Sinister: come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagi nation

[John Johnston]

>"...so shines a good deed in a weary world." 
               -Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

That is a paraphrase of one of my favourite lines in the English
language. I think it comes from the Merchant of Venice and it's said by
Portia I believe...

"Mark how this little candle throws it's beam,
So shines a good deed in a naughty world". 

I loved that line as soon as I heard it, quoted by my hugely learned
mother at some appropriate moment.[BTW Isn't great to learn things by
heart - so usefull says my Ma but then she seems able to quote at will
from the complete works of Milton, Shakespeare, Dickens and Trollope
plus Testaments Old and New - what a dame!] And I thought - that's what
I want to do with my life - to shine like a good dead in a naughty
world! What a noble ambition and what delicious language. And for some
reason on the way to a job interview I happened to think of that line
and I promised myself that if they asked me what my ambition was or what
I wanted to do I would fix them with my steeliest glare and say "To
Shine Like a Good Deed in a Naughty World - oh yeah!". Did they ask? Did
they 'eck. They were far more interested to see where I had worked
effectively in a team situation.

Anyhow I'm tired but happy this morning. I did my first improv comedy
show for 4 years last night and it went really well.Hope things go well
for you.

Shine on
JJ
xx

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kimberly Forrette [SMTP:kimpostor at xxx.com]
> Sent:	01 October 1998 22:25
> To:	sinister at majordomo.net
> Subject:	Sinister: come with me and you'll be in a world of pure
> imagination
> 
> 
> you're not wicked if you don't care about this, but it IS something
> interesting, in a weird way...
> 
> i was out last night, painting the town red, (not a very flattering
> color for a pale town like Santa Cruz) when i needed to stop at the
> nearest ATM machine to get cash.  as i stepped up to make my
> withdrawal, what to my wandering eyes should appear on the machine's
> sickly green LED display but:
> 
> "...so shines a good deed in a weary world." 
>                -Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
> 
> followed by all those nice things like "Please insert your card for
> service."  
> 
> isn't it nice to know that Willy's Whimpering Wishy-Washy Words of
> Wisdom didn't fall on deaf ears all those years ago?  some horrible
> northern California stoner bank manager actually keeps it on his ATM's
> machine display for all passers-by and patrons to see. 
> 
> that made me get a warm fuzzy right here  (point to throat).  
> 
> 33 days and counting til B*S are in Philly. i'll see you there.  get
> siked. 
> 
> 
> vermiciously, 
> kim
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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