#(bc i didn't know that it was spelled 'whore' until i was like. sixteen or something lol)

[rubberbandballqueen]

yesterday i hooked my phone up to a radio w/this new aux able i bought to play music for the kids at work, and i was kind of surprised how i could basically just play everything i had downloaded on my phone for the kids (bc i've been too lazy to build playlists on it) until later, i was sitting at the front desk, typing stuff up, and then i heard a green day song start playing, and i fucking sprinted back inside bc even tho i think punk would be good for the kids, most of them are single-digit ages, and i am NOT gonna be the adult who lets them hear the word "fuck"

#i don't think the kids would have even noticed tbh; and the song was 'basket case' so it's like. there's not much objectionable in there #like i was like. thirteen when i first heard that song n granted i grew up sheltered. but i was like 'what's a hoar' #(bc i didn't know that it was spelled 'whore' until i was like. sixteen or something lol) #and just moved on with my day lmao #the worm speaks #at one point i popped back into the room (bc due to Shenanigans i was checking on this one girl in another room) n cazzo by ?te was playing #and i was like 'ohhhh my god' n skipped it bc even tho those kids most certainly do not get what the song is about. it did not sit right #and then i skipped this one song bc it said 'bitch' in it exactly once <3 but that's about all actually #the utena op played at one point n i was like 'should i-- NAHHHH they've never seen utena and it's in jp it'll be Fine' #also i was granted a whistle yesterday n the first time i used it i used it the way i would outside (as like a drum major) #(we were indoors) and HOOOOOO BOY THE SILENCE THAT FELL OVER THE ROOM. #i said 'as you can see i have been granted a whistle now and i have a lot of lung to use it so i'd appreciate it if we could listen' #at one point yesterday i put the whistle in my mouth n looked over the kids n they just H U S H E D #i will have to learn how to reign in a whistle sound but i think in general whistles shouldn't be used indoors. like as a rule. #the reason i received a whistle is bc we were playing this new game i made up called 'court of law' #it was inspired by the fact that during winter camp some kids had an argument over a pokemon card that was given away #and so i gathered all the relevant children around and wrote down everyone's testimonies n stuff to sort it out like it was a courtroom #but what ended up happening yesterday is that the kids n i just larped courtroom dramas or something idk but it was fun <3 #ALSO YESTERDAY this one kid (the clever one) came up to me when i let kids play with the whiteboard n he was like #'mys. [hua] they're not listening to me with the whiteboard :(' #n i looked him straight in the eye n said 'damn [caleb] that sucks wonder how that must feel.' #(he's a good kid; probably my favorite; and he does listen!! he knows how to put on good behavior and ham it up) #(and he has Child Charisma that obviously works on the other kids very well. he has Leaderly Qualities that i have no idea how to nurture.) #(but also he has problems with interrupting staff and trying to worm his way out of Situations(tm).) #we were so short-staffed yesterday. oh my god. i was like the only one watching like 25 kids for like an hour #which would've probably gone better had i known i'd be the only one for that long n was able to plan ahead a bit more