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Dot in the Sky ([personal profile] dotinthesky) wrote2008-07-02 10:55 am

The Year of Magical Hoping

I got that job! I received an employment contract through the mail yesterday and I start on the 14th of July. I'm a little nervous from thinking too much about my future co-workers, the organisation and the job itself. I'm tired of moving around; I want to settle with a job that keeps me happy; I hope this is the one. I'm handing in my one-week notice today (one of the perks of being a temp.)

Yesterday evening, Vanessa Redgrave walked past me as I waited for my train at Embankment station. She smiled at the couple with the baby sitting beside me. There's a glow about her, something soothing. Maybe it's the realization in my head that she doesn't think public transport is beneath her, eventhough she's somewhat famous. She was on her way to the National Theatre, I believe, where she's starring in Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. Would anyone like to go see it with me?

Mile End tube station cracked this morning under the cackle, screams and laughter of a group of teenage girls by the ticket barriers. Their voices kept rising and rising until I couldn't bear it any longer: I grabbed a waterhose from the wall, turned it on and directed the powerful jet at them. The water pressure was so strong that I had to hold my ground. Their clothes got drenched, their slapper faces melted, their bodies were pushed against the soggy posters on the walls. A perfect way to start the day.

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2008-07-02 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah! Smoke 'em out, that's what I say.

[identity profile] desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com 2008-07-02 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha! Pull the wool over their eyes. Smoking someone out means that they're entrenched (usually in a cave or tunnel) and you're throwing smoke in to get them out.

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2008-07-02 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
that's exactly what I meant! smoke em' out, i.e. discover if they are paying attention. :-)

[identity profile] desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com 2008-07-02 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
It's more like getting someone out of hiding as opposed to find out if they're paying attention.