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Thu, May 6
A Gummy Tidbit from Julie
From: Will, Julie
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 4:49 PM
To: 'klimmer@temple.edu'; 'Padakis, Marina'; Skrabek, Alison; 'Denega, Danielle'; 'Andrew Will'
Subject: Gummi disaster=metaphor ?
So as a reward to myself for being such a rock star of an editorial assistant (on this day from hell), I saunter over to a collective candy dish for a few hard-earned gummi bears. Once there, I realize I have forgotten to do something, and, one gummi in mouth, several in hand, dash back to my desk. En route, my brisk pace causes gummi #1 to become lodged in my throat and I begin choking. Big, ugly coughs are emitted, and for a spilt second i can't breathe, and I get a glimpse of heaven…where there are no authors, no books…only gummi bears, splashing in gummi pools and frolicking on gummi clouds.
I digress.
The choking ends, but I am left with that uncomfortable just-having-choked feeling. My nose and throat are tingly, my eyes are watering, and I hope that no one stops by my cubicle because I look like I've either been crying for an hour or have had a severe allergy attack. The stinging, especially in my nose, will not go away. I drink lots of water. Nothing. I wait. Nothing. Finally I think maybe if I blow my nose, that might help. I blow nose. I am horrified. There, on an otherwise empty kleenex, is a decapitated orange gummi bear.
Yes, boys and girls, I just blew a headless gummi bear out of my nose.
And it hurt. I can't help but think that there must be some larger truth meant for me to glean from this incident, that there is something inherently symbolic in the headless gummi (gummy--id? Ego? I've bitten my own head off? Bitten off more than I can chew?), but the only lesson I'm really sure of, thus far, is not to eat gummi bears and walk at the same time.
Happy almost Friday,
j
Posted by lexzog at May 6, 2004 07:54 PM
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