yesterday we drove to midtown and met up with some friends... as we got out of the car, one of them said, so are you ready to go cure aids?. obviously that was an overstatement of sorts, but that's right, i participated in the aids walk atlanta 2002. you probably saw me on tv... along with the other thousands of people. i have never spent a sillier two hours of my life (well, sober that is)... have you ever wondered what it felt like to be herded like cattle? don't. it's no fun at all. they even had the cowboys (volunteers) stationed strategically along the route to whoop and holla at you so you wouldn't stray away from the herd.
and i've never heard such a load of crap in my life. i don't know about anyone else, but when i'm trudging along on a long, slow 6 mile walk through atlanta with thousands of other people who are either walking too slow or steppin on the back of my shoes, i'd like an honest answer whenever i ask how much further i have to go. for a solid three miles straight everyone was telling me i'm halfway. now someone had to be lying.
now my sister, young heathly girl that she is, decided to volunteer instead of walk. she apparently knew more about this whole thing then she let on. i walked past her after what seemed like forever and she was chilling on top of a wall waving like she was in a parade (or viewing one for that matter). at the time it sucked. i had to laugh later though when we finally crossed the finish line and a torrential downpour started and i just knew all those waving, whooping volunteers were finally gettin theirs. of course it wasn't until later that i found out that when the rain started they couldn't just run for cover, but had to walk about two miles of the route and pick up cones in pouring rain..... ah ha... i guess everyone did their part.
anyways, so i did my part, and even though i don't really feel like a better person for it, i do feel somewhat superior to all the lazy asses who sat at home on sunday pickin at their own toejam... i may bitch and complain, but hey, at least i did it.
p.s. remind me to never ever do this again... next time i'll just volunteer... if i want to walk a long way, i'll do it on my own time...
