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HURON, SD Huron Community College student Patty Cunniff shocked her dining companions at lunch yesterday when—while making her way through the cafeteria line, after picking up a variety of unidentifiable meat products—she took one of the many colorful blocks of jiggling gelatin and placed it on her tray.
“Eeeeew!” screeched Cunniff’s disgusted friend, Wendy Dougan. “What did you take that for? Nobody eats the Jell-O!”
“I don’t know,” Cunniff shrugged. “I just felt like eating Jell-O.”
Cunniff claimed to be drawn by the wobbly, translucent green substance. She couldn’t resist the perfectly-geometrical block, the color that appears nowhere in the natural world. It called to her.
And as Cunniff and her friends sat down at their usual table, Cunniff could barely concentrate on her shepherd’s pie. As her friends picked at their meal, finally giving in and getting themselves a bowl of Froot Loops and an ice cream cone, Cunniff sat quietly and poked at her gelatin. She watched in awe, wonder, and curiosity as it quivered and jiggled.
After her friends had finished their meal, Cunniff was still peacefully playing with her gelatin—and even her friends became intrigued. They watched as the little slimy shape danced on its porcelain stage. They, too, were mesmerized.
Finally, Dougan asked, “Are you gonna eat that, or what? We’ve gotta go to class.”
Cunniff’s expression was pained. She poked at the gelatin and finally said, “No. I don’t think I dare yet. Maybe tomorrow I’ll try a bite.” Then she and her friends left for class.
Kitchen Manager Louise Brockman was stunned when she saw that one of the gelatin blocks was missing from her artistic display. She immediately ordered that another block of green gelatin be cut, so she could once again complete her decorative presentation, which she revealed has been kept relatively unharmed—aside from random disturbances by the occasional student—since Brockman accepted the position in 1962.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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