And had a wheelchair.
school panto fiasco
(a.k.a. complete prats in tights)
tuesday november 23rd
breakfast
Dad was singing, âSex bomb, sex bomb, Iâm a sex bomb,â and doing hip thrusts round the kitchen. Heâll end up in casualty again if heâs not careful. He was being all interested in me as well. Red alert, red alert!
He gave me a hug (!) and said, âI thought weâd all go to the cinema tonight. My treat.â
I said, âFantastic!â He thought I meant it and went off happily to flood peopleâs homes or whatever it is he does at the Water Board.
I said to Mum, who was trying to get all the porridge out of Libbyâs hair before she went off to kindergarten, âMum, I canât go to the cinema tonight, Iâ¦Iâve got to stay behind and help withâ¦the school panto.â
She didnât even look up. âI didnât know you were in it.â
âIâm not, Iâm just, er, helping backstage. âBye, Mutti. âByeeee, Bibbet.â
ââBye-bye, Gingey, kiss Mr. Cheese bye-bye.â
It was disgusting kissing Mr. Cheese. (Mr. Cheese is a bit of old Edam in a hat.) Not as disgusting as it will be at the end of the day when Libby brings him home again from playschool. With a bit of luck Mr. Cheese will be eaten by one of Libbyâs little pals.
I had a look at my pocket mirror as I walked round to Jasâs place. Eight out of ten on the hair bounceability front. I am sooo excited. I love the Sex God and it will be beyond fabulosity and into the Valley of Marv when we go on tour to America. I think I could easily write song lyrics myself.
I said that to Jas as we walked to school. âThank you, ladies and gentlemen, this one is called âSex Godâ and it goes like this: âOh, Robbie, youâre the one for me, with your dark blue eyes and yourâ¦ââ
I had a bit of writerâs block then and I said to Jas, âWhat rhymes with âmeâ?â
âWhat about âtwo-timerâ? Or âcrap mateâ?â
âJas, donât start againâ¦oh hang on, I know: âYouâre the one for me, with your dark blue eyesand yourâ¦snogability!!!â I am clearly a genius.â
I put my arm round Jas in my happinosity and said, âYou can show me your love bite when we get to Stalag 14.â
She went a bit red and said, âOK, but donât tell anyone else about it.â Which is ironic coming from Radio Jas.
assembly
Slim really on tip-top boring form this morning.
She bored us beyond the Valley of the Dim and into the twilight world of the Elderly Mad.
Speaking of which, we saw Elvis Attwood tapping at pipes with his hammer as we went out.
I said to him, âI think you should receive a knighthood, Mr. Attwood, for your services to caretaking. Surely you of all people deserve to be hit over the shoulders with an old sword.â
10:00 a.m.
What IS it with this place???!!! Rosie and I have got bad conduct marks AND have to stay behind and help with Peter Pan every night this week after school. I cannot believe it! Just because we havenaturally high spirits and joie de vivre . (And also got caught doing our âLetâs go down the discoâ dance to âThere Is a Green Hill Far Awayâ in Assembly.)
It is so obviously hilarious. And not at all âindicative of stupendous childishness,â as Hawkeye said.
10:30 a.m.
Perhaps I am Spawn of the Devil in a skirt and have the third eye. No, I mean the second whatsitâ¦sight. Because I told Mum that I was staying behind to help with Peter Pan , even though I wasnât, and now I am. I may have special powers.
11:00 a.m.
No, I havenât got special powers. I tried for about a million years to make the wall clock fall onto Hawkeyeâs head, but it just gave me a very bad headache.
in the loos
I said to Jas, âFor once in the entire existence of humankind my hair has got