I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown

Anya ,'Sleeper'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


flea - Jul 13, 2005 8:11:59 am PDT #9509 of 10001
information libertarian

For the record, the silver chafing dishes appeared at my buffet. I do not recall anyone mentioning them.

I have a wicked urge to hire a stripper to appear at amych's office now. Or possibly her wedding par-tay. Luckily I am a very classy person so I won't. Also, amych knows how to use a sword.


Steph L. - Jul 13, 2005 8:13:13 am PDT #9510 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Trudy! In the kitchen at work, there's a box of Jersey Shore saltwater taffy! My co-worker who went on vacation last week did NOT, apparently, go to North Carolina, like I assumed -- she went to Ocean City. The taffy is all soft and perfect. Yum.

I wouldn't do my own makeup, especially given there will be pictures.

Huh. It's certainly possible that I looked like ass in all the pictures of all the weddings I've been in, but it never occurred to me to go get my makeup done professionally. They tend to make me look like a hoor.


Jesse - Jul 13, 2005 8:15:33 am PDT #9511 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Jesse, I have both skipped and skimmed, and therefore I have no advice. Also, I should not even be here right now, and therefore I should post no more today.

But posting is FUN! Also, there's not really any backstory. It's just, do I respond to work emails on a day I'm not at work?


Jessica - Jul 13, 2005 8:16:01 am PDT #9512 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I imagine it's just one of those cultural/familial things.

Oh, I know. Just saying that I can't imagine giving or getting it myself.


§ ita § - Jul 13, 2005 8:19:16 am PDT #9513 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

do I respond to work emails on a day I'm not at work?

What is with you people? Of course you don't, if you're not on salary.


Daisy Jane - Jul 13, 2005 8:19:24 am PDT #9514 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Heather, job-vibes are coming your way!

Thank you! I'm not sure if it's something I'll take, but at the very least it'll be a place to practice interviewing. It's a law office, which I wouldn't have even thought of applying to, but apparently they're looking for someone they can mould to the position, and it's at least in proximity to the kind of thing I want.


Calli - Jul 13, 2005 8:19:28 am PDT #9515 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I was allegedly MoH at my sister's wedding. Since I was 13 at the time, and even less socially adroit than I am now, most of the MoH chores were handled by others. I was also Best Man at a former roomie's wedding. His list of duties for me was as follows:

  • Do not allow anyone to throw me a bachelor party.
  • Do not allow anyone to hire a stripper at any time before or during the wedding.
    • Do not allow anyone to spike my food or drink at any time before or during the wedding.
    • Do not let me lose the ring.
    • Do not let me yell at the future in-laws.

Basically, I was a social defensive lineman as much as a best man.


Jesse - Jul 13, 2005 8:20:27 am PDT #9516 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Of course you don't, if you're not on salary.

OK, good call. I'll just be all "OMG!" in the morning.

Good luck, Heather!


Daisy Jane - Jul 13, 2005 8:21:30 am PDT #9517 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

It's just, do I respond to work emails on a day I'm not at work?

I think it depends on the nature of the email. If it can wait until you get back, I wouldn't.


Nora Deirdre - Jul 13, 2005 8:22:07 am PDT #9518 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

OK, good call. I'll just be all "OMG!" in the morning.

right on.