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1chek: tha- uh- jus- lie- urz- so anyways %um
2chek: u- as we went through the years kind of things
progressed +and the web site s kind of got better and better
as we kept working on it
3chek: and then
4chek: I just started meeting more and more people you
know through doing these +these different events and we did
this three part series called gutter beauty
5chek: there was these %uh art shows down at the
^@Stevenson ^Theater ur ^@Stevenson ^Gallery which is in like
s %uh
6chek: at the edge of North Oakland kind of in
@Lawrenceville not @Lawrenceville but %uh
7chek: it's right on the corner ^Penn ^Avenue like
around ^Penn circle area
8chek: so anyways I'm I started meeting a a lot of
people and %um
9denise: st-
10denise: thank you
11chek: people who were interested in in %uh you know
once they started to like the the ee mayhem web site they
said you know let's %uh you know they wanted web sites and
stuff so I kind of just did them
12chek: not for money most of them most people wuh
didn't have money just did it kind of help to try to help
people out
13denise: for love
14chek: so
15chek: i guess fast forward to ninetynine or
twothousand actually summer of twothousand I was working %um
at _I_B_M and I just met this guy there who
16chek: you know wanted a web site and I said that I'd
you know kind of developed a couple web sites at the time I
think I had I had done like two or three
17chek: so they weren't really all that good but %um
ther you know ther there are some things that were that I I
was trying you know to get better at
18chek: and so he said yuh luh he'd pay me money to
develop webs and I was like wow imagine that so %um I started
kind of like you know meeting with him after work
19denise: awesome
20chek: and yuh ug
21chek: s hanging out with him and he paid me a couple
hundred bucks or a thousand dollars
22chek: and I I did this website and I kind of s like I
was getting like I I had been doing little things for like
five years but I never really like sat down d considered
seriously considered doing it
23chek: and so there was this craziness and h you know
he'd promised that all these you know this of additional work
would come from you know these companies is s- ^Saudi ^Arabia
actually
24denise: by the way just quickly do you guys know what
u- ee mayham is what we're sort of talking about have you
ever heard of this
25juliet: yes
26wlsadh: what
27chek:
28chek: %um okay kind of going back to
29denise: well, no, I ju-
30wlsadh: what is it?
31chek: you want to describe it?
32denise: %uh I can try but I I don't know you can
certainly do it better I just needed to drag her into the
conversation because she wasn't speaking and I'm going to get
in trouble if you guys don't equally talk u sorry
33chek: %uh%
34wlsadh: sorry
35juliet: an exlimnation would be helpful so go for it
someone
36denise: a brief rundown or you could just go to e
mayhem dot com at your leisure
37wlsadh: what is a e mayhem like is it some web site
thing design
38chek: it's %um as I was saying before ik it spawned
from ^Electric ^Mayhem which was the name of the band for the
^Muppet ^Show
39wlsadh: oh
40denise: it it was animals then
41chek: electric mayhem doctor teeth and electric g
doctor teeth and electric mayhem
42denise: doctor that's right
43wlsadh:
44chek: and the concept was like we were going to be
like the ^Muppets we were going to like go on adventures and
make friends and put on shows and help people out so that's
wh- kind of what we did and so this web site is a place for
artists and musicians and anyone to go and make a profile
45denise: utsit the name of your posse
46chek: and
47chek: what's that
48denise: e mayhem was like a posse
49chek: pretty much yeah it's a group rike now it's you
know it's kind of thin at time it used to be like fifteen
strong now it's like it's like me and ^Dave and like people
we just drag in to help us as we go
50chek: %um when we're oo- for a year straight we put
on a variety show at do you know what we're in Oakland where
the ^Beehive ^Theater was it's not anymore but you know where
^McDonald's is in ^Oakland like d- uh- down on Pick
campus
51wlsadh: yeah yeah
52denise: that big castle thing that's like right
across the street
53chek: it says ^King's something across the street
54denise: ^King's ^Court
55chek: ^King's ^Court
56juliet: um it's closed nuh how
57chek: it's closed now
58denise: that was a tragedy
59denise: god
60chek: it used to be a movie theater
61wlsadh: t pass
62denise: ah so good
63chek: and then it was a a coffee shop slash bar
64denise: it was all it was at the same time as i-
those things
65chek: yeah
66denise: and then like upstairs they used to have like
bizarre church ceremonies on sunday mornings
67chek: really?
68denise: yeah
69wlsadh: above the bar
70denise: this guy
71chek: i- in a pollen air
72denise: not in the pollenater that's sub of log ut oh
no uh
73denise: in this like space above ^Beehive yeah I I
think it there I don't know what yeah I read about in like in
^Pittsburgh sky
74chek: really
75chek: weird
76chek: weird
77chek: %ah ahnuhname uh waet
78denise: used to hold ceremonies
79chek: but anyway so we put on these shows they're
like variety show like vaudeville and stuff variety shows
we're like
80chek: eighteen acts like i- in in a like a three hour
time period
81chek: and yeah they were fun like you know they were
just like it was almost like we were trying to put on
like
82wlsadh:
83denise: talent show
84chek: a ^Saturday ^Night ^Live kind of thing where
like cause there'd be u. k. skits in between the acts being
performed and
85denise: yeah
86chek: %um it was it was a lot fun it was a lot of
hard work and you know not much reward just by dzus enjoying
it and seeing people have a good time that was d really the
only reward for doing it
87chek: so like when we were doing that we were more
ike a a viable entity now we pretty much are just strong with
this web site which gets h couple thousand hits i'd um a
month just by rantn the only really way you know about it is
like word of mouth it's kind of advertizing n
88chek: we've recently now started putting out a weekly
publication that you could pick up you know n places where
you can kind of get cool stuff it;s just like a a one page
scunu flyer that's got +excuse me ek it'll have two works of
art from a from the web site two %um like poems or a just
writing samples
89chek: from the web site and then the back will be
like
90chek: *cause the the biggest thing now is people
could post their events like if you're in a band that you're
playing somewhere you could post it onto the web site and
then every week if you sign up to thud web site you'll email
you the events for the week
91chek: or you ds ek uk periodically go back and just
check what seetz +and see what's going on in the next couple
days it'll just show it there or you just pick up one of the
white papers and it's got like the whole week for like stuff
to do pretty much every day for the for the wole week
92chek: so it's a pretty good thing to s kind of have
with you and just carry around so if you see +them hanging
around somewheres pick one up
93chek: %um they say ee they say e. mayhem on them
uneaze have a little picture on them and they'll have the
date and on the back of it will be z a bunch of listings of
like shows and stuff and most of them are are all age shows z
a some of them art t- twentyone up but u ee can always
usually find stuff to do
94juliet:
95chek: not too far away so it's kind of cool
96wlsadh: like, it's just ^Pittsburgh, or
97chek: %um we'd it's not I mean w- w- w- *cause we're
in ^Pittsburgh huts wr a question but there's people ae ther-
there's international artists on the web site there's some
people from England have stuff on there
98denise: sometimes
99denise: see b. k.
100denise: oh, I though you meant the pamphlets
101chek: and %uh the events are just in Pittsburgh
102denise: ee- or very close by
103chek: but the yeah in the immediate area but like the
people like the profiles could could be f- +from anyone it's
mostly ^Pittsburgh people though
104denise: how do you decide whether or not t- like
someone's worthy of being po- you know, profiled
105chek: in the white papers?
106denise: yeah
107chek: it's th-
108denise: oh, no not the white papers, oh
109chek: just on our web site?
110denise: yeah
111chek: oo it's really not moderated at all yet because
y- we're just kind of get- we're trying to get as much as
possible like we're unout a stage yet where we could really
edit and be like you know
112denise: kay
113denise: yeah
114denise: right you're not cool why not cool
115chek: y- y- you're not worth enough
116chek: but for the white papers it is like we picked
stuff that we like
117juliet:
118denise: yeah
119chek: and for @^Magazino %uh @^Magazino is a it's
just like a magazine that we're going to start putting
out
120denise: oh, this is cool
121denise: I didn't realize e mayhem related for the
longest time
122chek: yeah it's actually coming out ^April fifth is
actually our next show too it's going to be at ^The ^Quiet
^Storm in in ^Bloomfield
123denise: uh love that place
124wlsadh: cool
125chek: %um it's this little coffee shop it's pretty
cool you should go check it out
126denise: it's really cool
127chek: and %uh we're p- putting on this huge galley
event of course and %uh
128denise: I love the floor
129denise: gala event
130chek: it's the start
131denise: it's going to be seventyfive pieces at this
gala event?
132chek: %um hopefully slice uh pock- a many pizzas
133wlsadh:
134chek: it's going to be a lot of the
135denise: lot of gala
136chek: a lot of gala
137chek: it's a coffee shop but it's _B_Y_O_B
138chek:
139denise: yeah, which is cool. how do they legally do
that?
140chek: it's p f +apparently it's u it's legal it's
illegal to sell alcohol without a license but you can give it
away
141denise:
142denise: okay
143chek: sum like
144wlsadh: so
145juliet:
146wlsadh: even if you're giving it away to minors, it's
okay?
147chek: what's uh thing it's like
148juliet: %uh, I
149wlsadh: as long as you don't know it's okay
150chek: yeah, as long as you don't know they're a minor
it's okay
151chek: so it's wierd *cause like restaurants are like
the ^La ^Fiesta does that
152wlsadh:
153denise: oh +really
154chek: ee y- you can ee can walk in with like your own
tequila and like
155denise: wow
156chek: order tacos and sit there and drink it
157juliet: really?
158wlsadh: really?
159juliet: nice
160denise: but, in that situation, a
161wlsadh: I'm still going there
162denise: isn't it?
163denise: like you can only have an open al- open
alcohol container in like a pub- private place or
something?
164chek: I don't nuh
165juliet: I think it's because
166denise: like, you can't be walking down the street
drinking
167chek: yeah
168juliet: +cause if y- +cause at eighteen you're
allowed to transport, but not if it's open
169denise: right
170juliet: so it's all funny about whether it's open and
public private
171chek: yeah
172chek: public openness is just not a cool thing in
this country
173denise: yeah
174denise: I don't know the alcohol laws +cause never
actually broken any of them or gotten caught broken any of
them
175juliet: ff- um- mm-
176denise: hmm
177chek: eh I don't know
178denise: uh go out
179chek: so now it says that this is going to be at this
cool event t see it's a firday night April fifth yb- tree yb-
n nothing else better to do so you should check it out
180juliet: spring break
181juliet:
182wlsadh:
183denise: yeah, they got spring break now
184juliet: going to be in ^New ^York ^City I don't
know
185chek: well +screw _C_M_U ooo un- uh- wuh- carol
dina
186wlsadh: I don't have anything planned but yeah
187chek: ripped of corner of an InPittsburgh , may it
rest in piece forever . and I uh sent it on over . passed on
the message .
188wlsadh: nice .
189owm: pizza left ?
190chek: no , actually we don't . sorry . there was only
one .
191denise: hm sorry .
192juliet: oh .
193chek: oh , I feel like a jerk now , man .
194wlsadh: oh , it is okay . it was good pizza . this
again .
195chek: hm yeah .
196juliet: it was .
197chek: yeah , it was interesting .
198juliet: hm
199chek: man .
200denise: so , what is the best pizza in Pittsburgh
?
201chek: the best pizza in Pittsburgh . uhm I have yet
to try LarryandCarol's , but you said it was bad .
202denise: LarryandCarol's is is the pizza is all right
. the their their wedgies are good .
203chek: yeah you yeah , that is right .
204denise: Mineo's is good , I think .
205chek: have you been to the O here at CMU ?
206juliet: oh , it is bad .
207denise: there is a CMU O ?
208chek: have you been to the O in Pittsburgh in in
Oakland , I mean ?
209juliet: no . is it different ?
210wlsadh: I haven't .
211denise: it is terrible .
212chek: I don't know if it is different or
213juliet: I just I'm just put off because of the one at
CMU . it is like oh my God .
214chek: yeah .
215denise: w where is the O in CMU ?
216wlsadh: the f
217chek: there is an O in the UniversityCenter .
218denise: oh , I'm sure it is terrible .
219chek: th yeah .
220juliet: it is
221wlsadh: hm
222denise: I think they I I think they should bulldoze
it right to the ground . I don't have any I don't have any ..
uh loyalty to the O .. at all .
223chek: it totally sucks .
224chek: loyalty , yeah . I do just because it is like
.. it is the O . I mean , I've got good memories of being in
there .
225denise: I don't care . it just
226denise: I don't care about them . I'll trade them .
.. it is just a c it is just a hm cesspool of .. bad things
going on .
227juliet: greasy food .
228chek: yeah . I mean , it is a shady joint . it is a
weird place . .. and it is not that cheap any more , .. now
they've jacked their price up a buck .
229wlsadh: hm .
230denise: and the food is terrible and it is annoying
.
231denise: yeah . it is not that cheap . it is like
they're they have they have an attitude .
232wlsadh: they actually have decent salads . it is the
one the one place on no , but .. but you they put f they
normally put fries on them , but you have to ask for them
without the fries . and they're like
233chek: salads ?
234juliet: they put onion in their salads .
235denise: so ? y they don't do that in Kenya ?
236juliet: I no . it is this is
237chek:
238juliet: oh , yeah . they put fries in there , too
.
239wlsadh: but you can ask for them without . and I
don't know . th but you can't get maybe it is just because
you can't get salads like anywhere else on campus . so , you
know , they actually have like a chef'ssalad with like meat
.
240denise: well , it is Pittsburgh . .. Pittsburgh ,
fries with everything .
241denise: oh .
242juliet: they have a salad thing upstairs . I mean
yeah , in Newell like Newell . third floor .
243wlsadh: really ?
244juliet: I think so . th it is like it is a little
like saladbar , a mini saladbar .
245chek: yeah .
246wlsadh: are you serious ?
247juliet: yeah . but , you know what ? they should have
a bigger one . like , I think there used to be one last se
last year , but I don't know what happened .
248wlsadh: you're gonna show me where this is because I
am so excited .
249juliet: I never been . every time I go , it is closed
. it is like it is always clo
250wlsadh: is it the one right next to the Chinese place
?
251juliet: yeah . it is a pizza place . and then
behind
252wlsadh: oh , I thought it was like just pizza and
hamburgers . and oh , salad .
253juliet: I think there is salad . .. we should check
it out .
254wlsadh: yeah . .. yeah .
255denise: SaladShooter .
256juliet: yeah . Wendy's makes really good salads .
257wlsadh: I miss the uh the Wendy's th
258denise: Superbar . wow , that was the greatest time
.
259wlsadh: yeah .
260wlsadh: and they took it away . and now there is just
this big
261juliet: what was that ?
262denise: it was the Mexican , Italian
263juliet: like a saladbar ?
264wlsadh: Wendy's yeah it was this huge yeah , it had
Mexican and nachos and tacos . it had like the dessert thing
. big salad .
265denise: but they had like
266denise: hes and they had Italian . they had like
different pastas . they had like this pasta with the the
vegetables in it that you can get the Alfredo sauce put over
that .
267juliet: nice .
268wlsadh: mhm . it was nice . they had baked potatoes .
and oh .
269denise: it was just loaded with like MSG .
270chek: you can actually buy a bag of MSG down on the
strip in one of the Asian
271denise: what does it l what does it look like ?
272chek: it is like white powder . yeah , it is pretty
creepy . .. MSG by the pound .
273wlsadh: ew .
274wlsadh: I wonder how well it sells .
275juliet:
276chek:
277denise: I found this website uh j I found a ..
plethora of websites , like the online bubbleteas . like
everything you need for for your bubbletea needs . you can
buy tapioca , you can buy mix . you can just or just there is
just f f forms upon forms of people just talking about how
how much they love bubbletea .
278wlsadh: plethora .
279chek: oh , my God .
280chek: oh .
281chek: crazy .
282chek: it is goo we should go today . it is good stuff
. it is raining .
283denise: we should g we should go . is it raining
still ?
284juliet: it is really good .
285chek: yeah , it is probably still gnarly outside ,
but that wouldn't stop me .
286juliet: it wa it was it is it is like a London day ,
like British weather . it is it is horrible . I was like
287denise: hes
288wlsadh: yeah , a little trip to SquirrelHill .
289chek: Lond yeah , good call . .. I spent uhm a o two
weeks in Manchester last year or two years ago and hes the
one day that I decided to go for a run it was sunny for an
hour and a half . and people like freaked out . it was like
weird , something was wrong . and I was like what ? and they
were like , you brought the weather .
290wlsadh: it is a
291juliet: nice .
292juliet: nice .
293wlsadh: it is great .
294chek: cool , yeah . that was nice .
295wlsadh: it is suppose to uhm snow on Friday . a high
of twenty seven .
296chek: I hear . I'm not gonna be here . I'm going to
Canada .
297juliet: no .
298denise: what ?
299wlsadh: why are you going to Canada ?
300chek: because I got an Esaver . it was like eighty
nine dollars round trip plus tax , it is like a hundred five
. yeah but at least it won't be uh Montreal actually , to
visit my friends .
301juliet: it is gonna be colder there .
302denise: really ?
303wlsadh: where are you gonna go ? just hang out ?
304denise: nice .
305juliet: oh , my God . .. I love Montreal . oh , my
God . it is so cool .
306wlsadh: by yourself ?
307chek: by myself , yeah . it is neat . I'm gon yeah ,
I have friends up there , so I'm just gonna head up myself
and travel around , see what is going on . I'm thinking about
moving there , dot , dot , dot .
308wlsadh: awesome . I haven't been there . I've just
been to Toronto .
309juliet: you should go .
310juliet: it is like definitely a lot more European .
it is just so much cooler . .. it was fun . and the age is
eighteen .
311chek: yeah .
312wlsadh: should definitely go back there .
313chek: cool . so , you've been to Canada , England .
you've been tra are you a big traveler ? .. kinda sorta ?
314wlsadh: how nice .
315juliet: yeah .
316juliet: uhm no . I mean , like my sister just moved
to Toronto , so like that is that is how we keep going there
. and like
317chek: nice . it is your liaison .
318juliet: yeah . and and I have like relatives in
England . and like there is no way I could make a direct
flight from Kenya to here cause that would just be crazy . it
is so long . I like I stop in London , sleep there for a bit
. what ?
319chek: awesome .
320chek: oh cool .
321chek: to Pittsburgh ?
322chek: oh .
323wlsadh: oh .
324chek: oh , yeah . well , I did it from SouthAfrica
.
325chek: I did it from SouthAfrica . it was like fifteen
hours . SouthAfrica though , though .
326juliet: like c 'cause cause I stop in and then I
stop
327chek: in yeah , okay .
328juliet: and like in England . and then I actually s
like stay over for like a night or two and then I go continue
. it is just like crazy . but
329chek:
330chek: awesome .
331denise: hm .. a pilgrimage .
332chek: that is pretty cool . .. layovers .
333wlsadh: it is insane .
334juliet: yeah .
335chek: right on . so , who of your family is still in
Kenya ? is it your whole immediate family ?
336juliet: just my .. my parents and my grandmother . my
other sister is in Australia . yeah .
337chek: okay .
338chek: cool . have you been there ? .. neat place
.
339denise: wow .
340juliet: yeah .
341wlsadh: I wanna go there .
342juliet: I wanna go there . like she she the way she
talks about it , I'm like , oh , my God .
343chek: where is she there ?
344juliet: uhm Sydney .
345chek: oh , okay .
346juliet: yeah . so , she is like having so much fun .
and she is just th the they just had summer . and like
347chek: yup . there're in it now . supposedly it was a
nice summer down there , too .
348wlsadh: oh . there is a there is a drama h .. thing .
you can study abroad for a year or semester in Russia or in
Austrailia .
349juliet: yeah .
350denise: and or or ?
351chek: I would do Russia man .
352wlsadh: and or or .
353juliet: I wanna do s Austrailia .
354denise: why ?
355denise: Russia's terrible .
356chek: Russia , oh man . what do you n I think it
would be cool .
357wlsadh: it is .. I want to go so much .
358juliet: I wanna go , too . that would be awesome
.
359denise: I don't know . I know people in Russia , they
hate it .
360chek: really ?
361wlsadh: yeah . the Russian program is one of the best
, so that is why people tend to go there . but we've a kid in
Austrailia now .
362chek: Austrailia is such an obvious study abroad
choice . I mean I did it and I I'll be first to admit it is
such an obvious thing . everyone is like , oh .
363denise: Russia for what ?
364chek: for drama .
365wlsadh: it is the RussiaAcademyofDramaticArts . it is
.. really good actually .
366denise: it is
367denise: why ?
368wlsadh: I guess cause there is really nothing else
there , so if you make something it is really good .
369denise: and so they just people are .. people are
just really creative ? and
370wlsadh: I dunno .
371denise:
372chek: maybe .
373juliet: what are yo are you a drama major ?
374wlsadh: yeah , I'm a directing major .
375juliet: really ?
376juliet: cool .
377chek: oh , a directing major . oh .
378wlsadh: yeah .
379chek: cool . a directing major .
380wlsadh: that is my uh .. my life .
381juliet: that is very cool .
382chek: that that is a hes definitely indicates depth
of a program when you can break it down into man , I think
Pitt , we just got TheaterArts . I think that is everything
.
383wlsadh: i hes it is cause it is a conservatory , so
it is all divided .
384chek: conservatory .
385denise: what does that mean ?
386chek: it is like you know what a music conservatory
is ?
387wlsadh: it is we don't
388wlsadh: yeah , it is intense . like it is an intense
training program . ver and we don't have to take like I just
hit my mike . uhm .. I guess we don't it is not liberalarts .
it is liberalarts versus conservatory .
389chek: it is like VoTech . but I mean , it is like
vocational training almost . it is like .. it is really cool
. .. VoTech .
390wlsadh: yeah . it is
391wlsadh: yeah . we don't
392denise: so , that is that is called a conservatory
?
393chek: in drama it is . in this field it is .
394denise: it is a weir weird word .
395wlsadh: yeah , it is a conservatory style program .
yeah like mu
396denise: think of conservatory with the pipe . missus
Green .
397chek: the conservatory with the pipe ?
398denise: isn't that wasn't that one of the rooms in
Clue ? .. the conservatory ?
399chek: oh yeah , yeah . with the pipe . yeah , mis
mister Plum professor Plum professor Plum .
400wlsadh: oh . hes yeah .
401denise: mister Plum .
402wlsadh: isn't a conservatory like plants ? doesn't it
look like it is filled with plants ? but you can have music
conservatories . and .. I think it is just intense specific .
.. have to look up conservatory .
403denise: I thought it was .
404chek: yeah , it has got plants in it and all . and
you can take the secret passage to the kitchen .
405juliet: hm yeah .
406chek: yeah , my friend went there . Peabody .
407denise: focused .
408chek: yeah .
409denise: hm .
410chek: cool . wow I didn't know that . so , what is
the name of the drama school ?
411wlsadh: jus SchoolofDrama . yeah . .. it is just
separate that we live in Purnell .. and
412juliet: it is it is part of CFA . yeah .
413chek: SchoolofDrama . it is part of CFA ? oh .
414chek: yeah .
415denise: what is CFA ?
416chek: CFA is the CollegeofFineArts .
417wlsadh: CollegeofFineArts . and we're we're divided
into schools . SchoolofMusic , SchoolofDrama , SchoolofArt ,
archs , design .
418denise: I don't know .
419chek: drama , design , .. architecture , .. etcetera
.
420juliet: school of archies .
421denise: hm .
422juliet: it is pretty big .
423wlsadh: yeah . and then more subdivisions , more and
more . it is decent . .. it is actually very nice .
424chek: yeah .
425chek: right on .
426wlsadh: I don't know . I don't really know about the
rest of CFA .
427chek: .. I know where the building is .
428wlsadh: it is a pretty building .
429juliet: it is . it is a nice building . .. it is
pretty cool .
430denise: what building is that ?
431chek: CFA , CollegeofFineArts . it is
432wlsadh: CFA it has got it is all
433denise: what building is it ?
434wlsadh: right acro HamburgHall , right across the the
Mall .
435chek: Cut , yeah .
436denise: oh .
437chek: the mall , it is good .
438juliet:
439wlsadh: it has the stau yeah , cause the Cut goes
this way . and the Mall goes doesn't it ?
440chek: yeah , it is like kinda it makes a Tshape .
441wlsadh: yeah .
442wlsadh: yeah . it is one of those statues and there
is a detailed mor if you haven't been that close .
443chek: it is a neat looking building .
444denise: is that the one that has the different
colored bricks ? .. or what building is that ?
445chek: different color bricks ?
446denise: it is like white and tan .
447wlsadh: I dunno if it is
448chek: there is like four o hm
449wlsadh: yeah , but that is the whole like theme now .
the white , tan .
450denise: oh .
451wlsadh: we'll take you on a CMU tour .
452denise: you know , I should . I've never been on a
CMU tour . I'm on a world tour .
453wlsadh: oh , we'll have to go . some sunny some sunny
day when they are all playing music and
454chek: yeah , we should break it down for you .
455chek: yeah , us three .
456juliet: okay . who has walked on the Cut and there is
like this glass thing and there is something under that ?
457denise:
458chek: we on a world tour . oh you're right . us three
was sorry .
459wlsadh: oh , it is an art project . and it light ..
it lights up at night . .. and apparently , you know all the
tunnels that go under the school ? like they connect to that
somehow so you can get in there . but it was some random art
project .
460chek: no why ?
461juliet: oh . I got freaked out . cause like the other
day I was like
462denise: funky , funky . bitty bitty bop .
463chek:
464denise: sweet sugar pop . sugar pop rocks .
465juliet: uhhuh .
466juliet: really ? cool .
467chek: oh , are you talking about the thing on the Cut
?
468juliet: yeah .
469wlsadh: the with the glass ?
470chek: my boss built that . I am gonna be down in that
thing cleaning it in a couple of weeks .
471juliet: ew .
472wlsadh: nice .
473chek: I know , isn't that cool ? no , it is it is it
is an inground sculpture built by a guy named Bob Johnson ,
who I work for now .
474wlsadh: yea and it lights up , isn't it like blue and
white ?
475chek: mhm . yeah , it is blue and white . he we've
got I I work in his workshop and I like hm organize it and
stuff . and he has got pieces of it of that project like
lying around his workshop . and I'm like rolling it up .
and
476wlsadh: yeah .
477juliet: cool .
478wlsadh: you get to play in the tunnels . we're all
fascinated by the tunnels .
479chek: I do . oh , the tunnels rock . and I get to go
down there and like with Windex and clean the windows and
stuff . I'm gonna be so I'm gonna be such a rock star in the
middle of the lawn . like I will . you guys can come down .
yeah , I could probably get let you guys inside as long as
you don't fall and kill yourselves and .. sue CMU or Bob
Johnson . that wouldn't be good . yeah , he is a cool guy
.
480juliet: oh that is so cool .
481wlsadh: you have to tell us you have to tell us and
we'll come wave at you .
482juliet: yeah .
483juliet: oh , cool .
484wlsadh:
485juliet: cool , cool , cool .
486juliet: ha hav have you ever been in the tunnels like
under .
487wlsadh: and PapaJohn's .
488wlsadh: no . there is a they connect to Doherty , but
it is always locked .
489chek: no , I haven't been there yet .
490chek: oh , damn .
491wlsadh: so .. yeah .
492juliet: yeah .
493chek: huh . I wonder if they really do if it is just
like a sick rumor .
494juliet: we should we should try it one day , like
yeah . jimmy the lock .
495chek: pick a lock .
496wlsadh: somehow .
497chek: the the skeleton key to all the doors that are
locked at CMU . .. I wonder if one exists .
498wlsadh: hm that would be nice .
499wlsadh: I doubt it . there has gotta I dunno , there
is so much .. scary government stuff .
500chek: skeleton key .
501chek: it is three thirty . .. like three twenty eight
.
502juliet: I should run .
503chek: we're gonna let Priya go . we're gonna wrap
this up . no I'm sorry to keep you so long . thank you for uh
participating .
504juliet: sorry .
505wlsadh: okay .