8.12.2009

my boss's reaction to the poem she had me write for her wedding. also just an amazing conversation that made me laugh and cry.

(and no, her AIM name is not "boss," i do a search and destroy on her and all names so no one can google themselves and come up with my blog. some things will still get me fired. and i suppose, for now, thats a bad thing. in the meantime, i love this scary wonderful woman.)

boss(4:36:14 PM): i love how people think your actual name includes Dooze
boss (4:36:18 PM): hilarious
daisy(4:38:14 PM): i KNOW im on a call and was laughing into the phone when i got that.
daisy (4:38:20 PM): god they must think my parents are cruel.
daisy (4:38:22 PM): cruel hippies
boss (4:38:23 PM): too awesome
boss (4:38:31 PM): Daisy dooze
boss (4:38:36 PM): it should be hypenated at this point
daisy (4:38:55 PM): well its funny because my mom always called me daisy-doodle.
boss (4:39:01 PM): um...
boss (4:39:08 PM): does she know of the modern update?
daisy (4:39:31 PM): dooze 2.0
boss(4:40:33 PM): gross...but true
daisy (4:40:57 PM): btw thanks for your thank you note for the poem. i love danni's response. you guys are like one brain.
boss (4:41:29 PM): he's serious abotu the royalties bit. and hes a lawyer- he will sue
daisy (4:41:52 PM): ahahahah
boss (4:41:52 PM): and are you calling us money hungry?
boss (4:41:55 PM): cuz we are
boss (4:41:58 PM): HOLLLLLLLLLLER
daisy (4:42:06 PM): awesome.
daisy (4:42:30 PM): lord. these people on the other line think im dying of the plague i keep trying to turn the laughter into a cough.
boss (4:42:53 PM): if they ask, tell them you are laughing at their inane conversation
daisy (4:43:19 PM): too true, too true.
daisy (4:44:13 PM): theyre telling me and chase that its not PRs job to secure speaking opps. that its all marketing and we should back off. and people keep popping onto the call to back up various sides of the fight. gettin ugly.
boss (4:44:27 PM): can I jump in?
daisy (4:44:37 PM): come in swingin. 'LISTEN BITCHES'
daisy (4:44:40 PM): no intro
boss (4:44:47 PM): no intro needed
daisy (4:44:53 PM): obvi
boss (4:45:28 PM): "excuse me, but who from marketing is on this call? Great, I will direct my comments to you specifically..." that's how I would open
daisy (4:46:01 PM): and then "booyah"
daisy (4:46:03 PM): thats how you would close
boss (4:46:17 PM): I would close by yelling that and dropping the phone onto the floor
boss (4:46:24 PM): and running away yelling bitches
boss (4:46:41 PM): wow. the rap is getting to me
daisy (4:46:57 PM): AHHa. what rap?
boss (4:47:15 PM): right now it's Tribe Called Quest
daisy (4:47:21 PM): thats good stuff!
boss(4:47:27 PM): and Pharcyde
boss (4:47:28 PM): my fav
daisy (4:47:28 PM): its making you aggressive?
boss(4:47:35 PM): nah- making me badass
boss (4:47:38 PM): always aggressive
daisy (4:47:47 PM): right. truth.
daisy (4:47:41 PM): wow torrey, i thought you were a rock kinda girl.
boss(4:47:47 PM): dued
daisy (4:47:53 PM): yes dued?
boss (4:48:28 PM): favorite groups (for right now) - Led Zeppelin, Tribe, Stones
boss (4:48:37 PM): if I could only listen to 3 bands for the rest of my life
boss (4:49:14 PM): but if I were to extend that to 10, you would see reggae, more rap and alternative/indie
daisy(4:49:44 PM): nice!
daisy (4:50:02 PM): right now for me, its william fitzsimmons kings of leon and the national.
daisy (4:50:17 PM): and im going to see the kings in sept. and im all itchy thinking about it.
daisy (4:50:24 PM): and i love reggae.
daisy (4:50:30 PM): and, if im honest, reggaeton.
boss (4:50:34 PM): ha ha
daisy (4:50:35 PM): but thats my dark secret
boss (4:50:37 PM): hilarious
boss (4:50:55 PM): dooze i just reread the poem- CHILLS. you're unreal
daisy (4:52:14 PM): this makes me so happy.
daisy (4:52:26 PM): AIM doesnt really do justice to how happy your satisfaction with the poem makes me.
boss (4:52:35 PM): it's going right before our vows
boss (4:52:38 PM): MAJOR
daisy (4:52:40 PM): oh brother.
daisy (4:52:48 PM): im honored.
boss (4:53:16 PM): sorry, it's directly after the vows, right before the ring exchange....
boss (4:53:17 PM): SICK
daisy (4:53:25 PM): WHOA
boss (4:53:29 PM): oh yeah
daisy (4:54:02 PM): i dont know what to say. eee!?
daisy (4:54:12 PM): who's reading?
boss (4:54:15 PM): not sure yet
boss (4:54:20 PM): I have 3 readings
boss (4:54:25 PM): two poems
boss (4:54:28 PM): and an Irish blessing
daisy(4:54:32 PM): oh lovely...
daisy (4:54:42 PM): whats the other poem, can i know?
boss (4:55:12 PM): you are in good company...
boss (4:55:14 PM): Pablo Neruda
daisy (4:55:34 PM): *fainting*
boss (4:55:39 PM):
When I die, I want your hands on my eyes:
I want the light and the wheat of your beloved hands
To pass their freshness over me once more:
I want to feel the softness that changed my destiny.
I want you to live while I wait for you, asleep.
I want your ears still to hear the wind, I want you
To sniff the sea’s aroma that we loved together;
To continue to walk on the sand we walk on.
I want what I love to continue to live,
And you whom I love and sang above everything else
To continue to flourish, full-flowered:
So that you can reach everything my love directs you to,
So that my shadow can travel along in your hair,
So that everything can learn the reason for my song.
boss (4:56:09 PM): good?
daisy (4:56:42 PM): ugh that poem is fire
boss(4:56:49 PM): fire?
daisy(4:56:52 PM): its perfect
boss(4:56:55 PM): phew
boss (4:56:57 PM): just freaked out
daisy (4:56:58 PM): its an element
boss (4:57:01 PM): ah! yes! haha
daisy (4:57:03 PM): its amazing
daisy (4:57:45 PM): ive read it before but when it comes from one person to another in the context of a wedding its really just... oh im bursting with poetic joy.
daisy (4:57:48 PM): poetry is awesome.
boss (4:57:52 PM): YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!
boss (4:57:58 PM): and it will open the ceremony
boss (4:58:03 PM): set the tone
daisy (4:58:07 PM): nice
boss (4:59:50 PM): just re-read my vows and started to tear up
daisy (5:01:14 PM): wow. i think that must be the most difficult/beautiful part... start to finish. the writing, the reading, the hearing.
boss (5:01:34 PM): i made it really simple, but very real- like us
daisy (5:10:46 PM): lovely. you guys are threatening to restore my faith in marriage. both the ceremony and the concept. and thats saying a lot from me.
boss (5:10:57 PM): nugget! you just made my day.

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