No, he knows. For about 3 weeks now. Everybody under that contract was told that "their positions were in jeopardy" which is the under-the-legal-speak way of giving them more than the mandated 2 days. He's been out going on interviews the past couple of days, so that's good.
Gonna miss him.
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Technically,
I do not know. Even though I'm going on vacation shortly thereafter, my managers haven't even MENTIONED coverage for me. So as far as I'm concerned, they are SOL. Complaints? Go to the management,
margarita mix, tequila, a margarita glass, tackytacky sunglasses and a hat. Maybe a curly straw. As a goofy gift. I might even add a lawn chair.
Sounds lovely.
Turns out working late drastically cut my commute home. Hmmm...
The Speech Accent Archive. Compare your favorite accents.
eta: The Irish and Indian accents all sound very mild to me, but the Arkansas accents are excellent examples of what I hear every day.
I just got my first anonymous LJ comment.
I feel all special and shit.
There are many and varied reasons why I have no intention of going to South America. This is just one of them. The giant spiders is another one.
My chief reason was watching a Discovery Channel special about a woman whose plane broke up while flying over the Amazon. She survived the fall and managed to walk out of the rain forest to safety on her own, but not before HAVING TO USE HER ENGAGEMENT RING AS A HOOK TO DIG THE GIANT MAGGOTS OUT OF HER SKIN AFTER STINGING FLIES LAID EGGS IN HER!
Okay, I think Matt just beat the beastiality convo for ewwwness.
It was merely a statement of fact.
In other news, I'm trying to come up with activities to do with my folks while they're here. My mom always wants to do wine country but it's not feasible given the amount of time they're here. Then I thought...Santa Barbara has wineries. Maybe we can do that on Sunday.
OOOOH! Fun! Wineries are always fun. And you can do a pretend Sideways. Minus the infidelity.
Kristen, we have a AAA Southern and Central California Wineries map which we can give ya on Saturday. Lots of choices.
sarameg, funny booze is always a good answer.