ita's princess waist is mine. I would call that a natural waist, also, which might be wrong.

So, like, what kind of raises are folks in the IT industry getting? I only got 2% this year. My bosses say that's because they bought this building a year ago and have yet to find a tennant to rent it (we only use about 1/4th of the space).

So I'm annoyed, but then again, the way things are going in the IT job market I realize the days of 10% raises are long gone....

I'm trying to work out why terminology never seemed to be an issue when I took that fashion drawing course

Maybe that's because the terminology was being defined by the teacher? I remember college tech classes and I know I still call things by the names I first learned there, even though there are alternate names for many of them.

I think Souter was Poppy's little "fuck you" to the neo-cons

It's a strange, strange day when I find myself missing George the Elder. He, at least, would have probably respected the CIA reportage. And now he and Bill (damn, I miss Bill) are the niftiest odd couple of politics. Apparently Barbara calls Bill "son".

Empire waist: (from the Empire period) [link]

I have never heard of a princess waist, just princess seams:

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Apparently Barbara calls Bill "son".

Seriously? That's...I have no words.

So, like, what kind of raises are folks in the IT industry getting?

I'm not industry, really (I am, but I'm subcontracted to academia on the east coast, so who the hell knows).... With the exception of one really bad year for everyone (I think the best raise for super-duper-saving-the-world type work was a merit raise of 3% that go around), it is usually 4-5%. I don't know about this year, but considering the budget cuts, it might be another 1.5% year. If I get one at all.

I still sometimes call art history terms by their Spanish equivalents, because I never learned the English (actually, Italian) words for them.

what I think of when I'm thinking princess waist

That woman looks way too orgasmic to wear white to her wedding.

I would be more willing to agree that's a princess waist if that image weren't a strapless dress, but in the main I don't disagree. (Although you can wear a strapless dress that doesn't have that kind of seams, I don't think I recommend it.) The point, in my mind, was that a princess waist and an empire waist both cinch directly below the bust (horizontally or vertically). After which they generally do go on to do different things.

(I think that actual Empire empire waists are the ones that are shapeless sacks from the bustline down, or anyway so I'm led to believe from Jan Austen movies. I have a very nice modern empire-waisted dress that also shows hips, although moreso since I took a sewing machine to it.)

And if I ever had clothes tailored (aside from my own half-assed attempts), I would probably (a) look way hotter than I do and (b) be a lot less muddled in the conversation.

Maybe that's because the terminology was being defined by the teacher?

No, because if there had been terminology, I wouldn't be asking all these dumb questions. I just don't think it came up.

Raises? I've been in this job three years, and have had about a 15-20% cumulative raise, but that includes a promotion.

So, like, what kind of raises are folks in the IT industry getting?

Raise? So far, every job I've had has been:

• Get hired at a certain salary.
• After a year or two, get a sizeable raise when they realize I'm not an idiot.
• From there on out, tiny COLA adjustments.
• Get a new job at a much higher salary.