Fan me while I swoon! Just got my invitation to the WASTE (Wonderful Art Supplies for Teachers and Educators) spring giveaway of containers from Raytheon's manufacturing processes and shipping containers and Alcatel's recycled office supplies. To an art teacher this is bigger than the debutante ball and Miss Ellie's Southfork barbecue combined. Part Easter egg hunt, part million dollar beat-the-clock shopping spree, part tailgate party, part professional discussion round-table, part eco shave-the-whale rally, all art teachers going ooh-aah over Really Good Junk. Yankee ingenuity way down south, and the saved string and canning jars in grandma's cellar going high tech.
What to wear? What to wear? Hawaiian shirt and parrot-head? Demure pink satin and pearls? Retro leopard-print suit and red pillbox hat? Lab coat and 3-D glasses? Serious racing spandex? Fishnet stockings or elbow-length white gloves? I'm so excited I could repair the Hubble telescope single-handedly with pipe-cleaners, free AOL cds, and egg cartons. Ah, adrenalin.
My Rainbow Sparkle costume might be the most practical attire. Rainbow Sparkle has a groovy tie-dye patchwork shirt, simply lavendar eyeglasses, fabulous tiara of pink feathers and irridescent curling ribbon, and groovy glitter magic wand. Rainbow Sparkle is the fairy personification of every preschool girl's "favorite color".
My little sister once reported that her new Sunday School teacher, "had on pearls and high heels." How very Manet's "Olympia"!
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