I Should Probably Learn People's Real Names.

I seriously am beginning to think that for a person to work at Academic High School a person must meet one of two qualifications. Either: a) be so thoroughly and completely socially fucked up that the only person needed to complete the scene would be Nurse Ratched or b) have the warm and approachable personality of a pissed off porcupine.

And, no surprise, the new teachers at Academic High School are proving to be a highly qualified batch indeed.

However, Technical High School also got a new crop, and they are post-worthy for entirely different reasons.

First we have new Vice Principal, who we will call Warden. Why? Well for a few reasons. First, he is a total douche. Second, you know the warden from "Shawshank Redemption"? Yeah, he has the same mannerisms, and same style of speech (in Japanese). Total. Douche. And I really have no choice but to call him Warden as he didn't raise his head or give me his name when we met. Though I must say, I do get my daily dose of entertainment from his constant self important shouting and exaggerated gesturing into the phone. What a fucking caricature.

Then we have Ikemen-sensei. I've never seen so many barren, middle aged, well-past-their-prime women so unashamedly hot and bothered over someone. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so disturbing. Admittedly, this new guy is Ikemen (as everyone reminds him), and is hands down the most attractive person in the staff room, but that's not saying much. Ok, fine. I'm just pissed that I'm no longer staff room Ikemen.

We also have a new guy in the English department, Mr. Terrifying Secret. He is so unremarkable and bland I really think he is at the wrong school. Someone should tell him he belongs at Academic High School. The prison for those without a personality is a few kilometers south of here pal. And true to belonging at Academic School, there is something that is ever so slightly 'off' about him. It's barely perceptible, which only makes it more terrifying. I'm leaning towards recovering from a nervous breakdown. Or who knows, maybe he's just your average weirdo; nothing deviant or dark, just mildly fucked up.

Sadly, we also lost a few characters at Technical High School as well.

Most devastating to me was the loss of Cinnamon. He didn't work in my office, but the clerical one. Where does the name come from you ask? Well... you see, working at Technical High School leaves me plenty of time to read (and analyze the shit out of everyone there). So one of my reads was "The Wind Up Bird Chronicle", which contained this character named Cinnamon. One day I passed Real Life Cinnamon when I suddenly realized, "Holy shit, he looks really familiar, why haven't I noticed this before?" I went back to reading the book at my desk, when I had another realization, "Holy shit, why do I have such a vivid image of what this character 'Cinnamon' looks like"? A few days later I saw Real Life Cinnamon again and made the connection. "Wow! It's Cinnamon!". I had such a vivid image of this character because I made him to look like this office worker. The character in this book is young and fashionable and never speaks, yet somehow everyone can understand him. There is something simultaneously calming and intimidating about him. Just like Real Life Cinnamon!

So there you have it: gained Warden, Ikemen-sensei, and Mr. Terrifying Secret, but lost Cinnamon.

I should probably spend less time reading and more time learning people's real names.