…I put on my little tie.
I wear it to let the world know that I mean business while reminding the world that I’m really not so tough, and that if it (the cruel, cruel world) wants to kick my ass, it probably could with one hand tied behind its back, but that it should probably treat me more gently than it would a guy with a really big tie.
I also just like how the little tie looks.
As for the t-shirt (a gift from our good friends Ann and Donald who recently returned from Tanzania), “Mzungu,” means “white person” in Swahili. I wear it to remind myself that when the world is trying to kick my ass, and I’m looking for ways to escape or fight back, jumping is not an option.
No, it seems that I’ll just have to buckle down and concentrate. Focus on my work. It’s maddening.
you people and your “work”
i have three words for you…
meh
but at least you can coordinate your accessories,
so i guess that counts for something…
Billy:
Meh? MEH?!@#
I would totally defend us. But that would look defensive.
Matthew
Maybe I should get a tiny tie. I need some motivation to get my work done. I have 65 freaking report cards to fill out. So far I’ve done like…10. I think I’ve decided that I’m against education. It has to stop somewhere, and I say it stops here.
How’s my thesis coming, by the way? It’s a little late at this point.
oh matthew, so easily damaged, like a little flower,
not your work, but simply ‘work’ in general..
so sensitive…i was complimentary of your tie and your matching…from the likes of me, that’s high praise.
now, back to the mill…
ps…i didn’t sign up for remedial math
Yes, Billy – see what I have to live with? It’s AWFUL, I tell you.
And ps – couldn’t we all use a little remedial math? It’s keeping me sharp in my old age.
You need more widely to explore accessorizing — it has potential for you.
If you really ramp it up, you’ll be right on track for rendering Alden’s teacher dumbstruck at your first kindergarten parent/teacher conference in a few years (or at least to give some credibility to her strange assertions that she lives in a barn in the center of town and her parents are artsy sorts).