They had an assembly where two cops came to talk about how cool and normal and good having a school resource officer is, and they pantomimed eating each other’s boots until they got kicked out. The Principal is extremely mad that I laughed until I started crying—when he told me that part of the reason for the suspension was for breaking the rules by refusing to take off their outdoor footwear.
I feel like a fuckup of a parent a lot of the time, but I guess we did something right.
And then the whole school got up and cheered and gave them $100
I’m calling Bullshit
Your kid is cool
Remember when people thought the world was going to end because the Mayan calendar ended in 2012?
Really, they were just predicting the release of Rampart
Good stuff. Should I watch Rampart or will it be a waste of my time?
Ok. well, my method during preparation and production is immersion. I try to just immerse myself in the role, and in this case, watching movies, documentaries reading books. just anything that has to do with cops. Particularly LAPD, the history of the LAPD. As well as ride-alongs with cops… just getting into the back-story and the psyche of DAVE BROWN.
So to jump in there is exciting and scary, and also you just feel completely safe and protected…Oren, he just won’t let you fail, and me personally, I tried to fail several times.
I mean its inevitable…with the freedom Oren does give you sometimes you’re gonna go in the wrong direction and he’s gonna steer you back.
Do you have like a parenting book or something I can borrow? Got my first on the way
While this isn’t Rampart-related I guess I can answer:
If you’re privileged enough to have one of you be at home for a while, the first few years are chill as hell, so don’t worry about them. At all. Babies and toddlers have, like, five needs to fulfill, and then they’re good. Did you poop yourself? Are you hungry or hurt? Are you tired or cold? That’s the whole thing. It can be exhausting and frustrating, but it’s not complicated. You literally can’t fuck it up if you’re actually trying. And if you can’t stay home? Daycare workers also know this to be true. The babies are safe.
Beyond that? I dunno, I’m just my big autistic self, and I guess they just picked up the being a decent person thing by example. I always talk about calling the police within the framework of, “I need Men with Guns to maybe come kill somebody, so this is a real god damn emergency.” And anything less than that is probably bullshit that you should take care of yourself. We also do some stuff in the neighbourhood that I guess would be considered mutual aid, like community gardening, and communally looking out for small kids as if they’re our own. I just live into my values, and the kids picked up on it. You’re going to be fine.