So today there are no classes. Today is a day entitled: Parent/Teacher Conferences. I have met with several parents. Most of them are happy sorts, and their kids are good people as well. One father, toting a book entitled "The Tea Drinker's Guide" was a little peculiar. He told me about how he only allows Spanish spoken in his home, which seems reasonable, as an attempt to preserve the bilingual fluency. However, when he delved into the historical origins of the word "Blackberry" and "Amen", he sort of lost me in a dust of spookiness. Blackberry, according to this wise sage, was chosen by the marketers at RIM for its reference to the ball and chain, which apparently is what the imprisoned slaves dubbed the ball. He decreed that they were on a mission to create a shackle for the technologically whorish civilian, and they wanted the name to be the subtle battle cry of this device. Now, I googled this for a solid 15 minutes, and not a damn morsel of information corraborates this wonderous tale. What I did find, was that an executive at the marketing firm, Lexicon Branding, thought the keys looked like seeds and they began tossing around fruits (there is a joke there), and they came up with Blackberry.The Truth of Blackberry (According to the internet and a little Google magic)
Then he went on about some business with the Egyptians and "Amen", and how the Romans co-opted the phrase. Needless to say, the guy was a little bit of an odd one, but that is all done with now.
Today, amidst meeting with parents, life has been good. Below you shall find proof of a step towards the future. The theme for Burning Man 2010 is "Metropolis"--coming from DF, I think I will be highly prepared and qualified to engage with the moments that shall unfold.
Today was a day of just pure and simple honesty, and I 100% feel empowered by that freedom.
The Kooks: Behind Closed Doors provided a soundtrack for all the emails and thoughts. Ahoy!
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