Neko

 

 






†HAMLET†


SHAKESPEARE


†Ophelia†
There is a willow grows
ascaunt the brook,
That shows his hoar
leaves in the glassy stream.


Therewith fantastic garlands
did she make
Of crow-flowers, nettles,
daisies, and long purples,
That liberal shepherds give
a grosser name,
But our cold maids
do dead men's fingers call them.


There on the pendant
boughs her crownet weeds
Clamb'ring to hang,
an envious sliver broke,
When down her weedy
trophies and herself
Fell in the weeping brook.


Her clothes spread wide,
And mermaid-like
a while they bore her up;
Which time she chanted
snatches of old lauds,
As one incapable
of her own distress,
Or like a creature native
and indued unto that element.


But long it could not be
Till that her garments,
heavy with their drink,
Pulled the poor wretch
from her melodious lay
To muddy death.



layout by soulkarma

Subliminal Luminina
08.05.07 (3:42 pm)
  1. Voices :: in the dark
  2. Have to :: pee
  3. Machine :: death
  4. Seventh grade :: drop uut
  5. Beach :: boat
  6. Roommate :: hell
  7. Cyclone :: Dorothy
  8. Theater :: at Southeastern
  9. Pregnant :: oops
  10. Phoebe :: Buffay
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cowork-erm, empoyee-erm, underling-erm, amoeb...whatever
08.03.07 (4:45 pm)

What do you do when you have a coworker incapable of filling out their own timesheet?  As in, can't read a calendar fill out their timesheet?

I am not exactly this person's boss - it is up to me to keep them on as an employee and give them tasks to perform, but boss - eh, I don't really like that word.  It has such an air of, well, you know, responsibility.  We all know how much I dislike the term - dread living the reality of it...

It's not just the timesheet thing you know.  She can't hear, smells funny (read like pee), wears a bicycly helmet "just in case she falls," and gets angry - a lot, at the little things in life that roll off most people's backs - like, oh, I don't know - being asked to go sit and do nothing while their boss tries to finish her work for the day.  Did I mention she smells like pee?

I'm not heartless or stupid - I know a lot of these things are the signs of a person not coming to terms with aging - or aging gracefully.  She's also had an awfully tough year - still, jesus leaping off a cross - how long is this my burden to bear? 

The latest role she's placed on my shoulders is that of confessor.  Oh. My. God.  There are just things I did not want to know.  Number one on my list is about the sex life of any woman who has more hair on her chin than the original members of Lynyrd Skynard assembled as one.  Number two is her worthless husband and how awful he is to her.  She gets seriously angry with the man and takes it out on me - ME!  He brings home a paycheck, is faithful, doesn't hit her and apparently has no issues with female facial hair.  Sounds like an alright dude to me. Number three, never, ever feed her after midnight - no wait, that's a movie...Number three, the church deacon does not want to have sex with you. 

Okay, I am an awful person.  She needs help.  I will meditate on my attitude. Rant over.

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What's in a job?
08.01.07 (3:15 pm)

I have several.

I talk about this a lot.

Why?  Well - I really don't have much of a life otherwise and people are sick of hearing about my pets.

I guess my best title is museum curator.  It is also the second closest thing I do that I actually went to school for.  I have an MA in Anthropology.  (Yeah, I know right?  What was I thinking?)  Anyway, here I am five years later the only paid  worker at my hometown museum basically keeping the status quo for the community historical society.  It's a great title though.

The other thing I do that is directly related to my degree is teach Anthropology at my the local Uni, where I got my bachelor's.  I'm adjunct of course, because there is no terminal degree in antrhopology.  Not a big deal.  With a title like mine I get to be as flakey as I want to be and hey - there's that bookstore discount.  If only some fully tenured social science prof would come and sweep me off my feet...

My other jobs at the circulation desk of the library and local radio station are less than stellar but then again, they are less than taxing on my tiny little brain as well. 

When I was a kid and dreaming about what I would be doing when I grew up I never could make up my mind - who knew I wouldn't have to - I was going to have to do as many as I could to keep my head above  water anyway?

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I IZ ADDiCK n NEEDZ ur HLP by LOL CAT
08.01.07 (8:52 am)
I has a butt  purhaps ud like 2 pet it?
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