Friday, June 30, 2006

Facts About Gus Vol. 14

What most people don't know about Erik is that he used to be into politics. During his eighth grade year he not only was class president, but also treasurer and secretary.
I remember asking him one day why he was so into it because I thought it was a waste of time. His reply? "It's what Alex P. Keaton would do." I swear that Gus had a major man-crush on that guy. He even started calling himself Erik O. Guttormsen. He was planning a four-year long stranglehold on the class presidency that would last through high school.
During the election for class officials in ninth grade, Erik was called to his Guidance Counselor's office. The story is that one of Erik's interns from his eighth grade campaign had come forward and said that Erik had molested them with a candy cigarette.
Erik transferred schools the next morning, finishing his high school years at Mark Morris. He reached a settlement with his accuser a couple of years later. After the settlement his accuser, Anh Nguyen, moved to California never to be heard of again.

1 comment:

Gus said...

I never ran for government. I did however get asked back for battle of the books, unlike a certain captain of the previous years winning team...