Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words
Recorded in March of 1930 in Grafton, Wisconsin. If you like blues, especially Delta blues, give this a listen.
Synthia and I took her pups to dog beach on Sunday. I have never been so exhausted. Watching two rambunctious dogs on a beach full of other dogs is akin to keeping an eye on toddlers in a playground littered with razor blades.
That was a bad comparison. Anyyyyway, I had a lot of fun.
The rest of this entry will be a litany of first world complaints:
1. I hate the fact my workplace is only near fast food places. Lazy days where I fail to make lunch really screw me over.
2. I’m pretty close to finishing the last of my graduate school applications. Selfishly, I wish they would all fund my education (in full) with grants and scholarships. But lately all I do is mope, a teensy bit, about being in debt after receiving a master’s degree.
3. I worry that I won’t be able to find a job in the profession of my choice.
4. I’m still undecided on what to do with my leased vehicle. I hate dealing with money situations.
That’s about it for now.
“ I was really drunk last night. Like, fuck my life drunk. And we were at Denny’s. The only way I could make the room stop spinning was to look at this girl’s tits.”
People make me laugh at work.
- Customer: Your website isn't working! I don't understand how you people do business. This is ridiculous.
- Me: Could you explain the issue in more detail?
- Customer: I can't see the entire site and you can only see half of my shopping cart. You are going to lose such a good customer RIGHT NOW.
- Me: Is your browser maximized?
- Customer: .....*silence*.....Oh.
“ I don’t think that my fashion can change the world at all, But I know that great clothes can make you feel so good and cool. If you wear the right thing and walk out of the door knowing that you look great, it can really change your day. To make people feel like that should be the aim of every designer”
Alex Payne Writes on Obligation
“At the end of the day, the best thing you can do is to figure out what makes you happy and then do the hell out of that thing. You’ll probably do a great job at whatever it is you’ve decided to do. Hopefully, your passion for your work will result in positive outcomes that benefit you and your community. Maybe we’ll all luck out and the job that makes you happy ends up benefitting a large number of people. If not: hey, at least you’re not miserable.”
“Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole truth and knowledge.”
1. An East German worker lays some of the first stone blocks of the Berlin Wall in August of 1961, shortly after the border between East and West Berlin was sealed. (AP Photo)
2. Prior to the wall going up in Germany, miles away, Louis Armstrong played in Cairo, Egypt on January 28th, 1961. (AP Photo)
A nighttime selection of backstabbing and dark comedy. Does every high school have a Veronica Sawyer?
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