Hope you all had a nice Halloween! Mine was laid back, but cool. I met a friend for a drink in Hollywood. She booked a small part (in a skit) on the Conan O'Brien (sp.?) show, so we were celebrating, too. Neither one of us dressed up, but luckily we went to a spot where about half the people were dressed and the other half weren't. We should have went to West Hollywood, because the gays know how to costume and they know how to party! It's always such a grand spectacle there on Halloween. But it was cool where we were. We saw a crazy costume. This guy actually transformed into a working car! A real transformer! His little wheels whizzed him right down the sidewalk and everything. I thought that was crazy! He goes down further than what you see in the second picture, but I was trying to catch him mid-transformation. My camera takes pictures slow.
What else? My BF was telling me about how his mom "tamed" his ex-wife, as well as his brother's wife. I told him that I thought he meant to say that she crushed their spirits, from what it sounds like. His brother's wife went to art school and loved to dress in bright colors and fun, edgy fashions, and his mom got on that real quick and made her over to be a soccer mom/ label whore. Ugh! I mean there's absolutely nothing wrong with looking upscale cookie cutter if that's the look you want, but if that's not what you want or who you are, then to hell with anyone who tries to change that. Now, I don't mind meeting her and being friendly, but I really hope he doesn't expect me to be best buds with that meddlesome woman. 'Cuz I know what's on her agenda! Project Spirit-Crush in full effect! But I really don't have the energy to fight with her or to be bothered by her pettiness. If it means that much to her, then my plan is to appear to be the kind of woman she would approve of (basically her mini-me) whenever we meet, and then once she's gone, go back to being me. Free bird!
At an inner-city school where I sub regularly, one of the girls leaves her backpack at school 7th period (end of the day), and swings by to get it before first period the next day. There aren't any books in it and it's not heavy or anything, so I think she must get jumped on the way home, or has someone at home who steals stuff from her or something. It's really sad. I had an idea to do an urban version of a 4-H program (where one of the skills taught would be sewing), but I should probably just focus on getting my own life together before I try to change anyone else's life. Plus, my friend who was going to do it with me flaked, and I really don't have the knowledge to spearhead something like that on my own. So, alas, I put that in my "Book of Ideas", where all my ideas go to die. But someone should do that. I mean, look at this book bag! How sad is this? If you can't tell what's going on, the bottom is stapled together:
That costume is pretty cool - wish you had recorded video of it!
ReplyDeletechanging other peoples lives will change your life. just because you dont know how to do it, doesnt mean you shouldnt try. otherwise you would have never learned to walk :)
ReplyDeleteSo in awe of you what you do and love you for being who you are. (The story about the backpack is sad. Good that you and your colleagues are there for the kids.)
ReplyDeleteLOL'd at "Project Spirit-Crush". Just mix beige and white girlfriend for those Meet Future MIL occasions! Because it's something you'd only think of, if you browsed the Talbot catalog often enough ;D
And if you run out of things to say, why not go with, Did you know they made up Ann Taylor? She never actually existed! An imaginary person, kind of like Barbie!
Obv I'm getting very very tired, must have dinner NOW... :)
Hey Avitable! My friend got video... I'll see if I can get it from her. It's pretty rad!
ReplyDeleteLuan, oh, of course you're right. But if you're drowning and don't know how to swim, should you really try to help someone else out of the water? Shouldn't you just focus on getting to land in order to better help the other person? Throw them a floatation device, etcetera.
Anonymous: Well, it's kudos for the teachers... I kind of just float in and out of the kids' lives. Enough to vaguely see what's going on, but not enough to make a real difference. Thanks for the Future MIL advice! I'll drop that knowledge if there's a lull in the conversation ; )