Christy Rozek--Writing Assignment #2--Elephant, Airplane, Shampoo, Laptop, Banjo

I sat there, strumming on my banjo. Some of the other people in the airplane looked at me, over their laptop…tops. Sometimes I feel like nobody understands how things really are. Its way more widely accepted to say that you enjoy shampooing your rug than to say you’re interested in elephant herding. Even though elephants are way more fun. Anyway, I’m goin’ to visit my favorite elephant. She lives in the Nairobi zoo, and I often travel to see her, with my banjo for company. About this guy sitting next to me; sometimes I feel like having a little animated airplane float across his laptop would be as real to him as if someone made him sit, with his eyes fixed on the plane in which he is traveling. I got out a 3 ounce bottle of hair shampoo, it was strawberry, and I balanced it on top of his head. He neither saw me move my arm to do this, nor did he notice his new appendage.