Mr. Ishmal 58 x 365

High school psychology teacher, Mr. Ishmal, challenged us to define love and showed us a strangely beautiful film of vaginal liquid crystallizing on a microscope slide. But for all his talk of love and sex, he seemed a sort of slimy, creepy character who’d probably never heard of dental floss.

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Otter said…
Left me curious as to know she knew she was part of his starnge show and tell exhibit.

Its hard to love people with stinky breath.
11/13/06, 9:18 PM
Cedar Waxwing said…
I think the film was a professionally done one -- not a home movie he had made. (this was 1973 or so)

If I remember correctly, there was music to go along with the crystallizing. Kind of like a disturbed version of Fantasia.
11/14/06, 6:40 AM
Helen said…
I love that comment about a disturbed version of Fantasia...
11/17/06, 3:59 PM
Bridgett said…
ew, ew, ew.
11/20/06, 4:39 PM
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