and i believed you and called you sire

[phineasjones]

mmmmm that's better. warm, dry clothes and hot tea. much better. it's crazy out there. we never get more snow than predicted. well, except today i guess. weehooo!

i just got this e-mail from the evil!minister:
can you please pass on to me any and all choir news that has a "pastoral" element - no matter how seemingly trivial -
i.e. - ill family members, ill choir members, job loss, other issues or crises?

um. no? i mean... i don't know, does that seem weird? sure, she's the minister, but it seems to me that people would tell her if they wanted her to know. the choir are a fairly tight knit bunch... they should be able to talk amongst themselves without it being reported elsewhere. and what, as soon as someone tells me something personal, i have to run and tell her? a lot of them don't like her... i feel very weird about this. am i out of line?

work was ok today but then my brain died and i had to leave. i extra-special-love the snow today because it got me out of things i didn't want to do - playing chauffeur and seeing a gospel choir with R tonight. bleh. i want to stay home and cuddle up on the couch and watch when harry met sally. acquiring that movie may present some issues though, cuz i'm certainly not going to volunteer to dig out the car.

Comments

Re: pastoral element

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

hm, so the request is ok even though it would not really be ok to comply with it? i don't see that... i think as a minister, she shouldn't be asking me to do things that i shouldn't be doing, ya know? and i agree that if i said yes, i would have to tell the choir - but that would then stifle their honesty and openness with me and each other. and that would not be the point. i think i'm going to have to tell her no. which should be interesting.

Re: pastoral element

[emriver.livejournal.com]

by the request being ok I meant in the sense of "no harm in asking". Was also not thinking that her request required an answer at all. And where do I get this urge to argue every time you and she disagree? I don't like this one either.

Re: pastoral element

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

yeah. but i feel like there is harm in her asking - because of the totally awkward position she's put me in. and yeah, i don't know why you enjoy defending her. it's clear that you don't have to deal with her on a regular basis. she's probably piss you off too. :)