The Real Animal House
Chapter One
Ye Nob Hill Inn
"THE MOST IMPORTANT THING when you go to college," Ace Kendall
declared, "the single most important thing"- he paused for effect
-"is never, ever to join a fraternity."
I shifted in my seat. Ace's assertions were making me uncomfortable.
They tended to do that. "Yeah, well, easy for you to say. They don't
have fraternities where you go. At Dartmouth, that's all there is."
"Hey, man, go hiking. Write a poem. Plant a tree. There're all kinds
of things to do without wasting your time drunk in some smelly
frat-house basement." When Ace smiled, he looked like a devil, only
a blond one.
"Ace, what are you talking about? You're drunk now. You like being
drunk."
"True, but this isn't a fraternity. This is Ye Nob Hill Inn." Indeed
it was. The jukebox, with its great forties jazz sides, was blasting
away. Jan the bartendress was shaking up drinks. The electric
Ballantine beer sign was making its bouncy arcs of color on the
wall. Having all recently turned eighteen, my three best high school
friends and I were ensconced in a booth, drinking bee ... read full excerpt from The Real Animal House: The Awesomely Depraved Saga of the Fraternity That Inspired the Movie ebook
