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I had a meeting with GirlBoss this morning, which I thought was going to be about something I'd done wrong but turns out really is just a "status meeting", like she said, to make sure I'm settling in okay.

I think it says something about both the business and arts worlds that I was trained to expect any scheduled-ahead-of-time meeting to actually have a purpose where there are issues to discuss, because unless I need correcting it's assumed I'd ask for help if required and take care of my own damn self otherwise.

Anyway, very productive in terms of me not getting scolded. I live to not get scolded.

I've been idly considering running away from home for the weekend, but I'm having a hard time finding a location that combines ease of departure, speed of arrival, and the potential for anything interesting on the other end. Maybe I will buy a book instead.

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Something a trifle easier than EA Robinson's technically brilliant convolutions today. :D

The relationship between the visual and literary arts is not something that receives a lot of study outside of the theatre, but I love the story of Charles Demuth painting "I Saw The Figure Five In Gold" after reading William Carlos Williams's "The Great Figure". I don't tend to enjoy free verse, but the combined words and image produce a very pleasant effect, I think.

The Great Figure William Carlos Williams Among the rain and lights I saw the figure 5 in gold on a red firetruck moving tense unheeded to gong clangs siren howls and wheels rumbling through the dark city.

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Okay, can we all agree that it's weird to want to drink coffee made from beans that have passed through a civet's intestinal tract, and stop writing news stories about it? I swear this is the third one I've seen in the past two weeks, not counting the two I saw about it a year ago when it was actually news.

Can you tell I'm bored? Because I'm bored. Writing is eluding me and the Thursday skeleton crossword is beyond me and I didn't get my walk at lunch because it's raining.

*chews on leash*