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Pago 18 Daily Nebraskan Thursday, September 11, 1936 n Life revolves around Grandma; COLLEGE NIGHT AT CHESTERFIELD'S! Live entertainment with ZEPHYR! ALL AGES WELCOMED $100 cover 9.00 pm to close Chesterfield's. . 13th & Q Lower Level Gimnrfs Mall Clever letter writer is a liar don 't want to say that I lie to my grandma, but my grandma is a chronic worrier. She worries constantly about her kids and grandkids. Sheuxrries about our health, she utorries about finan cial difficulties, she worries about possible Libyan attacks in Omaha Stew Magnuson . J t y- and Lincoln. This doesn't bother me too much. It only shows that she loves us all very much, and she doesn 't want anything terri ble to happen. So when I write Grandma (approximately every three days if I don t want a phone call ask ing if I'm all right), don't lie. Lying to one's grandma is a sin worse than murder, but maybe I stretch the truth a little bit. I might leave out some important facts. OK, maybe I alter reality some, but that 's not lying, is it? I recently sat down and wrote some letters to grandma and my pal Rob. Dear Grandma, Well, school has started again. Boy, it sure is expensive down here. I have to eat out a lot since the gas isn't hooked up yet in the new apartment. Did I mention that the apartment is unfurnished? I have to buy a lot of furniture. My new roommate Todd, will help with expenses, of course, but he has the same financial problems as I do. Phone hook-up charge, the deposit, textbooks, etc. To make matters worse, we had a little accident with our win dow, and we had to pay to have it replaced. Dear Rob, WSffl iMHMfi BSCS Tfcswww ; - ,9 i mmm 44 4 i '' WW? (L mm mmmmmmmm " ' '' iliilpiiii mm mm iTnw?sfflas0io; quo; am smm I'm tfoina through money like you wouldn't believe, It's the first week of school. Classes are slow, so I'm spend ing all my money at the Drumstick or the Zoo. I think I can get my grandma to send some cash if I word her letter right. Since we haven't bought any fur niture, Todd and I started playing soccer in the living room. The soccer ball went through a window. The land lady is pissed. Dear Grandma, Classes are all OK. My professors are interesting. It's too bad I have to take geometry this year. I could have gradu ated last spring if it wasn't for that requirement. Dear Rob, Wouldn't you know, my most boring class is at 9:30 a.m. with Professor Joe Monotone himself. This guy choosing to teach is like Pee Wee Herman choosing to be a linebacker with the Chicago Bears. He's drier than the Mojave desert. And it's a history class, if that wasn't bad enough. Thank God, I have to take geometry this year. The very thought of graduating sends shivers up my spine. What am I supposed to do with an English major anyway? I'll probably have to fry hamburgers at McDuck's. Dear Grandma, Work is going good. They don't pay me enough, and they don't give me enough hours. Lots of interesting peo ple work there, though. Dear Rob, I'm so sick of work. I don't have any free time anymore. I need the money, though, and jobs are impossible to find. The boss chewed my butt for being only 15 minutues late! One more time and I'm fired, he said. What ajerk. The only thing that makes the job bearable are all the babes who work there. Dear Grandma, I'll be sure and look for Aunt Mar tha's kids. Dear Rob, I'm supposed to show my cousins around Lincoln. They're a bunch of mealy-mouthed hicks from the middle of nowhere. I think they're all animal science majors. That fits, they have the brains of your basic cow. Dear Grandma, Do you think you can contact that lawyer, Mr. Finkledorf, who helped the family with some of our legal problems? I had a little accident on my bike on campus. I accidentally ran over this young woman. She's really overreacting about the whole thing. It's nothing to worry about, really. Dear Rob, Remember when we used to do the old pedestrian dodge on our bikes on campus, when we waited for classes to get out, then zoomed down the side walks as fast as we could on the 10 speeds trying not to hit anyone? Well, I blew it the other day. I hit this crazy chick. She panicked and thought I was going to hit her or something. She stepped right in front of me. You should have seen her fly. Her books and note books went everywhere. She twisted her ankle or something. She's talking about suing. I think my grandma's law yer can get me out of it. Ballet auditions begin Sept. 16 Auditions for The Nutcracker will be held on Sept. 14 at Pershing Audito rium from 1 to 3 p.m. Characters needed for the ballet include Clara, a 13- to 15-year-old, the Nutcracker, an uncle named Droffel meyer and more than 60 actps, actresses Droffelmeyer, must be excellent at classical dance. The Nutcracker is a Christmas clas sic. The ballet centers around a little girl's dream about a nutcracker coming to life. No words are said through the play; rather, all is acted out through dance. The Ballet Midwest Dance Company is sponsoring the ballet. Because the organization survives from local sup port, Shari . Shell, artistic director for the ballet, said participation by local talent is encouraged The Nutcracker is scheduled to be performed Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Pershing Auditorium. For more infor mation call 483-5005, 785-2835, or speak with Shell at 486-7428.