Goats seem mean and scary, but you can pick one up and hold onto him if he’s small enough. They don’t like it, but inside your arms they become apathetic and it’s a beautiful thing. They roam around in what they call a “region of fear.” You walk into a herd of goats and the anxiety is palpable. It’s almost like walking into a room full of people, but the goats have no delusions, y’know? People think they have a hold on their anxiety, but the goats put it all out there with those horns and in their eyes. They could be pets, y’know, if you wanted them to be—they have the apathy of a cat and the presence of a dog. Why aren’t they, then? It’s like this: You look into a dog’s eyes and he’s loyal, relaxed. People don’t want to come to terms with their own anxiety so they say “get that damn goat out of the house.”

I’m new around here, but I’ve noticed around here people keep goats as pets. Or at least, that’s what they’d have you believe. I think the goats have more power than the people want to believe. I think they have rooms full of goats, like a higher council pulling the strings. Around here things are different. A goat came up to me and said, “There was a man with an umbrella over his head, they called him the Umbrella Man. And one day he danced with that umbrella, danced right off the edge of the earth. And then they called him the Dancin’ Man.”

Now where would that be from?

That depends on why you're asking.

What is with all these old threads being bumped?

That depends on why you're asking.

[QUOTE=Kage;15330034]That depends on why you're asking.[/QUOTE]

Because I thought it was pretty interesting and I've noticed recently that you've been posting short stories like this.

[QUOTE=i am the robots;15329519]Yeah, that's how I've been lately.

edit: tronn is win imo[/QUOTE]

It kind of sucks. I got myself an application to work at Ross. Doesn't sound too fun, but it's better than my last job which was pretty much like working in a maquiladora. But yeah, I need to get a job now, seriously, or get off my *** and start collecting unemployment.

Do you love it? I love it. I GOT IT AT ROSS

That place is air conditioned, I'll get to wear normal clothes. Do want.

My last job, was hot as hell, dirty, and I always had to wear trashy clothes.

Me too, but you don't see me cutting off my nuts and working at a bitch store.

geller

gut 1, komrad.

[QUOTE=Nostalgia;15330243]Me too, but you don't see me cutting off my nuts and working at a bitch store.[/QUOTE]

No you already did that they day you IM'd practically crying about how much you hate your job.

You don't see the big picture here Austin:
Floozies shop at Ross.


Edit-
What the hell, child? You need to be at school.

yeah child, get back to schoolin'.

tbh i went home sick.

I kind of miss high school though, even if it's a breeding ground for drama and stupid behavior. A lot of my friends moved out of the city and state for college.

high school is a breeding ground of everything horrible

[QUOTE=Nostalgia;15330319]tbh i went home sick.[/QUOTE]
pfft. What a ****in' pussy.

Teacher! Teacher! My nose is runny! Can I go see the nurse?

Dude, **** that. I just walked out of class and excused my absence when I got home.

Good job. I never did anything like that. Though I've had younger friends of mine who are still in high school call me and have me sneak them out of school.

my school has a couple of douche bags that do nothing but walk around the school asking for hall passes and trying to catch skipperz

I'm going to go eat as many waffles as I can before my stomach starts to hurt.

[QUOTE=Eliminator;15330351]my school has a couple of douche bags that do nothing but walk around the school asking for hall passes and trying to catch skipperz[/QUOTE]

lol, sucks.

My high school was way too big to catch skippers except on random unlucky instances.

I actually went and got myself a campus visitor sticker and kept it, that way the school narcs don't question my being there.

i could skip easily if i felt like it

all i have to do is get out and cross the street and walk a few blocks

lol high school

lol stocking country

We have a security cop, who's retarded I beleve (or looks it) and his job is to just bust people skipping. The fact is, there's a park across the street from my school where everyone goes to smoke weed, and this is the place where everyone checks. If you're smart, you can just skip class by hanging out around the school because they're too stupid to look there.

You could never really do that at the high school I went to. You could ditch at lunch because quite a bit of the kid's schedules ended at lunch, and the narcs aren't going to stop a couple hundred kids to find skippers. But where I went, the exit of the actual school was quite a bit of a walk with narcs patrolling the parking lot.

[QUOTE=Nostalgia;15330402]We have a security cop, who's retarded I beleve (or looks it) and his job is to just bust people skipping. The fact is, there's a park across the street from my school where everyone goes to smoke weed, and this is the place where everyone checks. If you're smart, you can just skip class by hanging out around the school because they're too stupid to look there.[/QUOTE]

Across the road from my school was hills and woods, kids liked to go there before school and smoke pot, but the narcs caught on quick. I've seen a few kids get busted doing that. I had no idea that the narcs could actually pursue kids off school campus.

[QUOTE=ArrestThisMan;15330387]lol high school[/QUOTE]

Yeah.

there hasnt been much smoking and fighting this year at my school

:(

your schools sound like prisons.

All American high schools are like that. If you apply for an off campus pass at my school, you have to go before our super intendent and raise your right hand while promising never to violate the off campus pass rules, which includes not taking anyone off campus with you, only going to your house, and being back before the bell rings.

Some schools here might as well be considered that, but just in America, I guess, we take truancy seriously. Gotta brainwash the youth y'know?

[QUOTE=Nostalgia;15330435]All American high schools are like that. If you apply for an off campus pass at my school, you have to go before our super intendent and raise your right hand while promising never to violate the off campus pass rules, which includes not taking anyone off campus with you, only going to your house, and being back before the bell rings.[/QUOTE]

Wtf?

I've never had to do that. I've just asked, stated why, (example: dentist) and they just let me go, never even asked if I had a note from the actual dentist or anything.

Your high school sucks, Austin.

my school isn't as bad as austins thats for sure

then again my school is poor

That's just overkill, though. My old high school used to call home if you skipped and occasionally gave you a lunch time detention thing that nobody went to, but mostly it was your own decision to go to school or not because, well, it's your education. Well, they always called home until you turned 18.

My small high school didn't care what you did at lunch, but they expected you to be there (because it wasn't an EVERYONE GETS IN) sort of deal. You had three free absences per class every term and then they started to get on your case about it.

But man, security guards, people patrolling, hall passes, appeal meetings with the superintendents...overkill much?

without patrolling we wouldn't learn!

My high school was too small to get away with skipping class.

At my school, if you got 5 (my friends tell me it's 6 now) within a term, you automatically failed the class regardless of your grade and had to re-take it. So I didn't really mess around with ditching or absences.

If you skip class you get Friday school here, which is from 2:30 - 4:30. I've had it twice but only went once, and the one time I didn't go they suspended me for two days, lol.