GJ Willis' Art Notes

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

My leg is still stiff. I’m still a cripple. I’m starting to get these sharp pains shooting along the side of my leg. I took two separate doses of aspirin at work yesterday to get rid of it. I wouldn’t be surprised if my numbers were down yesterday. I know, I know, I should stop complaining and go to the hospital...

I’m really angered about the situation that is going on with the prisoners in Iraq. I find it hard to believe that the President and Vice President are only just recently being made aware of the torture of the prisoners at the hands of our service people. I wouldn’t be surprised if they saw it months ago and laughed about it. In my opinion George Bush is a very cold hearted and cruel man. Once while on Letterman when he was running for President he leaned over and cleaned his glasses on the skirt of a woman he was sitting next to. This I feel is evidence of the blatant arrogance of our so called leader.

In radio news I’m happy to hear that the Out To Lunch Show is continuing on with their annual bet with listeners about how much individual movies will make over the summer. The person coming closest to the actual dollar amount would receive pizza from the OTL Show. Losers would have to buy a pizza for Steve “the Thrill” Hill.

Last year a listener who was talking major smack about about how much he was going to beat Steve on the bet ended up loosing thus he had to buy Steve a pizza. This guy practically called up daily talking about how he was going to beat Steve.

I have to say I love hearing all the talk about why a movie would do great or not. It’s movie prognosticating for fan girls and fan boys. So far all the big bids this year have been on The Day After Tomorrow. It’s a movie about global warming written by the same guy who bought us the 1996 Will Smith blockbuster, Independence Day.

Basically, I'm just afraid how much it would cost to get it fixed. I imagine it would cost thousands of dollars in x-rays and physical therapy costs alone. If this would have happened before April 15th I would not have hesitated in getting help. I owe what feels to me a gargantuan tax bill. I'm sure to most folks reading this owing $300 in taxes is practically nothing but to me that's nearly my entire paycheck!!!!

In other news: The painting I submitted to Maryland Art Place's, Out of Order Show actually sold! So now I'm just waiting around to get my half of the check. MAP gets the other half of the check. It's a 50-50 split.

I found out it sold on Friday when I went down the gallery assuming the painting did'nt sell to pick it up. Then to my amazement the woman in the gallery told me that it sold and I just had to wait to receive payment for it. I don't know how much it sold for. One things for sure I'm plenty happy it sold. I'm so close to being a legitimate artist.

I finished my poster for the Sowebo Festival on Sunday and brought it into the Creative Alliance on Sunday. It's not black. It's primarily a girly pink and blue. It's based on an earlier painting I did called Water Woman. It's a picture of these two chubby women in pink bathing suits in the water. There are these two beach balls in the air at opposite ends of the painting. I started working on it 3am Saturday night or 3am Sunday morning depending on your point view.

The original painting is sitting on my bathroom wall. I sold another copy of it on eBay a couple of years ago. I did'nt like the copy that I sold on eBay as much as the one I have. Now I have to say that I like the new version of Water Woman even better than the original.

I finally saw my painting hanging up in the gallery at The Creative Alliance. I have to say it looks great! Looks like it was done by an actual artist!

My next goal is to get frames for some paintings to exhibit at the Sowebo Festival. The Sowebo paintings are due between May 21-23 between 12 and 6pm.

Friday, April 30, 2004

It seems the Tom Joyner Morning Show is airing live from the Baltimore Arena in conjunction with the Pattie LaBelle appearance for Coppin State. I found out because I noticed there was a cop walking around downtown. They NEVER come out of their cars at around the time I catch the light rail at 5:55 AM. The Arena was lit up. There were people milling around inside the arena which was very unusual. I wish I had known ahead of time I would have taken the day off. I saw advertisements for the Pattie LaBelle appearance on TV but forgot to take note of the day she was appearing. All I could remember was that the concert was FREE and would somehow benefit Coppin State.

I am so freaking floored I had no idea she would be appearing today!! She took the stage at 6:10 AM the show is being simulcast on Magic 95.9 I can not believe that a star of her caliber would be on stage at such an early ass hour. It seems the show is being taped for something called the Sky Show for TV One which is owned by Radio One.

Radio One is a group of black radio stations that are owned by Cathy Hughes. Ms. Hughes who used to work for NPR and then bridged out and started her own radio station which grew and grew. I’m not sure how many stations Ms.. Hughes owns around the country but it must be a lot if she could get together enough money to start a cable station to rival BET.

I just foud out the name of the TV show Patti ewill be on it’s called the South West Airlines Sky Show it is to be hosted by Tom Joyner. I guess it’s nice that Joyner now has a TV show. It seems that Pattie also has a cable show on Radio One which will be airing tonight. I will not be able to see either show as I do not own cable.

I don’t normally listen to the Tom Joyner Show he is a little to corny for my taste. I tend to listen to Howard Stern and KML in the morning. But I am listening today because I really, really, really, am a fan of Pattie LaBelle. Thankfully, Joyer hasn’t interrupted the show with any of his unfunny jive ass bits. Today’s show is just Pattie doing what she does best singing. I guess it’s no sweat for her to be here she lives in Philly which is a hop and a skip from Baltimore.

At 6:25 I’m sad to report that Pattie left the stage then Joyner came on along with Congressman Elijah Cummings to urge people to register to vote. Then it was back again to the usual Tom Joyner Show lame ass shenanigans. They broke for news as 6:30. My radio is starting to break up at the Lutherville light rail stop. I’m unsure if I will be able to listen to the rest of the show at work.

If Ms. Hughes can afford to buy a cable TV station why doesn’t she increase the area that Magic 95.9 emits to?

The rest of the morning I continued on with my usual radio routine of switching between Howard Stern and the 98 Rock's, KML show.

I have to admit I am really jealous of the people at 98 Rock. For the second year in a row the entire on air staff went away on vacation. This year they spent a week in the Dominican Republic. Last year I believe they went to the Bahamas. How do I get a gig like that? They get to go to cool places not candy assed places like Disney World which I believe every single soccer mom morning show visits once a year.

I wanna work at 98 Rock!!! I wanna go away to an exotic locale on the bosses dime!!!

Thursday, April 29, 2004

My right leg is still stiff. I’m still walking with a slight limp. I wonder if my leg will ever feel right again.

Maybe I should look into getting physical therapy. I imagine it would cost a bundle if I did it the normal way through a hospital. The only alternative I can think of is to go to a gym.

Every gym that I know of let’s you use there facilities for free for about a week. The idea being of course that after a week if you like the experience then you sign up for membership. I know of about four gyms that are accessible by bus and light rail. I imagine I can get about four weeks free physical therapy out of them. First off I will have to go to the library and see if they have any books about physical therapy methodology. I would need to find something for the type of strain that is plaguing the muscle in my leg.

As luck would have it I noticed a flier in the cafeteria at work and for a limited time only we have a special discount rate at Lynne Brick’s Brick Bodies for employees. It’s not that big of a discount. $44.99 monthly (regularly 54.99) and they are waiving the enrollment fee. This will last until April 30the then the enrollment fee goes up to $25 normally it’s $99 for non corporate members.

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

After an entire week of work and two days off from work my leg still hurts from the bus accident. If this doesn't clear up will I be a cripple for life?

Todays on the light rail I sat behind some woman who was caterwauling away. It wouldn't have been so bad if she could sing. At first I thought it was the very nicely dressed black woman who looked maybe she was a school teacher. But it turned out to be this chubby white woman who is usually getting off the train as I am getting off. I had no idea she was crazy. I thought it was weird that she got another train instead of going off to wherever she goes to when she gets off the Hunt Valley train in the morning.

Friday, April 23, 2004

It looks like today I will finally be on time for work. My leg is getting better. In the immortal words of James Brown, “I feel good!” You can’t beat a day that starts off with hearing the bubble gum classic, Sugar, Sugar by the Archies. I finished up my painting for Maryland Art Place. I had it up my desk yesterday so that I could have a better idea of the types of changes to make on it. I’m somewhat comfortable about how it looks now much more so than yesterday. Which I do admit was a bit rushed looking. All I have to do now is set a price for my tiny 5x5 painting. I think after I drop it off at MAP I’ll drop by the Gallery get something at Sbarro’s put my feet rest and write. The only thing I’m worried about is what will happen if my painting does not sell?

The only thing I know about the theme of my Sowebo poster is that I plan on actually incorporating the border in my poster. I would like for it to be primarily black. Well I’ll have to see how things shake out.

Thursday, April 22, 2004

I’m still a cripple. I don’t think I have a sprained ankle but there is something wrong with my right leg. It hurts to bend it. I had to get on the opposite side of the bed last night because it hurt to get on my usual side. If this does not clear up by Saturday evening I think I may have to go to the hospital. I planned on attending the big pro-choice rally this Sunday in Washington. I paid my money for the bus and everything.

Last night I finished up the artwork that I will be donating to Maryland Art Place’s Annual Out of Order Show. All I have to do now is come up with a price for it.

My poster for the Sowebo Arts Festival is due next week. Thankfully, Scotty decided to pull the due date back for the posters. They were originally due this Friday which is the same day as the Creative Alliance’s gala or were they due on Saturday which is the day of Maryland Art Place’s gala?

Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Today, I got up early to catch my usual bus but forgot to put in account that because of the accident I am walking slower than usual so I missed my light rail train and had to take a later one. So tomorrow I will have to get up even earlier and take a much earlier bus so that I can have time enough to take my usual light rail train and be on time for work.

I didn’t go into work yesterday my leg and ankles hurt like hell. So I spent my time yesterday recuperating from the bus accident. I did this by walking back and forth slowly around my apartment. I did this by grimacing as I clutched onto furniture. I also remembered to raise my leg while I slept.

The only thing I remembered many years ago from gym class was the acronym RICE, which stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. So I did a lot of that yesterday.

Monday, April 19, 2004

I went over my father’s house again. This time the main purpose of my visit was to return the DVD’s I borrowed from Alexis way back in December. Every time I’d come over without them she would get an attitude. So wouldn’t you know it the day I remembered to return them she was at work. When I got over there it was nice to see Shay had returned after her mother had threatened to never let her mother watch her again. I guess they must have patched up there disagreement.

I also stopped off at Walmart for the sole purpose of getting a set of headphones. The ones I have now are semi-working. One side works but you have to jiggle the cord around to get sound out of the ear. I ended up buying two sets. I always like to have an extra on hand so that I can quickly replace the other when it breaks down. I also bought some speakers for my computer. Since listening the live 365 on the Internet I’m addicted and want the best possible sound quality. Right now as I’m typing this I’m listening to the Movie Sounds: Epics station. It’s great I feel like I’m in a movie!!

Also tonight at around 10pm I fell down as I was running to catch the #20 bus. That’s right I fell down in the middle of the street. The bus literally came inches away from hitting me. It happened like this: there was a bus in front of the one I wanted. The bus I wanted was way behind kind of stalled like. I wasn’t sure if he was the type of driver who only opened his doors when he was directly at the stop or if he would open them while the other bus was in front. I was walking tentatively towards the bus unsure if he was going to pull off or wait for me. He began to pull of instead of wait for me. I then made a mad dash towards the bus tripped and fell. He missed me by inches. I was on the street for good while. My legs were numb I wasn’t sure if I was able to move. The driver eventually came out of the bus and gathered my bags which were on the street as well as my walkman and glasses. He kept asking me, was I all right? Was I hurt? That’s when I decided to get up and try to walk. My ankles felt numb as I assured him I was OK. I must have been ok as I did not see my life pass before my eyes. Nor, did I see my mother or Grandma Maytime say “Come towards the light, Gail.”

Right now I fear how my ankles and legs will feel in the morning. I hope that I made the right decision. The bus driver had offered to call the ambulance for me. But if he had done that I’m sure I would have been faced with one hell of a bill. I have insurance but they don’t like for us to go to the emergency room. Also they are going through some type of a dispute with laboratory test payments. We received a memo about it at work. So thus, I decided to take my chances and board the bus. When I got home I rubbed my legs and ankles down with alcohol and called work to let them know there was a possibility I would not be in tomorrow. I hope that my legs and ankles do not hurt in the morning.

Saturday, April 17, 2004

I hear it got up to 80 degrees today. I didn’t notice. I mainly stayed indoors and watched two movies I rented on Netflix, Fire and The Closet. I returned Chuck and Buck on Thursday. Yes, I’m doing themes! This week it’s queer cinema.

Fire, is a lesbian movie set in India. It’s about these two neglected in-laws who are both stuck in loveless marriages who eventually find love in each others arms. It’s neither racy or salacious it was written and directed by a woman.

The Closet is a French film about a straight man who is about to be fired so to prevent being fired he pretends to be gay. I’m not sure if I should feel offended by the premise of the movie or not. I will say that I did enjoy it greatly.

I have to say that I found Chuck and Buck very disturbing on first viewing. After I watch a dvd I like to watch it again with the director’s commentary to get a better insight about the movie. Chuck and Buck had not one but two separate commentaries! In addition to the director’s commentary you also have the film crew’s commentary. After three subsequent viewings I have gained a deeper appreciation of the film. I practically have a PhD in Chuck and Buck. There’s nothing I can do with it. But I know more about Chuck and Buck than you do!

I believe the next three groups of movies I have in my queue all have an interracial theme to them.

Friday, April 16, 2004

Today I have the day off. So I will be heading over to my father’s house to help him figure out his insurance. To be absolutely honest I am not looking forward to going over there. I usually end up crashing and feeling deeply depressed after visiting. My father’s in his mid seventies arthritic and loves telling you about it. My sister’s a drug addict. Which is a crying shame. She had so much potential when she was young. She used to model and do stuff like that. I think her downfall came when she met her ex David during her freshman year in college. She dropped out of school to help support him through college. He got a kick ass high paying job at NASA then promptly dumped her ass. I couldn't believe the way he treated after she had helped him and had three of his children.

Anyway, also at the house is Shay my four year old grand-niece. My father said that Arlesia, my niece 24 year old, had not come over there in over a week to pick up her daughter. I hope she hasn’t abandoned that sweet little kid. I don’t think she would do that, Arlesia is a very responsible person. She went to nursing school and works as a nurse somewhere in Maryland. I don’t think she would purposely abandon her kid to be raised by an arthritic old man and her drug addicted mother. I think that it’s possible that my father got his wires crossed. He was the one who told me the Shay situation over the phone a couple of days ago.

Before, I went over there I made sure to eat something before I left. I wanted to get a BK veggie meal but Burger King was crowded so I ate instead at this little cafe where I had a veggie burger and a bag of chips and a peach soda. I rarely drink caffeine soft drink or soft drinks. The only time I drink caffeine soft drinks is at work because I know that drinking lots of caffeine makes me jumpy thus I produce more.

When I got there I was surprised. My niece, Alexis had redecorated the place. The walls in the front room and the dining room are both orange. The color scheme of the place is now orange and black. It has this Afro centric vibe to it.

My father later told me that she paid an interior decorator to come over and do the place. I had no idea that she had the money to pay someone to decorate the place. Anyway the place looks great. My father told me that ever since she had the two room professionally decorated no one goes in there because it looks too nice. I have to agree with him it does looks too nice for humans to inhabit.

It kind of reminded me of an episode of Newhart when George the handyman had his apartment redecorated and he rarely touched anything in it afterwards.

Also when I was over there they decided to order food. I told them I didn’t want anything so I went downstairs to do some laundry. When I went back up stairs my father surprised me by telling me that he ordered a cold cut sub for me. I’m on still on Weight Watchers and I know that by eating this it would put me way over my points for the day. Besides, I’m still a vegetarian. However, I ate the sandwich anyway. I did this because my father is in his seventies and yes I feel guilty. The night before my mother died many years ago she offered me some of her soda but I refused because I wasn’t thirsty. Had I known that she would be dead the next day I would have accepted the soda. I don’t feel that my not accepting the soda was the one thing that killed her. It’s just that in a since I feel that if I had accepted she might have lived and also I didn’t want her last memory to be that I did not accept what she had offered. So anytime my 70something father offers me something I accept whether I want it or not. I ate that sandwich and the barbecue potato chips that came with it. Afterwards I felt like a bloated beach whale.

As I waited for the number 91 bus on Garrison Boulevard to take me downtown towards home I sang along to songs on the radio. I was singing along rather badly to REM’s Man on the Moon which was being played on my favorite radio station, WTMD when some guy walked up to me and said, “Didn’t you used to go to City?” I said, “Yes.” He smiled and said, “I thought you looked familiar!” then he walked off before I could say, “DEREK KELLY!” It was nice that he couldn’t remember my name but I could remember his. We were both lousy at math so we were usually the only two from City who had to take math over again in summer school. The celebrity Derek most resemble is Philip Michael Thomas. It was nice to see that he didn’t look like a senior citizen. I’m still shocked at how a former schoolmate of mine, Starlinda Babb looked. The woman is in her early thirties and has large streaks of gray hair! Yikes! Derek looked age appropriate. He left before I could ask him what he was up to. Maybe he thought I was insane as I was singing rather badly to music when he saw me. I just wanted to have the opportunity to yell back, “Why it’s Derek Kelly as I live and breathe!” Well it is nice that he did not remember my name. It’s always eerie when someone I went to school with remembers my name but I can’t recall there’s. The face is familiar but I can’t pin a name to it.

Thursday, April 15, 2004

Today income taxes are due. I absolutely hate tax day. Almost every year without fail I owe taxes. This year is just the same. I owe a combined total of $300 on my taxes. I filed as usual through the tele-tax service. I have a feeling that if I itemized my deductions I would probably save more money. I think I could probably take off for my school loan payments, medical expenses, and if I ever decide if I am a professional writer/artist then I could probably get a deduction for supplies like this AlphaSmart I’m using. I owe therefore I am depressed.........

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 PM

My Alphasmart arrived today. I’m very excited about it’s arrival. I can now have regular updates to my blog.

I have been listening a lot to internet radio. The only place I know of is Radio 360. My favorite station is Music From The Blue Light. They mainly play music from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. I like to listen to it in the evening after work while I’m working on my latest afghan.

I also find myself listening to Old Time Radio a lot. My favorite internet radio station to listen to at night is WRVO in New York.

I first got into listening to old time radio as a kid when a radio show called, When Radio Was used to come on AM radio at night. It was kind of like my bedtime ritual. When Radio Was would come on at 11:00pm and go off at midnight it used to come on WITH in Baltimore. They would always air two shows.

From listening to this I became a fan of The Great Gildersleeves. I believe Gildersleeve was the first ever spin off. He was a spin off character from the Fibber McGee and Molly Show. I have to say that I prefer Gildersleeve to Fibber McGee because the pacing seems a bit more modern on his show. Also there isn’t a band on it to pad out the show. Sometimes I feel annoyed by hearing an inane song sang by some candy assed singer like you have on some old time radio shows.

I should say right about here that I own tons of MP3’s of old time radio shows. I have MP3’s of The Great Gildersleeve, Fibber McGee and Molly, Suspense, Sherlock Holmes, Boston Blackie, Jack Benny, Duffy’s Tavern, The Life of Riley, and Richard Diamond (great pacing written by comedy writing legendary Blake Edwards), Lights Out, written by Arch Obler.

When a saw a picture of Obler from the late 40’s in a Radio Spirits catalog I found it eerie. He didn't look dated he looked like he could exist today. It didn't look like a picture of a man from the 40’s. It was like whoa what year was this really taken in? I found myself wondering, “How come I can’t find much info about Obler on the web?” “Do time machines exist?” It was just creepy I can’t explain. Yea, I know the odds are against a sci-fi horror writer inventing a time machine but still that picture was awfully weird. It made me think of a series of what if’s.

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 AM

Mark McKuen is back yet again live in studio on 98 Rock. What the hell is going on? Is 98 Rock paying him? Is he doing this just to keep his union card? Is his pop McKuen in good health? I thought by now he would have run like hell away from Baltimore and back to New York.

Tuesday April 13, 2004

I listened yet again to the Blue Light Lounge. I’m addicted to that schmaltzy music they play. I just signed up for a year’s membership on Live 365. This is probably stupid but I don’t care it’s my money and I’ll do what I want with it.

Right now I’m waiting on receiving my Alphasmart in the mail. I broke down and bid on one on eBay and actually won it. Real Cheap Too!!!

Monday, April 12, 2004

Former CBS morning weatherman Mark McKuen joined his little brother Kirk (whose real first name is Chris) McKuen on air this morning on 98 Rock. My how the mighty have fallen! Maybe Mark lost a bet to his brother or something. I can not see how someone of his wealth and stature would come back to Baltimore to appear live on air with his brother. He does go on the air via telephone from time to air when the morning show need an instant celebrity guest. This is in my memory the only time I can recall him actually being live in studio.

Also after a long absence Lopez is back on the air. I guess his chemo must be going well.

Friday, April 9, 2004

I did the new work again today. Again, only Li Jie offered the work to me not Lisa. I’m not sure how this is supposed to work. Am I just being trained as an auxiliary person or am I from now on doing the same work as Li Jie and Lisa. Brian hasn’t told me one way or the other.

I hope that I will have the opportunity to do it again so I do not become rusty and become more of a liability than an asset to having been trained in that area. What’s the use of learning how to do something if you’re only going to do it once. I don’t know maybe I was lousy at it and no one has the guts to tell me. Either way I hate this being left hanging feeling.... Do I do the work for now on or was this just a one shot deal?

Wednesday, April 7, 2004

I did the new work today.

Thursday, April 8, 2004

Li Jie did all of the work herself. She told me that there wasn’t enough work for me and herself to do. Is this her way of saying, get lost or was there really not enough work for me to do? Lisa did not offer me any work to do. I’m not a very pushy person but they have doing the work a long time so I suppose they know best...

Monday, April 5, 2004

Today Lisa trained me on how to do the type of work she does. It went better than expected. I admit I was kind of late this morning. It was raining outside and I had to hunt around my apartment to find an umbrella. Lisa was nice enough to make me a cheat sheet on the requirements for each state. However, the only thing she would let me do was sign off on each state.

Thursday April, 1, 2004

So I guess Brian wasn’t kidding I actually started training on the new work today with Li Jie. It wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be. She let me do work for California. She told me that she would teach me the procedures for other states later. But I have this feeling that she has no intention whatsoever of showing me anything else nor photocopying her version of the procedure manual for various states that she promised she would do. I wonder if this whole thing is just a one shot deal? Will I now be doing the same work as Lisa and Li Jie for now on?

I’m saddened to report that today of all day’s, April Fool’s Day CBS, decided to cancel the Ioan Gruffudd Show, aka Century City. I’m not surprised but couldn't they have canceled it in any other day but today. Oh, well here’s hopping that CBS decides to run the remaining episodes over the summer. Anyway, I’ll be looking forward to seeing Ioan on the big screen this summer in King Arthur.

Tuesday, March 23, 2004

At about 11:25 AM, five minutes before my usual lunch break I was called in for my yearly review. Since Brian my supervisor doesn?t have an office it was held in the empty office of some woman. The woman who normally occupies the office must have a major thing for dogs. There were pictures of dogs, dog magnets, cups, stuffed dogs,etc in her office. They were everywhere!! Also there were a few Beatles memorabilia. She had a Beatles rubik?s cube and a sign that read, ?Penny Lane?. I don?t know the woman?s name. All I know is that her voice carries. She?s a loud talker. Maybe she?s slightly deaf. I don?t know......

The review wasn?t as I had feared. I have to admit that I couldn't get to sleep the night before. Then again I rarely have a sound sleep the night before an annual review. This is mainly because nightmare scenario after scenario raced through my brain. Not once did Brian bellow, ?You?re Fired!?, ala Donald Trump, on NBC?s The Apprentice. Nor did he shout, ?You?re Worthless and Weak!? like on Twisted Sister?s 80?s video for Were Not Gonna Take It.

I did get a raise and a promise to be trained on how to do the work that Li Jie and Lisa does. I don?t know if this will really happen or if he?s just placating me. I guess I?ll just have to wait and see if it really will happen.

Also I found out the earth shattering news that Little Lisa called out sick a couple of weeks ago and this lead him to the realization that not many people were trained on how to do her or Li Jie?s work.

As I believe I said before Lisa looks a heck of a lot like Melisa Gilbert when she was on Little House on the Prairie.

Lisa once gave me a very curious Christmas card one year. It was of a Santa clad in purple and he held a crystal ball. It was like pagan Santa. It kind of made me wonder of all the Christmas cards she had why?d I?d get the one holding a crystal ball and wearing purple of all colors? I guess I got the purple wearing Santa because my stapler is purple, so?s my mouse pad and the desktop on my computer. It?s very obvious that purple is my favorite color. But the crystal ball? Nah? She couldn?t have Googled me. It was most likely a randomly picked card. It had to be.....

Well, if anyone from work is reading this all I have to say is the immortal words of Sally Fields ,?You like me! You really like me!?

In other work news, Arnold kept playing musical chairs. He took the chair next to me and moved it to his desk sat in it for a while then switched it back. He did this about three or four times this morning. Is the guy mildly retarded or does he just have Asperger?s Syndrome like I do? It?s hard to say. If he is mildly retarded then that would be depressing. He does the same work as everyone else. I have a college degree the woman that sits next to me has a masters degree.

If he were truly retarded it would make me wonder why haven't we all been fired and replaced by people from the Chimes Organization. You could probably get away with paying them less and they wouldn?t complain as much. They?d be happy just to work.

I suppose the fact that we have not all been replaced by people from the Chimes is proof that he might have Asperger?s Syndrome. Then again what do I know I?m not a doctor I only play one on the internet......