kokopellinelli: (Abandon All Hope)
Seems like it's been a while since I posted. I don't have much to report, except for a couple strange dreams the past few nights. One involved me ordering a pulled-pork sandwich at a fast food place and receiving an entire ham (still in its plastic packaging) wrapped in an enormous blanket-like piece of bread. The dream from last night was way creepy, and I can't remember much of it, but there were a couple lothies in it. There was also a family living next door, a group of teenage siblings, who turned out to be murderers or vampires or something. At one point, I was in the trailer next to the vampires, and trying to dial the emergency number. I was in Australia, so I figured it wasn't 911. I asked the guy standing next to me (who was guarding the trailer with a rifle) if the emergency number was 999. He nodded, so I dialed 999, and got some sort of recorded message about cheese. I screamed frantically, "It isn't WORKING!" and he sighed, and reached over, and dialed 555. "There," he said laconically. I almost shoved him out of the trailer to become vampire bait.

In other news, it's been cold here, I've been busy at work, and my dog is still a pest.
kokopellinelli: (Default)
Just subbed for the first time in the Valdez district. A 3rd and 4th grade teacher got ill and went home around 9, so I took her class for the rest of the day. It was fun for the most part, with a couple dashes of "Hey you, sit down and shut the hell up" thrown in (but gentler).

My favorite exchange took place while we were standing in the line for lunch. I had to escort my class in the line until they got into the kitchen, so the two boys at the back of the line were talking to me. Note: the teacher had told the class my last name before I got there.

Boy: When the teacher told us your name, we thought it sounded like a vampire name.

Other Boy: *nods*

Boy: So we were afraid you'd have long teeth and be scary.

Other Boy: But then when you got here, we thought you might be boring.

Boy: So we were almost hoping you WOULD be a vampire, so you wouldn't be boring!

Me: ...

Me: So...are you still afraid I might be boring?

Boys: No.

Me: Thanks.

LATER

Me: Is it sad that a 3rd grader thought I looked boring?

Nina: Yes.

Although, 15 minutes into my day there, I'd already had 3 kids come up and tell me that I should tell their teacher to make me be the sub every time she was gone, so I guess that's something.

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