On the spot


By Nathan Tafoya
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Freshmen spent MLK day shopping, sleeping and doing homework; enjoy the socialization of smoking

Wildcat: Hi, my name's Nathan and you're both on the spot. Ugh ... it's cold out here.

Nissen: You're very cold.

Glass: I'm, like, warm.

Nissen: Me too. I'm hot.

Wildcat: That's because you're smoking. It's like a fire you can warm yourself by. (feeling chest) My nipples are all hard; they're all cold.

Nissen: My word, that's a lot of information.

Wildcat: Naw ... it's crazy. So what did you guys do today on MLK day?

Nissen: Homework, slept in, shopping ...

Glass: Just errands. I didn't have to catch up during the week.

Wildcat: Definitely. So when did you guys start smoking?

Nissen: Oh boy. A while ago, when I got here.

Glass: Yeah.

Wildcat: Really? For what reasons?

Nissen: Um, I don't know. Just socially.

Wildcat: You're a social smoker?

Nissen: Yeah. We're socializing.

Wildcat: (nodding to a leaking can) So what happened to the soda can?

Nissen: I have no idea. I bought it when I was doing laundry because I'm very thirsty lately. And I came out here and my dear friend dropped it. And it was spewing. I don't know. It was spewing, like straight up.

Wildcat: How did you guys get to be friends? Just out here smoking one day and you asked for a light ... ?

Glass: No, no. I've played baseball with her ever since I was in the second grade, and I saw her at a party one night and I tapped her on the back. She turned around and goes, "I can drink like an Irishman!" I knew we were going to be best friends.

Wildcat: You guys smoke the same brand? Whatever's cheapest?

Nissen: Not really, just kind of - don't print that we were like, smoking ... Our parents are going to read this.