The Art of Cool: Class 10, Period 2 (Friday, March 21)

[suit-of-awesome.livejournal.com]

Because You Still Don't Get That We're On Earth: For the Love of God, Make it Stop
Tink hoped they were all enjoying the sunshine, out here on The Mall. (Which was not a shopping mall, as she had been hoping it might be, but Tink could deal.) Wasn't it a lovely day? Tink certainly thought it was. And Barney was back! The class should tell Barney how much they'd missed him. Tink had! But that was personal and none of their business. Hi, Barney!

"You know, you could've at least been on the rescue team. I went 80 years without in that stasis tube for the record." This did not a happy Barney make. "Of course, here on The Mall during public school spring break we're not likely to find any people I'd be willing to let help me with that situation if you know what I mean."

Tink zipped up to Barney's left ear and whispered a few things of a decidedly personal nature. And wriggled a little for good measure.

Barney's eyes widened and he smiled. "Right, let's get this field trip over with!"

Hooray! Tink loved field trips, and Tink loved getting field trips over with! Now, students, did they have any idea why they were in Washington today? And no smart answers like "because we got on the bus", or else Tink was going to turn someone's hair green.

"Maybe you could turn it sage, just to be interesting," Barney said, glancing around at the students. "We are gathered here today before the Washington Monument to decide who is hot and who is not based on their hair, clothing, and overall state of hygiene."

George Washington was hugely in favor of fashion crimes receiving capital punishment. It was true! Look up your own history some time! So of course they would have to come here, for this. And because here was where the unwashed masses like to crawl around, with fanny packs and ugly sunglasses and t-shirts that they picked up in the hotel lobby gift shop. Ugh, tourists.

"That guy over there, the one with the FBI hat on, he is not an FBI agent." Or so Barney hoped. "He just thinks it's cool. We are here today to point out that it's not and remember what cool actually looks like."

If they needed help, cool was the exact opposite of that guy. Because that guy was sunburned, wearing a loud Hawaiian shirt - and did certain of her employees see why that was such a no-no? - and shorts that start much, much lower than his hugely pregnant beer gut. That guy bumped into cool once on a plane and cool spent three hours sanitizing its left shoulder. Ewwwwwwww.

"Now it's your turn. Feel free to pair up make observations about what you see. Should anyone ask about Ms. Bell, direct them to me and I will explain that we are making a film and she is a most excellent special effect." He was rather proud of this plan. "Now go, be ruthless. They deserve it for not trying when they woke up this morning."

And they didn't. None of these idiots had tried, this morning. And if they had, then George Washington and every merciful deity out there demanded that they be mocked within an inch of their lives. Or killed. Had anyone brought weapons?

Barney coughed and whispered something to Tink with wide, scared eyes.

Fine. No weapons, no killing the tourists, it might interrupt Barney's pursuit of hot women within the faculty administration. Was he happy now? Let the cruelty begin!


[FIELD TRIP!]

Comments

Sign In [3/21]

[suit-of-awesome.livejournal.com]

Be horrified! Or conversely, look like a tourist!

Re: Sign In [3/21]

[isourking.livejournal.com]

Ron Weasley

Re: Sign In [3/21]

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

Jeff Murdock

Talk Amongst Yourselves [3/21]

[suit-of-awesome.livejournal.com]

You're at the mall. Lounge on a blanket and chit-chat. Enjoy the sun.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves [3/21]

[raspberryturk]

There was sky, here. And grass. And trees. And a huge-ass spire thingie. And more grass. And water. Craploads of water.

It was sure as hell no Midgar.

Reno was doing an admirable job of not staring at the scenery. And maybe looking a little out of place amongst all the tacky tourists with that covert-ops look of his going on.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves [3/21]

[withoutverona]

Romeo plopped droid baby Rey -- who was almost entirely free of pudding now, really, despite his father's rather inattentive attempts at a bath -- on a blanket and laid on his belly next to it.

Even with the encumbrance, it was a nice day. he just needed to forget last night.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves [3/21]

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Gavin wasn't the best at lounging. He was getting better at it but lounging on command was something he didn't do well.

Still, he tried. It just looked a bit awkward.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves [3/21]

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Amber could lounge very well.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves [3/21]

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

Sora laid out on the lawn looking happy as a clam to be out in the sunshine and anywhere but Chicago!

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves [3/21]

[gobrookeyourself]

Brooke knew all about mall behavior. The fact that it was outdoors was a definite perk.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves [3/21]

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

After a few moments to remind himself that this ground wouldn't burn him if he sat on it, Luke flopped down and began to enjoy the weather.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves [3/21]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

As Robin sat on a bench, feeding the pigeons, a celebrity walked by for a cameo. They chatted amiably for a moment, had a punchline, and went on their way.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves [3/21]

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack admired the scenery.

Oh, and the buildings, and the trees, and the monuments, and all that. But they didn't move or smile, and weren't as interesting.

Mock the Tourists! [3/21]

[suit-of-awesome.livejournal.com]

It's like shooting fish in a barrel. Seriously. Tourists. It's also public school spring break, so the families are everywhere

Re: Mock the Tourists! [3/21]

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

This? Was too easy. She needed a way to narrow down the tacky.

Dōjima grabbed her notebook out of her purse, and quickly drew up a bingo sheet, labeling the squares with various crimes against fashion. "Hey, who else wants to play 'Uncool Bingo'? If you can fill your card using just one tourist, you get a cookie!"

Re: Mock the Tourists! [3/21]

[raspberryturk]

Reno grinned and waved a hand at the notebook.

"You got a spare page in there for me?"

Re: Mock the Tourists! [3/21]

[isourking.livejournal.com]

"That's not very nice," Ron grumbled. "Just because some people can't afford nice clothes isn't a reason to mock them."

Re: Mock the Tourists! [3/21]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Well Robin did see a few people who were either really bad at telling which kinds of clothes went with what, or had very carefully selected mis matched outfits.

Your TA aka Barney's Alleged Grandson [3/21]

[suit-of-awesome.livejournal.com]

We dare you to ask him what's wrong.

Re: Your TA aka Barney's Alleged Grandson [3/21]

[isourking.livejournal.com]

Ron spent the entire bus ride down glaring at Barney.

He still hasn't stopped.

Your Most Awesome Professors [3/21]

[suit-of-awesome.livejournal.com]

Who are very interestedly watching the idiots in line for the carousel.

Re: Your Most Awesome Professors [3/21]

[withoutverona]

Romeo severely doubted either of his professors had noticed or cared that he wasn't in class, but duty compelled him to stop by and see them regardless. "I missed last week," he said. "Must I do anything to make it up?"

Between the scowl on his face and the droid baby in his arms, it was clear he hoped the answer would be no.

OOC [3/21]

[suit-of-awesome.livejournal.com]

Here's a llama, there's a llama
and another little llama
fuzzy llama, funny llama
llama llama duck.

Re: OOC [3/21] - INFO FOR NON-LOCAL PEEPS

[tinkerbitch.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the lack of clarification earlier. For people who've never been to the area, here's what we're talking about.

Washington, DC and Alexandria, VA could be one big city, if not for the Potomac River cutting right through the middle. (Google Map! (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=washington,+dc&ie=UTF8&layer=c&ll=38.854681,-77.062912&spn=0.267359,0.6427&z=11&iwloc=addr)) Therefore: this is not very far to go on a field trip, and they probably stuck you on real school buses for it.

More importantly, we're at the National Mall, inbetween two monuments: the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. Running between the two is a very long, rectangular shallow pool of water known as the Reflecting Pool.

This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:DC_mall_lincoln-enhanced.jpg) is the Washington Monument, with the Reflecting Pool in the foreground, and this (http://www.visitingdc.com/memorial/reflecting-pool-washington-dc.htm) is a picture of the Lincoln Memorial as seen from the top of the Washington Monument.

Here (http://www.visitingdc.com/museum/national-mall-washington-dc.htm) is an overhead shot, and Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=washington+monument&ie=UTF8&ll=38.889029,-77.042527&spn=0.008351,0.020084&z=16) gives a nice clear layout of it all here.

You're sitting at the Reflecting Pool, watching people walk between the two monuments. It's a gorgeous place.

Our apologies to the non-local peeps who would have no way of knowing this and were going "Um ... where are we?"

Re: OOC [3/21]

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

Okay, hands up for honesty. Who else is violating one of the squares on the bingo card? (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/Rellyjean/Tink/class/fuglybingo.png) *cheerfully checks off unnatural hair color for herself*