How it might have been, part II

[thedarkages]

In my previous post, I suggested that in an alternate life, I would have been faced with a dilemma in 2004: take a hideous composition job or leave the profession. I have remembered a simple solution: take a postdoc. But, you ask, what would happen when the postdoc was no longer renewed? By this time, we would have reached 2006. The answer is that, our earthly labors completed, Beth and I would be carried up into the air in a chariot driven by sixteen winged basset hounds. There, we would be constellated, as were the heroes of old; my four stars would form a table, and her six stars would form a chair. Together, we would be known as "The Furniture."

Comments

[mrbalihai.livejournal.com]

Interestingly enough, there is already a constellation called The Table, which in Greek is called Mensa.

Or did you know that already, and part my hair with a scholarly reference that went just over my head?

Astronomical Ignorance

[thedarkages]

My astronomical ignorance is evident, but "table" in Greek is "trapezi"; it's only in Latin that it's "mensa".

Re: Astronomical Ignorance

[mrbalihai.livejournal.com]

Oops. Got my Greek and Latin columns mixed up on the constellation chart.

My original point, obviously too obscurely made, was that I thought you were making a leetle joke about joining the Mensa society.

Re: Astronomical Ignorance

[thedarkages]

Considering how little traction intellectuality has given me in life, I would be hard put to join a society which prides itself on thinking that it's the most important thing. Been there, done that, reaped the whirlwind. I wish that my thoughts and reading weren't such solitary endeavors, but there's really no cure for it. The people who know the things that I know are for the most part overinvested in their knowledge; it's just an extension of ego. I don't really blame them; it's a survival mechanism, meant to keep them going when no one else around them knows what the hell they're talking about. But I'm more interested in learning from others than teaching others.

The fun of alternate dimensions...

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

*clap clap clap*

Brilliant!!

Of course you missed the part about your tampering with time and space and having the giant goldfish in a bear suit wrecking downtown Tokyo...it's risky dealing with other dimensions. And then there's making sure you pick the *right* alternate dimension, or you end up in the one where you both stumble into my personal theme-park, Spooky-Yarn-Land, and have to wade through the very-scary Acrylic Yarn Pool of Burnt-Orange-Green Despair...

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

I love the image of winged bassett hounds. Thank you for that visual.

[yesenixan.livejournal.com]

Together, we would be known as "The Furniture."

That's too vague. How about "The Dinette Set?"