Red Mosquito

plastic soul wrote:the RMer that drove me to the show from the ticket exchange thread who kept telling me "it'd be way cooler if was a hot chick".

contamination wrote:I spent 8 hours in the office today sitting next to a colleague whose kid has a hand, foot and mouth disease. This person saw no problem in coming to the office because her husband stayed home to take care of their sick kid. We had some guests and I couldn't leave home, and I also didn't want to be the asshole confronting her about the possibility of us getting the disease too because she didn't stay home.

I was supposed to see my close family over the weekend but I canceled it already because I don't want to be the one possibly spreading the disease and getting them sick. I'm really not happy about this.

plastic soul wrote:Told one of my employees that the first time I saw death cab was in 2004 on the Vote for Change tour, and was reminded of the RMer that drove me to the show from the ticket exchange thread who kept telling me "it'd be way cooler if was a hot chick". Then I got to thinking, 'you know, Nick, you oughta drop by the ole forum and see if any of your schoolyard chums are still around'. And then I spent like 2 hours finding an old saved password on a hard drive backup. And well, here I am.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

plastic soul wrote:Told one of my employees that the first time I saw death cab was in 2004 on the Vote for Change tour, and was reminded of the RMer that drove me to the show from the ticket exchange thread who kept telling me "it'd be way cooler if was a hot chick". Then I got to thinking, 'you know, Nick, you oughta drop by the ole forum and see if any of your schoolyard chums are still around'. And then I spent like 2 hours finding an old saved password on a hard drive backup. And well, here I am.

Thank you for returning.

contamination wrote:I spent 8 hours in the office today sitting next to a colleague whose kid has a hand, foot and mouth disease. This person saw no problem in coming to the office because her husband stayed home to take care of their sick kid. We had some guests and I couldn't leave home, and I also didn't want to be the asshole confronting her about the possibility of us getting the disease too because she didn't stay home.

I was supposed to see my close family over the weekend but I canceled it already because I don't want to be the one possibly spreading the disease and getting them sick. I'm really not happy about this.

96583UP wrote:super common amongst kids

brutal for a couple days and then they go away

daft twat wrote:My seniors are doing a research paper on a career. I require them to interview someone who is working in that job. Many kids bitch out and just choose an occupation someone in their family does so they can interview an uncle or whatever.

Today this kid in 5th hour came to me with his interview done except he’d changed his topic. I asked what the new topic was and who he interviewed: his brother, a rapper.

I said, “Dude, it can’t be just someone who works a job for a living and puts songs up on SoundCloud when he can.”
He goes, “No, he’s a real rapper.”
I said, “Cool,” and spun my laptop toward him. “Show me.”
He goes, “You probably don’t know him, but I bet you know our dad.”

I sure fucking did. Busta Rhymes! He showed me a video for a song called Legacy and, sure enough, a likeness of my student and his name are in it.

I asked, “Why didn’t you just interview him?”
He replied, “He’s not that easy to get ahold of.”
I went from being blown away to sad as hell. So many nice kids without fathers in their lives in my classes again this year. Fucking epidemic.

daft twat wrote: …sad as hell. So many nice kids without fathers in their lives in my classes again this year. Fucking epidemic.

bart wrote:

daft twat wrote:My seniors are doing a research paper on a career. I require them to interview someone who is working in that job. Many kids bitch out and just choose an occupation someone in their family does so they can interview an uncle or whatever.

Today this kid in 5th hour came to me with his interview done except he’d changed his topic. I asked what the new topic was and who he interviewed: his brother, a rapper.

I said, “Dude, it can’t be just someone who works a job for a living and puts songs up on SoundCloud when he can.”
He goes, “No, he’s a real rapper.”
I said, “Cool,” and spun my laptop toward him. “Show me.”
He goes, “You probably don’t know him, but I bet you know our dad.”

I sure fucking did. Busta Rhymes! He showed me a video for a song called Legacy and, sure enough, a likeness of my student and his name are in it.

I asked, “Why didn’t you just interview him?”
He replied, “He’s not that easy to get ahold of.”
I went from being blown away to sad as hell. So many nice kids without fathers in their lives in my classes again this year. Fucking epidemic.

Did you ask him about Halloween Resurrection