Yes band practice...No band practice...yes band practice...on and on and on.....Cancelled!

Haha....I really don't mind. that just seems to be how decisions are made sometimes. Sometimes we go through several versions of resolution before being confident in our choices.

I drive a route of kindergartners in the mornings, and I've come to realize that the portrayal of this age group in the classic cartoon "Recess" was more terrifyingly relevant than I could have possibly imagined. In the show, the kindergartners are portrayed as, for lack of a more delicate word, savages. Reference this episode...



They are very much creatures of instinct, and hard to communicate to. They climb over seats, punch either, bite each other, and run around like 28 Days Later zombies. I've been at a complete loss as to how to deal with them...until today.

I had taken to the habit of trying to ignore them for the most part unless there was a real problem. my job, afterall, is to watch the road and get them to school safely, not teach them valuable communication skills needed to become highly effective adults. However, today I happened to strike up a conversation about dinosaurs with one of them today, which led to more and more wanting to be involved, until the whole group of kindergartners were hanging on each others words about which is the best dinosaur, which is the best color, etc, etc. It was the most civil I've seen them act all year long, and I'm actually looking forward to coming back on monday to drive that route, because now i get to hang out with my crew, instead of just annoying kindergartners. As long as I keep talking to them, the more civil they'll be to each other.

haha That may have been somewhat corny. But whatever; I was much relieved by it, and it's always good to have a little extra joy in mundane tasks.

I have tickets for me and my brother to Wolves/Lakers tomorrow night. If I ever have a son, I'll be able to tell him that I saw the great Kobe Bryant play ball. It'll be a nice moment, Lord willing.

Also...i may have to write another post about how that Recess episode is obviously about slavery. They just don't make cartoons with secret, deep messages about society anymore.