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Tyler Durden ([personal profile] tyler_gone) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2008-07-11 08:11 am
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Living on Your Own, Friday, Period 1

The group met in a classroom equipped with cooking equipment, and the teacher was wearing an incongruous frilly pink apron that his face dared the class to say something about.

He was teaching home ec. May as well look the part.

After the students were assembled, Tyler began to talk.

"So this is Living on Your Own, or, as I seem to keep calling it when I'm trying to explain what it is, guerilla home ec. We'll talk about some kind of practical stuff -- finding a place, getting a job -- and also about stuff like cooking and enough housekeeping to keep your house from getting declared a fire hazard."

"My name is Tyler Durden. Call me Tyler, call me Mr. Durden, whatever works. As for how I am qualified to teach this, I've been basically on my own since I was 14 and I'm in one piece." He was ignoring the time he'd spent in state custody, yes. "If you need me outside class hours, my office hours are Mondays. Your TA is Meg Manning."

"This week, we're going to make soap. It's a little harder than most of what we'll do, but I figure you may as well dive right in. Plus I like making soap. Really it's a basic project -- rendered fat, lye, cold water and that's it. You can add scents or color if you want to. Supplies and directions are at the workstations. Lye's nothing to screw around with, so please, wear rubber gloves and work together if you don't know what you're doing."

"But before we start on the soap, I'd like to do that introductions thing. Name, age, experience living on your own, and" -- he smiled for the first time -- "who you would fight out of anyone, living or dead. Fictional figures included."

Re: Introductions [7/11]

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2008-07-11 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hi, I'm Amber Atkins and I'm here because this course will be particularly valuable to me. I... don't really have a home. To go home to. When I leave here." Um. "Oh, and I'd totally fight Becky Leeman. She's dead. But I'd fight her if I could."
Edited 2008-07-11 12:45 (UTC)

Re: Introductions [7/11]

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2008-07-11 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Lincoln, really?" Hmm. Amber would save Mr. Durden and the class, her tale of Becky Leeman. "Thank you, Mr. Durden, I hope so too." Though she seriously wondered how she was going to live on her own being flat broke.

Re: Introductions [7/11]

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2008-07-11 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh," she replied, brows raised. She had a feeling he wasn't talking about boxing. In a ring. Or maybe... "Like... boxin'?" Tall and skinny should be paired with tall and skinny, right? Or it's just not fair.

Re: Introductions [7/11]

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2008-07-11 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"I wouldn't fight Becky Leeman for fun," she shook her head, musing thoughtfully. "Unless I was gettin' paid for it."

Re: Introductions [7/11]

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2008-07-11 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Amber wasn't sure what that was. "What is WWF?"

Re: Introductions [7/11]

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2008-07-11 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah," she replied oh so smartly. "I don't watch much of that wrastlin'. It's all so fake anyway," she snorted. "Pretendin' is right."