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1/23/2002 Just so I have something to post today (and because I like the questions), here's the wednesday whine, picked up from shawn.1. Who is/was your least favorite authority figure (i.e. teacher, manager, guidance counselor)? -- Without a doubt, Jim Arrington, the principal of my former high school. He was a football coach and principal at a public school in the area. Just so you know, the public schools in this city suck ass. They're underfunded, overcrowded, dangerous, and probably dirty. And when he came to St. James in the 9th grade, he treated us the way he treated his students from Capitol Heights. And that's just wrong. He alienated the entire student body and the faculty. I seriously don't know how he keeps his job. They're getting a new headmaster next year, and apparently, when he came to see the school, he actually told Arrington he needed to stop acting like a public school football coach. If he figured that out in the first day of meeting the jackass, that's gotta tell you something. 2. What one thing do you wish people would just accept about you? (e.g. - what are you sick of justifying or explaining to everyone?) -- Probably the fact that I'm pagan. My parents accept it but generally don't talk about it, or when they do, they make light of it. And I haven't told my roommates because I don't think they would be able to accept it. They're almost all very devout Christians, and you can tell that all they know about witchcraft is what the Bible told them. That and society. These days, witchcraft is getting some good attention; when we were kids, it didn't. Basically, it got no attention at all. Anyway, I don't feel comfortable with them knowing I'm pagan. My roommate Brannon knows, my friends Robin and Amanda down the hall know, and Jennie knows. That's it. Case in point: When I was doing my research paper (on witchcraft, of course), I checked out books from the school library to use. When I returned them, I walked with my then-roommate Katie, because she had books to return, too. I made a joking comment that the library staff might start to wonder about me since I had twice checked out books on witchcraft. And she asked me, "Isn't that stuff kind of scary to read?" 3. If you could confront one person with no consequences, who would it be? -- My father. He has a tendency to either (a) not listen (b) argue before you finish, or (c) make light of it. When my brother and I were young, he was a terrible father. He worked all the time, so the only time we saw him was in the evening, and it's been his routine for as long as I can remember to sit down and read the paper as soon as he gets home, and then go watch tv in his bedroom. Not exactly much time for bonding. And his sense of humor. I've heard my mom say time and again that he got it from his father. He has a very sarcastic, teasing kind of sense of humor, which is fine in and of itself. Except when you're around children. Children don't know when you're joking or not. You make a sarcastic remark, and they think you're serious. I very much believe that a lot of my emotional/psychological problems stem from the way my father treated us as children. When I got depressed (around age 12 or 13), I couldn't stand to be in the same room with him. It was like a physical aversion. He'd walk into the room, and I'd just get this heavy feeling. Don't get me wrong, I love my father, and I know he loves us (and did then, too), but he should have been more careful. 4. I just caught you daydreaming ... where were you and what were you doing? -- I honestly can't remember what I last daydreamed about. Weird. Next time I do, I'll try to remember to post about it. ^_^ Listening to: Charge by Splendid. posted 10:00 PM / post
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