April 2, 2004

I now understand why most of middle America chooses to medicate their children.  I had the pleasure of taking care of a severely out of control 4th grader this past week.  It was the kid's first day in our afterschool program and in the beginning I thought he was going to
be a good kid.  He looked a bit nerdy and seemed to be a little off but that's not unusual with some of the kids we care for.  During snack time, however, he started his downfall.  He kept burping in the other kids' faces.  Most kids laugh at this and go on but apparently this kid took it to an extreme and wouldn't stop, even when the kids begged him to quit.  During homework time the child continued  his "entertainment" and began to make fart sounds.  The kids again asked
him to stop.  He wouldn't so we just ignored him. When it was time to clean up, the kid refused to get up from his table.  I admit, I was at a loss and ignored him.  Finally, he did but then tried to throw the tables which are on wheels at the other children. This was the final straw for me and I have to admit, I was surprised at how well I handled myself.  I grabbed the table and held it still while he tried to wrestle it from me.  He then began punching and kicking me.  I wanted to scream at the kid to just shut the fuck up and knock it off.  I wanted to tell him to stop acting like a damn psycho and just be normal but being the adult, I couldn't.  The director of the program then grabbed his arms and held him there until his father came to pick him up.  I kid you not, she had to sit on his legs just to keep him in her control.  During the whole incident he was screaming.  It was a sight.  I feared the incident bordered on abuse but the kid was out of control and was putting the others in danger. I had never seen a kid act like this and it was quite frightening.  I'm sure there are a multitude of things that could cause such behavior but it definitely made me put off any plans to have children for at least ten years.

I finally got to watch this week's episode of the Sopranos.  Since I have to be at work at the butt crack of dawn I'm forced to tape it every Sunday night.  What is up with this new compassionate side of Tony?   I have to say that I was severly disappointed when he decided not to whack Feech and instead set him up to go back to prison.  What a pussy!!  Have some respect and shoot him in the chest!!  I'm anxious to see who will be offed this week.  E-mail me any guesses.  I have a sneaking suspicion in might be Adriana but the previews always lead you to believe the opposite of what will really happen.  Could Johnny Sack be the next to take it in the eye??  Let me know what you think.

Eventually will all of the world meet their significant others through a dating website??  While I don't question the women who use such a device, I do question a guy's motive.  Not many 20-somethings I know sit around pining for the love of their life. Maybe I'm wrong though.  Maybe guys are a lot more sensitive than I give them credit for.  Anyway, it leads me to ask what's the point??  My friend Alex is
currently using a service.  She's been dating this guy for a couple of months and said he seemed okay at first.  The other night she sent me an instant message dialogue from him.  He asked if she was a parking ticket because she had fine written all over her. Ummm, yeah, okay buddy.

Jason mentioned the Friendster website earlier this week.  This is also something I don't get.  I joined a few months ago and am repeatedly embarrassed each time I go back to the site.  Most of my friends are ones from way back in college or from the days I worked at Cedar Point...for the most part they're people I don't really remember or care to remember but it still pains me to see that nobody has rated my profile or even visited it.  I guess I need to expand my number of acquaintances.  Well, I'm out...feel free to comment or criticize at randiwvu@yahoo.com


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