Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


Kate P. - Oct 17, 2005 9:27:12 am PDT #6729 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Sophia, why does the watch need to be fixed at all? I'm assuming by "broken" you mean "has stopped" or "doesn't tell time correctly", not "has springs and bits of machinery falling out of it". As long as it looks okay, what's the problem?


Sophia Brooks - Oct 17, 2005 9:33:44 am PDT #6730 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Oh no-- the band broke off the watch.... It does not look OK! It in fact also does not tell time, and the watch repair people thought I was craxy because I just wanted them to fix or replace the band.


Vortex - Oct 17, 2005 9:34:32 am PDT #6731 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I may have signed myself up to rewrite "The Music Man" with John and Rodney.

gives new meaning to "Seventy-Six Trombones", I think


Kate P. - Oct 17, 2005 9:38:16 am PDT #6732 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Oh no-- the band broke off the watch.... It does not look OK! It in fact also does not tell time, and the watch repair people thought I was craxy because I just wanted them to fix or replace the band.

Oh, gotcha. I thought maybe the director or the actor wanted the watch to work because it would, I don't know, help the actor stay in character or something. Which, while a laudable attitude for, say, the Lord of the Rings movies, maybe doesn't have to extend all the way down to university theatre on a tight budget.


Sophia Brooks - Oct 17, 2005 9:38:19 am PDT #6733 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I am also extra cranky today because I am doing data entry in a database where I have to PAGE THROUGH ALL THE RECORDS to see if I am entering a duplicate!

Also, the heat in my apartment is not working (I pay for it), so I need to clean my kitchen so I can call the landlord. I am-- it hasn't gone below 55 in the apartment, but much colder and I'll be worrying about the kitty. (although I do have to say that last night I was quite toasty with just a comforter and the cat. )


Sophia Brooks - Oct 17, 2005 9:39:58 am PDT #6734 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Oh, gotcha. I thought maybe the director or the actor wanted the watch to work because it would, I don't know, help the actor stay in character or something.

No, it is totally a costume thing-- like he never even is scripted to look at the watch or say something about the watch. it just makes this boy look more like The Secretary of Defense (or as he is called in this play "The Secretary of Offensive Defenestration")


Sean K - Oct 17, 2005 9:41:40 am PDT #6735 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Sophia, why does the watch need to be fixed at all? I'm assuming by "broken" you mean "has stopped" or "doesn't tell time correctly", not "has springs and bits of machinery falling out of it".

I'm betting it means "watch band broke, and it no longer remains on his wrist by itself."

(ETA: I of course should have realized that by the time I butted in and commented on this, the woman who is actually dealing with it directly would have long ago answered the question with more authority, so this post is, as usual, not much with the point-having.)


Calli - Oct 17, 2005 9:51:42 am PDT #6736 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I like grapefruit in spinach salad, with avocado, blue cheese crumbles, and Italian dressing. Mmmmmmm.

So, headhunters. [insert your favorite cannibalism joke here]. Has anyone ever worked with one? Someone up in MA heard that my journal was likely to go under and called my favorite editor to lure her up to the land of the Red Sox. Since Favorite Editor is about two blinks from retirement she passed, but asked if the recruiter might be interested in me, giving said recruiter my basic work info. Recruiter expressed interest and gave Fav. Ed. an email address to pass along and instructions for me to send her all my info. I did so last Friday.

All well and good. And here I am, working all industriously, except for the occasional visit to my personal email where in I hope to find a response of some sort. Nothing yet.

So any idea what the turn around time is on this sort of thing? Should I just assume my cv's gonna mellow for a few months/years/decades, or should I expect an email saying, "Damn, girl, you're Mary Sue in a cheap suit! How much money do I have to throw at you to get you to move?" Or, alternatively, how long should I wait for a reply that doesn't come before I take the message of, "You suck, kthanksbi," fully to heart?


Lee - Oct 17, 2005 10:01:43 am PDT #6737 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

It's too quiet in here. People should talk about their weekends, or what their next vacation is going to be, or something.

eta (after they answer Calli's question, on which I got nothing.)


Aims - Oct 17, 2005 10:05:47 am PDT #6738 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Em called me "mama".

And the big boss I was bitching about last week got the boot.