At work.
I wasn’t looking forward to today, a tedious twelve hour dayshift. I went and hid in the break room immediately after taking over for the very haggard looking night guard. We’re supposed to be available at the front lobby desk as much as possible. I like to roam and hide though. When I tell residents that I’m quitting soon, they’re genuinely disappointed. Elusiveness is part of my appeal. Sighting me at the front desk is like spotting a rare…. black handed spider monkey. Which are the July calendar monkeys. But I can’t relate to these ones. Ugly, compared to the super cute mustached Tamarin who was yelling on the tree stump during June. There are two and they look like they bite. One is standing over another who is on his hands and knees. The standing monkey is gripping the shoulders of the kneeling one, gently guiding him down for what just very well might be fellatio. Or he could be holding him back from another monkey off camera, who just insulted him, “Let it go man, he’s not worth it.”
So anyway, I was down in the break room eating my donuts and listening to CBC radio when Seu Jorge’s version of Life on Mars came on. It was a nice way to start the shift. Mellow and rhythmic. I loved the Life Aquatic. Well, I loved the atmosphere of it, and that was enough. The music Wes Anderson chooses is excellent at adding emotional depth, a mixture of sweet and sad melodies. A minor spoiler follows (my favorite scene), where Zissou says to the interns, “Well, I’m not failing you. But you all get incompletes.”, after they all went though hell on his boat. I burst out laughing in the theater because he seemed to be seriously evaluating them, but you just know he didn’t give a rat’s ass about academia, he was just being mean for kicks. The line about being the leader of B team was good too. I have a Biology degree not just computer science. Maybe I should be looking for a job in Costa Rica or the Galapagos.
The Ancient Undergrad 
I loved that movie! I like Wes Anderson’s humor. Mmmm… donuts… my true born Canadian blood is getting thinned out for lack of decent donuts in the US!!
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the obsession with donuts… I laugh heartily!! Elusive black handed monkey, ellusive is a good way to be I think. it leaves one wanting more. I find that people that are completely available all the time are …. I don’t want to say boring, but somehow lacking in something. Perhaps it is mystery… perhaps it’s a neediness in that other person, I don’t know… but there is something in being ellusive that makes people want more. But I also must admit, that I like people who are up front and frank. If I could find that in a man… both ellusive and frank…. lol… whatever. I like the monkey calendar and the images that you describe, I like the imaginativeness you bring with it.
I still haven’t seen the life aquatic… I haven’t even seen lost in translation… both big hits that I am told I will love… but soon I suppose I will watch them… now for the music if nothing else.
ryc… yes, it is my writing… a new book if you will.
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ooh i have that cd, i love it like a fat kid loves cake. or like i love donuts. which is a lot, and now i really want donuts. i love your monkey commentaries. have your heard the Flaming Lips’ “She Don’t Use Jelly”? its playing right now and making me happy.
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Naughty by Nature…OPP. I’ll have to check it out. We are obviously from different schools of rollerskating, but I am always willing to entertain new background music , even if it only for a short time. The last time I went rollerskating was a year and half ago…am itching to go again. Thinking of organizing a group for my birthday.
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Hell yeah, that’d be a fine place for a job.
Novelty calenders with pictures of animals rub me the wrong way. Kittens in baskets, although cute, are alame. Where am I going with this?
And HA… you can’t get the sloganizer.
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Actually, I’m pretty sure you can get the sloganizer… I think everyone can.
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hi… ohhh yes, you should definetly go to the Galapagos Islands, i havent been there, but it sure as hell is beautiful. And all the animals you can see, is amazing.
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interesting……
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yes, but mine is coming out more than it is supposed to.
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who r u and hi
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yea its one of my funny face….
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A twelve-hour shift? Yikes. I’m shuddering.I got an incomplete once.. it haunts me even to this day.
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more donuts, hmm? i love wes anderson but haven’t yet seen the Life Aquatic–looking forward to it when I do, though.
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work on a saturday… yuck man
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I haven’t seen “Zissou” yet, but you’re right – Anderson flicks always have great soundtracks. In “Tennenbaums” Elliot Smith’s “Needle in the Hay” plays while Luke Wilson attempts suicide. Great song.
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Great movie and great soundtrack–one of my favorites. One question: who are you?
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