Didja Miss Me?

Still alive. Not in a bad mood anymore. Still working on yearbook and about to get to the part that's really going to suck (read: what should have been done by people who are not me but who took off as soon as school let out).

So how've you been? I've been good. Saw Shrek 2 a few days ago with Jess and Lindsay. It was pretty good...although not as good as the first one. Still, not really a let down. I was worried for a little while.

In other news, I have been reading children books lately in order to build up my class library next year. Among these books were the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series which I loved as a kid. Seriously, these books are probably the one thing I remember with perfect clarity about first grade. Or so I thought.

These books are awful! At least the first volume. For those of you who have never read the books, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is a nice woman who lives in an upside-down house and loves children. Parents go to her for cures to their children's afflictions like "No-Wanna-Go-To-Bedders" and "The-Won't-Pick-Up-Toys" bug.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's cures generally consist of leaving the child alone for weeks and letting them do whatever they want until they get so tired or their room gets so messy, or they get so dirty that they want to be cured. Incidentally, all trips to Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle begin with at least the thought of spanking. And all the mothers are homemakers. And the extent of the father's role is to come home from work and administer the spankings.

Yes, I know the book is from the '50s but lordy, it give me the jibblies. Also, I think they're may be some not-so-subtle abstinence messages in there (not that abstinence is bad). An excerpt: "...when Dick brought out his bat and ball and mitts and the boys saw DICK'S BALL -- DON'T TOUCH! DICK'S BAT -- DON'T TOUCH!"...THIS IS DICK -- DON'T TOUCH!"

GO DICK GO!