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[mockingbirdq]

Oookay.... My administrator FELL ASLEEP while evaluating me. My students thought it was hilarious, but managed to keep quiet until he woke up and left the room.

Um... does that mean I shouldn't expect a good evaluation???

Meanwhile, I found an odd website www.boatswain.nl (don't ask how) that has post mortum photographs of victorian children. Yep, DEAD kids. Very odd. What's weirder are the comments people leave about angels (umm... kids aren't going to look evil when asleep or dead, duh?) and heartfelt notes people leave that this child is "so pretty and it's so sad he/she is dead." The jerk in my wants to point out that a) it wouldn't be sad if the child was ugly? and b)the picture is from 1866- the kid would be dead by now even if they hadn't died then. I'm not trying to say these photos are heartrending but the over sentimentalizing of some child in a photo one has never met is a bit odd. Even odder is that collecting these photos is a hobby. Ewww @_@

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[bitterfic.livejournal.com]

My parents actually know/worked with a guy who collects post mortum photographs. He also counts a Victorian era baby coffin as among his prized possessions but the truly bizzare thing is how he is otherwise completely mundane and unimaginative. There is nothing gothic or morbid romantic about him-- he drinks beer, talks about sports, shops at Wal-Mart, and has probably never read a book in his life. My mother has a theory that his interest in the post mortum memorabilia has to do with his health-- he's a type 1 diabetic. She thinks maybe his interest in collecting photos of dead people is a way of dealing with his disease and daily reminders of mortality that come with it.