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September 23, 2004
pippy blah blah blog
My friend Thomas always used to say you should never go looking for a job because you might find one and until yesterday I thought he was joking! But tomorrow I will start eeking out not even remotley enough to live on, and will still have no health insurance into the bargain! Yeeaa, retail! As retail jobs go, though, it seems ok, as I will be working at a kind of eclectic home furnishing stuff place, for a woman who was a painter until recently. And there are lots of weird crazy things like a giant dragon head, carved out of wood, approximately the size of a refridgerator, which had been part of an amusement park in Gary, Indiana, and was made in the 50s. The rest of the stuff is mostly furniture, but other highlights include a tiny wooden toy piano, piles of old metal buckets in different colors, some of which look like they may have been for children to play with, millions of chandeliers and light fixtures, including one made of antlers, lots of old quilts, kimonos, and various religious artifacts. Oh and also bird cages, some pottery, and old apothecary bottles. And a collection of tiny toy metal guns.
Plus, apparently there is a Bernese Mountain Dog puppy in the shop most of the time, which is always a big bonus. If I am not mistaken, his name is Loomis. More about him and my work as the situation progresses!
Last night we had a very small, micro Knit Wit Nite, Lorie, Sarah, and I. Lorie and Sarah worked on gift scarves, and I worked on a sock monkey, made from blue and orange shades of Rowan All Seasons Cotton Printed (oh, how I adore Rowan All Seasons Cotton Printed!! On another knitting blog someone said that if you wanted to get him in bed, bring him Manos. This applies to me and All Seasons Cotton Printed. Not that anyone wants to get me in bed these days. Or that it would take any more doing, depending upon the person, than saying gee, I would really like to get you in bed. Because at this point I am beginning to wonder if I am not horribly deformed in some way, or just smell really bad, and everyone is just too polite to point it out, especially since I have such a nice personality and all. So I am trying to convince myself that moving to Savannah, Georgia and becoming an eccentric old spinster who drinks nerve tonic and talks to her dog and knits tea cozies and whatnot is not such a bad fate, really, and Ive always wanted to keep chickens in my backyard, and that way I would have more company. Anyway.) I started a couple of days ago as a gift, but now am thinking of keeping for myself. (photos to come!)
Just to cheer myself up, here is a timely and inspirational quotation that I came across recently and found interesting~
"Whether the mask is labeled Fascism, Democracy, or Dictatorship of the Proletariat, our great adversary remains the Apparatus - the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the one facing us across the frontier or the battle lines, which is not so much our enemy as our brother's enemy, but the one that calls itself our protector and makes us its slaves. No matter what the circumstances, the worst betrayal will always be to subordinate ourselves to this Apparatus, and to trample underfoot, in its service, all human values in ourselves and in others."
-- Simone Weil
Posted by pippypippy at September 23, 2004 01:13 PM
Comments
Congratulations on the new job. Perhaps someday The Apparatus will disassemble, will go to sleep under its masters porch. What apparati might then awaken, like a haze of ants, to what desire might they assemble?
Posted by: Juan Jorges Jesus at September 23, 2004 04:20 PM
Maybe no apparatus is necessary, so none would appear. Or maybe beautiful new and never before seen ones, which would sparkle in the light, eat the masters porch, the masters house, and all apparati sleeping underneath. Desires for love and joy might assemble and flourish. Just a thought?
Posted by: pippypippy at September 24, 2004 08:45 AM