Game Time
Last Friday was Stadium Night at the high school. First varsity game of the season. The son did not play, he's on the freshman team. We played our rivals. One of my co-workers on the parent group has a nephew on the rival team. We sat together on the midline, each of us cheering for our respective teams.
We won. I think it was 34 - 13. Not pretty for them, but oh so pretty for us.
I had "spirit gear", courtesy of Teen Demon. My spirit gear consisted of some beads. It could not rival hers. Here is a picture of her in full spirit gear regalia:
She won some kind of award for school spirit last year. You'd never know looking at this girlie getup that she played football not so long ago for the 8th grade team. On the line, now, as she reminded her little brother last night. (Little brother is a running back.) Took her lumps and got back up. Badass. Cute skirt or shoulder pads, she can carry that shit off. It's all about options with Teen Demon.
Digression: Here's a little aside involving Spirit Gear and the Teen Demon:
We were readying to go do our big presentation with the district. Teen Demon, a senior this year, had been at the high school for the freshman orientation as part of the "Link Crew". The Link Crew is a group of upperclassmen who connect with the incoming freshmen to help them feel more at home starting high school. In this capacity, Teen Demon had on her senior shirt and a good amount of Spirit Gear. Just beads and hair ribbons -- no tights. She wondered if this was appropriate to wear for the presentation to the district.
Teen Demon: Should I change? Do I need to dress up? The superintendents are going to be there, right?OK. Back to the pics. Here is a picture of the son, trying to get out of my car with his football gear on. (no, he was not driving. Are you kidding me?) Actually this was the day before, but it made me laugh. This pic is actually part of a series. I think it took four shots before he made it out. It was frustrating for him, but hey, it's all about my entertainment.
Me (from the other room): What are you wearing?
Teen Demon: Spirit gear. And my senior shirt. From the orientation with freshies.
Me (poking head out door): No, you look fine. You're representing the student voice -- school spirit is great. They'll see you have a stake in your school, that you give a crap.
Teen Demon: Oh. (pause) Should I get more Spirit Gear?
And finally, here is a shot of the Army Recruiter, skulking around after the game, preying on our athletes and anyone who looks like they may need a helping hand to college. After a short side trip to the battle field, that is. Looks like Sarge is working a little overtime.
In other times, I'd have been all over a sexy boy in a beret, but stay the fuck away from the high school, Sergeant. Go do your grim reaping somewhere else.
Anyway, that was the game. The frosh team starts soon. Between that and my boys, the Seahawks, who won their last preseason game, in case any of you were interested, I am full on ready for football season. Or, as my beret'd buddy would say, locked and loaded.
18 comments:
ewwww...it's creepy and gross to see that recruiter there. Makes me want to just run up and flash my boobs at him! No wait...I think the Mardi Gras beads have confused my logic.
Hey, thanks for the visit! Nice to have you by, especially a fellow great dane lover. How can it not be everyone's favorite dog?! I don't like army recruiters skulking around my son's high school either. It's a scary thought. Also, I must say thanks for being "more cowbell" because every time I see your name around blogdom you make me chuckle.
Yea and those cocked berets have blasted their quotas with big dollar signs to young unsuspecting kids....notice the beret is in the high school...the kids are in Iraq fighting for bullshit.
Purple and green... those are some colors. I really want to go to that school now.
I'd have to be 20 years younger, but still.
Hat: I'm pretty sure he would've had you in the front leaning rest position after that maneuver.
Jennie: Too bad I didn't have a Dane w/ me when I saw the recruiter.
R: It's hard enough to meet quota OUT of war. So kids have to do multiple tours.
JP: You just want to wear the Spirit Gear.
Glad you replaced the camera, and are loading photos again, the ones of your kids are priceless. The army recruiters are trolling my nieces high school too. They are finding out which kids are tired of farming or dairy cows, which have had scrapes with the law, and which are too poor to attend college. It's sickening. My niece keeps handing them peace buttons and asking them why they aren't in Iraq fighting with the high school kids. She is gonna go far, that one!
Tater: Your niece kicks ass. Yes, I did replace the camera -- I meant to do a photo post to commemorate that, but then shit started hitting fans, and I haven't done it.
I just watched 'Fahrenheit 911' again and thought of these pics when the film shows those whore mongers at the 'poor kids' mall. So gross. (assumes front-leaning-rest position)
JP just wants to flash his boobs at the army recruiter. Wait...
In descending order of worthlessnes:
Army recruiters.
Used car salesmen.
Solar pwered flashlights.
Sling/Hat: Did I ever you my Ex was an Army recruiter?
Lorraine: Typical.
That last photo is disturbing. Had some words, they are gone...finally NFL season!
I used to be one of those guys in uniform. I wasn't a recruiter though.
Allan: nothing else really matters, now that it's NFL season. Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! My teams official opener.
RG: Me too, but no recruiter. I was pretty hot in my combat boots, though. The Ex was a recruiter -- actually I have to admit he was a good one. He really believed in the military, and wouldn't lie to the kids. He caught shit from his station and BN commanders because he would advise some kids that the military didn't seem like the best option for them -- he'd steer them to college or other training, or even the other services, if they had a program that was better for a certain kid. Didn't go over well with the superiors. With all that, he still managed to make Recruiter of the Year. I think the kids could tell who was bullshitting them. That was back when the real him was still visible though, before he got sucked into the Borg of the rich contracting world and Madam.
Ahhh firday night lights!
My child goes -- the 8th grader. it is great for him. He knows all the high school girls, and since the boys are all on the field-- well lets just say that is part of the reason I dont go!
This article was in this morning's Washington Post. I thought of you and thought you might like to read it
LAFAYETTE SQUARE
Antiwar Protesters Arrested in Push to Post Signs
By Paul Schwartzman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 7, 2007; Page B03
More than a dozen police officers converged at a corner of Lafayette Square yesterday, bringing with them a horse and extra handcuffs.
Their target: a handful of demonstrators who had gathered to post two signs on an electrical box advertising a protest march Sept. 15 against the Iraq war.
A U.S. Park Police officer handcuffs Adam Kokesh, an Iraq war veteran, who was arrested with two others on charges related to posting signs advertising an antiwar march next week. A coalition disputes D.C. sign regulations. (By Michael Williamson
During a clash that drew a crowd during lunchtime, two demonstrators, including an Iraq war veteran and the mother of another veteran, were arrested on charges of defacing public property. Police charged a third protester with impeding an officer.
"It was a case of extreme police overreaction," said Brian Becker, a protest organizer.
But Lt. Phil Beck of the U.S. Park Police said the officers took action only after the demonstrators ignored a command to remove a table and stop posting the signs.
The demonstrators, members of the antiwar Answer Coalition, have been in an ongoing dispute with the District and Park Service over their right to post signs in public places.
The D.C. government has fined the coalition about $20,000 for posting signs, and the Park Service has asked the group to remove them.
The coalition countered by filing a lawsuit challenging the District's regulations. The suit is pending.
The group assembled for a news conference yesterday at Lafayette Square to promise to put up more posters, regardless of possible sanctions. Within minutes, the pledge was tested. An officer approached and asked whether the demonstrators had a permit for their gathering.
As news cameramen focused in on the officer, he commanded the protesters to get back, ordered them to dismantle a table and called for backup.
The officer then got into a tussle over a bucket of paste with Tina Richards, the mother of an Iraq war veteran. "Let go of this," he shouted. "If you don't, you will be arrested."
More officers arrived, including several dressed in black commando-style uniforms and one atop a horse that he maneuvered to push back the crowd.
"Back up!" he shouted.
An officer placed handcuffs on Richards, of Missouri, and put her in the back of a police car. A few feet away, Kristine Klein, 13, Richards's daughter, started crying. She said that another officer had grabbed her arm and pushed her.
As Richards tried to call to her daughter from the cruiser, another officer closed the window.
When an officer went to speak to Kristine, a member of the Park Service's SWAT team advised him to stay away from her. "Don't feed into that, the cameras are rolling. Let her go," the officer said.
By then, officers had also handcuffed Adam Kokesh, a Iraq war veteran who lives in Washington and had been putting up one of the posters. Ian Thompson, 31, of Los Angeles was also arrested.
The arrested protesters were to be detained overnight before being charged today in D.C. Superior Court with misdemeanors, said Sgt. Robert Lachance, a park police spokesman.
After the officers took the protesters away, the crowd dispersed. The officers eventually left, but not before taking care of one last piece of business: removing the two signs.
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CM: Yeah, ain't it grand? -sigh-
Mom: My daughter told me about that! She's being very careful not to be arrested, as she's worried it would affect her scholarship. No idea whether it would or wouldn't, but better safe than sorry when it comes to having college paid for! It's really ridiculous -- the government seems to be actively against them doing the protest and even publicizing it....
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