Teen Talk

July/August 2006

 

In this special edition of Teen Talk, teens met and made-up their own outlandish stories similar to the ones that can be found in the Weekly World News. Here is a sampling of their work:

Tupac Sighted in Aidare Moshpit
By Emily Velez

Some many years ago, this legendary rapper was shot and killed by an evil band of Irish rockers and left to rot in the gallows of a McDonald’s sewage dump where its famous Big Macs were created. The awesome long-haired reporter, Emily Velez, was forced to write a recap on this concert for Emo Core magazine. We interviewed her.

US: Emily, how was the concert?
EV: It stunk. I hate this job.
US: Radical! Now how did you spot him?
EV: With my eyes. I saw him. Um..I was amongst the crowd of Caucasian Emo-geeks, totally bored and enraged out of my wits. I pushed past the oceans of anorexic wannabes and then just when I arrived to rate the moshpit for the mag, I saw him, zombified, but like, LOL, shooting people up while shouting, “I ain’t mad at cha!”

Well, whatever exactly Tupac meant, we weren’t sure, but we managed to stun him and restrain him for an interview. Here is Emily’s interview:

EV: Tupac, how did you manage to come alive?
Tupac: Well, I wasn’t dead. I was acting for a decade. I survived by eating McDonald’s waste at the dump.
EV: But the stuff was just burgers people wouldn’t eat!
Tupac: It’s toxic waste either way!
EV: True. Anyway, Mr. Tupac, why are you here?
Tupac: Because I love Emo and Emo loves me!

He jumped back into the pit and before he could be caught again, he rode the crowd away from any reporters’ reach. “I don’t think he’s changed, really,” says local Vinelander Emily Velez. “Inside every bad boy is an Emo-geek.”

And so, Tupac’s true fate remains a mystery. Will he spend his life devoted to commercial music, with no soul or intellect? We may never know.

“We can only assume what will happen to our resurrected comrade. For years he has been a major influence and willing contributor to the youth and community,” says another local Vinelander, Helena Monica Luciana Mendez de la Luz. “Now he makes tight-flared jeans and t-shirts three times smaller than normal, approvable by visual means for rappers and hip-hoppers alike.” In conclusion…What the…?


Warts into Action
by Victoria Wright

Have you heard yet what’s taking over? Warts are now a fashion line. Everyone is using them. Something about them makes the face moist and now make-up is needed because it gives a red-like color to your cheek. Get them now; they come in all shapes and sizes!


Lil’ Jon Caught in Tutu?!
By Maria Velez

This unusual rap/hip-hop star, who you know as “Lil’ Jon” has a very deep fetish for wearing tutus? No way, people say. And I declare, yes way! We had tried to track him down at Propaganda Studios, but he refused to talk.

Five weeks later, we found him in Camden, NJ, “Crunk” dancing with his buddies in tutus. He saw that we caught him and now he’s decided to confess and tell us everything. He said, “Well, one day when I was 21, I was sweating so hard, I took all of my clothes off, and all that I saw for me to wear was a pink, frilly, sparkly, cute little tutu. I grabbed it and all of my best friends were wondering if I was sick because I was stuck in the bathroom. Well, I preferred to be stuck in the bathroom dancing my dreams in the sky (coughs)…uh, anyway, that’s it. I swear!” Lil’ Jon got up from where he was sitting and ran to the nearest window and broke through it.

Well, this was an almost annoying and pointless review on Lil’ Jon’s obsession with tutus.

Well, rap lovers, I believe this is all we have on this Crunk Juice lovin’ Atlanta, Georgia background-based man. This has been a report from the not-so-obsessed with herself, curly-haired sister of Emily Velez. My name is Maria Velez. Velez out.


Ask the Magic 8-Ball
By Juni Ruiz and Etienne Andro


Q. Do people exist outside the questionable doubt of this universe?

A: VERY DOUBTFUL.

 

Q. My friend says that seals are really scary. Is this true? I was thinking of getting one as a pet.

A. ASK AGAIN LATER.

 

Q. Dear Magic 8 Ball,
How are you? I’m not so well. I have a problem and I could use your help. My problem is that my dog needs one of two life-saving operations. One will make it so my dog can see, but he will no longer be able to walk. The other will make it so my dog can hear, but then he will need to be shaved twice a week for the rest of his life. What should I do?
--Lamb Chops in Louisiana

A: MY REPLY IS NO.