ursa major

i've always found the name 'milky way' strange. when i look at the stars, i hardly see any milk. i don't see a bear when i look at 'great bear' either. maybe this has to do something with the available vocabulary at the time of them being named. to me, the milky way looks more like an icing sugar way. did they have icing sugar back then? hmmm.

anyway, i'm planning to change a lot of things in my life, beginning with the way i present my work. do you think this could work out? i would like this texture to stand out. could they be percieved as stars in space?

how do you present your work? it is a really hard thing to do for me, although i see that some people handle it quite smoothly. please tell me about your way!

life's muddy road

today i went to an industrial area for an interview. i don't how the industrial areas in your country are, but here... they are pretty shabby. dirty. muddy. nothing but endless rows of funny-looking factories in various shades of grey, covered all over in soot.

i had to walk part of the road, right next to the highway and without any sidewalk. mud, dirt, mud, earthworms, molten snow, more mud and nylon bags with the occasional pebble. cars passing by in impossible speeds (can i say 'speeds'?). i was all dressed up for the occasion (well, the best 'dressed up' that i can be, but that's another entry). first i tried to avoid the filth; but once i took a few steps, i just gave up. i had to walk around 1-2 kms like that, so i let the mud spot my stockings and my boots get stuck in the slosh. i was pretty much a mess when i reached the interview spot. mmm, how i love being presentable!