diff --git a/.tags b/.tags index 9778cc63..7e436681 100644 --- a/.tags +++ b/.tags @@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ fiction writing/sawtooth/folding-laundry.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/folding fiction writing/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-g.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-g\twriting/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-g fiction writing/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-x.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-x\twriting/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-x fiction writing/sawtooth/index.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/index\twriting/sawtooth/index +fiction writing/sawtooth/malina.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/malina\twriting/sawtooth/malina fiction writing/sawtooth/overclassification.md 3;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/overclassification\twriting/sawtooth/overclassification#fiction fiction writing/sawtooth/party/1-2-hostess.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/party/1-2-hostess\twriting/sawtooth/party/1-2-hostess fiction writing/sawtooth/party/1-3-breeding-pair.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/party/1-3-breeding-pair\twriting/sawtooth/party/1-3-breeding-pair @@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ furry writing/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-g.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/fo furry writing/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-x.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-x\twriting/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-x furry writing/sawtooth/happy-lesbians.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/happy-lesbians\twriting/sawtooth/happy-lesbians furry writing/sawtooth/index.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/index\twriting/sawtooth/index +furry writing/sawtooth/malina.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/malina\twriting/sawtooth/malina furry writing/sawtooth/overclassification.md 3;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/overclassification\twriting/sawtooth/overclassification#furry furry writing/sawtooth/party/1-2-hostess.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/party/1-2-hostess\twriting/sawtooth/party/1-2-hostess furry writing/sawtooth/party/1-3-breeding-pair.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/party/1-3-breeding-pair\twriting/sawtooth/party/1-3-breeding-pair @@ -411,6 +413,7 @@ party writing/sawtooth/party/1-4-hostess.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/party/1 poetry writing/eigengrau.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/eigengrau\twriting/eigengrau poetry writing/eigengrau/index.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/eigengrau/index\twriting/eigengrau/index poetry writing/poetry/index.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/poetry/index\twriting/poetry/index +poetry writing/sawtooth/malina.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/malina\twriting/sawtooth/malina polyam writing/its-not-about-the-dishes/index.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/its-not-about-the-dishes/index\twriting/its-not-about-the-dishes/index polyam writing/rum-and-coke/how-many.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/rum-and-coke/how-many\twriting/rum-and-coke/how-many polyam writing/sawtooth/a-theory-of-attachment.md 3;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/a-theory-of-attachment\twriting/sawtooth/a-theory-of-attachment#polyam @@ -561,6 +564,7 @@ sawtooth writing/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-g.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth sawtooth writing/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-x.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-x\twriting/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-x sawtooth writing/sawtooth/happy-lesbians.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/happy-lesbians\twriting/sawtooth/happy-lesbians sawtooth writing/sawtooth/index.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/index\twriting/sawtooth/index +sawtooth writing/sawtooth/malina.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/malina\twriting/sawtooth/malina sawtooth writing/sawtooth/overclassification.md 3;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/overclassification\twriting/sawtooth/overclassification#sawtooth sawtooth writing/sawtooth/party/1-2-hostess.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/party/1-2-hostess\twriting/sawtooth/party/1-2-hostess sawtooth writing/sawtooth/party/1-3-breeding-pair.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/party/1-3-breeding-pair\twriting/sawtooth/party/1-3-breeding-pair @@ -778,6 +782,7 @@ writing writing/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-g.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/ writing writing/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-x.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-x\twriting/sawtooth/foxes-and-milkshakes-x writing writing/sawtooth/happy-lesbians.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/happy-lesbians\twriting/sawtooth/happy-lesbians writing writing/sawtooth/index.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/index\twriting/sawtooth/index +writing writing/sawtooth/malina.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/malina\twriting/sawtooth/malina writing writing/sawtooth/overclassification.md 3;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/overclassification\twriting/sawtooth/overclassification#writing writing writing/sawtooth/party/1-2-hostess.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/party/1-2-hostess\twriting/sawtooth/party/1-2-hostess writing writing/sawtooth/party/1-3-breeding-pair.md 2;" vimwiki:writing/sawtooth/party/1-3-breeding-pair\twriting/sawtooth/party/1-3-breeding-pair diff --git a/writing/sawtooth/malina.md b/writing/sawtooth/malina.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4296577e --- /dev/null +++ b/writing/sawtooth/malina.md @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@ +%title Malina +:writing:poetry:fiction:sawtooth:furry: + +## I + +''' +It was with no small amount of irony +that Malina lay down all of her finery + +and went to work in a coffee shop. +The Book and the Bean was a short hop, + +after all, from her home, close enough +that, after the walk, she was hardly fluffed + +at all. Just a badger, a bit portly, a bit tall, +who gave up on a job in personal finance, one fall, + +to, as she'd told Cyril, "head for greener pastures." +Internally, she couldn't shake the stress of last year's + +troubles with the boss. Stupid git. +She'd promised Cyril that she'd be a good fit + +and make things work out financially. +"Our house is paid off, we're substantially + +self sufficient. Far more so than most!" +she'd said over that evening's roast. + +"And I'm perfectly willing +to admit I'll never make a killing + +working in a coffee shop. And if it doesn't +work out, I'm just as willing to admit it wasn't + +a good idea, and head back to the books." +Cyril had given her the weariest of looks + +and shaken his head, and that act, or non-act, +which showed his opinion of the fact + +that moving from a comfortable CPA position +to a barista down the road, that that transition + +was, perhaps, one big bad idea. +"It could work, but Malina, + +please keep an eye on reality." +''' + +!{Maybe continue there to more dinner/conversation?} + +## II + +!{The problems with boss} + +''' +When one's coworker up and goes missing, +taking her life and leaving without even kissing + +her husband goodbye, +it takes every good lie + +you've told in the office and either makes you ask +why you told it, or shatters the carefully constructed mask + +it implies. Your boss, for instance, +might come after you with some persistence, + +aiming for a kiss here, a touch there, +Even as he wonders aloud, "Where + +has she gone? And why?" It makes no sense. +You rebuff every approach and set up a little fence + +around your desk, one made of papers and inboxes, +and work with your back to a wall to keep that fox's + +advances at bay. It could be that you're just, you know, +imagining things. That your boss is just stooping this low + +not because he's upset, but because you are. +Even then, it doesn't really matter just how far + +he goes. Sigh. He's still an asshole. +One day, you reject and rebuff a pass while + +explaining what a shitty thing that is to do, +and finally tell the truth about how little you care who + +he thinks he is. He backs off, anger cool and plain, +but he does back off. +''' + +(or maybe that's just you imagining things now that she's gone, etc) + +(makes you question your validity as an employee) + +## III + +!{The first day} + +## IV + +!{Settling into a routine} + +## V + +!{Malina's existential unhappiness and the search for meaning} + +## VI + +!{A day in the life of the coffeeshop} + +## VII + +!{Cyril's interlude} + +## VIII + +!{The Book and the Bean} + +## IX + +!{A bad day followed by a fight with Cyril} + +## X + +!{Endless questioning into what happiness means}