Settler words&music in S'ólh Téméxw, (leanpub.com/upsun) living where privilege meets precarity in MST country. she/her/they———– Novels: Midnite Moving Co., Upsun; Sweep Off Those Waves coming soon, Hair Sinister after that. —Restore All Indigenous Lands!
He can use the lab as a reference on a resume… they just weren’t busy enough. Not an issue with him… it’s the economy, stupid.
His comment. “I have never lost a job for insolence, incompetence, or tardiness. And I will keep saying that in interviews until it is no longer true.”
I love how he just doesn’t lose his sense of humour when all this crap is raining down.
Tomorrow, Avatar in IMAX 3D with my new friend.
Also, I will never do a secular Christmas carol this well, and I don’t care. I still will do it anyway.
Young people today are so creative and wonderful. Don’t you think? I mean, when they aren’t like the little bastards down at New West SS pushing me off the sidewalk into the traffic on Canada Way.
Remember what Martha Graham said:
“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate YOU. Keep the channel open… No artist is pleased… There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction; a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”
I don’t know why, but I am very happy this morning. It’s a smiling contentment triggered by Christmas and the prospect of seeing my folks and Granny and my cousins and aunt and uncle; the weather continues mild, which is a nice change; there’s this which I watched with the sound down, SFW, and then there’s this, also SFW. There’s also the prospect of biscotti, a meal to cook for Peggy tonight (Tom may or may not be joining us), a post Christmas filk at Cindy’s place, a non denominational Christmas carol to work on, a phone call which may or may not presage work, a meeting that had no minutes and scarcely any action items, and the calm happiness that comes with knowing that you don’t have to buy any Christmas presents.
There are other reasons to be happy, of course, but those will do for the time being.
Oh, and here’s William Gibson’s review of Avatar from Twitter. I guess I’m going.
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