Lovers of the Difficult
Jul. 11th, 2006 11:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zalenaAQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In one of his poems, the late, great Charles Olson praised "lovers of the difficult." He didn't mean that in some sadomasochistic sense; he wasn't cheering on people who perversely enjoy suffering. Rather, he meant to express his admiration for those whose lust for life drives them to seek answers to the knottiest questions. He was recommending that we wrestle with intractable problems whose solutions unleash blessings on the world. In the coming week, Aquarius, I encourage you to be one of these lovers of the difficult.
Rob is doing those double-edged horoscopes again... I'm going to have to have a word with him when he's in town next month!
I had an absolutely rotten work day, the worst of which involved our intern who a) did not show up, and b) did not finish his assignment, which meant c) I had to stay late rushing through the spread sheet to prepare it for the meeting tomorrow. To me this kid is asking not to be our intern anymore. It's an unpaid internship, so all we have to offer him is our recommendation, and frankly, I am not inclined to give one at this point. But all the other women are prepared to keep him with a warning.
There was some other bad stuff happened, but everything was ameliorated by the following:
* a very pleasant evening spent with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ashfae and randomchris, during which I also briefly saw the newly wed sakuratea
* a message from Rosebud in which she told me she and her friend Laurel have been accepted as the two new apprentices to The Mark Morris Dance Company. She will dance with the company for 6 months on a paid, full time basis, and if all goes well, she may be offered a membership in the company.
I can't tell you how excited this news made me. I just wanted to dance and scream and cry. She can quit her day job. She's been dancing since she was six. This is what we've dreamed of, this is why she moved to NYC. I've been holding my thumbs for her all week through the audition process (last year she made it through final call backs). I don't think either of us were expecting such good news.
News like this makes me feel doubly blessed, first because something so wonderful is happening to a friend who really deserves it, second because it helps me to believe that good things can happen to me, too.
I have a poem in mind by Robert Hass to celebrate today, but I can't find it on the web, so it will have to wait for another day.
Rob is doing those double-edged horoscopes again... I'm going to have to have a word with him when he's in town next month!
I had an absolutely rotten work day, the worst of which involved our intern who a) did not show up, and b) did not finish his assignment, which meant c) I had to stay late rushing through the spread sheet to prepare it for the meeting tomorrow. To me this kid is asking not to be our intern anymore. It's an unpaid internship, so all we have to offer him is our recommendation, and frankly, I am not inclined to give one at this point. But all the other women are prepared to keep him with a warning.
There was some other bad stuff happened, but everything was ameliorated by the following:
* a very pleasant evening spent with
ashfae and randomchris, during which I also briefly saw the newly wed sakuratea* a message from Rosebud in which she told me she and her friend Laurel have been accepted as the two new apprentices to The Mark Morris Dance Company. She will dance with the company for 6 months on a paid, full time basis, and if all goes well, she may be offered a membership in the company.
I can't tell you how excited this news made me. I just wanted to dance and scream and cry. She can quit her day job. She's been dancing since she was six. This is what we've dreamed of, this is why she moved to NYC. I've been holding my thumbs for her all week through the audition process (last year she made it through final call backs). I don't think either of us were expecting such good news.
News like this makes me feel doubly blessed, first because something so wonderful is happening to a friend who really deserves it, second because it helps me to believe that good things can happen to me, too.
I have a poem in mind by Robert Hass to celebrate today, but I can't find it on the web, so it will have to wait for another day.
