Humorous History: Friday, Period 1, Class 1

[makesfaces.livejournal.com]

When the bell rang, Jim checked out the door quickly to make sure that there was nobody else hurrying to class. Satisfied that he had everyone, he closed the door and walked back towards his desk.

"Hi," he told the class, giving them a friendly smile. "If you're here, hopefully you've signed up for Humorous History. If not, go ahead and just take notes anyway. I promise I won't tell anyone."

"For the next few months, we're going to be looking at historical events and figures that make me laugh. Don't get me wrong. When we talk about Andrew Jackson, we're going to have a very serious discussion about him. But our serious discussion isn't going to focus on the fact that he was a powerful politician who did a bunch of historically significant things. Our discussion is going to be about how he shot a guy in the crotch one time. On purpose. For the record, the Jackson class is probably going to be the only time I talk about crotches in this class except for right now. I'm usually more highbrow than that."

"Oh, and we're also going to have a few movie days because," Jim paused for a moment and shot a glance at the camera. It had been here the whole time. It was pretty clear that he just wasn't going to reference it at all. "... well, I have a Netflix account and I might be able to write it off on my taxes now."

"But we'll get to stuff like that next week. For today, let's just go with introductions. I know, you've probably done this fifteen times by now, but on the plus side you only need to do it with me once. So let's hear it. Name, class, and something humorous from your own personal history. But none of this 'Fandom weirdness' stuff. No turning into animals, no meeting a different version of somebody you know. That's way too easy for you and it's still way too weird for me."

[OOC: Still up for a bit before sleeeeep. And then woooooork.]

Comments

Re: Discussion [Week 1]

[officetightass]

Angela didn't mind the introductions. It was a good way to get to know who the people were in the class that you might be working with, even if it did mean they were taking away from valuable class time.

"My name is Angela Martin, I'm a junior, and is that camera going to be here the whole time?" Even if Jim wasn't going to reference it, she was.

Re: Discussion [Week 1]

[makesfaces.livejournal.com]

"What camera?" Jim asked, giving it a quick glance.

Because, really, ANGELA?

Re: Discussion [Week 1]

[officetightass]

"The one you just looked at." Said in that tone that said she'd mentally punctuated her words with idiot.

Re: Discussion [Week 1]

[makesfaces.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you mean the one that I'm pretending doesn't exist to keep things more natural?" Jim asked.

Like he COULD pretend a camera didn't exist.

"I wouldn't worry about it."

Re: Discussion [Week 1]

[officetightass]

"I don't remember signing a waiver," Angela said.

"Because I didn't."

Re: Discussion [Week 1]

[makesfaces.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry, your face will be pixelated and your voice will be modified if you mind the camera," Jim said,

Re: Discussion [Week 1]

[officetightass]

She made a face. "I don't want to look like that, either."

And let's face it, the way she spoke would not translate well to voice modification.

Re: Discussion [Week 1]

[makesfaces.livejournal.com]

Jim put his hand on his chin as if he was thinking very hard about this. "Okay, how about this? The cameraman will be very careful not to film you and anything you say will be cut in editing."

Re: Discussion [Week 1]

[officetightass]

"I know how those cameras edit people to look bad." Angela had totally lied about not watching anything but PBS. There was also the occasional viewing of Dancing with the Stars, and from there... sometimes you caught things that were on, that was all. "I'd rather a waiver." This way she could defend herself if she came off badly.

Re: Discussion [Week 1]

[makesfaces.livejournal.com]

"You'll have one next week," Jim said. "Do you have any funny stories?"

Re: Discussion [Week 1]

[officetightass]

She fixed him with a look. She had plenty of stories (funny only to her and her cats) but she would not be pixelated. "No."

Re: Discussion [Week 1]

[makesfaces.livejournal.com]

"Okay then. Moving on," Jim said, turning to the next person.