Why I don’t write about work
Scene from Joel & Ethan Coen’s film, “Raising Arizona”:
INTERIOR FARMERS’ AND MECHANICS’ BANK
GALE and EVELLE bang in through the door. EVELLE holds a shotgun; GALE holds a shotgun in one hand and NATHAN JR. in his car seat in the other.
GALE: All right you hayseeds, it’s a stick-up! Everbody freeze! Everbody down on the ground!
Everyone freezes, staring at GALE and EVELLE. There is a long pause before an OLD HAYSEED with his hands in the air speaks up:
OLD HAYSEED: Well, which is it young fella? You want I should freeze or get down on the ground? Mean to say, iffen I freeze, I cain’t rightly drop. And iffen I drop, I’m a-gonna be in motion. Ya see –
GALE: SHUT UP!
Life can be so daily, eh? I think I’m going to give up on work completely. Except for the stuff that’s actually been paid for. I just don’t have time right now.
Comment by gaoo — Monday 19 September 05 @ 04.14 MDT+2.00
I slept and dreamt that life was Joy
I woke and found that life was Duty
I acted, and behold, Duty was Joy.
Comment by gaoo — Tuesday 20 September 05 @ 01.14 MDT+2.00