Bram vs Everything He's Ever Wanted

by bluegreen523

A retelling of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda as told by Bram. This is based on the book, not the movie- although there are enough similarities to make movie watchers have something to enjoy as well. Bram Greenfeld is a smart and soft-spoken junior at Creekwood High School- oh, and he's gay. Can Bram get out of his head long enough to allow himself to open up to the world?

4. Chapter 7

From: hour to hour . note to note

To: blugreen118

September 08 4:22 PM

Subject: re:Back to School

Blue,

I mean, I guess I agree with you that summer starts to feel a little long by the end, but I'm not sure that I like your solution. It would kind of suck to have a week off every couple of weeks instead of all summer- what about summer jobs and vacations?

So here's my solution (spoiler: it also freaking sucks). What if we had 2 months for summer, a month for Christmas and a month for spring break? That splits it up a bit more, but doesn't really solve the problem of summer jobs.

And speaking of summer jobs- you know how sometimes you see a teacher in the wild? I'm not sure that I can handle that more than 1 extended period per year.

Jacques

From: bluegreen118

To: hour to hour . note to note

Septermber 09 7:45 AM

Subject: Teachers in the Wild

Jacques,

Yeah, so maybe we're both wrong. But there's really no escaping that the school year is really designed around the needs of family farmers. Oh, and also- the school bells- do you know why they have those? To condition us to be ready to work in factory jobs. Yep- we are Pavlov's humans being conditioned to salivate at the sound of a bell.

I haven't seen many teachers in their natural habitats, but that would make a funny TV show. An Animal Planet spoof show on HGTV or some channel like that. I'll draft up a proposal.

Blue

From: hour to hour . note to note

To: blugreen118

September 09 3:43 PM

Subject: re:Teachers in the Wild

Blue,

I love it. As soon as you have a proposal, I'll call up all of my high power HGTV connections and will get this going.

Jacques

P.S. I need to go and get some high powered HGTV connections.

P.P.S. Do you think they check twitter or are they too freaking old fashioned for that?

From: bluegreen118

To: hour to hour . note to note

Septermber 09 7:45 AM

Subject: re:Teachers in the Wild

Jacques,

Please send the following letter to your high powered contacts:

To Whom it May Concern,

Proposal for a new HGTV reality show

Creators: Jacques FrereJacques and Blue Grennington Esq. III

Teachers in Wild: Northern Atlanta Suburbs

A charming and charismatic host with a fake Australian accent takes the audience into restaurants, malls, tutoring business, SAT grading rooms, etc. to catch a glimpse of the illusive teacher in the wild- occasional glimpses of them grocery shopping or at Target will be featured as well. The teachers need only awkwardly notice the cameras and walk away with looks of disgust, no interviews will be featured.

Sincerely,

Jacques and Blue

P.S. I didn't know your last name, so I made one up. You may assume whatever you want with the preposterous last name I gave myself.

From: hour to hour . note to note

To: blugreen118

September 10 3:27 PM

Subject: re:Teachers in the Wild

Blue,

I wish I was this clever so early in the morning. You're so freaking funny, you know that? I can't imagine that they won't pick it up immediately (as soon as I figure out how to send it to them).

Jacques