i got in the tent, yeah

i went and hung out with the kids in the front of the line for the xbox 360 at the store last night (average of ages in the tent, not including me? 17, shit. not legal.. but close enough. hah!) i made friends and brought them doughnuts and cheap orange juice.

cause i'm the cool lady. and that's what i'm here for.

i've had this thing with kids lately. last friday, michele and i went out to do all my laundry at the laundromat of choice. we'd just started folding all the clothes when these kids start coming in to stare vaguely at the candy machine. two of them we'd made fun of already when they were playing football in the parking lot and set off a car alarm. they come in with their tiny brothers and sisters and cute things.. there were like five of them--one was fifteen, andre was ten, little sassy girl was eight, the adorable curly haired boy with the brilliant facial expressions was eight, or seven, i think. i think the other boy was like, twelve. we started talking to them.. i gave a dollar to the little girl cause the boys kept saying, "oh you want some candy, HAHA TOO BAD." so, we stuck up for her. she told us she had a boyfriend. i yelled at her. then we yelled a lot, but in any sort of angry way. more in a teacher/mom slash way slash girls who are bitter cause we're old and can't run around like crazies (not in the manner you young, young kids do) so we're gonna yell to get out of the dryer and "i'm not cleaning up the blood when you crack your head on the floor", but honestly, i was glad they were in there and not in the parking lot--i was glad they were there keeping us company cause they were adorable and when we first started harassing them, andre--this adorable little brown skinned child with clear eyes and a shy, quiet demeanor--turned to me and said, "what is your purpose in life?" trying to be sassy or just being ten, i'm really not sure. and i looked at michele and said something to the effect of "a;skdjfasdogiuag" and this is why i love children. also i love them because THEY FELL FOR THE STATUE GAME and as soon as i started explaining that they must stand very very still and not make a noise, andre was stiff with a very reserved smile and of course he won the ten cents. a mom came over and chased them all out and i caught andre behind the candy machine so i waved him out while her back was turned. we assured her, once her mom yelling had quieted, that the kids were not only adorable but had not been trouble since they'd JUST NOW gotten on top of the washers. and she laughed the way that moms do cause she was just yelling cause she had to, and i blew a kiss to andre when we left.