So last night, my girlfriend and I decided to go out and watch the Leonid Meteor Shower. It was a pretty clear day to begin with, but we decide to go up to the Lawrence Hall of Science to get a real clear view of the stars.
We arrive around 12:30am and look up to the night sky as we wait for planet Earth to slowly orbit into the shower. About twenty minutes later, a group of dirty hipsters showed up. Yes, I said it. They were hipsters, and they were lacking in bodily hygiene. Within five minutes of their arrival, one of them yells out, “Oh shit! Did you see it? That was fucking incredible!”
What? A meteor? How could I have missed it? I had been looking at the stars twenty minutes longer than this bozo and he already saw one? Dammit. I need to pay attention. So I look harder, constantly scanning the cosmos.
“Oh my God! I saw one too!” cries his female companion. What the hell? I know I was looking at the sky and the possibility of me missing one was very slim. Still, it was possible and I continued to look harder.
This went on for about ten more minutes. The hipsters would yell out they saw a meteor and everyone would look puzzled. Then it dawned on us. They were all tripping balls. They didn’t see shit, they were just yelling at stars. And this made me mad, since I was just trying to enjoy a quiet night out looking at stars when all of a sudden these dingle berries show up and just start yelling.
I got annoyed. It didn’t help either when a car pulled up next to us and a bunch of girls started talking about Twilight: New Moon. And yes, to answer your question you kept asking your friends: Yes, it is embarrassing for a 22 year old girl to use a child’s ticket to attend the midnight premiere. Also, negative points to the Chinese girl speaking Cantonese in a high pitch tone. Cantonese is not a cute language. Speaking in a high pitch tone is not cute. Combining the two together makes me want to rip off my ears and choke you with them.
We left without seeing a star. But at least we left before I started making other people see stars. ZING!
Leonid Meteor Shower or How Hipsters Ruin Everything