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2007-08-09 - 4:31 p.m. ...entry 2: Myrtle's dilemma, or my ongoing life in the movie Brazil... Terry Gilliam, if you are out there somewhere, and you ever google your name and find this, know that I love you. I love you for producing Brazil, my familiarity with which continues to make my working life bearable. So today's reason for loving Mr. Gilliam: Today I got my umpteenth phone message from Myrtle in financial services. There are problems with the hiring paperwork that I sent over to them three weeks ago. Problem #1 (according to Myrtle): You are "not authorized" to sign the salary paperwork for the two young people working in your lab. So I say: And so Myrtle says: And I say: And so Myrtle says: And so I say: And so Myrtle says: And so I say: And so Myrtle says: *we now pause for a little question mark break. ??????????????????????? *thank you. And so I say: ....... I never got an answer. Because we'd moved on to Myrtle's REAL reason for calling, and hit at the crux of the REAL problem. Folks this really happened. I am not making this part up. And Myrtle said: (NOTE OF INTERRUPTION FROM TERANIKA'S BRAIN: you know we're headed for trouble here - THINKING IS INVOLVED) And Myrtle continued: ....stunned silence from teranika.... Myrtle continued: So I said (exhibiting what I thought was an extreme amount of patience): And Myrtle said: **** Afterwards, I went into Rosa's office and asked for her help, explaining that I had just dealt with someone whose mental capacity was so limited that I didn't know how to deal with her. I explained Myrtle's dilemma. To which Rosa replied with a bit of confusion: We didn't send two copies of the paperwork. We sent the salary paperwork, and the appointment letter. Both require original (BLUE) signatures. And so I said. And Rosa smiled and said. And so I left with the confidence of Mr. Kurtzman, having just put my paperwork in the hands of a very competent Sam Lowry (the happy-go-lucky Sam Lowry from the BEGINNING of the film, that is.) K is at home, trying to find the Sinatra version of the Samba from Brazil. doot doot DOOT. doo deDOOOOO dedoot. leave a note
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