This weekend had some stuff in it

We at Ohio University like our spring block parties, and this Saturday featured Palmer Street's Palmerfest, the granddaddy of said street parties. We'll discuss in a minute, but we have to figure out how we got there first.

FRIDAY

We went to the post office to send our Mother's Day cards...and we were not alone. That line is all dudes, and the one bro who likes 24 on the New York team knows what I'm doing and DOES NOT APPRECIATE IT.

After the post office we hit Wal-Mart and these gentlemen looked like they had their weekend pretty much spoken for. If there's ever a reason for a 21-year-old kid to cruise around in a Ford Taurus, that's it. Ford's really missing a shot at this demographic.

When we got home we found this in our mailbox. A piece of paper that says "I'm choosing life yo!" and the lyrics to Lauryn Hill's "I Get Out" on the back. Neighbors confirm they got the same lyrics with different sayings in their boxes. "You Are Loved" seems to be the most popular other message. What does it mean? I must know...but I probably never will.

SATURDAY

Palmerfest. We got there around 5 p.m., fresh off playing our new drinking game based on puzzle classic "Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine." So yeah, that's fairly early in the day and that's all people. Just be thankful you don't live there.

I took this while waiting in line for the keg. I was going to send it to Josh, but I was told that iPhones can't get picture messages just yet. I figured that a machine that could track your location, run credit cards and tell me what kind of bird I'm looking at also would have the capabilities of a Go phone, but I guess I was off on that one. Oh well, that feature's never handy anyway. But seriously, cool jersey.

After a quick hospital run to get a friend stitched up after she brought her ankle to a glass fight, I got back to Palmerfest at 9 p.m. and left shortly thereafter to grab some food and hit the bars. Then shit hit the fan.

From the articles and what I've heard, people started setting some fires, which prompted a visit from the fire department and the police.

This is from our student newspaper and you can click to enlarge. You can (and really should) check out the rest of the pictures HERE. Josh said it looked like Beirut. My roommate did get maced in the ensuing melee once riot police moved in, so yeah, Beirut.

This is the money shot. Click to enlarge. I wasn't here for any of this and I'm kind of glad I wasn't, but it would've been an experience. The article said that one kid starting playing "Fuck Tha Police" and the cop stormed the house and took down the speaker. Yikes. Also apparently the transplanted crowd started a massive Cha Cha slide, which was then also broken up by riot police.

Best comment about this photo on the aforementioned story: "I am glad to see that The Stone Cold Steve Austin appeared at Palmer Fest this year."

And here's a video that sums up some of the madness:


Terry Tate, riot police horse.