Every Town Needs One
Lacoste, tiny as it is, has the essentials. A bakery, a bar, an art school, a castle, a few toilets. But most importantly it has it's very own Crazy Drunk Guy.
Aristead stumbles around town, barks at people, follows young blond girls, pisses on himself, pisses on our doors, and of course, drinks. He inappropriately comes into our classrooms or cafe, calls us Nazis and then claims that it wasn't him. It's like he has studied the fine art of Town Drunk/Fool. He can frequently be seen passed out, or nearly there, with a bottle of red wine hanging from his claw near the dorm area, where Heather, Lauren, India, Ashley, Madeline, Liz, and Kristin live.
He also can be seen stealing flowers from local's gardens to make an arrangement to give to Anne, our resident 23-year-old blond events coordinator. She might be in love if only he didn't smell like he is peeing on himself right now.
He has his scenario worked out pretty well. What could we do? We don't know the whole situation, his history, and we will be leaving soon anyway. We shouldn't cause any undue trouble. I mean, it's not really his fault. It's a disease and he is more the victim than we are, right? What will reporting him to the mayor do? She doesn't love SCAD so much as it is, so maybe Aristead even works for her. He is her personal SCAD irritant projector.
Anyway, the future students of SCAD-Lacoste have this charming slice of life to look forward to in the coming quarters.
Or maybe he'll be dead. I wouldn't expect him to keep going the way he is for too long. Either way, I don't expect I'll ever know. If he indeed is a robot sent to entertain me and/or annoy me as everyone is, then he has done his job effectively.
Aristead stumbles around town, barks at people, follows young blond girls, pisses on himself, pisses on our doors, and of course, drinks. He inappropriately comes into our classrooms or cafe, calls us Nazis and then claims that it wasn't him. It's like he has studied the fine art of Town Drunk/Fool. He can frequently be seen passed out, or nearly there, with a bottle of red wine hanging from his claw near the dorm area, where Heather, Lauren, India, Ashley, Madeline, Liz, and Kristin live.
He also can be seen stealing flowers from local's gardens to make an arrangement to give to Anne, our resident 23-year-old blond events coordinator. She might be in love if only he didn't smell like he is peeing on himself right now.
He has his scenario worked out pretty well. What could we do? We don't know the whole situation, his history, and we will be leaving soon anyway. We shouldn't cause any undue trouble. I mean, it's not really his fault. It's a disease and he is more the victim than we are, right? What will reporting him to the mayor do? She doesn't love SCAD so much as it is, so maybe Aristead even works for her. He is her personal SCAD irritant projector.
Anyway, the future students of SCAD-Lacoste have this charming slice of life to look forward to in the coming quarters.
Or maybe he'll be dead. I wouldn't expect him to keep going the way he is for too long. Either way, I don't expect I'll ever know. If he indeed is a robot sent to entertain me and/or annoy me as everyone is, then he has done his job effectively.
posted by Stephen "Steve" at 5/18/2005 04:32:00 AM
3 Comments:
He looks well dressed. Reminds me of Ragman Pete. Only better dressed. Less encumbered by the trappings of homelessness/crazy.
Posted by mandy
He somehow gets nice clothes everynow and then, but he usually is dressed like a dirty bum. Not as bad as Ragman Pete, but still stinky and ragged. He is definately crazy. He actually barks at people for "being rude" to him (ignoring him).
Posted by Steve
He looks like a character from Triplets of Belleville.
Posted by Justin