Grapes

Grapes? Is this about wine? Wrath?

No, it's about Welch's Fruit Snacks: Mixed Fruit. I've had this massive, 80ct. box of these gummies since the semester. I've been having at least one pack a day and I even gave some away, but I still can't see the bottom of the box. Hot damn.

Now I have a bone to pick with Welch foods inc. Why the hell are there so few grape gummies in each packet? I know strawberry is a big contender for the most favorite gummy of all time (IMA LET YOU FINISH GRAPE, BUT STRAWBERRY IS THE BEST GUMMY OF ALL TIME) but not everyone likes strawberry! In fact, strawberry is my least favorite gummy out of the bunch. My favorite is grape, as you might tell, with orange and peach in a tie for second.

So, when I reach the point in my day where I can relax a bit and kick back with a packet of Welch's Fruit Snacks: Mixed fruit, I'm always looking forward to munching on some grape pieces. But it seems like every time, there are always more strawberries! Maybe even more than the other fruits combined, which is just absurd.

One time, I even had a packet that had no grapes.

NO.

GRAPES.

Are you getting this, Welch foods inc? How the hell can there be no grape pieces in a packet! The label clearly says "MIXED FRUIT" and there's a picture of a grape bunch on the front as well. By not having grape pieces in the packet, you might as well be calling yourselves racist against grapes.

It's a happy day when I open a packet and find at least 5 grape pieces. But those days are far and few in between.

BRING BACK THE GRAPES.

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~And I did finish God Sees Dog: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead. My thoughts on the play soon to come.

re: Dog Sees God

I just realized Dog Sees God is a palindrome.

Whoaaaaa. Mind. Blown. Still in the process of reading the play.

Dog Sees God

So I'm enrolled in an acting class at the university I attend, and what we do is select short monologues from plays of characters similar to our age and/or persona. We have to pick two over the semester. For the first one, I chose a brief speech from the book Tweak by Nic Sheff. When I was trying to find a suitable monologue for me to use, I had so much trouble I was getting severely frustrated.

But this time around, for my second speech, I think I've found just the right source.

Dog Sees God: Confessions Of A Teenage Blockhead is a play written by Bert V. Royal. It's a parody of Charles Schultz's Peanuts comics but the characters are grown up and are teenagers in high school. The characters names are changed but hold influences from the original comic. CB (Charlie Brown) is the main character in the play and is grieving over the death of his dog. CB's sister (Sally) has gone goth and constantly changes her philosophy on life. Van (Linus) still offers much philosophical wisdom but is a complete pothead. Matt (Pig-pen) is an OCD neat freak and has internalized his dirtiness; he's a sex maniac and extremely homophobic. Beethoven (Schroeder) is the school outcast because he was sexually abused by his alcoholic father and finds solace only in his piano playing. Peppermint Patty and Marcie's doppelgangers in the play are the two partying, mean girls/fugly grotsky betches.

The play deals with themes concerning drug use, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion, sexual identity, and suicide.

I've skimmed through this play. And I like what I'm seeing. There's a vibe of that typical high school scenario and characters, but they're warped and disturbed and so fascinating.

I'll have more to say once I read the play in depth.