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01/20/2005: "Bitter memories part 3"

Another story about a memory that leaves me puzzled.

When I was in preschool, I was such a charming little kid. On the sand-covered playground, we had these giant tires that we could crawl around inside. One day I was crawling around inside one with my friends, and I notice that there's someone I don't know in there too. What did I do? What every charming little three-year-old does when they encounter someone they don't know - throw sand in her face.

She ran screaming out of the tire and I promptly forgot about her; at least, I forgot about her until the little brat tattled on me and brought a teacher with her to point out the offender. The teacher decided my punishment would be to sit outside on a chair overlooking the playground until the end of the day when my mom came to pick me up. While everyone else went inside.

Today, I look back and think, "What the hell were they doing leaving a three-year-old outside alone?" For all I know, the teacher could see me through the window and was keeping an eye on me. Whatever the case was, it doesn't seem very smart and I definitely should have given the teacher a run for her money by running around the playground instead of sitting obediently in the chair.

'Cause I'm still such a charming kid.

Replies: 5 Comments

heh~nice pne...

sarah, Thursday, January 20th

Heh, throw sand in the teachers face too and then tell on the teacher for making you sit outside all day long when mom gets there. Then again I was a problem child.

louis@louismartin.com">Louis, Thursday, January 20th

Dude, I would've done the same thing.

When I was about 4 I went to someone birthday party, and there was this REALLY obnoxious girl there, and for some reason I elbowed her. I mean, she was just pissing me off.

So what does she do? She screams "CLAIM! CLAIM! THAT GIRL HIT ME!"

What do I do? Duck under a table.

But really, WTF? "Claim?" CLAIM? That memory STILL pisses me off to this day. Who do you think you are, Four Year Old With Extraordinarily Whiny Voice?

melantha, Thursday, January 20th

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Tyler

Tyler Knott Gregson, Thursday, January 20th

Gee, that sounds like something I would do, but then again you are my sister and those sort of things are just passed down to me. Or shown to me. Or done to me. Damn it.

Lindsay, Thursday, January 20th