Phoenix Rising

Whoa! Don't look a gift-horse in the mouth, but I can update from work again. (For now.) Meaning I can cut down the comment-blitzing of other people's blogs! Everybody wins.

Now if I could only make long-distant calls from work...

The in-laws are in town. Dinner with them last night and probably for the better part of this week. It's going to be a crazy weekend. Have to make sure C. doesn't flip out too badly. *MY* mother (Malice has a mother?!) is coming to town this Sunday so the parents can interact and do battle.

We've been trying to fix the apartment up for the parents to visit, which has meant clearing things and discovering things. I found an old printed-out e-mail from a PERFORMANCE GROUP i used to be a part of: it dealt with the formation of separate committees within the group, to handle different things like Human Resources, Production, Workshops, etc. It read like a excerpt from ANIMAL FARM. (There are lot of annoying pop-ups on that site, sorry.)

excerpt:
[Metaphor analysis in George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM:]
Animalism: The vague yet often referred to concept of animalism is used by Orwell to signify the generic view of socialism. This view was first expounded by Karl Marx (old Major), who, in Orwell's opinion was naive in thinking that his philosophy would actually work. Orwell, although agreeing with the overall concept of equality though socialism, was critical of Marx because he didn't take into account the greed and jealousy which would eventually undermine the entire cause. This idea was shown through Napoleon and the other pigs, who, through persuasion and force became the dominant authority on the farm.

I need to find some time to write. I guess I could write now, instead of blogging like a motherfucker, but I feel like squandering precious time.

BUSH is dumbb as durt.