by the way.

Wildcat: Thank you.

Jensen: I want some like that.

Wildcat: Yeah. You just go to the store and buy a -

Jensen: Are they prescription?

Wildcat: Yeah.

Jensen: See I don't need that. I just want fake glasses.

Wildcat: I can't handle that. I'm very adamant about genuineness and authenticity.

Jensen: So you'd be mad if I wore them, 'cause I'm a poser?

Wildcat: Not really, 'cause you're an On the Spot poser and that's OK. You can do whatever you want. Just wear them without lenses.

Jensen: That would be kind of weird. It takes away the whole scholastic look if I do that.

Wildcat: Especially if you were riding a bike and a bug flew in your eye.