rant

today, p complained that someone wrote vulgarities on his locker. the exact words were "fuck the police." everyone but me seemed terribly offended by this statement, which strikes me as a profound truth. i guess i never really learned to be a good white american. in any case, the infraction was looked into. it turns out the statement was written on the inside of the locker, which begs the question, who else but p could have written it? also found were a plethora of ozzie osborne stickers.

p has made me prime minister of a country he has invented. so far, i have met with fidel castro, jimmy carter, and the pope. i have made a deal with hugo chavez for cheap oil. the only problem is p is the king of the same country, and therefore has power over me. hence, our troops are currently in iraq, despite my strong protestations. i guess i'm just another sell out after all. other people at the school also hold positions within the country...
n and r are the head chefs
d is the russion ambassador
k is the cuban ambassador
a is in charge of security
k is the the ambassador to belgium.
one more thing...over the february break, i will be going to england to visit prince charles. just thought you should know.

today d was hit in the eye with a roll. unfortunately the rolls at the school restaurant are very hard, and he took it right in the eye. the aforementioned roll was thrown by "wit," who certainly showed a strange sense of humor in the episode. this event led to the obligatory "who did it" exercise, where each student is called in and questioned by the teacher about what they saw. the teacher complained to me that many of the kids claimed they didn't know what happened. i offered that in my day, it was a cardinal rule to keep quiet when questioned, as "ratting" out peers to adults was viewed with contempt, and of course, still is. this got me a glare from the offended, right minded adult.

hey look, it's bad enough i am working in this place. isn't that enough of a sell out?

no, they want your mind too.

especially your mind.

well, at least they are all patriots fans, many of whom got little sleep because of the game. good...fuck em.

by the way, it looks like off the mark will not be allowed to get his job back, as he forwarded his resignation to the top dogs of the brookline town hall.

that's too bad. it would have been cool for a guy to quit one day and be back at work the next.

the problem is that we lack a sense of humor.

most think it's all very serious, and in a way it is. not the job itself. that's bullshit. rather, it is the time the job takes up that we could have used to become more human.

and that, i'm afraid,
will never be funny.