Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Rebel Girl's Bad Dream

In her dream, Rebel Girl was contacted by the college and informed that a famous theologian would be soon making an appearance. Rebel Girl imagined it would be an event similar to the recent one with Ray Bradbury and that she was being contacted as part of the course. You know, writer comes to campus, contact the English teachers.

But no.

The theologian would be speaking, it seemed, not in the new theater but in the bedroom of Rebel Girl's six-year-old son. The college had contacted her so she could be ready.

Wait a minute, Rebel Girl said.

"What?" the college replied. (In dreams, colleges can talk.)

"You can't do that," she complained. "My son's room has only one chair and besides, it's a mess. I mean, seriously. Littered with Legos since Christmas. It's really not the right venue. And parking in the canyon is terrible."

The college was adamant.

Another professor weighed in. "You can't hold the talk there," she pointed out in an email to the college president. "It's not even on campus. It's in the canyon."

The college refused to change its mind.

Rebel Girl, not knowing what else to do, started cleaning up her son's bedroom and prepared for the hordes to arrive.

The speaker arrived first.

The Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

And then, thankfully, Rebel Girl woke up.

1 comment:

13 Stoploss said...

if only all dreams ended like this.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

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