I quite often fail miserably at updating this blog (as evidenced by the fact that the last update was approximately 5 months ago, and I’ve read approximately 20 books since then). Mostly, I fail because I invest a lot of time and effort into my job, and when I am home, I am either totally spent or I want to focus more on being HOME with my husband; I cook, I clean (sometimes), and I just spend time with him.
You all may think, “If your job is so draining, why not change it?” or “Why read and write about it anyway?”. To those of you asking the latter, I say: I love reading, and really enjoy the exercise of writing about what I read. I like recommending books to friends; I feel like I am setting them up on a blind date, and am so geeked when the date is successful. To those of you asking the former, I offer this gem of an email string. I’ll call it: HAIKU WARS: FIRST BATTLE.
To set the scene: Today was ‘Decorate your Desk’ day for our work Halloween party. I decorated like a witch’s workroom, complete with a silly spell. The rhyming couplets are absolutely horrid (but if you are really interested, I may post it later) - I wrote it in 15 minutes this morning before getting ready for work (and also before coffee). Although I am a manager, I don’t mind a little joking at my expense. This is what ensued...
From: Adrian
Sent: Tuesday, 2:32 PM
Subject: A Haiku
My Boss
Candice writes poems
Before work. To this I say
OMG YOU NERD.
From: Candice
Sent: Tuesday, 2:33 PM
Subject: RE: A Haiku
Your mockery makes
my workday enjoyable
and you are nerds too
From: Justin
Sent: Tuesday, 2:37 PM
Subject: RE: A Haiku
This stupid Haiku
Is but for both of you fools
And Dilan’s a tool
From: Aaron
Sent: Tuesday, 2:43 PM
Subject: RE: A Haiku
Haikus are awesome
But sometimes they don’t make sense
Refrigerator
From: Dilan
Sent: Tuesday, 2:53 PM
Subject: RE: A Haiku
My name is Dilan
I am not the villain, bro
Focus on Aaron
From: Justin
Sent: Tuesday, 2:59 PM
Subject: RE: A Haiku
My name is Justin
You guys keep bustin up this
Haiku with dumb words
From: Aaron
Sent: Tuesday, 3:01 PM
Subject: RE: A Haiku
What dastardly deeds
Accomplished by yours truly
Conjure up such spite?
From: Candice
Sent: Tuesday, 3:01 PM
Subject: RE: A Haiku
OK guys, enough
No more terrible haikus
Let’s get back to work
From: Adrian
Sent: Tuesday, 3:08 PM
Subject: A Haiku
Bryan Adams
Hey! You know it’s true
Everything I do ohh ohhhh
I do it for you
From: Justin
Sent: Tuesday, 3:10 PM
Subject: RE: A Haiku
I shall not return
To the job for which I yearn
Hippopotamus
From: Candice
Sent: Tuesday, 3:10 PM
Subject: RE: A Haiku
Adrian, I said
"No more terrible haikus".
Justin, what the eff?
From: Candice
Sent: Tuesday, 3:12 PM
To: Rachel
Subject: FW: A Haiku
Look at what I have to deal with...
From: Rachel
Sent: Tuesday, 3:27 PM
To: Candice
Subject: FW: A Haiku
“Hippopotamus
In a haiku, huh? They reach
But fall short sometimes...
