The Great Interactive Dream Machine
The Great Interactive Dream Machine
“Me turning into a troubled kid pulling pranks at school?
Dad still out in Chicago?
With all this, Mom had a lot on her mind. She and Dad speed dialed all weekend. Then on Sunday night he gave me a jingle. Usually I wait for his call. That night I wasn’t so eager.
“Josh, what’s this prank you pulled at school all about?”
“Dad, I’m thinking puberty.”
He sighed all the way from Chicago. “You know what I’m thinking? I’m thinking you’re acting out because I’m not there.”
“That’s a good thought, Dad.... Come on home.”
But he said he couldn’t do that. He was working around the clock on the Lucky Mutt account.
The whole situation was left up to Mom. She said I was grounded until I could come up with a complete explanation for swapping senior dress code for my own—full disclosure.
If you ask me, a sixth grader is grounded most of the time anyway. In my case it meant cutting down to an hour of TV every night, so I was in my room a lot. I may be the only kid at Huckley without TV in his room.MoreLess
Dad still out in Chicago?
With all this, Mom had a lot on her mind. She and Dad speed dialed all weekend. Then on Sunday night he gave me a jingle. Usually I wait for his call. That night I wasn’t so eager.
“Josh, what’s this prank you pulled at school all about?”
“Dad, I’m thinking puberty.”
He sighed all the way from Chicago. “You know what I’m thinking? I’m thinking you’re acting out because I’m not there.”
“That’s a good thought, Dad.... Come on home.”
But he said he couldn’t do that. He was working around the clock on the Lucky Mutt account.
The whole situation was left up to Mom. She said I was grounded until I could come up with a complete explanation for swapping senior dress code for my own—full disclosure.
If you ask me, a sixth grader is grounded most of the time anyway. In my case it meant cutting down to an hour of TV every night, so I was in my room a lot. I may be the only kid at Huckley without TV in his room.MoreLess
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