Tuesday, April 6, 2010

when advertising is cool

I'm going to make a good parent someday

Berkeley, CA. a few months ago.
16 year old son of my friend: Hey will you do me a solid and get me a big ass bottle of grey goose for me and my homies? (he may have used a more modern term than homies)
me: um, I'm not sure I feel comfortable doing that... I don't know your friends and if your dad, who just showed me the new contraption he uses to smoke his 'medical' marijuana, will not even buy it for you, I'm not sure I should.
him: But, c'mon, I thought you were cool. Please?? Do me a solid??
me (pensive): It's never really a good idea to be desperate for alcohol. Or sex. Always remember that.