Ghost Boy

Dear Ghost Boy,

Booooo!

These blog posts were getting out of hand especially since I was supposed to write just one blog post. Now it slowly has become two blogs. One blog post was enough work as it is, now I have to write more blog posts. Well, I'd better start writing this blog, but wouldn't it be cool if blogs wrote themselves. If only that were true then I would be better off. Okay, so you want to know what my class did for Spirit Week. If it was up to me, I wouldn’t even have Spirit Week to begin with.

Spirit Week is ranked number one on the list of school events that I rather not participate in. In comparison, my classmates couldn’t wait to start designing our classroom for Spirit Week. That’s why in order to avoid having to do any troublesome work, I’ve been training hard to hide my presence, for the past two weeks. If my highly, motivated classmates take all the work, there shouldn’t be anything left for me to do or so I thought.

Since all the roles had been decided I thought I was off the hook, but then I found out that Andy and I got the remaining roles that were unclaimed. The remaining roles were acting roles that included being a ghost, zombie or monster. While the class was debating what we should do for the haunted house, the only thing that was on my mind was, "Can I leave yet?" All this planning talk was so boring for me, but Andy reminded me that I got the easier job so I shouldn’t be complaining. "Since I know I got the easiest task, I’m beginning to think I might be able to sort of try my best," I said. My classmates then broke into groups to start working on the haunted house. Two other classmates of mine attempted to teach me how to become a proper ghost, but we all know how well that was going to turn out. We had a simulation where I tried to scare my classmate, but instead I got startled by my classmate instead. Since I wasn’t good scaring others, my other classmate thought we should dress me up as a ghost rising from the well. Neither did they know that was another bad idea because I adore being in the dark especially in close quarters where no one is around me. I drifted asleep instantly while they continue planning out the rest of the haunted house. They figured if I was going to sleep throughout the event, they might as well draw eyes on me so I could still scare people when they passed by me.

This is what our classroom looks like.

Day one of Spirit Week has arrived, I changed into my costume and sat in the well like I was told. And guess what I was doing while I was bored.  You guessed right. I fell asleep again but this time, I slept through the whole event. But lots of people told me afterward I was the scariest since I was asleep with my eyes wide open and lounging forward like I was about to attack someone. My classmates told me that Andy confessed that he was afraid of zombies so he couldn’t play the part. So we swapped Andy with our other classmate and she decided to go as a demonic cat. She  was short and people found it hard to take her seriously. So when she tried to scare people, she actually made others laugh at how cute she was instead. I guess the haunted house was a success since everyone that came out of our attraction was enjoying themselves.  Day one of Spirit Week came to a close, but I didn’t feel like I did anything at all. At the end of the day, our class threw a party to celebrate our success. I was trying my hardest to not get involve with spirit week, but in the end, I got a nice nap out of it and that is what matters. If every Spirit Week was like today’s event, then I will definitely participate more often. This is my proposal for a possible theme for Spirit Week next year. I will go with a PJ day where everyone comes to school in their PJ's. That way I have an excuse to bring my favorite pillow to sleep on during class so I won’t hurt my head or hand accidently. That would be the best day ever.

-Listless Tony

P.S. Do I look scary now?