Saturday, July 5, 2008

Helen goes to preschool

Sum - Au
(Portland band we like)

Well, I know you were all worried about me. You can relax now because I GOT A JOB! That's right, I will begin teaching at a preschool/kindergarten that can best be described as "hippie." You guys know that's the way I like things. Some of what I'll be doing with the kids: gardening, baking, singing, talking about 'Mother Earth,' cleaning up 'accidents,' talking about 'respecting each other and ourselves,' feeding them organic vegetarian meals, doing art projects revolving around nature, etc. (you get the idea.)
Anyway, all of this sounds like heaven to me (except the cleaning up accidents part) and I am very excited. The people I'll be working for are really cool, and the preschool is in two old houses within walking distance of our place. Yay! OK, enough shop talk.

Portland is cooling off, so we've been outside enjoying it. We took a picnic to Mt. Tabor to watch the fireworks on the 4th. We went to the Farmer's Market with our lovely neighbors. G. got some big slimy oysters, so he and our neighbor shucked them, ewww. We ate a bunch of food and gazed upon the beauty that is Thor's manhood and had a great time.

Yesterday, G. and I went to see the movie "Baghead." It is made by the people who did "The Puffy Chair," (which I hated) and has the girl from "Hannah Takes the Stairs," which I saw at the Sidewalk Film Festival with Leah last year (and liked).



When we got home from the movie, Garrett snuck up behind me with a bag on his head. I wasn't really phased, so he started walking towards the cats making noises. They all went running, and Thor got so scared that he began peeing and running at the same time. There was a trail of pee from the bathroom all the way under the bed.

So, that's pretty much the most exciting thing happening here at the Oregon Tail. What are you guys up to?


Upcoming events:

  • Valient Thorr at the Hawthorne on Friday!



  • 2008 US Open Footbag Championship (Footbag = Hackeysack)


  • Sand in the City (They fill Pioneer Square with tons of sand. There's a sand sculpting contest.)




*There is an internal dispute over the current leader of alpha cat. A suitable resolution involving some type of contest between the two competitors will be devised and reported upon. Until then, Thor unanimously takes the title of "biggest puss."

1 comment:

mteph said...

hip hip hooray for hippie school employment!
sounds perfect. can't wait to hear how it goes.

i know that cary and john are coming to see you guys.
know that i'm jealous, but they had to leave room for the life sized ninja turtle.