It is spirit week at Francis’ school and that means DRESS UP! Who is more excited about dress up: Francis or me? Definitely me around here, but once she learns that her mom can make her the WAY COOLEST kid at school, then maybe she will quit fighting me. Why did she not want to lace leather straps all the way up her legs? That would have been awesome! Actual conversation on Super Hero day:
“Hey look, you can wrap these around your wrists for supersonic power bracelets!”
“Naaaw!”
Yeah, it will be so cool! Here, let me just pin those on for you!”
“Moooooommmmm!”
Another actual conversation on Nerd Day:
“Mom, what really is a nerd?”
“It’s a goofy person.”
“I’m an urn!” (Zephyr)
“But is it a stupid person or a smart person?”
“It is a smart person who is also goofy in some ways; kind of like your Dad”
“Look at me! I’m an urn!” (Zephyr)
“Oh. What?” (totally confused).
Nerd Day? What is this? What I really wanted to say was, “This is our society’s way of exercising anti-intellectualism. The masses are afraid of you unless you are thoroughly unexceptional and unchallenging. If you are not, they will come up with some mean name to attempt to put you in your place. They would like you to be average and unthreatening. Luckily, the ones in charge in the end all all bitches and nerds, so all you have to do is wait it out babe!” But I didn’t say that. Instead I said, “Hey, you need striped socks and that gnome hat!”. I’ll fill her in when she is a little older.
Urn Day
Super Something
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I think it’s interesting that Zephyr looks like that almost all the time. My little nerdlet.
May 20th, 2009
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