May 2012
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The SouthEast Diaries
Bus Driver: Okay that means voices OFF, no talking while we're on the bus.
First grader: I got something to say!
Me: Kiddo, what did he *just* say?
First grader: Hold on! I like your hat.
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“I could sleep
I could sleep
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?”
– Band of Horses, “Is There A Ghost”
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The SouthEast Diaries
Me: Okay, everyone! Practice as though we're on stage now, like your parents are in the audience watching now!
Extremely vocal first grader: Um I can't go -- I have crippling stage fright.
Me: Who teaches you these words?
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“He who dreams of drinking wine may weep when morning comes; he who dreams of...”
– — Zhuangzi Dreamed He Was a Butterfly
A story that represents the “Dream Argument,” which postulates that the very act of dreaming itself may be evidence all life is merely simulated reality… I suppose I’m feeling particularly existential and philosophical this...
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“When the days all seem the same
Don’t feel the cold or wind or rain...”
– Jet, “Shine On”
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“It may be years until the day
My dreams will match up with my pay”
– Feist, “Mushaboom”
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient...”
– Theodore Geisel
