All in a days work
It's funny how hard it is to think of something clever to say when you actually are trying. At this point in my life I work in a mailroom. Throughout the day I encounter about one-sixteenth of the entire staff, those with mail needs. Nine times out of ten I can come up with some kind of witty or comical (most likely sarcastic) comment to make. I have even begun to build up a bit of a reputation due to it, with nicknames and everything (more on that some other time.)However, I have sat here and stared at this screen for the last fifteen (ok, twenty minutes) trying to think of something humorous or profound to say and I have come up with exactly nothing. Considering I want to be a professional writer someday this is disheartening. Not in the "woe is me, my life is ruined" kind of way; but more along the lines of "I really suck today kind of way, oh well think of monkeys, monkeys with bananas, that's always amusing." I don't know why monkeys are always funny but they are.
I just spent two minutes deleting the word "don't" and replacing it with "do not". Why? Because years of english classes in both high school and college have taught me that "in formal writing do not use contractions" (though most of them said don't in that quote, which always struck me as funny.)So, my debate was do I try to write formally or not, I finally decided this debate wasn't worth thinking about and left the last one I typed there.
When you drop off mail there tends to be at least three boxes or slots to drop them in. One says "Stamped Letters", one says "Metered Letters", one says "Airmail" or "International Letters". The big secret behind all this is that when the postman comes he dumps them all in one big bin. Your $.39 stamp money at work...
I will give you movie and book reviews when I feel like it and the movie or book is worth reviewing because it is a) fantastically great, or b) horrible and I spin you a tale or warning and woe.
Finally, I love House, M.D. on FOX. Each week on Wednesday morning I will review the show and give you quotes I thought were funny. The show has amazing writing, actors, stories and sarcasm, as well as many "I can't believe he did that!" or "Can he do that?" moments. Give it a try. It's on Tuesday nights 9/8c.
I just spent two minutes deleting the word "don't" and replacing it with "do not". Why? Because years of english classes in both high school and college have taught me that "in formal writing do not use contractions" (though most of them said don't in that quote, which always struck me as funny.)So, my debate was do I try to write formally or not, I finally decided this debate wasn't worth thinking about and left the last one I typed there.
When you drop off mail there tends to be at least three boxes or slots to drop them in. One says "Stamped Letters", one says "Metered Letters", one says "Airmail" or "International Letters". The big secret behind all this is that when the postman comes he dumps them all in one big bin. Your $.39 stamp money at work...
I will give you movie and book reviews when I feel like it and the movie or book is worth reviewing because it is a) fantastically great, or b) horrible and I spin you a tale or warning and woe.
Finally, I love House, M.D. on FOX. Each week on Wednesday morning I will review the show and give you quotes I thought were funny. The show has amazing writing, actors, stories and sarcasm, as well as many "I can't believe he did that!" or "Can he do that?" moments. Give it a try. It's on Tuesday nights 9/8c.
posted by jonathan | 3:02 PM
3 Comments:
It'll be good to hear about you from you more often than not. Glad your back in blogging, more so just glad to hear from you again.
Yeam, I figured it was time to try to get back in touch.
have you seen Proof (Gwyneth Paltrow)? There's a scene in it where her dad talks about "wasted days" as a mathematician. I kinda feel like that on uninspired days.
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