Sammi Carr's The Jaguars' Spot column for Wed., Jan. 7, 2009

Four big weeks coming up, Jags

We got a crazy schedule coming up the next few weeks. Lemme break it down for you (This is from the school website calendar.):

Week 1 (Jan 5-9):

Luckily this week is pretty normal, just a nice easement back into school.

Week 2 (Jan 12-16):

Monday - Normal.

Tuesday - Normal day and also your last chance to bombard your teachers with questions before finals!

Wednesday - Finals 1 and 4 (early release - 12:17)

Thursday - Finals 2 and 5 (early release - 12:17)

Friday - Finals 3 and 6 (early release - 12:17)

Week 3 (Jan 19-23)

Monday - MLK Day - No school.

Tuesday - Guest speaker (early release - 1:13 p.m.)

Wednesday - Guest speaker and senior seminar (early release - 1:13 p.m.)

Thursday - Guest speaker (normal release) and Opening night for “Thoroughly Modern Millie” (with yours truly as Millie, which explains my “weird” haircut!)

Friday - Teachers are back and it’s a normal Friday with another performance of “Thoroughly Modern Millie” in the evening

Week 4 (Jan 26-30)

The only unusual thing this week is the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) Tuesday, the “Student vs. Teacher” improv match that evening and the “Works in Progress” dance concert Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Here’s something I betcha didn’t know:

As we all know, the holidays are a hectic time that can often lead to otherwise avoidable accidents. The thing that makes these occurrences all the more tragic (from the point of view of a kid) is that there is often plenty of time for angry parents in the mood to dole out punishment to return those iPhones and new laptop computers before Christmas. Take, for example, a friend of my brother Alex’s who decided one day it was too cold in his living room and set out to start a fire. However, the fire was being quite stubborn so he decided it would be a great idea to sprinkle a little gasoline on the wood to really get things cooking. The good news is: the wood caught fire. The bad news is: so did the nearby rug. Luckily, he was able to extinguish the fire by rolling his body around on the rug. OK, that part about rolling around on the rug was a joke (or was it?). Yes, it was, but his parents sure weren’t laughing when they told them about it (talk about being honest to a fault!).

Even though nothing was severely damaged (except, of course, his reputation if he doesn’t pay me ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS by next week’s column!), they were --- and get ready to be surprised -- quite displeased by his display of weak fire-making skills and threatened to return the Xbox 360 they had stashed In their closet. But, bright and early Christmas morning, my brother received a text message saying, “I got it! I got it! I got it!!” So, the lesson is: playing with fire is PLAYING WITH FIRE!

Know something I don't know? Catch me on campus or send me an e-mail at sammi@carrfamily.com.

See ya. Sam.