Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Zarathushtra

Luckily for Massey, this little guy goes by John. He's an awkward young fellow. He goes to elementary school, and none of the other kids know where he's from. He's very bath at math, English and other school subjects. But he loves to grow cucumbers in the garden. During PE, John just sits alone on the tracks and pokes at ants with blades of grass. John doesn't talk much; when he does oral presentations, he mostly just gestures with his hands. When John does talk, he undergoes bouts of a very special form of Turrets. Talking about awkward things to begin with doesn't exactly help John's demeanor.

Dialogue from John last week at lunch time: "Um, it's a peanut butter and CUPCAKES jelly sandwich. My CANDY CORN mother made it this FROSTING morning. You can have a TOOTSIE POP ROCK CANDY bite if you want, Mark. I don't like the lunches here. Even the SUGAR! SUGAR! SUGAR! SUGAR!" Mark intervenes: "John, are you okay dude?" "SUGAR! SUGAR! SUGAR!"

John really is a sweet boy (no pun intended.) He loves to write Ben 10 fan fiction, play Alien VS Predator with the trees in his back yard (they're his best friends and he gives them names), and bake caramelized candy-apple gummy worm muffins, because then, he doesn't feel so out of place when he talks.

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