Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Now that Annie has removed one obstacle to Elly getting a job, what remains is to conquer the others: a recalcitrant husband who thinks that the slightest deviation from the picture of the perfect family inside his head means that he has no HOOOOOOME and her inability to find a job suited to her tastes, whatever they may be because she forgot what they are.
We see her contending with the second obstacle in today's reprint.
Panel 1: We start out with Elly's face frozen in the Bug-Eyed Glare of Existential Horror as she reads the classified ads; she thought-bubbles that she either has too much education for the jobs she sees listed or she doesn't have enough.
Panel 2: She notes that if she did decide to work, she could always be a clerk or waitress.
Panel 3: She then yells that she really wants a challenging career in her field of interest.
Panel 4: She thought-babbles with head in hands 'If I can remember what that is.'
Summary: Elly thinks that she cannot remember what that field is because being near children and doing endless loads of laundry has destroyed her mind and turned her into an infant; in reality, she doesn't have a clue what that is because she doesn't have the drive to stick to anything long enough to develop one.
We see her contending with the second obstacle in today's reprint.
Panel 1: We start out with Elly's face frozen in the Bug-Eyed Glare of Existential Horror as she reads the classified ads; she thought-bubbles that she either has too much education for the jobs she sees listed or she doesn't have enough.
Panel 2: She notes that if she did decide to work, she could always be a clerk or waitress.
Panel 3: She then yells that she really wants a challenging career in her field of interest.
Panel 4: She thought-babbles with head in hands 'If I can remember what that is.'
Summary: Elly thinks that she cannot remember what that field is because being near children and doing endless loads of laundry has destroyed her mind and turned her into an infant; in reality, she doesn't have a clue what that is because she doesn't have the drive to stick to anything long enough to develop one.