On the stamp thing—I put in my money (nine dollars for 8.80), got my stamps and then on the electronic screen where you punch in the numbers) flashed up “this machine does not give change. Do you want to end your transaction now”. This is after the stamps are dispensed, so I couldn’t get all the money back and put in 8.80 exactly. A guy walked in as I was dealing with it and said “yeah, it did that to me last week, but the post office was open, so the lady inside gave me my change”. Bastards.
For #8, I was thinking of I LOVE YOU, MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE. But maybe there are other Paul Rudd movies I’m missing: CLUELESS MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE?
Have to run out for a bit, NOT to the post office. So will check in later. Keep going!!!!
Dirge without Music
Edna St. Vincent Millay
I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.
So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind:
Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned
With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned.
Lovers and thinkers, into the earth with you.
Be one with the dull, the indiscriminate dust.
A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew,
A formula, a phrase remains,—- but the best is lost.
The answers quick & keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love,
They are gone. They have gone to feed the roses. Elegant and curled
Is the blossom. Fragrant is the blossom. I know. But I do not approve.
More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world.
Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
On the stamp thing—I put in my money (nine dollars for 8.80), got my stamps and then on the electronic screen where you punch in the numbers) flashed up “this machine does not give change. Do you want to end your transaction now”. This is after the stamps are dispensed, so I couldn’t get all the money back and put in 8.80 exactly. A guy walked in as I was dealing with it and said “yeah, it did that to me last week, but the post office was open, so the lady inside gave me my change”. Bastards.
At my post office, they removed the stamp machine so you have to wait in line if you just want a stamp. Infuriating!
People still mail things?
For #8, I was thinking of I LOVE YOU, MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE. But maybe there are other Paul Rudd movies I’m missing: CLUELESS MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE?
Have to run out for a bit, NOT to the post office. So will check in later. Keep going!!!!
Dirge without Music
Edna St. Vincent Millay
I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.
So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind:
Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned
With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned.
Lovers and thinkers, into the earth with you.
Be one with the dull, the indiscriminate dust.
A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew,
A formula, a phrase remains,—- but the best is lost.
The answers quick & keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love,
They are gone. They have gone to feed the roses. Elegant and curled
Is the blossom. Fragrant is the blossom. I know. But I do not approve.
More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world.
Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.