Potpourri - 6/19/07 - Main Campfire
"Heeeeeeeey students." said Buster after everyone had sat down. He was sitting on a picnic table, surrounded by a few cardboard boxes. He picked at his hook nervously.
"Okay, kids here's a life lesson for you: Life sucks. It sucks and then sucks some more. Horrible things are going to happen to you suddenly and there's nothing you can do about it." said Buster. He was going for the "tough love" approach today.
"Maybe you'll get stuck in a low-level office job for twenty years, maybe a crazy psychopath will try to kill you, maybe you'll have to stop a bomb from exploding." he said. "Maybe you'll get your hand bitten off by a seal because your brother is an idiot."
"The point is, something horrible is going to happen to you. The sooner you accept this the less surprised you will be when it happens." he said. "So today we're going to have an activity that vaguely mirrors the lecture but not really."
"So in these boxes are some items." he said. He began to rifle through the box. "Eyepatches, fake hands, fake hooks, bald caps...I want you to pick one and wear it for the rest of the day. You'll get to learn what it's like to be unfortunate and I'll get to laugh at you. We all win!"
[It's up!]
"Okay, kids here's a life lesson for you: Life sucks. It sucks and then sucks some more. Horrible things are going to happen to you suddenly and there's nothing you can do about it." said Buster. He was going for the "tough love" approach today.
"Maybe you'll get stuck in a low-level office job for twenty years, maybe a crazy psychopath will try to kill you, maybe you'll have to stop a bomb from exploding." he said. "Maybe you'll get your hand bitten off by a seal because your brother is an idiot."
"The point is, something horrible is going to happen to you. The sooner you accept this the less surprised you will be when it happens." he said. "So today we're going to have an activity that vaguely mirrors the lecture but not really."
"So in these boxes are some items." he said. He began to rifle through the box. "Eyepatches, fake hands, fake hooks, bald caps...I want you to pick one and wear it for the rest of the day. You'll get to learn what it's like to be unfortunate and I'll get to laugh at you. We all win!"
[It's up!]