Chronicals of Pickfair (CoP 1)

Here are a few conversations that occurred today, that might give you a glimpse as to how much I love my new job at Pickfair Community Center.

Kid A: OMG!!! Did you watch family guy last night?
Kid B: YEAHHHHH
Kid A: I LOVE PETERRR
Kid B: My Dad likes Brian. He's the smart one, even though he is a dog.
Kid A: I like the Baby. He's so evil. Remember the episode where the mom tries to kill him?
Kid B: Yeahahahahaha
Kid A: I think Family Guy is hilarious. The Baby is hilarious. Peter is hilarious.
Kid B: Yeah! Lets throw lego's in the air randomly to show this counselor guy Jeremy just how excited we are about Family Guy. WHOOOOPEEE!

(the last line wasn't verbalized but they for sure did it)

Girl A: What's your name?
Me: Jeremy.
Girl A: AHHHHH!!!!! [piercing scream]
Me: ?!??!?!
Girl B: Oh, she doesn't like you very much.
Girl A: I HATE YOU!
Me: ?!?!?!?!
Girl A: I will kill you.
Me: Oh, please don't say that. That's not a nice thing to say.
Girl A: I'm going to name you, Big Booty.
Girl A: HI BIG BOOTY!
Girl A: I HATE YOU!

(not a joke)

[When given the topic, what is your favorite toy]
Kid A: My Xbox
Kid B: I really like to play with dolls.
Kid C: When I'm older I'm going to buy a gun.
Kid D: A gun isn't a toy!!!
Kid C: YESSS IT IS.
Me: ?!?!?!??

Kid A: You want to play a game?
Me: umm.. sure
Kid A: its called scorpion.
Me:......
Kid A: Give me your hand.
Kid A: watch me dig my fingernails into your hand.
Me: that doesn't hurt.
Kid A: REALLY?!?!? It usually makes people cry.
Me: Why do you play games that make people cry.
Kid A: BECAUSE ITS FUN!
[I actually have fingernail scratches on my hand now...]

Kid A: I don't remember your name. I'm going to call you YIN-YANG
Me: My name is Jeremy.
Kid A: Jermy? NO. Your name is YIN-YANG
Me: ........




As I wrote down the memorable conversations that I had from my first day of work. I realized that all these stories revolve around two kids. The rest of the kids are pretty normal kids. They are hyper and fun, which makes my job so wonderful, no lie. But there are two kids, that are like out to get me. But I'm sure that I will be able to handle the little demons. One is a boy, and the other a girl. If they ever, ever procreated with one another, I think the world would be one step closer to implosion.

Crazy kids.

In all reality, I love my new job. It is such a blessing that I get paid to play all day with kids. We have a lot of fun. It was a great feeling when I was getting ready to leave because my shift was over when the kids came up to me and asked me not to leave because they liked me a lot. I just reassured them that I would be back tomorrow, and they all cheered. What a great feeling. Even those two little demons were happy to know that I'll be back all summer (most likely so that they could torture me all summer, in the heat, which must remind them of the place that they were spawned) Kids are great.