Dear You,
Fight for Your Right
to Paaaaaaaarty!
Can you believe this!?!The Visconti Clan
has arranged a tournament
outside the walls
to determine
which company's people
get inside the city gates
for the wedding!
We'd better fricking get in
. . . that's all I've got to say!
The tournament is tomorrow
The Visconti heralds
are over by the North Gate right now
trying to explain the events
and the rules
and everybody's shouting
Regine's over there
It's a zoo!
There's sure to be jousting
but I don't know what else . . .
sack races?
egg toss?
The scoring is by team (company)
If Blue Company gets enough wins
We all go to the party
This is so lame!
Strange Bedfellas
Russia is part of NATO now?Well . . .
the Viscontis are allied with Venice now . . .
who ever thought that would happen?
Turncoat Teddy
Since we're in Northgate camp todayI have more time
and can ask people to stand still
for pictures
This is a friendly Financial Analyst
named Ted
who used to play
Daniel-Boone-style Frontiersman
Then one day in Winter Camp
Ted saw a roly-poly Knight Errant from Poland
wearing this kind of Santa-Claus get up
and Ted abandoned his old look overnight
(of course he had to make it blue)
He used to be moody
Now he's quite gruntled!
Get Some Rest Tonight
I hope you can give a worry-free nightwhat with
your Performance Review tomorrow
You're going to do fine!
My *cough* *gag* "career"?
You ask how I frame my career in my mindThat's a hard one.
First of all, I thought for a long time
that I was too cool to have a "career"
in the conventional sense
. . . but . . .
like it or not
when you meet someone at a party
they ask "What do you do?"
and you have to say something
and how you react to that question
(wince, flinch, pause, sigh, slump, blink)
and how they react to that answer
(lean forward, lean back, look away, raise eyebrows)
are much much much much much more imporant
than we think,
I think.
Shy LaShawna
LaShawna came as a Samurai
and has stayed a Samurai
in her beautiful royal blue laquered armor
She's a xylophone of clatters
when she moves
and she moves apologetically hesitantly
like she's bravely perpetually embarrassed
Out of her armor she's tender shy
as an unshelled armadillo
and keeps to herself
What a Job Title Buys You
salary, insurance, blah blah blahI'm not talking about that!
No, a Job Title buys you ---
a) A quick answer to the horrible Party Question
b) A way to explain yourself
to your family of origin
c) A way to explain yourself
to yourself
c) An entire set of attitudes both at work
and away from work
d) A vocabulary of body language
that helps you walk, sit, stand
e) Ways to dress, at work and away from work
e) Something to talk about, expertly
Gentle Graice
. . . the Wiccan Goth Punk
who is so enraptured up in her 21st century
Wiccan lore
that she hasn't tuned in to the
incredible real midwifery lore
that Regine is learning
Which is a shame
Graice slides around langourously in this
shiny blue robe
and alights on things
and droops dreamily
She's the company math whiz
But What if You Don't Define Yourself
By Your Job Title?
Good question, good question.Well . . . my answer is
you still get your body language
from somewhere
and body language systems travel in packages
that can, theoretically, all be named or titled
I'm talking about
hipster life-role titles, too
(body artist, DJ, sk8ter)
and psychological titles
(the good one, the bad one, the helper, the truth screamer)
Bighearted Benjamin
perpetually cheerful
perpetually clueless
they told him this year of Overtime
was the next step on his job ladder
and he bought it
Try It!
Get up out of that chair right nowand imitate the body language of:
Doctor! Gangsta! Mom! Quarterback!
See what I mean?
Body language works backwards
on your brain
It helps tell you what emotions to feel
and how to feel about yourself
Now . . . stand up and imitate yourself!
Really, I dare you. Try it!
"Hell, Yes!" Hailey
. . . this assignment
has really been good for Hailey
She's blossomed back here
and is tons less belligerant
than when she arrived
The Blue Thread
So . . . to answer your questionabout what's going on with
me and my career . . .
(after being plunged back into the past. . . I think what I'm doing right now
among Late Medieval People
and their radically different body language
they lope sidle spring
they make scary monkey moves
and then, the next instant
take luscious economical Fred Astaire steps)
is what many
of the Blue Company are doing ---
I'm trying to evolve
into a happier state of body/mind
by role-playing
That's the common thread of the Blue Company.
. . . but, that's what everyone does, right?
You see it at your job, at the gym, every day!
Blue Company is just overt about it
You, us . . .
. . . we're all Quixotes.
Bad Self Portrait
Skip and me
I decided to wear my kimono today
Skip is pure 1368
You're Gonna do Fine . . .
. . . at your Performance Review tomorrowIt's all in the shoulders.
breathe deep
signed sincerely
your oldest friend
(technically speaking)
Bertino Haulto