Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?

'The Message'


Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.  

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.


beth b - Jul 15, 2005 9:19:07 am PDT #291 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

hooray Sophia!


-t - Jul 15, 2005 9:21:51 am PDT #292 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Congratulations, Sophia! Great news!


Anne W. - Jul 15, 2005 9:22:43 am PDT #293 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Yay, Sophia! What did asshat boss do when you told her?


Laura - Jul 15, 2005 9:29:50 am PDT #294 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.

Woo Hoo Sophia!!


msbelle - Jul 15, 2005 9:32:56 am PDT #295 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

And the funnest part? Doing it polite as fuck. Sacchrine, even. Except the only sarcasm is in my head, not on the page.

just to see it again.


shrift - Jul 15, 2005 9:36:05 am PDT #296 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I can internally use the phrase "magical thinking" to explain why clients don't remember things I told them months ago

My version of "magical thinking" is people thinking things in my direction and then forgetting to actually tell me. Which results in them not getting what they need, of course, and then getting shirty with me.

"Psychic" not in job description, yo.

Oh, I hate retaliatory cc-ers. There's covering your ass, and there's being an ass.

The best part? All the of the email chain she included in her cc-ing madness only demonstrates that she never mentioned any of this in our previous communications.

I left her a polite voicemail and now we've got everything squared away... just in time for one of the servers to go kerplooey!

Now I get to wait for everyone to go home so I can do a manual reboot of the database server. Joy.


Calli - Jul 15, 2005 9:39:18 am PDT #297 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

My version of "magical thinking" is people thinking things in my direction and then forgetting to actually tell me. Which results in them not getting what they need, of course, and then getting shirty with me.

So you're saying you work with my mom?


sarameg - Jul 15, 2005 9:39:25 am PDT #298 of 10002

All the of the email chain she included in her cc-ing madness only demonstrates that she never mentioned any of this in our previous communications.

She did all your work for you! That's awesome.


msbelle - Jul 15, 2005 9:41:06 am PDT #299 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

people thinking things in my direction and then forgetting to actually tell me.

love that, just dealt with it today.

Me: and where are you on the invoice we sent you?
Client: yeah, I was wondering if those #s included blah and blah.
Me: well you need to call me or email me if you have questions, that is the only way they can get answered.

then there was a bunch of us laughing about it.

I like my new office.


shrift - Jul 15, 2005 9:43:32 am PDT #300 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

So you're saying you work with my mom?

Yes. Next I expect our clients to call me up and yell at me for something I forgot to do for them in a dream they had last night.