So even though I had to skip fourth hour and show choir because a mystery disease is slowly sucking the life from my body, I managed to don some presentable clothes and make an appearance at the school board meeting. I was accepting a certificate for being a National Merit Scholarship Finalist (all capitals, mind you).

The best part of going to school board meetings is checking out the bizarre array of people there. Mr. Murphy is always there, which is kind of a hoot, and of course the old white dudes on the board are mildly amusing. This time there was a little girl who looked like she came straight out of Africa being congratulated on winning the school spelling bee. When Dr. Whatever asked her what word won her the spelling bee, she casts this sidelong glance at him and says in this really snotty voice, "Disappointed." It was the funniest thing ever. Kind of. I guess you had to be there.

This blonde guy with splendidly coiffed hair was sitting a row in front of me. He was pretty young - mid twenties, probably - and he was wearing this awfully stylish little striped shirt/sweater combo. Sitting remarkably close to him was another young man of about the same age who was gesturing swishily about something. So I thought to myself, "What are these fags doing at a school board meeting?" Turns out the one with the coiffed hair was being given some extremely presigious award for science teachers, and it was all amazing and stuff because he was so young (and because he was gay, but no one said that.) Hooray for good homosexual teachers. Maybe school would be cooler if there were more of them.

posted at 11:13 PM by Alison

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