keep denton shitty

i recently went back to denton (where i attended good ol UNT in my youth, ha) to reminisce and hit up my old hangouts. i was 100% unsuccsessful. i knew that they had torn down a few things on fry street, but i was shocked at the changes all over town. i couldn't find anything! the irish store on the square is now a bath junkie (dear god why?). the used bike store is a gas station. my favorite vintage store is a lame comic book store. my second favorite vintage store just sits there vacant. mr. (or monsieur if you're feeling fancy) chopsticks was a pile of rubble soon to be an apartment complex. then, last week someone told me they were closing down rubber gloves rehearsal studios, and that was just the last straw. (it turns out this joker was ill-informed, but it was a good warning, because obviously it can happen.) this was really the only bar i frequented thanks to their giant $3 beers and excellent (very, very excellent) music. i would go there with 2 girls from design studio every week after class. i saw the shins there juuuuust before they were popular and that was one of the most fun nights ever. seriously, ever. the point is, denton overwhelms me with nostalgia and i hate to see it's character destroyed. sure, it was trashy and run-down, but you really didn't mind. it was almost like a mini-austin. kind of. if they're not careful, it'll look like frisco soon! so....

i propose a denton day.

ice cream (homemade) on the square, vintage shopping (i've managed to track down my fave at a new location), perhaps bike shopping, a trek over to the art building for the sculpture garden and student gallery, pizza at the tomato, coffee at brick haus (if it still exists), and finally giant beers and a show at rubber gloves. also, i will tell you funny stories all day.

this may be my last chance. who's with me?

*EDIT* so it has come to my attention that the tomato has gone the way of mr. chopsticks. fuck. this cannot wait till after football season.