Monday, November 27, 2006

snow photo

this is one of my favourites. the kid was just sitting there looking cranky.
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14 comments:

itchy fingers said...

brillig!

5:41 pm
gumtreefid farmer said...

thankyou, dahlink! am following in yr footsteps. which are clearly demarcated cos ankle deep in snowdrift. . .

5:42 pm
itchy fingers said...

ah so!

i heard Allen Ginsberg say (of Bob Dylan's relationship to Woody Guthrie)
'if the pupil does not surpass the teacher, then the teacher has failed.'

ahem.

5:59 pm
gumtreefid farmer said...

so the teacher loses either way? that doesn't seem fair.

6:43 pm
itchy fingers said...

being a teacher isn't fair.

6:54 pm
itchy fingers said...

now that i mention it, that kid looks a bit like a young Bob Dylan.

In his young, sulky, coat wearing days.

6:57 pm
gumtreefid farmer said...

he still wears coats! love and theft has a nice black coat with tacky embroidery. and a sulk. but an old person sulk. with hair.

there's something about the hand in pocket thing that does fit the bill.

being a teacher out to be fair. as i keep saying, i can fail them if i want to! where is the fear, she cries, where???

7:15 pm
itchy fingers said...

they swapped fear and intellect for a mercenary education.

they pay, you pass. or else. (lengthy explanations and second chances, etc.)

7:27 pm
itchy fingers said...

btw, i agree with your 'old, sulky, coat wearing' point, i was just trying to differentiate between the young, sulky Bob and the young, stoned, afro sporting, velvet jacket wearing Bob.

7:29 pm
gumtreefid farmer said...

oh yes, entirely. here it is all students challenging marks, crying/threatening in office, so forth. they all have to keep up certain GPAs for scholarships or to stay on the team - doesn't this sound like a hundred crappy american movies?

ah, yes. those were the days. . .

i remember overhearing grot on the phone when i was about fifteen and she said "i've got no idea. she came home with bob dylan's first two albums the other day!"

(don't you have work to do?)

7:43 pm
itchy fingers said...

work! ha! i spit on it!

actually i am updating a spreadsheet, which is as boring as it sounds and requires numerous breaks.

plus, i had no inty access last night so was feeling a bit deprived (also missed the opportunity to post exciting new photos and also possibly a film!)

i could leave you alone if you'd rather?

7:49 pm
gumtreefid farmer said...

oh, you poor thing. are you a full time worker bee atm?

exciting new photos! film! i enjoyed yr ex-home photos v. much. looking pretty. *waits with bated breath*

i know how you feel re. deprivation. i went two whole days!

i am drafting my proposal, so please, continue to interupt.

8:02 pm
itchy fingers said...

i am a 30ish hours per week worker bee at the mo'. my tasks are without exception brain numbing.
however, i have recently signed up for the month of january with v.m, that place i was at just before we left. which will be less boring.

exciting trivia of the moment; the boy's cousin met cate blanchett on friday. they chatted.

8:33 pm
gumtreefid farmer said...

ooo, what was she like??? which cousin? the boy cousin?

30 hours baaaaad. though money gooooood. and v.m. also good. did you give them my dress-ups?

11:26 pm

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