addition = subtracktion

Buddies,

Where I werk, my job rsponsibilitys change somwhat from one seasn to th next. Some seasns are busyer than othrs. Th Fall seasn is typickly a busy one. This prtickular Fall seasn is busyer than most.

Add to this th fackt that th job I do is intrestingly … ummm … cmpartmentlizd; and wiffin each cmpartment theres sorta a cyckle, wif hi-pressure periods and lo-pressure periods. Ockasionaly, th hi-pressure periods in all cmpartments come at th same time. This been happnin wif cnsidrable frequency this Fall seasn.

Add to this th fackt that where I werk, there aint no one whos paid to handle organizational mattrs — yknow, mattrs relatin to th efficiency wif which alla us is able to do our individual jobs all coordinatd-like — and I, evr th pracktickle one, am th only one inclind to take on em extra tasks.

Add to this th fackt that in th corse o my reggalr job-acktivitys, I dont have no direckt contackt wif any o th othr fokes that do th same thing I do — yknow, th fokes wif whom Id hafta deal in dvelopin a plan fer th coordination o our prformances. So alla this extra werk I done took upon myself hasta be carryd out fru email cmmunications wif sevral othr fokes — some o whom is, quite frankly, rtarded.

So, then, what does alla this addin add up to? Yous fokes awready know! It adds up to th near-totl subtracktion o Joey Polanski from th blogassfear. See, I aint spendin any less time online than usual; its jus that a great deal more o that time is spent on em werk-rlated tasks — readin emails, writin em, and urinatin on my co-werkrs (in effigy, ocourse). When alla that stuffs done, alls I wanna do is shut off my cmputr and go vegitate somwheres.

I dcided to keep puttin up posts ovr at th JPS, rathr than jus disappearin altgethr. But I pretty much hadta stop makin my usual rounds o th blogs I like readin & comentin on. Evn tho that goes hard against Polanski principple, it seemd most cnsistnt wif Polanski principple of alla th altrnative options. I mean, I couda made cursry apearances, I guess — makin incidentl coments wifout worryin is they was werf makin — or I couda visitd some blogs & not othrs. I hope yall know that them aint my way o doin things. A coment aint a courtesy, its a creation. I cant do it in a cursry way wifout feelin like Im bein derelickt in my duty. And all Polanski Playrs is equals: Joey dont play favorits. Bein unable to visit and cntribute to all, I felt it best to visit & cntribute to none — hard as that is to reckoncile to th idea that its all about th PLAY.

Anyhow, I aint been deef to yer coments lamentin my minimal presence in th naybrhood; and I thougt I shoud finaly say sompm bout th mattr. While I can only be movd by th knolledge that I been missd, Im ocourse saddnd to know that I been saddnin my friens by my extended absence. I aint quite sure I buy th sugjestion that Im a kinda glue that holds tgethr th little cmmunity thats growd up around th Polanski Show. I think Im more like a laddr thats servd to take us all up to a crtain elevatd plane: once weere up, tho, th laddr aint especialy needed no more. And Im pretty sure that th JPS famly woud hang togethr jus fine wifout me on th scene.

Dont ferget, once a homunckulus takes that first breaff, nothin more is needed from th alckemist. Not evn th pickle jar.

That havin been said, I shoud add that I have no intention o retirin jus yet. But I want my cntinued presence in th blogassfear to be correckly prceivd fer what it is.

Yknow … a totaly unnecesary fuckin annoyance.