As you full well know from looking at this site, posting in a timely manner has not worked out well for me. Well, at least I am posting. Right? If it is any consolation, while I wasn’t posting I was having a wonderful, restful two-weeks with friends and family in Bend. Tea dates, sushi, shopping, sitting on rocks in rivers, bars and scrabble with friends as well as many meals with the family made for a great break. Other than my terrible last minute re-packing the night before I left for Portland and the killer heat in the valley the day before I left, my time in Oregon was wonderful and made me remember what I always seem to forget –– I love the Pacific Northwest.
Despite my re-affirmed affection for the Deschutes, Pilot Butte and the Cascades, I left Oregon without kicking and screaming (however, there was a bit of whining and tears, I’m not going to lie) and started my voyage to our nation’s capitol, the bustling District of Columbia.
Getting up early wasn’t easy but there I was, finally on the plane to DC. I was having a nice conversation with the Sudanese man sitting next to me when the voice of a small child practicing her spelling rang in my ears. I said to myself, “oh how cute, a little girl doing her homework on her vacation to DC”. My thought was then cut short by the rapid-fire sequence of the words “glockenspiel”, “beguile” and “chicanery. And yes, she spelt them all correctly while only half paying attention to her persistent mother quizzing her. I felt impressed and a little sorry for the little girl who was straining so hard to both appease her mother and watch the in-flight movie “Racing Stripes” out of the corner of her eye. What appeared to be a sick case of a child being pushed to hard in school, turned out to be a mother’s rigorous training for her daughter who I later found out is a contestant in the National Spelling Bee to be held this week in DC. Does this justify the rigidity of this 7-year olds vocabulary drill schedule? Who knows. What I do know is after listening to this child spell ridiculous words for six hours straight I have a newfound desire to broaden my vocabulary and to rent the documentary “Spellbound”.
Despite my embarrassment at the lack of words that I knew from this child’s lexicon, I made it off the plane alive and into the home of my hosts for the summer. I was greeted in the airport by a printed sign with my name and in greeted in their home by a snotting, slobbering puppy. It was love at first site for Leo, the 57 lb English bull dog who has refused to let me out of his site. I can already tell that the end of the summer will only be filled with heart-break.
As I sit here in Starbucks and re-count my past few days I’d like to leave you with a little quiz. As some of you know, I have been job-hunting for a money making job to supplement my non-income from the Carnegie Endowment. And so here it is, a true test of your psychic abilities. I was finally hired and …
Which one of these IRONIC side jobs do I now hold?
A. A butcher in a Whole Foods Supermarket
B. A salesperson in “plus-size” women’s clothing store
C. A bartender in a little restaurant in the city
D. A receptionist at the local tanning salon
I will leave you with that and will begin working on a post with my observations of this funky little place called DC. In the mean time, leave a message with your guess on my new gig and in the mean while, be in touch with me! I have internet all the time and would love the electronic company.
Love and Politics,
Jessie
10 comments:
I was going to say D... but the title of this entry makes me think that the answer is B. Although if were actually a butcher, that would be hillarious.
-Hailey
I say B...mhmm yes B....but maybe not.....damnit
fantastic use of the word lexicon in referancing esoteric vocabulary - we can rendezvous DC at your connivance - I vote D
~Deb~
Hmm...mostly because I imagine your using all your organizational skills as a secretary, I'm tempted to choose D, but I think I'll go against my original feeling and choose B. Ah well, what can I say? My test-taking skills have disappeared. : )
~Liz
TANNING SALON
the above comment was left by me: dawn.
Dawn "no woman is safe" Yanagihara
Tanning salon receptionist. Second choice, bartender. Rationale: You could not stomach a slimy soybean let alone a beef liver. Plus size clothing store not open when you need the work in the evenings. Additionally, customers would be looking for diet plans after talking to you and plus size sales would decline. Bartender (you probably would not have applied although hours would be right,) my second choice. Which leaves tanning salon (a tan is just one huge freckle which has grown together). Make sure to wear your sunscreen when they open the booth doors..........love, day (PS, I don't understand blogs (they should call them blabbers) or who else participates in the one you are on but, to many, is spelled too many and spelt is spelled, spelled. Spelt is a fish).
Love, dad
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