I'D vote for him
May. 5th, 2008 06:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brb_evilGuess who's running for Student President at my school?
Wellll....his name's SAXTON but it's close enough. Want to know how close? Well, you don't, but I'll tell you anyway.
This Saxton is actually Alexander Saxton who I've actually blogged about before, see here.
He was the lead of Time Tells All, a One Act at my school, in which he played a morally inept elderly British man called Henry, I believe. Henry got pissed off at his garden boy for cutting at his prize-winning begonias and kicked a pail at the boy's head, killing him. He gets his reluctant friend Charles (a rather squeaky and paranoid man) to help him bury the body and all is well. Until he swallows the garden boy's pocket watch by mistake. Then, he hears an incessant ticking noise in his head that slowly drives him up the wall until he can hear nothing else.
At one point, honest to god, Alex started drumming out the rhythm of the clock on a biscuit tin and Leah and I, at opposite sides of the room, impulsively started to beat the Master's drums on our knees. Through the whole thing, he was so Mastery...and then I found out his last name was Saxton. And that he was running for Student Council President.
We had a One Act poster signing recently too, and he signed mine with: "The last name 'Masterson' is kind of unfortunate, 'cause it makes you sound like the son of a master. You should become a master. That would show your dad." Of course, I had a bit of a flail fit that he'd mentioned 'master' things.
I went to the Campaign Assembly today, trying not to get too excited. Alex is a nice guy, but I wasn't sure if he'd live up to my Mastery expectations. As it came his turn to present, he stood up, straightened his suit jacket, his face blank, then ran MADLY across the stage, silly stringing the audience. Apparently, in the next assembly, he kicked smiley balls into the audience as well. Then, he got to the podium and stood in front of it, the serious politician once more, smiled at the audience mildly and said, "Hullo." He went on to do a magnificent speech that I unfortunately don't have a copy of (but he seemed to have memorised) that essentially said that he might not be the flashiest candidate with the most qualifications but he was a Northerner through and through and knew how to stand up for us and what we wanted. Then, he showed as much of his video that worked. As much as I have seen, it consists of him meeting himself. Two other hims, actually. On the same screen at the same time. Then he went off to be wacky for a bit and it suddenly stopped. As the video glitched, he ran across the stage back to the podium and said, "I am really truly sorry...I have dishonored my family name..." Then he silly stringed us again.
(And I nearly had a flail fit when the MC said, "Thank you Mr. Saxton.")
Even the SAC edition of our school paper, the Epigram, proved my theory.
EPIGRAM: What qualities do you possess that qualify you for the position you are running for?
Alexander Saxton: I'm a critical thinker. Argumentative, decisive, dedicated to the school,good looking and extremely humble.
EPIGRAM: What is the craziest thing you've ever done in school?
Alexander Saxton: What a bad question! Crazy people don't get elected, so I'm not admitting to anything.
Later, he came into the Drama Hall to campaign, and Hayley noticed that he was there and got me to start drumming. Eventually, all of my friends were drumming him into our midst. It was rather magnificent.
"Can I count on your vote?" he said, or something to that extent.
"Oh yes," we said. "Definitely."
"Then I have candy for all!" he said gleefully and flung a handful of chocolate caramels up into the air in a move vaguely reminiscent of the Master bringing Parliament to session.
Now, I don't know who will win, but I feel like he should. He's probably the best man for the job. I mean, I'm sure his policies are good, although I can't seem to remember what they are, but he's so aimiable.
And he's got SUCH a nice smile...
This Saxton is actually Alexander Saxton who I've actually blogged about before, see here.
He was the lead of Time Tells All, a One Act at my school, in which he played a morally inept elderly British man called Henry, I believe. Henry got pissed off at his garden boy for cutting at his prize-winning begonias and kicked a pail at the boy's head, killing him. He gets his reluctant friend Charles (a rather squeaky and paranoid man) to help him bury the body and all is well. Until he swallows the garden boy's pocket watch by mistake. Then, he hears an incessant ticking noise in his head that slowly drives him up the wall until he can hear nothing else.
At one point, honest to god, Alex started drumming out the rhythm of the clock on a biscuit tin and Leah and I, at opposite sides of the room, impulsively started to beat the Master's drums on our knees. Through the whole thing, he was so Mastery...and then I found out his last name was Saxton. And that he was running for Student Council President.
We had a One Act poster signing recently too, and he signed mine with: "The last name 'Masterson' is kind of unfortunate, 'cause it makes you sound like the son of a master. You should become a master. That would show your dad." Of course, I had a bit of a flail fit that he'd mentioned 'master' things.
I went to the Campaign Assembly today, trying not to get too excited. Alex is a nice guy, but I wasn't sure if he'd live up to my Mastery expectations. As it came his turn to present, he stood up, straightened his suit jacket, his face blank, then ran MADLY across the stage, silly stringing the audience. Apparently, in the next assembly, he kicked smiley balls into the audience as well. Then, he got to the podium and stood in front of it, the serious politician once more, smiled at the audience mildly and said, "Hullo." He went on to do a magnificent speech that I unfortunately don't have a copy of (but he seemed to have memorised) that essentially said that he might not be the flashiest candidate with the most qualifications but he was a Northerner through and through and knew how to stand up for us and what we wanted. Then, he showed as much of his video that worked. As much as I have seen, it consists of him meeting himself. Two other hims, actually. On the same screen at the same time. Then he went off to be wacky for a bit and it suddenly stopped. As the video glitched, he ran across the stage back to the podium and said, "I am really truly sorry...I have dishonored my family name..." Then he silly stringed us again.
(And I nearly had a flail fit when the MC said, "Thank you Mr. Saxton.")
Even the SAC edition of our school paper, the Epigram, proved my theory.
EPIGRAM: What qualities do you possess that qualify you for the position you are running for?
Alexander Saxton: I'm a critical thinker. Argumentative, decisive, dedicated to the school,good looking and extremely humble.
EPIGRAM: What is the craziest thing you've ever done in school?
Alexander Saxton: What a bad question! Crazy people don't get elected, so I'm not admitting to anything.
Later, he came into the Drama Hall to campaign, and Hayley noticed that he was there and got me to start drumming. Eventually, all of my friends were drumming him into our midst. It was rather magnificent.
"Can I count on your vote?" he said, or something to that extent.
"Oh yes," we said. "Definitely."
"Then I have candy for all!" he said gleefully and flung a handful of chocolate caramels up into the air in a move vaguely reminiscent of the Master bringing Parliament to session.
Now, I don't know who will win, but I feel like he should. He's probably the best man for the job. I mean, I'm sure his policies are good, although I can't seem to remember what they are, but he's so aimiable.
And he's got SUCH a nice smile...
