No Quote Today
Apparently there is some news to report:
A maintenance worker just walked by my office and asked, "So, what's the psychology behind some guy ramming his girlfriend into the building?"
I stared blankly. The maintenance guys are always saying things that I don't completely comprehend. The usual strategy is to smile and nod. He continued, "Oh, you didn't hear? Some guy drove his car into the back of his girlfriend's car and pushed her down the stair case outside of the building -- cracked the front wall and everything."
So, I go outside and look and sure enough there are tire tracks in the small lawn outside and a good sized crack in the building. The railing that runs along Baldwin in front of the psych building is gone, there is police tape up, and the bushes are torn to shreds. The car didn't flip down the stairs -- it fell off of a ledge. I have no idea if anyone was hurt or killed. Crazy stuff. Apparently it happened at 4am last night.
More to come when I find it out.
Tuesday
"I would sing behind closed doors growing up. Jessica was so good and it made me shy about my own voice. But, I don't hide my singing - not anymore. I sing punk music actually. I love to run around and scream and rock out and play guitar."
--Ashlee Simpson
That's for Meimi. Don't get me wrong, I kind of like Ashlee Simpson. But people need to stop throwing around the "punk" label about themselves -- it's not like Ms. Simpson is on par with the Sex Pistols or the Dead Kennedys. Of course, not much of today's punk rock is...
Alas.
Friday
"Dogs able to sniff out cancer. In other news, everybody's butthole now has cancer"
--Headline from
Fark.com
HILARIOUS! That made me laugh really hard -- something about the word 'butthole' makes me laugh. It's just a funny word. It's not a very tinny word, is it? Not tinny at all...
Few folks will get the 'tinny' reference...those who do are special (I'm looking at you Chuck!)
Thursday
"The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom."
--
Chuck Palahniuk,
Choke
Friday
"Eve smelled good, she smelled like fire and spilled ink and bright cold glass and she was all angles beside me, she was bent knees and sweet sharp elbows and collarbones I could drink from and I needed to get a hold of myself."
--
Will Christopher Baer,
Penny Dreadful
Tuesday
"I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier."
--
The Killers, "All These Things that I've Done"
Monday
"Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!"
--Female Initech Employee,
Office Space
Sunday
"A glass is good, and a lass is good,
And a pipe to smoke in cold weather;
The world is good, and the people are good,
And we ’re all good fellows together."
--John O’Keefe (1747–1833):
Sprigs of Laurel. Act ii. Sc. 1.
I forgot how much I love smoking my pipe. I await winter impatiently -- the ideal time to smoke. The strike of a match, the first tendrils of smoke, the easy burn in my nostrils and mouth, the lazy clouds after puffing, the sublime relaxation, the smell...
Saturday
"Loran, whatta ya got?"
--Voice of the Bulldogs, Larry Munson
GO DAWGS! SIC 'EM! I can't wait...
Friday
"If you want to stay alive, there is only one way: look fit for work."
--Viktor Frankl,
Man's Search for Meaning
Frankl was a prisoner at Auschwitz. He survived. This quote strikes me because certain human beings were not viewed as humans at all during this time; they were viewed as machines, as a means to an end. Once they were outdated or obsolete due to hunger, injury, or age they were killed. Work to live, work will set you free. Frankl tells the story of an old friend who sneaks into his hut in Auschwitz and tells the group of men that in order to avoid the gas they should look fit. They should shave every day at all costs; even if they have to use a shard of glass to do it. It will make them look younger and give them a ruddy, healthy complexion. They shouldn't limp at all, even during hour long hikes to work sites, even if their feet are blistered, even if they have no shoes and are walking in the snow, because an SS officer will single them out for death. Disposable people. Some things never change.
Quote of the Day
Because I'm too lazy and braindead to post anything lately, I've decided that each day I will offer a new quote in a post. I will have no rhyme or reason for the quotes I will choose.
Here's the first:
"Why are you wearing that stupid
man suit?"
--
Frank the Rabbit,
Donnie Darko
