Mar 23, 2004 13:21
I like today. It isn't particularly sunny, actually it's not sunny at all, but when I walked outside the day seemed crisp. I took a deep breath in and didn't cough or sneeze, although I know today is a high allergy day.
In fact, according to www.pollen.com, Austin is in the red on the allergy scale. I guess the crispness of today doesn't come from lack of pollen and cedar, but rather from a break in humidity, I know this because I am having a decent hair day.
I am not in a particularly good mood today. Although I am somewhat enjoying the weather and my hangover is subsiding I am still in this weird state of mind.
There isn't much of anything to do at work today. I actually grabbed my boss' filing (which is not my job) because I have nothing better to do. But actually, it would appear that I do have something better to do - write a journal entry.
Our world is fucked up. Hands down. Wonder why I say this? Read the news...
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MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- A 5-year-old boy took a bag of marijuana to school and was sprinkling it over a friend's lasagna like oregano when a monitor intervened, police said.
The lasagna was confiscated before the other boy had a chance to eat it Monday in the cafeteria at Gratigny Elementary School.
Police said it was unclear whether the kindergartner even knew what he was carrying, although he tried to hide the bag when the monitor approached.
The boy "may have said it was oregano," said Mayco Villafana, spokesman for Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
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To tell you the truth, I don't know many 5-year-olds, but I don't think that that age range knows what oregano is and/or knows that is an ingredient in lasagna, that is, unless their parents work for the Food Network.
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Also on Monday, authorities in Indianapolis said a 4-year-old boy took crack cocaine that police said was worth up to $10,000 to his preschool class and showed it to classmates, saying it was flour.
Teachers realized it was cocaine and called authorities.
"This could have killed these kids," said police Sgt. Roger Tuchek.
Indianapolis police said Tuesday they were still seeking the boy's parents, Kenneth Lee Green, 24, and Andrea D. Jackson, 23. Jackson was wanted on a warrant for failing to appear in court, court records showed. Green had been convicted of carrying an unlicensed firearm, resisting law enforcement and marijuana possession.
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And I thought my childhood was fucked up.