There is free ice cream in the caf.
Except I don't eat ice cream. I want a monte cristo sandwich.
I hate when I fixate on the currently unattainable.
Do you know what else has blood in it? Blood.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 39 and Holding
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.
sarameg - Sep 30, 2005 8:12:13 am PDT #2307 of 10002
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2005 8:13:44 am PDT #2308 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oy. I just got busted by my boss. And she's totally right.
She's misreading me a bit ... she mistakes my explanation for justification, and she says that she knows I'm being lazy (oh, hello, I so am) but pointlessly because I'm good at the martial arts, and there's no way I could be and be lazy like this.
Well, she doesn't know if I'm good at krav (the fact that she's right is irrelevant -- she has no evidence), and what she really doesn't know is that my main sparring weaknesses are just like the laziness I exhibit on the job. I have this stupid conviction about a straight line being the shortest distance to my goal -- no matter how long it takes to traverse the straight line ("Work the angles!" is the note I get most when sparring).
But she's basically "You're clever, charismatic, and lazy. We'll be talking often. Fix it."
Oy.
amych - Sep 30, 2005 8:16:36 am PDT #2309 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
because I'm good at the martial arts, and there's no way I could be and be lazy like this.
Ahahahahahahahaha!
More seriously, I've gotten pretty much the same review before, and... ugh.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 30, 2005 8:18:49 am PDT #2310 of 10002
What is even happening?
Oy. I just got busted by my boss. And she's totally right.
Damn, I hate when the second part follows the first. There's not enough room left to comfort yourself.
...
Is the New Yorker B&T label anti Italian-Americanism in disguise?
Consuela - Sep 30, 2005 8:18:52 am PDT #2311 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, the whole clever and lazy thing. Yoiks. I've been coasting on clever for about six years now: it's a problem.
B.org is not helping, frankly.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 30, 2005 8:19:22 am PDT #2312 of 10002
What is even happening?
That was my favorite xpost, ever.
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2005 8:23:20 am PDT #2313 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And! And! To make it worse, she's all "People get more disappointed in you since you make such a good first impression."
I haven't gotten called on that since school. I'm so pissed.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 30, 2005 8:25:35 am PDT #2314 of 10002
What is even happening?
Dammit, ita. I don't think a person should ahve to hear that after high school, or maybe Freshman year of college, at the latest.
amych - Sep 30, 2005 8:26:31 am PDT #2315 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I don't think a person should ahve to hear that after high school
Seriously. She might as well send home a note that says "she's very smart, but she's not working up to her potential".
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2005 8:28:51 am PDT #2316 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The bottom line is ... I'm not as clever as I thought I was, and she's paying more attention than I thought she was.
The in-character way to address this is to knock her socks off for three weeks and then get lazy again. But obviously revealing too much of my potential is part of my problem. So I'll aim for notable (and hopefully maintainable) improvement.
I had a couple Krispy Kremes. I think they helped.