It is a decidedly dreary fourth of July, with highs of 72, cold gusts, and threats of rain. The man driving the miniature tank seems on edge.
The Amherst 4th of July Parade staff just advised a young boy to urinate in the bushes in front of the Wilson Admissions Center, just left to where I am sitting in the grass. The boy, apparently uncomfortable with urinating so close to a strange young man with a bicycle helmet on, runs to his mother. The boy is now in the process of urinating in the bushes north of Kirby Theater.
I relocate to the front of the Alumni Gymnasium. There are electrical outlets for me to charge my camera and computer. I hear bagpipes. There is a group of people practicing their choreographed shaolin kung fu. I realize how cold it is.
A man, wearing a kilt and a huge drum is frustrated at the lack of accessible bathrooms. I offer him directions to Webster. He declines the offer and walks off. (more…)
