One thing that did annoy me though - someone else used my mug, even though there were plenty of others that were clean! On Monday morning, I diligently took my mug into school (it even has my name on it!) and I use it and wash it every day. So why should someone else use my mug? What annoyed me more is that this person was supposed to be my mentor as well but couldn't really be bothered. Argh!! But I'm happy with how things have worked out.

David's given me a whole cross-section of classes to take over as well, from a Year 7 to a bottom set Year 10 and his AS Physics class as well. I observed one of their practical lessons earlier in the week and, put it this way, they don't seem that bright.

One thing that's starting to get to me though is the whole "You have to make lessons fun and interesting" thing. When I was at school, you just accepted that you had to be there and made the most of it. You knew you had to learn things, even if you didn't find them that interesting. The teacher was just an aid to learning, not the be all and end all. So much emphasis is placed on making everyone learn something. That really annoys me. I don't really want to put time and effort into helping those that don't want to learn. But I guess I'm going to have to if I'm going to work in the average UK state school. Government targets, guidelines, OFSTED, league tables... the list goes on. I guess I'll only escape that if I teach in a school where the government can't really get me. Oh hello, independent schools...

CL Jones has done it again!  The real estate genius has made it very affordable to get No B.S. Real Estate Investing right from the comfort of your home.  CL isn't going to offer you a free membership site to try to suck you into buying $5,000 boot camps. 

 I'm only going to charge you for my expertise, and my staff and I will help you take down deals all across the country.  Mr. Jones will split all deals with his members 70/30 in your favor.  Just bring your deals to the table and if the numbers work we will help you close the deal. 

 You never have to worry about getting into a bad deal.  As a member, you are also entitled to all of the materials and forms that Mr. Jones uses everyday in his real estate deals. They are available on the website.                                              

All of my secrets will be revealed on the weekly members only videos.  You will also be connected to the best power brokers across the country.  We want you to be able to build your dream team so that you can imitate what works in this real estate market. 

CL will call out the so called gurus who are only interested in selling you junk.  You know, the stuff that only makes the gurus rich.

Today is a new day in real estate investing coaching.  You should only want to invest or be mentored by those who share my same belief in "No B.S. Real Estate Investing." 

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• Tax Lien coaching
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• Business in a box (proper business setup)
• free updates on the latest strategies as the market continues to change
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Until tomorrow,

Keep God 1st, Invest in People

CL Jones

We don't give thanks as much as we sometimes should, yet we all know how much it means and how much we appreciate when someone thanks us.  This morning I was able to check an item that I've had on my to do list for some time; I sent a heartfelt email to the woman who was a role model to me to tell her what an impact she had on my life and to thank her.

I don't know what it is about it, but sending that email has put me in a great mood and plastered a huge smile across my face.

You take your first few steps. Then suddenly you come across a hurdle.

You hear the voices of your loved ones saying, "Are you sure?" "Is that safe?" "What if XXX happens?" Of course, the voice of the Inner Critic echoes everything your well-meaning friends and family say to you. This is the first hurdle. There are more.

There are days when nothing seems to go right. When nothing appears to be moving in any direction at all. When you're not sure that you've made any progress up to now. When the world seems to through obstacles at you from every direction. This is an easy place for that sneaky voice of the Inner Saboteur (Check out Rosanne Bane's fantastic work about this conniving little character), to pipe up and tell you that you might as well not go on. You're a failure anyway.

Perhaps you stand up to the Saboteur and continue to move toward your goals. Perhaps a wise mentor shows up to help guide you. Perhaps you see a sign that inspires you to go on. To keep fighting.

In the hero's journey, the closer you get to the mountain top the more challenging the tests become. You are being asked: How badly do you really want this? How many times are you willing to try, try, try again?

Consider this Thomas Edison quote: "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

If you're facing hurdles you must jump, or difficulties you must overcome, or doubts you must silence, or thoughts of giving up try waiting. Just wait. Sleep on it. Wait a week and see if things suddenly become easier or you are able to see a creative solution to what you thought was an insolvable problem. Remember even though he almost gives up and suffers setbacks many times along the way, the hero always gets there in the end.

It isn't a secret that education is key to getting a better job. Today, high school dropouts makeabout $540 per week on average for full-time work and the unemployment rate of this group of workers is about 9.6 percent. Workers with a high school diploma average $776 weekly and this group has a 5.7 percent unemployment rate. Workers with some college or an associate degree average about $902 per week and this group's unemployment rate is 4.8 percent. But workers with a bachelor's degree or higher average $1,484 per week and have an unemployment rate of2.7 percent. More than ever before, education is the real ticket to the middle class. 

While mentors can also help, they may not have as much time as you would like, or you may feel you are imposing on their time.  Your boss may “coach” you from time to time, but they have their own jobs to do and their own issues to contend with. 

Whether you're in trouble or looking to strengthen your position, now is the right time to hire an executive coach.

Here’s our “Take Five” on how an executive coach can help you:

1. Raise Your Game – Whether you want to position yourself for promotion, increase your industry knowledge or be more effective in your job, an executive coach can help you get there.  Increasing your competitive edge is key to long-term career success.  Whomever you hire should be able to teach you best practices in the areas that are most important to you (e.g., negotiations, leadership, execution, etc.).           
2. Putting Out a Fire –  Your situation may be dire.  For example, you may be on a plan with a short timeframe in which to improve your performance.  Your boss wants to see significant improvement in certain areas and your job depends on it.  When working with a coach, have them develop an action plan to aggressively address each of the areas you need to improve.   Measurement is critical, so make sure you hire a coach who will hold you accountable.
3. Transitioning To Something New –  You’ve reached that point in your career when you know you need to do something different but are not sure what.  A good executive coach can help identify those things which you enjoy and are good at.  S/he can then help you leverage those into a new, more fulfilling career.  Once you have identified what it is you want to do, you and your coach should create a career plan with specific actions to move you in that direction.
4. Increase Job Satisfaction –  We can all be happier in our current jobs.  An executive coach can help target those components of your job which you enjoy most and help you focus more on those areas.  Similarly, you can take the areas you don’t like and work with your coach to make them more fun.  
5. Improve Your Relationships – Most people work in an environment where they are dependant on others to get their jobs done.  Given this, having good working relationships makes you happier and more productive.  An executive coach can help you strengthen those important relationships, identifying opportunities for you to bond with co-workers in genuine and productive ways.   

Hiring an executive coach is a smart thing to do.  Not only will they help you raise your performance level, they can give you invaluable perspective on your situation.  Executive coaches counsel hundreds of people in a myriad of industries and that perspective can yield significant benefits.

A good coach can help move you into first class.

Whelan Stone

Activities undertaken today

Observing another year 7 lesson that is covering the same topic, reinforced the numerous aspects of the lesson that are neglected and missed the first time around as other dynamics of the lesson are emphasised upon.  Whilst the students' were engaged in their specified task, both mentors answered any queries myself and a colleague had regarding various focus tasks and about the differentiation required between the range of students in each year group.

Most of the emphasis today was indicating, identifying and recording the assorted focus tasks which required acting upon the three keywords.

Short Term Plan : To finish most of the focus tasks.
Medium Term Plan : To finish all the focus task for next Friday.
Long Term Plan : Start thinking about lesson planning for the specified topic assigned by the mentors.

Target for Monday  - Ask mentor regarding FT2, F13,F14. Plan scheme of work for the low ability
group(animation suite).

"Don't try to innovate for the future. Innovate for the present."
Peter Drucker

j: im gonna keep making him take me out
is that snobby?
suz: no not at all
he wants to get to know you better
he's just a man, has no self control and he needs to put his penis away
j: hahaha
you crack me up

Thank you for finding my Blog about LWS Freedom!

My name is Kendall Johnson and I work from home online as a Full-Time Internet Marketer and Mentor. What I plan to provide for you here is some useful and encouraging information to help you learn how to make good decisions when starting your online business with LWS Freedom.

One thing I have experienced is that it is very difficult to find someone who is truly willing to help people learn the secrets to making money on the Internet. O.k. well perhaps many people are willing to help you, but the question is, who really cares enough to take you by the hand and teach you how to achieve success?

The answer is; not that many people have the knowledge and integrity to follow through with their promises. I know because I was just like you not long ago, looking for a way to replace my traditional full-time job. I was looking for a promising method of generating income from home that would not limit my earnings potential.

Well folks, it's 4:30 am now... I am going to sign off and continue tomorrow. Feel free to visit my Youtube Channel to stay informed on my success in the LWS Freedom Program. So far I have earned $1950 in commission and I am only getting warmed up. Click HERE for some recent proof of my earnings :o) You can contact me by e-mail, Skype or telephone. Visit my Main Website by clicking here: www.Partner-With-Ken.com

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OK Hello everyone I'm back! I am truly LOVING LWS Frredom! As of this moment I am at a total earning of $2080.00! That's not bad considering I have been in the program less than a month and 16 out of my 17 sign ups was a new prospect. I have only had one sign up that was a person I knew before I joined the program.

Many other people showing how much they have made are making their initial sales from leads they already  developed a relationship with in the past. Big difference there... Also keep in mind i am workng on this by myself, not with any partners doing my marketing. If I had a partner it would make sense for me to make two times as much as I have. Make sure you pay close attention to the details of a persons personal testimonial. For example, I used nothing but FREE MARKETING to generate the sales I have made so far.

I have a nice stack of cash right now from this program. What should I do with my earnings? I am going to invest a small portion in a powerful marketing tool which I can't mention to those other than my team. I am still going to continue to use free marketing strategies,  only now I am going to turn up the heat.

After I purchase this new tool,  I am also going to  start some newspaper ads. I get responses on a Daily basis for this program. What I am really beginning to like is the People I meet as a result! I meet some people who are already VERY successful who want to do business. It's very rewarding to deal with people who come from different career fields who want to work with me. You never now who you might meet....

Internet Marketing Genius, Max Stiegemeier CEO and Founder of LWS Freedom, officially Launched his NEW Internet Business LWS Freedom I was first introduced to Max in May of 2008 by one of my friends from here in New York, Henry. Before then I never heard of Max and I really had no idea what kind of things he had previously created to help people earn an honest income.

En la Odisea de Homero, la diosa Atenea, diosa de la sabiduría, encarna la persona de Mentor el maestro de Telémaco, hijo de Odiseo, para incitar a este a que actúe echando de su casa a los pretendientes de su madre. Durante toda la aventura de Odiseo, Atenea está pendiente de él, no solo protegiéndolo, aconsejándolo, pero también asegurándose que otros como Telémaco aceptan sus propios retos que finalmente beneficiaran la aventura principal ayudando al héroe a triunfar y finalmente regresar a casa. Esta es la esencia en cualquier historia del personaje del Mentor. En el encuentro del mentor con el héroe, el mentor tiene la función de incitar al héroe a que actúe sirviéndole además como fuente de coraje, de dirección, de consejo, de inspiración.

Una única advertencia, hay falsos mentores que pueden engañar al héroe para que actúe de forma contraria a su personaje a su papel de héroe incitándolo a cometer un crimen o a totalmente negarse a la hazaña. La tentación asecha buscando la oportunidad de hacer fracasar nuestra misión.

During that time there was a tornado that hit her house but none of her unorganized papers where damaged. The money spent had done nothing, actually,  but make her feel guilty about not following the program.   Suzy's "Save Yourself" money managing program just hadn't had the pizazz she'd hoped it would for making money management fun. But, she did learn her FICO score. This forty four year old woman liked being a feminist, but to her managing things was not a spontaneous act and she enjoyed spontaneity. Watching Suzy explain America's current state of financial crisis she understood what she and the bald headed Jewish guy, that managed Oprah's money, were saying. She wasn't stupid.

Waiting and wading through the boring world of money (unless one of her very creative schemes where about to hit pay dirt ) the opportunity finally came to see and hear Maya Angelou.  Dr. Angelou, Oprah likes to call her dear friend.

When Maya was about to come on, Emily's heart became warm and soft. Even the thought of the comfort, dignity, and soothing that Maya provided, was enough to make Emily proud of being a woman. This wonderful dark woman who has amazing grace and integrity built into every word she speaks, into her mental-muscle and vibrant molecular structure.

Emily saw her face. A sadness dropped on her, this woman, full of vitality, was approaching leaving this reality, her reality. She knew that Maya would never really leave but what Emilly had learned to grab onto, not the essence but the physical Maya would leave. She would leave in a visual/auditory sense. Maybe that's not entirely true, thought Emily, because at one time or another, she could hallucinate the grand-matriarch or perhaps Maya's wise words would come to her in her dreams.

Maya spoke about being in her eightieth year, and thinking that she had not many years left. Emily's horror and selfishness danced around like a taunting teasing playground song. Tears poured inside her heart knowing that soon her mentor would be gone. Oprah new this too, but she had found a way to cherish her every living breath.  Oprah said she talks to her friend two to three times a week.

Tears will come, she thought, for this woman that is so beloved. With her own indignent anger Emily acknowledged why Maya has written a poem entitled "contentious objector" regarding Maya's own imminent death. No, it's not true that only the good die young. When Maya's gone a good and great woman will be gone.  Emily also rejected the idea of death for Maya, and hoped when her time of death comes that life will be so precious that loosening her hold on it, will also be objectionable.

(I just threw in the tag hustler for my friend Melissa)

Juliusz (fotograf) specificerar sig på att fota Fine art-nude, frågade mig då om jag ville hjälpa honom med lite retousch och mountage av foton som han ska fota den 26 okt. Till det ska han ha 7 nakenmodeller, tack vore mitt stora kontaktnät så har jag fått dra i lite trådar för att fixa modeller. Han vill ha med 2 make-up artister, och det har jag också lite kontroll över. Det kommer att bli jätteroligt, modellerna ska inte visa bröst eller underliv men man ska se att de är nakna. Idén är tophemlig och därmed berättar jag inte om den för er.

Lambis Stratoudakis (fotograf) specificerar sig på att fota beauty och mode men mest intressant undervatten, frågade mig om jag kunde assistera honom vid plåtningar. Efter att ha snackat med Lambis en hel del på msn så kom det fram att han ska ha en fotoshoot i lördags. Jag tar tillfället i akt och frågar om han behöver hjälp och det verkade som han behövde det.

Jag stack in till Malmö redan tidigt på morgonen för Lambis ville ta vara på tiden. Make-up artisten var den som hade dragit i trådar för att göra den sessionen möjlig. Elva (MUA), en jättetrevlig tjej från Stockholm som är oerhört duktig. Till sessionen har hon valt att använda en ung tjej som är ursprungligen från Växjö men bor i Kristianstad, med en underbar småländsk dialekt. Anette (modell) har bara fotats tre gånger tidigare och är rätt ung i sin karriär. Lyckligt för henne att hennes karriär tar en boost framåt pga. samarbetet med båda Elva och Lambis.

Min uppgift var att ansvara för ljuset, att låta den falla så som fotografen önskar. Det är oerhört svårt med roligt arbete som man lär sig mycket av. Lambis är jävligt trevlig och ringer upp mig nästan en gång varje kväll om inte två gånger per kväll och vi snackar ljussättning, fototekniker mm. Lambis har inte mycket att lära sig av mig tror jag men jag får betala tillbaka genom att hjälpa honom med sina fotosessioner så gott det går.

Det roliga med Elva är att hon är en perfektionist precis som jag. Hon gick hela tiden fram och pysslade om Anette. Modellen däremot är en riktig slagskämpe, hon gnällde inte en enda gång fastän i slutet började hon darra så kraftigt att hela hon flyttades fram och tillbaka tio centimeter. Det var SÅ kallt. Lambis däremot var den som höl i trådarna för det mästa, han bestämde de flesta pauserna. Bestämde ljussättning mm. Mitt jobb var emellanåt jobbig då jag fick stå med blixten ovanför huvudet rätt långa pass emellanåt, men jag klagade inte heller. Ingen klagade fastän vi jobbade under svåra förhållanden. Resultatet måste nog ha nöjt alla medverkande. Här får ni smaka på en bit av kakan.

Untill next time my friends, tack för besöket.

La razón por la que el 99.9% de todas las Compañías exitosas y los Líderes Productores de Ingresos en la industria de los Negocios desde el Hogar tienen grandes resultados... es que ellos SABEN CÓMO HACER MARKETING.

Me resulta asombroso ver cómo la gran mayoría de los emprendedores de los negocios desde el hogar no tienen la menor idea de cómo promoverse personalmente en el Internet.

Pocas cosas me irritan más que ser testigo de cómo un 'gurú del M.L.M' llega a un arreglo con alguna compañía para vender en exclusiva su material de entrenamiento ¡TOTALMENTE INÚTIL!

Guías de Entrenamiento que no hacen OTRA COSA que enseñar a la gente a promover su negocio alrededor de 'amigos y familia', abordar personalmente a personas extrañas diariamente, organizar reuniones larguísimas en las casas y comprar los DVD's promocionales de la empresa.

Perdona que sea tan directo...

¡Todo esto NO SIRVE PARA NADA!

¿Sabes por qué?

Porque esos mismos llamados 'expertos' - ¿Adivina que tipo de MARKETING aplican cuando se trata de generar prospectos??

Lo adivinaste, ¿verdad?

¡Marketing por Internet!   YouTube, WordPress y otros Blogs, Artículos y otras estrategias de marketing automatizadas.

Prácticas Reales y Lucrativas que NUNCA enseñan a los dedicados y sobre trabajados Socios Afiliados de Negocio de la Compañía.

Pero el que ríe al último...

Espera a ver cómo aparecen los sitios de tus antiguos 'gurus' en los mecanismos de búsqueda en el lugar #58 y cuatro de blogs estén en la PRIMERA PÁGINA de la misma búsqueda, ¡todos clasificados en los PRIMEROS 20!

Créeme... ¡Los tiempos están cambiando a GRAN VELOCIDAD!

Más y más personas se estan dando cuenta por fin de que para poder TENER ÉXITO en la terriblemente competida industria de los negocios desde una oficina personal de la actualidad - ¡DEBEN tratar su oportunidad COMO Negocio!

La gente en todo el mundo, está arribando al Internet buscando respuestas del porqué no están logrando el éxito que desean y merecen.

¡Qué bueno!

UN GRAN MARKETER y MENTOR estaría ya usando varias tecnologías y servicios 'lo mejor de su especie' que le proporcionarían un significativo valor a su negocio y a los negocios de sus asociados.

Así que es INTELIGENTE y una BUENA PRÁCTICA DE NEGOCIOS compartir estas tecnologías estratégicas con tus prospectos.

¿Por Qué?

(#1) En la medida que tu 'Lista' se hace más grande y tú integras nuevas tecnologías a tu negocio, ¡así también tu Flujo de Efectivo mensual puede incrementarse sustancialmente!

(#2) Tu(s) Campaña(s) de Marketing no solamente se pagan solas sino que además el beneficio financiero puede ser muy importante.

(#3) Habrías educado a otros emprendedores con la misma mentalidad en las excelentes técnicas para automatizar SUS negocios y hacerlos más lucrativos.

PERO recuerda lo que afirmé al principio - La gente que en VERDAD genera cantidades importantes de riqueza en este negocio, son QUIENES...

- Son de los Mejores para Promoverse.

- Están alineados con un MENTOR y un EQUIPO de excelencia.

- Tienen un Valor Agregado para Ofrecer a sus Prospectos... ¡que su Competencia NO TIENE!

Tú no estarías regalando TODAS tus técnicas estratégicas y ventajas competitivas. Simplemente estarías compartiendo conocimientos valiosos sobre las herramientas que les pueden ayudar a tener más éxito.

Este es otro gran EJEMPLO de lo que un Sitio Web genérico y replicado jamás hará por ti y LO QUE desaprovechan la mayoría de los emprendedores de negocios desde el hogar.

La LECCIÓN importante aquí es...

Al NO crear un Sistema de Marketing por el cual se pagan tus costos de marketing, -posiblemente estés poniendo en riesgo todo tu negocio.

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Todo buen MENTOR está disponible para su organización. Si tienes preguntas, contáctame.

Carlos Villa

Jobs are about a trade: my time, energy and talent for my employer's investment of time, opportunity and money. In a perfect world, that is a fair exchange. When a that balance shifts and one side is getting the better end of the deal, then it is time to re-evaluate the arrangement. For me, that shift in balance typically indicates the moment where I realize that the party is over and it's time to start job hunting for something new. The real question is, how do you balance being a buyer with being a seller?

What does it mean to be a seller?
Being a seller is the obvious, and in some ways, the easiest part of job hunting: that's the part we are taught to focus on, which is convincing our potential employer that we have what they seek and therefore they should pay us to provide that service. That's the part we are conditioned to asking questions about and looking for clues to provide us insight into how we are doing: we wear a suit to the interview, we sound authoritative and confident when answering questions, we schmooze well and network effectively, we show examples of our successes and downplay the impact of our failures. This is the part that, all too often, we get stuck focusing on. Too much of the time, we forget that we are also a buyer.

What does it mean to be a buyer?
It means that you are making sure that the company you are signing up to work for is meeting YOUR needs at the same time you are working to meet their needs. Over the course of time, most of us learn what is important to us and what is not. For me I know that a reasonably laid back environment that allows me to wear jeans to work if I want, is important. On the other hand, a company that is so lax that meetings never start on time or people do not deliver on their word is too extreme, and not something that I want in a company. A company whose leaders are visible, participatory and accessible is also important to me; I do not want to work for someone who hides in their office and never has contact with the "rank-and-file" employees, but someone who demonstrates integrity and inspires the same in his/her employees. And, because I am in IT, a place that pushes the envelope, encourages early adoption and generally makes a sincere and genuine effort to be as close to the cutting edge of enterprise technology as possible is critical to fostering the type of environment that brings out the best in me -- including my own best energy and enthusiasm.

Of course, in a truly perfect world, I'd also get to take my dog to work like I could in my early days -- but in the scheme of all trade-offs, most of the time, I have to pick my battles.

What does this mean to the job hunt?
It means taking the time to look around and ask as many questions as you are asked. It means asking for a tour of the office, and speaking to people your interviewer may not have originally planned to give you the chance to talk to. It means using social networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook to find people who work for that company and speak to them about what it's like to work there: what is leadership like? What are the customers like? What is a normal work day? What's the best thing about the culture? What is the worst? Or, better yet, as Guy Kawasaki suggests, use LinkedIn's Recommendation functions to see what employees (past and present) have to say about your potential bosses.

The down-side to this is obvious, though: this takes more time and more commitment on your part before jumping onboard to a new company. And while that is always preferable, I also recognize that sometimes time is a luxury that we cannot afford. If you have to move fast for any reason, then this process is the one that is the easiest to short-change.

There are, of course, the formal sides of being a buyer in a job market: what will this employer pay me? What is the training policy/budget? What are the perks and benefits? But these tend to be the most straight forward, they are easy to quantify and typically the HR person will be able to answer these questions for you in less than five minutes. But with rare exceptions, most of us love a job because of the 401K matching program: we love a job because we have a boss that motivates us or a corporate vision we believe in and are willing to strive for.

But these things are harder to be certain of -- both for the employee as well as the employer.

Now that I am getting settled in Austin, I am starting to look around for the next chapter in my career. I recently had a meeting with someone who said that the hiring process within their company is extremely involved: several rounds of interviews, lots of speaking to multiple people, an on-site visit and tour, and -- if a candidate survives all that -- then they are often asked to create a presentation to make to the team. He said that, while the process is laborious, they recognize that in the long run, it is less expensive (and destructive) to spend the time and money up-front finding the best possible candidate, than it is to rush through the process and get someone faster who is "close, but no cigar."

I always like hearing organizational leaders say this: it's a key indicator that their corporate culture and values really are important to them. They do not want to bring in someone who is scared off by hard work, or someone who doesn't get that the culture is worth protecting and cultivating. That's a good sign. And it's a good lesson for job hunters, too: make sure you know -- and like -- what you are buying. Otherwise you run the risk of dreading getting out of bed every morning, and that's not good for either you or your employer.

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

Welcome, Prometheus!

Descend upon the pillars and corridors of Academia!

Have your merriment and feasts among

The expectant adherents of your holy fire.

Illuminate the residents of Academia with your

Undying light: mana of reason and knowledge.

Awaken us to the flowering consciousness of the knower

As your light fires up the longing lamps of us all.

Remain! Linger on! Let your sacred essence be

Of the inherited Elixir of our triumphant march

          Along Life’s trek!

Happy at last will be Zeus over our sublime fraternity.

[Writ. 11 November 1988, Proj. 8, Quezon City, M.Manila]

Das Foto zeigt: Einen jungen Schwarz-Weiß-Beau, der sich leidend den Arm über seine Stirn legt. Die Lippen in leiser Qual geöffnet, die Lider in leiser Qual geschlossen, vor weißem Hintergrund.
Die Headline verkündet: KATZENJAMMER VON BILLIGEM ROTWEIN.
HEMD VON HERMÈS.

- Der hat doch gar kein Hemd an, staunt Bob. Der ist doch nackt!
- Apropos, sagt Georg, mit dem Finger auf die Headline tippend. Wo wir den Anfang unserer Heldenreise jetzt glücklich verpasst haben und erst mal hier bleiben. Wegen der Maus. Ich hatte überlegt, ob ich nicht einfach eine Katze mitbringe? Dann wäre das Problem doch.
- Eine Katze? Sag mal, hast du sie noch alle? Du weißt doch, dass ich eine Katzenhaar-Allergie habe! Mensch!
- Okay, na schön. Schade. Das Vieh in meiner Wohnung ist halb verhungert. Wir hätten sie ...
- No way.
- Gut. Wie steht’s mit einem Bussard?
- Bussard?
- Ja, ein Mäuse-Bussard. Wenn ich den im Büro.
- Du hast sie ja wohl nicht alle. Ein BUSSARD? In unserem Büro? Hier ist’s doch, von allem anderen einmal ganz. Sehen wir davon mal ab, Georg, dass das hier ein Büro ist. Hier ist’s doch viel zu eng für einen Vogel. All diese Türme aus Manuskriptkisten. Das wäre doch.
- Er könnte unter der Decke kreisen.
- Tierquälerei. Unter der Decke. Wie ein Ventilator, oder was? Vergiss es. Lass uns lieber noch mal über diesen Punkt drei reden. Den haben wir also umschifft. Wird das hier demnach nur eine Reise in unserem Kopf? Eine Phantasie-Reise? Ein phantasmatischer Trip, so eine Pink-Floyd-Sache? Ein Schmoren im eigenen Saft, ein leeres Kreiseln?
- Wie auch immer, sagt Georg. Das war jedenfalls verdammt knapp, das mit dem Anruf. Das hätte auch leicht ins.

PLING.

Das war der Computer, das PLING. Auf dem Bildschirm flackert eine Mitteilung für den Benutzer auf. Rote Buchstaben auf schwarzem Grund.

SIE HABEN EINE WICHTIGE E-MAIL ERHALTEN! LESEN SIE DIESE SOFORT! JETZT, GEORG! NICHT ERST IN DIE MITTAGSPAUSE GEHEN! JETZT!

Georg schluckt. Seine Hand streckt sich nach der Maus aus. Er klickt auf das Wort LESEN, das von einer Unterstreichung markiert ist.
- Lies mal vor, sagt Bob.
- Seltsam. Hier steht: ICH HABE BRUDER IN MEINE GEWALT GEBRACHT. ENTWEDER SCHIEBST DU DEINEN ARSCH SCHLEUNIGST HIER RÜBER (DOM-REP), ODER IHR SEHT EUREN GELIEBTEN BOSS NIE WIEDER! UND WENN ICH SAGE NIE, MEINE ICH: NIE! HAHAHA! WIR WARTEN IN EINER DUNKLEN HÖHLE AUF DICH. FREUNDLICHE GRÜSSE, ATTILA BERG. Was soll denn das? murmelt Georg.
- Hochgradig seltsam, dieser Typ, meint Bob, sich das Kinn kratzend.
- Offensichtlich ist das eine Herausforderung, oder?
Georg schaut Bob flehentlich an. Bitte, scheint sein Blick zu sagen, mach mir weis, dass es sich um eine Spam handelt.
Bob sagt verzweifelt:
- Was soll ich denn sagen, Georg? Natürlich ist das eine Herausforderung. Es ist ein Fehdehandschuh, der mitten auf deiner Wange gelandet ist, in großer Gesellschaft. Da will dich ein düsterer Gegner, deine schlimmste Angst, die Angst vor der sozialen Deklassierung, vor dem Leben eines Outlaws, eines von der Gesellschaft Geächteten ...
- Könntest du dich kürzer fassen, bitte, Bob?
- Kurz und gut: Attila Berg fordert dich in den Ring.
- Verdammt. Weißt du, was Punkt vier ist, Bob?
- Nö.
- Interessiert es dich?
- Aber sicher. Kann ich vorher kurz pinkeln gehen?
- Nein. Hör zu: „Ein Mentor überredet den Helden, die Reise anzutreten. Das Abenteuer beginnt.“
- Willst du mir damit sagen, ich sei dein Mentor? Dein väterlicher Freund?
- Das wäre nicht gerade eine Beruhigung für mich, Bob, wenn du mein Mentor wärst bei meiner Heldenreise. Nimm das bitte nicht persönlich. Aber du weißt, dass du.
- Das Leben ist viel zu seltsam, sagt Bob nachdenklich, als dass man ihm gegenüber eine klare Haltung einnehmen könnte. Jede solche Haltung liefe schon auf Fundamentalismus hinaus.
Georg schweigt ein paar Sekunden. Dann fragt er:
- Willst du dich mit solchen Weisheiten als Mentor qualifizieren, oder was?
- Wie fandst du’s?
- Oh, Mann.