June 24: Those that grew up with them have become calloused to them in a way that we laugh at high budget disaster films that depict The Rock cresting a tsunami wave set in motion by a literally groundbreaking 9.6 earthquake in a rigid-hulled inflatable boat. I’ve lost count of how many movies and TV shows have destroyed the Golden Gate Bridge by earthquakes, a space drill, and a giant mutant octopus. Each one depicts a scene more ridiculous than the last. There are website articles and YouTube video collages that are dedicated to listing every movie that has caused some form of destruction to the bridge and even arrange a top five list. The comments sections are full of people suggesting other films to add to the list and saying how hilarious this all is.
We forget how devastating earthquakes can really be.
June 25: We stopped by a man selling boba milk tea with a sign that read “Let’s suck balls”. His table was located in a corner that caught and twisted the breeze, forming a tornado of rainbow confetti and condom wrappers. The giddy girls behind us in line very loudly bought edibles from the guy who was behind them in line.
June 26: The teacher’s lounge is still being cleaned, so we are forced to take our lunch at the two tables just barely crammed into the hallway behind Mr. Carlson’s class. Every time a class is lead down the hall to the cafeteria, they pass by us, usually staring and trying to figure out what we are eating. It is especially awkward because we spend most of our lunch complaining about the exact kids walking by.
June 27: The dosen who took us on a short walk through the Fragrance Garden pointed out that even if we had trouble telling which plants were mint by the smell, we could also identify them by their square stem. We all rolled stems between our fingers and I could feel the corners. Joanna looked confused. “That’s not a square. That’s a diamond.”
June 28: Xavier and Scarlett went around the yard and collected all of the flowers that had fallen to the ground from the Tecoma tree branches that curved over the fence between us and the home next door. They flipped the bell-shaped flowers around and slipped them like rings onto their fingers. They ended up with long, accusatorially pointing fingers that looked pink and yellow from third degree burns. Their hands looked like sentenced witches from Salem coming back to seek their revenge.
June 29: As we were lead through the Walt Disney Family Museum, our guide would point out people who were important in Walt Disney’s life. She introduced us to Alice, the little girl from the animation adventures. We learned about some of the animators. A few kids even learned for the first time that Walt Disney was actually a person. Each a new person was mentioned, the first question the kids had was whether or not that person was still alive.
June 30: The kids got creative when I taught them about the Land’s End labyrinth and we went out to the West Yard to draw our own in chalk. Francisco and Scarlett worked together to make a maze inside a maze. Joanna made a maze of herself after getting Cindy to trace her while she lay dormant on the ground. Stephen had way too much fun adding fire pits you had to jump over in order to reach the end.
much love,
hedgie
No comments:
Post a Comment