Real work conversations
I think this promises to be quite a fascinating addition to your reading, and I'll try my darnedest to recant a pair of conversations from the past two days ...
Tuesday, February 21
Paul: Yeah, we're having some issues with one of the MFA candidates, but nothing too big though.
Me: Oh yeah, what's the problem?
Paul: He wants to use live animals in the exhibition.
Me: Oh.
Paul: Well ... ants, like in a giant ant farm that spells 'sculpture.'
Me: Yeah, that could end badly.
Paul: Yeah.
Wednesday, February 22
Me: I don't think people realize how pivotal the year 1968 was. I mean, our society, the world we live in today with regard to our attitudes and opinions, a lot of that was heavily influenced by the political upheaval of that particular year.
Carissa (nodding): You've been waiting for the talk to end for the past hour to tell me that, haven't you.
Me: A little bit.
Carissa (nodding, then to Amber the Intern): So you got those shoes at Target?
Tuesday, February 21
Paul: Yeah, we're having some issues with one of the MFA candidates, but nothing too big though.
Me: Oh yeah, what's the problem?
Paul: He wants to use live animals in the exhibition.
Me: Oh.
Paul: Well ... ants, like in a giant ant farm that spells 'sculpture.'
Me: Yeah, that could end badly.
Paul: Yeah.
Wednesday, February 22
Me: I don't think people realize how pivotal the year 1968 was. I mean, our society, the world we live in today with regard to our attitudes and opinions, a lot of that was heavily influenced by the political upheaval of that particular year.
Carissa (nodding): You've been waiting for the talk to end for the past hour to tell me that, haven't you.
Me: A little bit.
Carissa (nodding, then to Amber the Intern): So you got those shoes at Target?
posted by Jmac at 7:07 AM
8 Comments:
Ah. Good times. I miss those bizarre conversations. Got anything from BAF???
Give me time ... give me time.
Paul, though, has already contributed another entry.
Yeah. There was a debate this morning about whether indices are scholarly or not with BAF.
Now that was a good time.
I, as a former librarian, am pro-indices in books both scholarly and non. I especially enjoy novels with indices. And footnotes. (kidding on that last bit)
"A man who would stop to read a footnote would answer a knock on the door during his honeymoon."
Pshaw. Footnotes provide useful information, sometimes in very amusing form (see David Foster Wallace and Flann O'Brien for two fine examples).
I can't believe you work with a Carissa and an Amber. Weird.
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