Dec 14
Sleep like a puppy… or kitten…
I WISH I could feel this tired.
At work today, I was trying to figure out who my Secret Santa is (though we don’t call it that - we have a silly acronym for it.)
On Monday morning, I received an envelope containing a white tissue paper-wrapped bundle with the following quote taped to the outside: “it’s good because it’s awful.” Inside the tissue paper was a 5″ tall capital letter “A” covered in silver glitter. Mystery - though I knew that quote to be about camp… as in style or aesthetic, not the place you go to for summer vacation.
On Monday afternoon, I found yet another white tissue paper-wrapped bundle on my chair. This time, there was a picture of Susan Sontag on the outside and the quote, “one can be serious about the frivolous, frivolous about the serious.” A capital letter “E”, also glittered up, was inside.
Tuesday after lunch, I returned to my desk to find a third white tissue paper packet. This time, there was a picture of Wonder Woman (cartoon, not Linda E.) taped to the front along with the quote, “If tragedy is an experience of hyperinvolvement, comedy is an experience of underinvolvement, of detachment.”
Insomnia-aided research last night led me to discover that all those quotes come from Susan Sontag herself, in a 1964 essay entitled, Notes on ‘Camp’. It’s a pretty cool essay about the aesthetics of the Camp style/movement, if you will. I thought I knew who it was, but the person I thought it was enlisted my help in getting something done for their recipient. So unless that’s a ridiculous red herring, there’s someone else out there who is totally providing me with lots of curiosity.
And lots of silver glitter all over everything at my desk.
And tomorrow, I will get the gift these clues have been leading up to.
Laundry is going in the dryer.
Eva is getting into her bed.
