January 20, 2005
yap yap yap
I could continue to yap about my extraordinary dislike of the politics of this continuing administration.
I could.
Hasn't most of it been said by now? And if it hasn't been said, isn't there a reason it hasn't been said (besides being extradited to another land for torture)? I'll presume it hasn't been said because it's already been said in another way.
I'm going to assume that I have, for right now, said enough. So there it is. Enough.
So let's go to the education profile of this administration:
No Child Left Behind
I don't know if we left children behind in this story, but if we had, it was because they didn't have the right eye wear. When I was in high school, I took Driver's Ed. The classroom part was fine, but there was after school driving practice, too. (My driving teacher was not cool about many things, but he did allow me some shenanigans.) It was kind of lame.
So there were five of us in the car. Three in the back seat, the driver, driving, and the teacher in the passenger seat. When I wasn't driving, I was sitting in the back seat trying to be not bored.
One weekend, BellyRub and I and the kid from across the street went to the mall. In a stroke of genius, I bought four pairs of goggles at the dollar store(they all came on one card--thrifty!). I was planning on having all of us in the driver's ed car wear them.
Driver's education is lame. Being in an oldish car that was likely acquired at a government auction is lame. Being in this car with a huge yellow sandwich board on the roof is lame. Doing all of this with three other young women and an irritable gym teacher is extra lame.
So when the goggles came to class, we (except for the driver and the teacher who declined.) wore them and peered out the windows. I instructed my classmates on how to properly curl their fingers so it looked like they were hanging off the window of the door. The middle person got to turn around and put her paws on the back seat the way that Spring does now.
When we felt very frisky, we stuck our top teeth out, too.
I was laughing very hard. These things always make me laugh very hard. It was hard not to laugh while staring at people in the car next to us, but oh boy was it worth it for the stories I could make up about them being worried about who was going to be learning to drive!
We all wore them for a while, but no one really looked at us. And then the elastic bands started to squeeze our heads too much. I think they were kids' goggles. And we had big heads.
But I soldiered through! I will not be beaten by inattentive people! My swollen head can take the extra pressure for an hour or two! All for the cause of absurdity and entertainment.
Yes.
