{"id":125,"date":"2004-12-08T10:42:33","date_gmt":"2004-12-08T17:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/blog\/?p=123"},"modified":"2004-12-08T10:42:33","modified_gmt":"2004-12-08T17:42:33","slug":"like-clark-gable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/2004\/12\/08\/like-clark-gable\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Clark Gable"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So I got a brand new jobby-job. Yes indeed.<\/p>\n

Formerly just:<\/p>\n

Ahniwa Ferrari: Library Assistant II, Reference
Saint Martin’s College<\/p>\n

And now also:<\/p>\n

Ahniwa Ferrari: Library Aide
Tumwater Timberland Library<\/p>\n

Okay, so it’s not flashy. Nor is it particularly elegant.
But it’s MINE! Today shelving, tomorrow the world.
The irony is that I’ve never been to the Tumwater Library,
and now I have half an hour between jobs to find it,
and try to eat lunch. Good thing I’m a library employee,
and therefore resourceful. Anyway, I’m only going to be
working a grand total of 34 hours a week, give or take;
so I’m not high-rolling, but I’m sure it will seem like
a lot for awhile. Even working 19 hours a week, I never
felt like I had that<\/em> much free time. And now it
will almost be true. I prefer the busy; I’ll adjust.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

I want so badly to believe that “there is truth, that love is real”
And I want life in every word to the extent that it’s absurd
I know you’re wise beyond your years, but do you ever get the fear
That your perfect verse is just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by?<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

– The Postal Service, “Clark Gable”<\/p>\n

Thinking about that shiny green bit at the center of us,
about connections and comfort and reciprocation.
We’re all so strange to each other.<\/p>\n

I think relationships have to connect both emotionally and practically. But it’s difficult and rare for those two to go together. In my case, too often: emotional beginnings, practical endings. I yet believe that there is truth, that love is real.<\/p>\n

I’ve got a shiny green bit: infinite strong, hopelessly fragile.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I got a brand new jobby-job. Yes indeed. Formerly just: Ahniwa Ferrari: Library Assistant II, Reference Saint Martin’s College And now also: Ahniwa Ferrari: Library Aide Tumwater Timberland Library Okay, so it’s not flashy. Nor is it particularly elegant. But it’s MINE! Today shelving, tomorrow the world. The irony is that I’ve never been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14,17,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}