First off, let me just say that for those of you who did not go to this reading, you missed two terrific readers! They were both fantastic! Amanda did a great job conducting also! Kudos to all who participated!
I had only been to one other reading before this, and because I enjoyed it so immensely, I was looking forward to attending this one as well. It did not disappoint let me tell you!
It began with Amanda introducing Zack, as he was the first reader of the night. The introduction was hilarious! We learned in a very amusing way that Zach is a student here at CWI, he is from Horseshoe Bend, adopted, smokes Marlboro Reds and if you ever see him in a bar, you are to buy him his favorite drink, which is a martini WITH salt.
I should have guessed with the introduction, that this was not going to be a reading that will have a person yawning. It was funny from beginning to end.
Zach starts out by plugging the Beard Club competition and acting as if he owns the prize. Then he informs us that one of the stories he will be reading is going to be an essay that he wrote entitled “My Little Friend.”
OK, this sounds innocent enough, right. Wrong! It is a good thing that we were all adults, not faint hearted, and that there was a bathroom close by just in case someone was in need of one in fear of peeing their pants from laughing!
As it turns out, Zach’s “Little Friend” was an imaginary tapeworm named Ally, which he had longed for since the fifth grade. He goes into great detail about how he would love his tapeworm, how he would take care of it, where he would harbor his “Little Friend”. I will not go into as much detail on his answers as he had, as I am fairly certain that we need to keep this at least at a PG13. Let’s just say that he was very descriptive and personal, not to mention funny as hell!
In the end, Zach never did get to have his tapeworm, though he still dreams of ‘her’. However, in or about 2003, he was blessed with a different sort of parasite; KING size parasites! (I will let you use your imagination to figure this one out!).
His second story that he read was entitled, “She Settled on a Sundress”. Though this story was not on a personal basis, it was however just as adult themed, descriptive and compelling. There did seem to have been a reoccurring theme to both these stories though. They both involved crustaceans! Was this done on purpose? I have no idea, but it worked!
Zach did a wonderful job with writing and reading these stories! He definitely knows how to get the reader, or listener in this case, into his stories. He also has tremendous guts to share the things he did! Though, maybe just a little too much information! But I have to admit, it was hilarious!
Just a side note: the second reader to which I will not name names due to the fact that he thinks it would be weird and his ego couldn‘t take it ( as he has said this himself), did just as an amazing job as Zach! Way to go!
The next time there is an English Club reading, I encourage everyone to go. You will not be disappointed!
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