My 3-D art class with Jack has a few characters of note. For example, there is the freshman girl who talks to herself while she works on her art. Then there's the self-proclaimed 'sort-of physics' major who occasionally chews. But strangest of all is this Alumni who's auditing the class. This is his story.
On the first day, he shows up an hour-and-a-half late and interrupts only long enough to ask about auditing and get a signature before running off again for another hour (the whole class being three hours long).
On the second day, he shows up an hour-and-a-half late with his sketches for our first project. Now, this project entailed sculpting plaster blocks into rough 'forms', but nothing actually real or detailed. His favorite sketch? The smiling falice.
Now, seriously. Not as in 'like' or 'sort-of', this was a true blue penis, complete with scrotum, hair, and a smiley face etched at the tip.
Here's something how the conversation with our prof, Mike, went:
Falice Guy: "Now, here's my favorite idea [pointing to sketch of penis]. I just really think it's got some great irony to it. It's so rough, yet . . . so cute at the same time."
Mike: "Ok [Awkward Pause]. Let's see what else you got."
It's not like this was the only time he's refferrenced the word falice in class either. I'd say it's a daily occurence, if not more often.
The kicker today came when he was commenting on the gigantic athletic cup that the 'physics type stuff' guy is making. He says to the guy, "I didn't realize you were making a functional piece." Then turns to his neighbor and is like, "Get it? Functional piece!"
The scariest part is that he works at some sort of elementary school in town. Jack and I were contemplating calling the school district about him.
He also has children and a wife. I wonder if she liked his idea?
And it's "phallus."
Posted by: jackattack at February 20, 2004 12:14 AM