kosick is not with THE PROGRAM
Rick was in the common area blathering about a video he made of Earl in Savannah. Apparently we can’t post it because he didn’t get any release forms signed. “I MEAN WHY CAN’T WE JUST POST IT, FUCK THE RELEASE FORMS!” (Rick talks in all caps.) But you may remember, as Cliver did when he poked his head in my office, “You hear this?” of the time that I went to the Girl skateboards open house and filmed a piece, but neglected to get anyone to sign a release form. “Why can’t we just post it?” I asked at the time. Rick then badgered me for half an hour asking me, “WHY CAN’T YOU JUST GET THE RELEASE FORMS SIGNED?” I was also sternly told to “GET WITH THE PROGRAM.” You may also remember the meltdown I had because of it? Well hello Pot, this the kettle…
“Rick,” I said, “why didn’t you get the releases signed? Huh? Huh? You need to get with the program. How come you’re not getting with the program?” Blah blah blah.
Rick didn’t see the humor in this. He protested for a minute. And then he hit me across the face with a wet mop.
So I hit him with the bottle of water in my hand.
Rick was infuriated. He marched out and demanded that I fight him. “I’m not going to fight you Rick.” Then he proffered his cheek for me to strike. But then he realized he was providing me an opportunity to break his glasses. So he took off his glasses and proffered his cheek again. “RIGHT HERE DAVE, RIGHT HERE!” he said pointing to his face. (The best part of this whole debacle was that we were bothering Earl. Mental note to self: Earl can’t write when people are fighting.)
Rick let me know that hitting him with the bottle of water was out of line. “Rick,” I said, “you hit me across the face with a mop.”
“YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL?”
I reminded him again about the mop.
“YOU DESERVED IT!” he said. He said it so matter-of-factly that I think he believes my water strike was a totally unprovoked attack.
I was scared. I don’t mind the occasional drunken street brawl, but it wasn’t even noon and my opponent was Rick Kosick. Fuck that. That dude’s like Moe the chimp. He’d probably rip my butt off.
Fortunately he calmed down and later apologized. I accepted. We hugged. It’s all good. But he still needs to get with the program.
