Fortune Cookie

Those of you who were at where I was at tonight will know the context of the cookie. I got a fortune cookie today. Inside was two slips of paper. They both said the same thing. "You have a deep interest in all that is artistic". Um, what? That's like running around and telling people they must like shoes. The vast majority of us would say we are interested in art and would consider this interest deep.

Maybe, I have more than a deep interst in art. What if I have deep interests in all things artistic? Business interests and personal interests and social interest and political, religious, bilogical, recriational, and practical. Fortune cookies are jokes. Invented by enterprising restauranteurs to make us eat bland stale cookies. They hold one power, the power of self dilution. If you see through it it makes you laugh if not you continue in the delusion. It's simple and well crafted.

Never forget this.

Scheduling

Why is my life so congested now?

I need to do a reading for a play I wrote. Mainly because I NEED you people to experience it and talk about it. There's no way this fabulous event can occur until some time next year...

I really want to visit some friends. But I have something every night until some time next year.

I would also like to do a spa day because I need a brake. Hm, maybe some time next year?
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Thank you for letting me complain publicly. If you want to help be extra kind to everyone don't get on your high pony when I ask you to do something and please remember that I have no power I'm only a messenger and you really ought not shoot me. I don't tell you things just to make you mad. I tell you things because it's my crappy job to do that. Trust me I'd rather watch you make a fool of yourself than correct you at this point. It's more entertaining.

On the other had go ahead and get uppity just don't be surprised if a fall out laughing. Of course you will be surprised and take it all personal. How do I know that? Duh, I watch you up close for a living. But at least I know I sort of warned you (in writing even).

UftPM

Sssso, it fascinates me that the week I'm not at my physical best I get a load of crap dripped on me like Chinese water torture. It's okay this sort of thing makes me "strong" and stuff like that.

Vanity, vanity all is vanity. Quite frankly I felt like I was talking to a cockatoo. No, I did not say quite what I wanted to because we couldn't get past the "but I'm not getting my hearts desire" thing. (Le *sigh)

FaGyver, You keep saying you want to scuttle the ship but you know they'd just build a new one. That new one would have the same discipline issues. Not saying things won't change just saying the only thing you can really change is your own attitude.

Perfection

Viking asked me tonight what would make a cruise perfect. I have no ready answer. Perhaps I've stopped caring about perfection.

Perfection was a nice thing to think about at one point but the more I found I didn't know it the less I cared to force it's existence the closer I've come to meeting it without trying too hard. That's the thing once something gets analyzed and it's parts are stripped out for science it no longer hold the wonder it once did. The life of it is gone. I don't need to understand. I just experience.

Tonight's cruise was pretty good. All things considered. It ranks among the successful voyages. I am satisfied.

Ruff Waters

Try as you might to forget, tonight really did happen. Yes, that guy really did play every other note. He's actually a nice person but nice don't get you no place on the Plotless Monster.

My Shipmates, you've been exceedingly kind to me. Never in all my wanderings did I expect to stay shipside so long. It's late and life encroaches a bit. I really ought to rest. My love grows deeper with every new day.