BIG HAIRY NEWS EXCLUSIVE - I am undercover this week with the Occupy Wall Street protesters, reporting from Zuccotti Park in Manhattan.
Day 4 - Wednesday October 26, 2011.
9:30 AM - Woke up early and said bye to Moondust. She was somewhat unresponsive, so I dragged her behind the tent, and covered her with a dog bed I found there.
9:38 AM - Instead of Starbucks or IHOP, I decided to try the camp food for a change, so I got in line with what appeared to be the bar characters from Star Wars. The crisp fall air reminded me of growing up in the Midwest - musky B.O. tinged with delicate overtones of ass, pot, urine, and puke. I got my food and took it back to my tent, anxious to finally use my new Ethan Allen dining room set.
9:57 AM - The food, described on the food station sign as "CRUELTY-FREE, NO: GLUTEN, SUGAR, SALT, FAT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, OR COLORING. ALL NATURAL," was as diverse as the OWS inhabitants themselves. Incredibly, someone had managed to create a food product that looked like a loosely compacted mound of scabs, yet tasted like a pine cone sauteed in the phlegm of a giant tortoise. I took it out back and laid the plate next to Moondust's face, in case she woke up hungry.
10:13 AM - Had a Grand Slam at Denny's.
11:19 AM - Back at camp I smoked some bud, then decided to inteview some of my fellow protesters for my story. I approched a middle-aged guy eating breakfast (or something).
11:30 AM - (Interview) Me: Can I ask you where you are from, and why are you here?
Guy: I'm from Texas and I'm protesting against Wall Street I guess.
Me: What, exactly, upsets you about Wall Stre...
Guy: Could I borrow some change?
Me: I don't really have any on me.
Guy: Can I get a doob?
Me: Sorry.
Guy: F*ck you then.
Me: Bite me, hippie retread.
11:32 AM - I headed back to my tent to write up the interview, but stopped at the master control center of the park where important announcements and mission statements are announced to the rest of us. Here a speaker yells out their message one sentence at a time, then pauses while 10 - 20 people in the area repeat it, acting as sort of human amplifiers. Mere words can't adequately portray how retarded this looks and sounds. Made note to purchase a Mr. Microphone and extra batteries for the camp.
12:02 PM - Took new friend Jasmine to Fridays for peach margaritas and hot wings, then back to my place for cough syrup, wine coolers, and some intensive massage therapy.
4:45 PM - Awoke after having terrifying dreams of being a Japanese bedbug running through a choking forest of hair just ahead of a raging tsunami of sweat. I was relieved to find that I had just been sleeping with my face buried in Jasmine's armpit. Made mental note to cut back on the cough syrup, and buy some dental floss.
5:30 PM - After dragging a sluggish Jasmine behind the tent next to Moondust, I felt the urge to drum. At the drum circle area I was horrified to find that some filthy hippie bastard had stolen my new drum kit. I flew into a blind rage when I saw one skinny kid playing my snare drum, and I pummeled him with somebody's "MAKE LOVE NOT WAR" sign until it splintered. A group of people dragged me back to my tent while lecturing me on non-violence, and I manged to kick two of them in the nuts before they left. I'm really starting to hate these people.
6:12 PM - Took new friend "Starr" to Outback Steakhouse for Bloomin' Onions and double screwdrivers. As I watched Starr stuff her cold sore-adorned gaping pie-hole with delicious deep-fried onions, I reflected on how today's traumatic physical altercation, the series of thefts of my personal property, and my numerous failed interpersonal relationships at the park had taken its toll on my happiness. I knew I wouldn't last the week with these clueless pinheads, and I made mental preparations for an early departure.
7:45 PM - Back at my place I found someone had stolen my blender and new La-Z-Boy recliner. Damned hippie bastards. I calmed myself with a toaster-sized brick of hash and a big bottle of Captain Morgan, while Starr stumbled about in a provocative, drunken striptease to the spastic beats of the drum circle outside.
10:12 PM - I will forever be haunted by the sight of Starr thrashing around, swinging my wrought iron table lamp caught on her belly button chain piercing like a wrecking ball. In my stupor she looked like Godzilla with boobs having an epileptic seizure, but instead of destroying Tokyo, she was destroying my new living room furniture. Starr eventually tumbled through the front tent flap and I was finally able to get some sleep, but not before making a note to buy a new lamp. End of day 4.
Guy from Texas, Jasmine