What the...

A substitute teacher showed third graders horror movies and gave them handouts on rappers.

As much as I'm a proponent of scaring kids, this is neither the time or the place. Even if the sub was allowed to show them movies in class in lieu of a lesson plan, there's plenty of terrifying age appropriate movies.

 

 Don Bluth alone can cover a year of nightmares. Also, HOLY CRAP, A DON BLUTH KICKSTARTER!

As for rap, there are plenty of rappers and rap songs that don't have excessive cursing.

The only conclusion I can come to is the teacher can't be fired, but is done working with kids. The infamous rooms of teachers who can't be put with children but keep getting paid is this sub's destination. Or maybe it's just the most creative 2 weeks notice of all time.

Let's hope the blame stays on the sub, not the material itself; so far so good, but this kind of thing turns on a dime. If any of those kids grow up to be criminals, someone will trace it back to this 'mentally scarring' incident. Keep your fingers crossed.

What level of the tower am I on?

I just read Matthew McConaughey is in the running to play The Gunslinger Roland Deschain in the film adaptation of Stephen King's magnum opus series, The Gunslinger. He's also been offered The Man in Black, the book's antagonist.

I think McConaughey would make a spectacular Man in Black. He's got that charming with a touch of menace thing down pat. Roland though? He's too young. That role needs someone in their mid 40s...

...which I just discovered McConaughey is.

Huh.

Well then. He's still way too handsome to play Roland (nicknamed "old long tall and ugly" by his friend). But that's to be expected in any Hollywood adaptation. Ron Pearlman would be a great fit.

 

He's a real looker when he's a demon.

 I don't know who I'd 'dream cast' for this. Maybe Ty Simpkins as Jake, Evan Peters as Eddie, and Kerry Washington as Susannah.

Not that I've thought a lot about it.

I'm not as attached to this film as I am to the (possible) remake of IT. I've long said Seth Green should play the adult version of Richie "Man of a 1000 Voices" Tozier. Especially since he played the kid version last time.

So perfect I could cry.

 I also want Robert Sean Leonard for adult Bill Denbrough.

But that's as far as I've got. Frankly, I'm not excited for the new version. Much like LOTR, IT's been called unfilmable, and I have to agree. I'd love Hollywood to prove me wrong, but I'm keeping my expectations low.

And if Roland says 'alright alright alright' I'm going to murder everything.

The Days Ahead

Today is my first day at my new job.

My first *full* day. I've had 2 weeks of training, half-days, shadow days, tests, desk-set up, and other rigmarole. Today I start my regular (until January) shift. I've decorated the small shelf in my half-cube with a golden Homer/Buddah, a happy Harley Quinn, some plastic white tigers, and Makoto Kino (better known as Sailor Jupiter). Happy faces I can look at until I get a photo of Bahamute.

See?

I remembered my lunch, my ID badge, and my shift time. I arrived with more than enough time to write, drink cocoa, and ease into my day.

So far, so good.

The floor is quiet: most shifts start later, like mine. Gives me my much-craved solitude. I'm going to like this slow start to the day.

Now, to get all my pointless internetting done before I need to be productive. Better hurry.