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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

That's entirely possible. Also, she'll bake you a cheesecake and then nag you about watching your weight. But on the upside, cheesecake.

I am very excited to here that I am not the only one waiting for an electrician. who should be here in about 15 minutes. I am also haveing groceries delivered between 11 and 3 - which means since they aren't here yet they will have to go in the garage fridge. I hate waiting for people to show up.

DHL.com tells me that my new mini mac is "with delivery courier." It does not tell me where the delivery courier is.

This is like when I was a kid on Christmas Eve, calling the Santa hotline every 15 minutes to figure out where the fuck he was already.

They talk a lot about the lighting and film color-correction based on which sun/s are in the sky at what angle. (Commentary track).

Do they talk about where the backlighting is coming from in the scenes where the only light sources are the candles the characters are holding in front of them? Or why there's light spilling onto the vehicles and reflecting off the rain in the scenes which supposedly give the film its title?

God that movie drove me nuts. So, so sloppy.

The better electrician is working in the kitchen now. There is no yelling. Hopefully he'll be done quickly so I can go get some lunch.

D&D for Dummies [link]

I like the flowchart on page 2.