Toking
Frequent Photo
“Mom, will you download some photos of Grandpa Mike’s paintings so I can take them to art class.”
Such a sweet beginning–too bad it will land my son with countless hours on the psychiatrist’s couch.
Last night, in a hurry, I quickly downloaded photos of my father-in-law’s work onto a memory stick and sent it off to with Quinn to his college art class.
Today, he handed it to his teacher who uploaded the first photo onto the big screen in front of the entire roomful of students.
It was that photo above.
Quickly, the professor scrolled through the twenty or so marijuana images that followed. Unfortunately, somehow the correct photos hadn’t saved. One green bud closeup after another flashed across the screen. A couple opium poppies flashed orange and purple petals. The professor glared at my 16 year old son who muttered, “Sorry, my mom works for Grow magazine.”
Somehow, I bet the professor classed that excuse right up there with “the dog ate my homework.”
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This photo and the others are from my latest feature piece for Grow magazine, Outdoor Growing: It’s a Game. The magazine should be out this next week. Buy some copies, I’m going to need the money to pay for my son’s therapy.
Posted by Ren on November 10, 2009 at 10:04 pm
hahaha
I bet Quinn handled it like a champion!
In Japanese class people would often say things they had no idea they were saying, sometimes in front of the whole class. One classmate of mine ended up talking about the teacher’s breasts instead of her dad!
Posted by Kym on November 10, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Whoops, Now that would be bad.
Posted by Sami on November 10, 2009 at 10:21 pm
That’s great, only in Humboldt!
Posted by Jen on November 10, 2009 at 10:22 pm
OH NO! *snirk* Poor Quinn!
Um, this is a good cautionary tale considering what I write. LOL. Note to self. DON’T download pictures for son. Got it.
Posted by Kym on November 10, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Jen, Yikes, keep your memory sticks separate from the boys’ sticks!
Posted by uncle hale on November 11, 2009 at 12:12 am
geee, I am so glad Quin did not want pictures from my life……I love him and want to keep it that way.
smile and love uncle Hale
Posted by Maggie on November 11, 2009 at 6:05 am
I love the photo! Close ups like those on hands and the face are some of my favorite compositions. That’s also a great story!
Posted by Fred Mangels on November 11, 2009 at 8:10 am
I didn’t know you were working for Grow magazine.
Posted by Jennifer Savage on November 11, 2009 at 8:10 am
Heehee! Too funny! And, hey, there’s worse ways to screw up your kids! At least you’re providing a very artsy perspective.
Posted by Tj on November 11, 2009 at 10:53 am
That brought on a full belly laugh. Thanks.
Posted by MJEAN on November 11, 2009 at 11:29 am
Maybe, Quinn is ready to leave for Europe now instead of next summer.
I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall of the CR staff room during break time. I’m sure he got a lot of mileage out of this story.
Posted by lynette77 on November 11, 2009 at 3:45 pm
It’s too bad the professor didn’t take advantage of an unexpected opportunity…. the photo above is truly wonderful, and I’m guessing the others were too. Just because the subject matter is less than mainstream doesn’t mean the photos weren’t artistic…
Though my heart does go out to your son.
We had a skunk spray near our house last spring and everything, clothes included, STANK–and we had no time to do laundry.
Our then 17 year old sat in class the next day watching the dean come in, then start searching all the students as they left. My son “confessed” when they got to him, telling them it was actual skunk spray, but they dismissed him. He felt so bad that he’d been the reason his classmates all went through the search. Nothing like living in Humboldt
Posted by Mara on November 12, 2009 at 4:31 pm
hey it could have been worse, I read an article about a teacher that made a video of the school year and sent it home with every kid on the last day of school, about 10 mins in it switched to a sex tape of her and her husband. she got fired, lol
Posted by lynette77 on November 12, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Oh, I think I heard about that ! I couldn’t decide between feeling appalled and sympathetic…
See Kym, we’ll have to work a whole lot harder to permanently scar our children. These, these are just funny stories they’ll tell their grandkids…
Posted by Kym on November 12, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Oh, my god that poor teacher…Those poor kids. Yikes, talk about scared for life.
Posted by Toni on November 22, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Depends on how old the students are! I just can’t understand why people make sex tapes – they all seem to get leaked somehow. Maybe that’s why the make them!!
Posted by kato on November 12, 2009 at 11:14 pm
He’ll certainly have the entire class’ undivided attention for his NEXT presentation.
Posted by Eric Kirk on November 13, 2009 at 12:56 am
That’s right out of Seinfeld or something!
Posted by SoHumBorn on November 13, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Oh… hey, well… hey, I’m at a loss, and that’s rare.
Posted by suzy blah blah on November 14, 2009 at 10:15 am
LOL!!! –if we never made miztakes life wuold be sooooooooo boring
Posted by kristabel on November 16, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Oh, Kim…I can’t stop laughing. I’m also with Lynette – what a fantastic image! xo
Posted by kristabel on November 16, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I mean Kym! Geesh, sorry.
Posted by Eric Sligh on November 17, 2009 at 1:42 am
occupational hazard? I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry.
Posted by Kym on November 18, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Eric, This is a cautionary tale for you in the future. Heed my mistakes and save your children months of therapy.
Posted by Indie on November 21, 2009 at 12:30 am
How embarrassing!!!
Posted by Toni on November 22, 2009 at 2:19 pm
You’re poor son. Sounds like the prof could have handled it a lot better, though.
Posted by Silliness on November 22, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Hell, he is in college not grade school………gimme a break!
Posted by Mark W on November 23, 2009 at 7:38 pm
too funny!
Posted by elizabeth on November 23, 2009 at 10:09 pm
oh that made me laugh!