during yesterday’s grueling eight hours of instruction in estate law, i was glad that i had been to the oculist 2 years ago.  that was when i decided to get some glasses for real.  i never needed glasses til i grew old.  the eyes aren’t so bad, but they seem real bad to me, since they had previously been so good.  meanwhile, back at the class, i finally had a chance to play with the fancy “transition” lenses which i had shelled out so much money for.

the cool gal next to me, who also happened to be an attorney, noticed that my shirt, my coat, and my glasses were all green.  i told her it was my favorite color.  then she showed me her name tag:  her last name is Greene.  she was so young and bright, i knew she would look great in a monokini.  i was envisioning her on a beach in hawaii, nepenthes ablaze in nearby  gardens, but then started to worry if there was a shark lurking in the tranquil waters.  i don’t care much for sharks, tho i definitely support their right to exist from an ecological standpoint - i just find those giant squid far more interesting.  that t.v. show about the giant squid was on again last night.  it’s always on, and i never watch the whole thing.  i just watch it in short segments then put them together like a montage of tentacles and suckers in my mind. the cool thing about this segment was it showed the contents of a whale’s stomach, all of the giant teeth from the squid gathered there…it’s the only part it can’t digest or even excrete.  so they pile up -  one humongous tooth per squid.  they look like large black beaks.

i like those shows, they make me feel like such a savant.  guess i like to fool myself most times.  but then i’ll be sitting in the office, fiddling with the staple gun and listening to the most boring gossip coming from the office mate - and i’ll just throw in the part about the giant squid teeth being in the whale’s stomach.  i get a thrill by being so random.  that’s how i get my revenge on the work-a-day world.

and by the way, Ms. Greene said she caught a lot of flack by having that name - people making stupid comments and stuff, so i just had to tell her about my friend named Emily Dickinson.

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