Monday, February 13, 2006

High School Happenings

The big news here is: Snow! Lots and lots of snow! It's been a mild winter so far, but we made up for it yesterday. There's at least two feet of the powdery white stuff on the ground, possibly a little more. Fortunately it was the powdery kind...Not great for snowball fights, but much better for shoveling than heavy, wet packing snow. I'd post a picture of our winter wonderland for you, but SOMEBODY forgot the camera when I picked her up from band practice Saturday night.

Frequently-Forgetful-Daughter actually belongs to two bands now, one she likes and one she doesn't. The less favorable band is run by a guy with a bit of an ego problem (I know, I know, that's just so unusual with rock bands), which is the reason she wants out. They have one scheduled performance, a school "Open Mike Night", after which she planned on quitting. Open Mike Night was supposed to take place this past Friday, but was postponed the day before and is now set for the end of March. This gives the new band, American Muscle, time to practice, so they may be performing also. To make it even more fun, another member of Ego Boy's Band is thinking of defecting to American Muscle. It looks like Open Mike Night will either be a very tiring night for Dual-Rock-Group-Daughter as she races from one side of the stage to the other, or not such a good night for Ego Boy as he performs alone.

Doesn't all this drama make you miss high school terribly?

Speaking of high school, apparently the new fashion rule is no coats. It's much cooler to show up at school with chattering teeth and a faint blue tinge to your skin than to wear a winter coat. Gloves are ok, even hats are acceptable if they're the right style, but coats are dorky. When I was a teenager we wore coats, but they were always left open in the front; only nerds actually zipped or buttoned them. This progression from unzipped coats to no coats at all has me fearing for my future grandchildren...Is the next generation going to refuse torso-covering clothes completely? Will my daughter struggle with her children to get them to wear shirts to school? Or maybe they'll wear shirts, but refuse to button them?

I'd better start hoping all my grandchildren will be boys...

Posted by The Gradual Gardener :: 7:38 AM :: 9 Comments:

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