:: What's the chatter with kids today? ::

Saturday, May 24, 2003

I'm home in Los Angeles for the long weekend. My father offered a free ticket home, on the condition that I surprise my mother, and I accepted.

My mother works in the front office of the elementary school I once attended; it started out as a volunteer job - something to get her out of the empty nest - and progressed into a full-time gig. Friday, it seems, was staff appreciation day, which entailed being treated to a nice lunch out, as well as with arts n' crafts paper flowers created by the students with little messages written on each petal.

I often forget the consistency with which K-6 kids can be uproariously funny. Most of the petals contained expected notes along the lines of "thank you for being so nice" or "Mrs. Orland you are really nice".

My two favorites however were "You rock. Don't ever change." and "You are egregious and benevolent". I sit here alternately conjuring up images of my mother as either a Hollywood talent agent or some paradoxically cruel-but-kind demagogue, and I can't stop laughing.

Posted by morland @ 02:06 PM

:: Comments ::

dude i agree with those kids. your mom does rock. but my favorite ms. orland is m.s. orland.

dont ever change. stay sweet n cute. KIT!

Posted by: graham on May 29, 2003 12:43 PM

- Post a comment -

« On this episode of "As Consolidation Approches" | Main | Targeting the fatalistic demographic »