People politics.

Well today I met some other new trainees. It was a little confusing at first because Kate had told me to meet her outside the classroom so I wasn't sure if I was actually supposed to be in the training with the others. I'm not sure I helped my reputation much. It seems I've received a little more training then the others and the guy who took over the class until Kate could get there called me "the new pet." Oh well. If you are going to be the pet, I suppose it's best to be the VP's pet right?

Julie laughed at me when I told her about how I'd been awkward and stuttered and generally felt like I made an ass out of myself. And in typical Julie fashion she finished making fun of me and then said: "Don't worry Dave, you're a great guy. People will come to figure that out eventually, even if you're a bit of an ass sometimes." And then she said "And maybe you'll meet a nice girl!" I swear. Sometimes she's worse then my mother.

I have, unfortunately, added to my list of people I definitely don't like. There's this smarmy guy, Morgan. I came across him the other day making the secretary (sweet woman) uncomfortable. And then, as if that hadn't been enough to make my inner caveman grumpy, during lunch at the training day he starts hitting on one of the poor girls from training. This girl, Elena I think her name is, obviously did not want attention. I mean all he had to do was look at the way she dresses. She's obviously quite lovely and really, the baggy clothes don't do much to hide it, but it's just as obvious that she wears the baggy clothes in an attempt to. And it's not in the way I'm used to where the girls feel like they can't get dressed up nicely because people will judge them as superficial and bad scientists or because they really don't care. There is something very deliberate about the way this girl tries to hide every curve of her body. She probably got teased or something. Kids can be shits. Anyways, the point is, it was obvious to anyone with eyeballs that she wants to be left alone but here comes Captain Smarmy Pants trying to chat her up. It just made my blood boil. And the worst part was he was being so subtle about it. The worst predators are the once you can't see until they pounce, and this guy practically SCREAMS predator. It makes me ill. So anyways, with the help of Liam, one of the other trainees, we managed to run interference. I was maybe a bit too subtle and Morgan wasn't too daunted but he got the picture when Liam bumped into him totally by "mistake." I like that guy. He's interesting. I think I annoy him a bit, but I appreciate anyone who can perceive a situation like that and take action. Also he helped me subdue Captain Smarmy Pants for now anyways which gives him a gold star in my book. He also seems to be very perceptive when it comes to ghosts. He was the only one who felt my presence when I was doing the shade test for Kate.

Speaking of, one of the other trainees is also a wisp. Dear G-d do I hope she's a less artificial Bitchy Boots then Ilona. She seems a nice enough girl from what I've seen. A little eclectic in hair color but I suppose that's part of her wisp thing. Callie, I think is her name. Anyways, now I have a pink-festooned Glinda in my head going "Are you a good wisp or a bad wisp?"

I think I watch too many movies...