bookstore dinosaur

i went to the bookstore tonight to investigate the quality of english as second language books for adults. holy shit fuck. they are pretty damn awful. whoever designed, or rather, had incredibly poor judgement in designing those books need to learn that simple is better. there's too much information everywhere and the layouts are a nightmare! i felt like i couldn't focus on anything and i fuckin know english! imagine how incredibly distracting all that information may be to a beginner. good grief!

instead of finding any decent (truly! anyone want to co-design english books with me?!) english books, i found two fun children's books. while i was waiting at the check out line, the cutest lil boy who was with his mother (who, may i add was purchasing a butt load of books!) turned and looked at me. we made eye contact and he growled at me. yes. he growled. and guess what. you know it! i growled right back! he growled again, louder this time and like dinosaurs, we had a mini growl-fest. his mother turned and smiled at me (she probably wanted to make sure i wasn't some sort of freak!) and then i began speaking to him in english. the mother turned again, this time, with a priceless look on her face.

the child was simply darling. DARRRRRRRLING! he was a little man in a kid sized black puffy winter coat. he was carrying a dinosaur box and i asked him if he knew the name of one particular dinosaur, the tyrannosaurus rex! i told him the name and he repeated it, even matching my tone. bitchin. we had a moment. and i was smitten. this kid is exactly the kind of kid i love to teach--funny, smart, and playful. he head-butted my legs and gave me, what i'd like to think, was a dinosaur-ish hug. 5 year old hugs complete stranger. yes, i'm that cool.

the mother and i had a brief chat (in korean!) about possible lessons. i gave her my contact information (business cards will be made soon! gotta get on it!) and although they live a bit too far north of the city for me to give lessons to the wee one, i was charmed and flattered nevertheless. i've decided that if i want to acquire clients, i basically just need to lurk around the kids' section of bookstores and randomly speak a few english phrases here and there. all the mothers will turn and look at me. but next time, i'll be ready for action, with business cards ready to be taken! RAAAAAARRRRRR!