You were the awkward kid with ill-fitting pants
You were, but don't worry, so was I. It's been awhile since I've gave a word or two here, so I'd like to update my life a bit... in a variety of ways. Starting with the clothes I wear and moving on to two, part two: my multiple styles. I am having fun with punctuation today. Tonight I will attend the Obituary concert, where a great amount of the death metal (as the band name suggests) will be had by all.
In the first part of many new pieces of news, tomorrow is my birthday. Just saying.
Headline #2: The disagreement I had with Grassroots campaigns is being taken to the next level. A law firm here has been in contact with me and some things are going to change. I picked up my $60 about a week ago and had a nice little discussion with the local "grassroots" director, Emily. That's not an alias, that's her real name. Figures right? Anyway, upon explaining my story (after I was asked by her), I was informed in a condescending way that employer's don't have to pay for training. "No they don't," said Emily with a shit-eating grin. "Refer to the Fair Labor Standards Act," was my reply. "I don't want to get into a debate." Yes, sure, no debate Emily. Don't worry baby, it won't hurt. I also told her that she apparently had no concept of labor's struggle to gain these rightful sorts of compensations. "Oh yeah, well I've worked for labor campaigns before." Oh, an expert then? Great, then you fully understand. No debate right? She even went so far as to say that my "factory production training" analogy provided no contradiction. That would be okay too, producing a product for a day without pay. Obviously her educational background didn't allow her to think of the extreme case in this scenario, where the factory simply relies on a workforce of unpaid trainees. Am I being condescending? She then stopped answering my questions. "What, no answer?" I would say. "I've had a really bad day!" Oh, okay, I'm sorry. But I wasn't, and I left with the final thought: "You are just as responsible as the people who direct you to steal, it's thus your responsibility to stop the practice, or forever have burned into your heart the insignia of human exploitation. Goodbye, Emily." (Uncomfortable "goodbye" look).
Headline #3: My documentary subject dropped out of the Physics program, but he's still a TA. After this semester he's moving back to Kansas. Good story? I don't know. He said he was becoming suicidal as a result of heavy-duty physics classes and a certain qualifying exam he was going to take this fall. We'll see if I can't muster some final footage and produce something (using the crappy magnetic film and very limited resources have access to).
Headline #4: I too have classes that I am not grasping, for various reasons such as: no math background in tensors, eigenvalues, and other matrix shit; I have a professor that apparently has had brain trauma in the form of a tumor or something. After the first day he immediately stopped lecture, closed his eyes and layed down for awhile. His teaching methods suffer. Also his usual get-up includes a sports coat, soft Weixel type pants (if you know what I mean), and velcro shoes. Any assistance is appreciated on any of these fronts.
Headline #5: Again, I have lots to post, just not the dedicated time to prepare the html. I've been including some haikus in some things. Here's a sample:
I know
Look over there
It’s that demon man Jeff Gray
He has a pocket full of fire
Don’t scream
I will leave with that. Good day.
In the first part of many new pieces of news, tomorrow is my birthday. Just saying.
Headline #2: The disagreement I had with Grassroots campaigns is being taken to the next level. A law firm here has been in contact with me and some things are going to change. I picked up my $60 about a week ago and had a nice little discussion with the local "grassroots" director, Emily. That's not an alias, that's her real name. Figures right? Anyway, upon explaining my story (after I was asked by her), I was informed in a condescending way that employer's don't have to pay for training. "No they don't," said Emily with a shit-eating grin. "Refer to the Fair Labor Standards Act," was my reply. "I don't want to get into a debate." Yes, sure, no debate Emily. Don't worry baby, it won't hurt. I also told her that she apparently had no concept of labor's struggle to gain these rightful sorts of compensations. "Oh yeah, well I've worked for labor campaigns before." Oh, an expert then? Great, then you fully understand. No debate right? She even went so far as to say that my "factory production training" analogy provided no contradiction. That would be okay too, producing a product for a day without pay. Obviously her educational background didn't allow her to think of the extreme case in this scenario, where the factory simply relies on a workforce of unpaid trainees. Am I being condescending? She then stopped answering my questions. "What, no answer?" I would say. "I've had a really bad day!" Oh, okay, I'm sorry. But I wasn't, and I left with the final thought: "You are just as responsible as the people who direct you to steal, it's thus your responsibility to stop the practice, or forever have burned into your heart the insignia of human exploitation. Goodbye, Emily." (Uncomfortable "goodbye" look).
Headline #3: My documentary subject dropped out of the Physics program, but he's still a TA. After this semester he's moving back to Kansas. Good story? I don't know. He said he was becoming suicidal as a result of heavy-duty physics classes and a certain qualifying exam he was going to take this fall. We'll see if I can't muster some final footage and produce something (using the crappy magnetic film and very limited resources have access to).
Headline #4: I too have classes that I am not grasping, for various reasons such as: no math background in tensors, eigenvalues, and other matrix shit; I have a professor that apparently has had brain trauma in the form of a tumor or something. After the first day he immediately stopped lecture, closed his eyes and layed down for awhile. His teaching methods suffer. Also his usual get-up includes a sports coat, soft Weixel type pants (if you know what I mean), and velcro shoes. Any assistance is appreciated on any of these fronts.
Headline #5: Again, I have lots to post, just not the dedicated time to prepare the html. I've been including some haikus in some things. Here's a sample:
I know
Look over there
It’s that demon man Jeff Gray
He has a pocket full of fire
Don’t scream
I will leave with that. Good day.
posted by fiestawizard at 3:35 PM
2 Comments:
I got a lot of nerve posting on here in repsonse to my own post. "Relax, take a break from the daily grind. Sit down on that sofa couch and have a snack or two."
it's cool to respond to your own post! the sound of one hand flapping against its own bloody stump. don't worry. i read this a long time ago. it's only tonight that i'm here on the couch, snacking, as prescribed.
oh. happy birthday. again. fyi: my robot apprentice "freela" (named after teela from M.O.T.U.) had already reminded me about your birthday, weeks ago. beat you to it, he did!
i just want to say that this whole grassroots thing has bemused me. it's pissed you off, i know, so i'm not laughing, but i'm just rolling around naked in the irony. did you really confront this decent and tiny young lady, who was only trying to do her best? (her best to be a cog in another kind of machine, that is.) if so, congrats.
in other news, are you prepared to visit the subject of your short film once he winds up in the electro-convulsive therapy unit? (he won't remember much at first anyway, so you can put it off for awhile.) on the other hand, let's hope that doesn't happen; let's just hope that he finds what he's searching for.
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