2003-03-29 - 3:19 a.m.

Today i got another poem from Aisha. A response to what i wrote her. I asked if i could post it on writeclub.net and she said yes. Aint't nothing like a woman giving you her permission.

I tell her that I’ll make her famous. Either as a poet or as a muse.

I didn’t do anything but computer work during the day today but i had to work at Ben and jerry’s on this friday evening. But...

Tonight i met Steven Hawking. The smartest man on earth. I accidentally showed up at work today an hour early and the girls that were there said that Steven hawking came in today and I was all depressed because I missed him. Ralph nader once went into the ben and jerry's while i was working there but i wasn't on shift. So the same thing happens with Dr. Hawking.

So i work my shift and we close at 11. Now i don't know how much you know about Steven hawking but i'm assuming you know who he is and his condition of having Lou gerighs disease. At about 10:40 both the doors of the ice cream parlor open up and four people come in. one of which is in a wheel chair with a computer in front of. A 1 GhZ computer from Intel, this particular computer is probably one of the most famous in the world, outside of HAL from 2001 space oddessy. The smartest man on earth has entered the room. i say hello and my catch phrase (I'm a pompous ice cream man) "let me know if you have any questions; I have all the answers." Steven laughs at this. That's something I'm going to tell my grandchildren, I made the smartest man of my generation laugh. It takes a while for him to decide because of the communication gap. I tell him he can try a flavor if he wants. i'm playing it cool. He may be the smartest man but he's just a man. A living legend. A doctor of physics. World famous. wealthy. And a man. He knows he's famous so it can't be weird for strangers to just call him Steven. His assistant asks some questions about what has gluten and what has nuts and Steven decides on a New York Super Fudge Chunk. i do a trick that I'm famous for and through the scoop of ice cream in the air and it falls into the cup. Normally i only throw it onto cones but for Steven hawking i make and exception. he smiles again.

Later on while sweeping the lobby I'm looking at his computer. one of the most advanced lap top in the world. I'm no computer nerd but It's just a crazy thing to see in action. Then I hear the computer voice for the first time, 'give me a lift, please." his assistant helps him get situated in his seat. then he starts getting the ice cream fed to him. Then he looks at me and says, "most american ice cream is owned by Europeans." he actually took the time to form that sentence just for me. He has a crazy way of communicating but he stated a short conversation with me so i talked about ice cream with him. i made some jokes and he smiled a few more times. When he left i said that I hoped he enjoyed our humble cow town.

Then i drove to my friends lisa and Vickie's house. Lisa is sexually attracted to Steven hawking. That makes Lisa very awkward. he's brilliant, but not beautiful. although as i was watching him while he ate, dripping chocolate ice cream down his chin into the napkin that is fashioned around his neck like a toilet seat cover I envied him. i would rather know all the interstices of the universe than have a six pack of abs. Once your his kind of genius you can make money worth ideas and all those physical obstacles put open him he can't overcome but work around. All things are even. His body may be falling apart but his mind works at ten times the speed. meanwhile all the dumb pretty boy jock models can eat ice cream with out making a mess but are ignorant all the parts of the universe that are short of their arm's reach. All things are even and i envy Steven hawking. But Lisa envied me because i got to meet him. I was lucky to go over to Lisa and Vickie's tonight because they were throwing out books. I got a copy of Freud's "Interpretation of Dreams." i have to be able to keep up with Aisha, she’s a psychology major. Also I learned watched a bitter sweet bet happen. Vickie and Lisa bet that Dan and Eloise are going to hook up. Now I want everything to be happy and I like the two of them but i was hoping that dan would decide on Kristin. And i know that Aisha was a little interested in Dan so if he is out of the competition picture it would be better for me, but I feel bad for kristin because she’s too nice to be lonely or with fucked up men.

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