Moore-da's room was dark. The curtains were drawn and the only light in the room was from the television. Anakina and Vienna were learning the fine art of meditation through a dull video being shown by Moore-da.
Anakina's and Vienna Sausage's eyes were half-lidded and glazed over as they stared through the semi-darkness at the television screen. Moore-da had paused the movie for the six-thousand, four-hundred and seventeenth time.
"Note the use of the fish tank in this shot," he said, his keys jangling on his belt loop as he moved toward the screen. "Ben is separated from the party guests."
He unpaused the movie, then paused it again for the six-thousand, four-hundred and eighteenth time.
"And she enters. Notice the print of her dress."
"Oh, god. I can't take this anymore," groaned Anakina, holding her head in both hands.
"Don't complain," said Vienna, almost tonelessly. "This is the third time I've had to watch this with him. I could tell you how many hairs Dustin Hoffman has in his left nostril."
"How do we make it stop?"
Vienna replied by saying, "Mister Moore-da, did you know it was Anakina's birthday today?"
The teacher spun around. "Really?" Then he stalked around tot he front of the classroom, retrieved his banjo, and strummed a few chords. "Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. Happy birthday to you."
Seeing the opportunity to make her move, Anakina asked, "Can we learn how to take down the faculty now?"
Suddenly, a strange man with pointed ears walked into the classroom.
"Um, I don't think there's any Vulcans in this flick, dude," said Vienna to the man whose ear points were apparently glue-ons.
"But I'm Doctor Spock," replied the man in a Harlem accent.
"This is a Star Wars parody, Mister Dunne, not Star Trek," Anakina told him helpfully.
The New Yorker's face fell, and he pulled off the ear points with a frown. "But I've been waiting for a cameo for the longest time..."
"Sorry," said the other three in unison.
Mister Dunne sighed. "I guess I'll go bowl now. Live long and prosper."
He left, and Moore-da turned back to the girls.
"I'll teach you the way of the Techi," he said with a mystical flourish of his arms.
"Cool," said Anakina. "Are we gonna use that 'new amazing technology' we keep hearing about?"
Moore-da burst into laughter. After several minutes, he said, "No, silly girl. We shall use the almighty Macintosh!"