Library Laments

Some white trash lady called me a bitch because she didn't know how to copy a single page on a copier in another department, and when I suggested what I'd do--but that's all I know about them, she was pissed.



She's probably just mad because she's unemployed, single, broke, and has herpes. (did I really just type that?!)

Library Laments

Earlier today I saw a little kid (a girl) dressed up as Belle from Beauty and the Beast. I'm sorry, but when little girls dress up as those Disney princesses, like these, or just princess costumes in general, they look like little whores.



It brings to mind that show Toddlers and Tiaras, though I haven't actually ever seen it on tv.

When boys dress up as their favorite characters, they don't look like little pimps!

Generally, I just don't think it's cute to let kids dress up in costumes outside of the house--especially when the costume makes said child look like a prostitute.

omfg

I am not even kidding you when I say that a 4th-grader came into my work wearing a cut-off halter top with tight jeans with the BUTTON UNDONE AND FOLDED DOWN.

She was WITH HER MOTHER.

Holy shit.

Blindness by Jose Saramago

Blindness by José Saramago


My rating: 1 of 5 stars
While driving in his car, a man suddenly goes blind. This blindness isn't the "normal" kind; rather, he "sees" white instead of darkness. As more and more cases like his pop up, the government decides that a quarantine in an old mental institution is the answer. However, the quarantine doesn't work...everyone (in the entire world?) loses their site and society falls apart.

This might have been a good book, but it is a grammatical nightmare. Saramago must have felt that neglecting to use any sort of structure in this book would provide the reader with the feeling of chaos--the same sort of feeling the characters are feeling. All I felt was frustration. None of the characters even had names.

If someone were to rewrite it using even some rules of grammar, this book would have been much more enjoyable.

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