I'm awake and it's 3:25am. I'm up because the entire family went to bed at 8pm because Joe is jumping (out of an airplane) this morning and has to be there at 4am. I'm not really worried for him, but I am just a little bit worried. Of course, the jump isn't until 8, so I've got a while before I know he's fine.
Book: I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God. Mal: No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged.
'Safe'
Spike's Bitches 27: I'm Embarrassed for Our Kind.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Stephanie - Dec 13, 2005 10:27:27 pm PST #9751 of 10003
Trust my rage
Volans - Dec 13, 2005 11:20:44 pm PST #9752 of 10003
move out and draw fire
He'll be fine, Stephanie. Jumping out of an airplane is a lot easier than jumping off the tower.
Which reminds me that I need to order coffee from you guys!
Mal and I are going to explore the new mall here, but first I had to stop by and say that he just said "Ole!" He's got a maraca rattle that says Ole and Bravo and plays the hat dance and La Cucaracha, and he was shaking it and said "Ole!"
And I also had to post this: [link]
billytea - Dec 13, 2005 11:52:10 pm PST #9753 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Can I just say how awesome it is to come in here and spend the morning playing catch up reading about binary, and math geekery, and creation v naturalism as it applies to mathiness?
Interesting trivia: I recall hearing about three years back that of the sciences, physics academics had just recently overtaken biology academics as the ones most likely to be atheists; and mathematics academics were the ones least likely to be.
P-C, dress nicely, though a suit would be overkill, I think. Take resumes in a folder. A cover letter would be a good. Be ready to do your 30 second self-pimp. View it as a pre-interview, IMO.
Self-pimping deserves a pimpin' outfit. IJS.
Oh! I had my annual performance appraisal today. I don't like these things. I never feel that good about them, I tend to be easily distracted by shiny things like the internets. Though I don't check out the Phoenix board (for the most part) at work since I got back to Australia. Like I was saying to Bec the other day, I just don't feel that professional. But apparently this is a minority position, and the higher-ups think I rock in rocking ways. It's rather neat, actually, they see mee taking on the role of the Australian expert in capital markets, assumptions, modelling, that sort of thing; which is more or less the direction I was hoping to move in. I'll still be primarily involved in client work, but I like the trajectory. Oh, and I may find myself going to more conferences and things, which is nice.
ION, TM!Girl is not interested. Apparently there's someone else she's sort of interested in right now, so she just wants to be friends. Ah well.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 14, 2005 12:12:44 am PST #9754 of 10003
What is even happening?
ION, TM!Girl is not interested. Apparently there's someone else she's sort of interested in right now, so she just wants to be friends. Ah well.She's clearly not worthy, then. Her named bugged me, anyhow. I kept thinking of her as TMI Girl, and eww. Be gone, TM!Girl. You're not bright enough for our Wally.
I'm sorry, billytea. I'm glad to hear about your performance review, though. Good for your job, for recognizing the billyteaty of you.
billytea - Dec 14, 2005 12:17:41 am PST #9755 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
She's clearly not worthy, then. Her named bugged me, anyhow. I kept thinking of her as TMI Girl, and eww. Be gone, TM!Girl. You're not bright enough for our Wally.
No, no, it's ok. She's got the good friend qualities too. It's just that I'd really got the impression that she was interested.
Still a good day.
Cass - Dec 14, 2005 12:19:11 am PST #9756 of 10003
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Her named bugged me, anyhow. I kept thinking of her as TMI Girl, and eww. Be gone, TM!Girl.I was *just* going to post that exact thing. I always read it as TMI girl.
Excellent news on the review though. You indeed rock like a rocking thing that rocks.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 14, 2005 12:28:13 am PST #9757 of 10003
What is even happening?
I was *just* going to post that exact thing. I always read it as TMI girl.And that's so unlike us Bitches, looking for TMI where there is none. *boggle*
No, no, it's ok. She's got the good friend qualities too. It's just that I'd really got the impression that she was interested.Pffft. You get to be all reasonable, generous, and affable. I get to be disappointed, irrational, and bitter. It's a thing.
Still a good day.Good.
From NewScientist.com (I, of course, ganked it from Whedonesque, because what the heck would I be doing, reading New Scientist?)...http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8455: Buffy found to be behaving oddly at the edge of the Solar System.
Neptune has been blamed for scattering many other KBOs into tilted paths. But these tend to show other signs of a past interaction with the giant planet, such as moving in elliptical paths and having one part of their orbit pass near Neptune's at 30 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun (1 AU is the distance between the Earth and the Sun).
2004 XR190, however, follows a nearly circular path. And it is too distant to have come into direct contact with Neptune, travelling between 52 and 62 AU from the Sun. Its orbit is also too circular - and too small - to have been tilted by a passing star, says Allen.
These traits make the object, nicknamed "Buffy" after the US television series about a vampire slayer, hard to explain. "Maybe Buffy is going to be a bit of a theory slayer," Allen told New Scientist.
Full story: [link] (bolding above is mine, clearly).
vw bug - Dec 14, 2005 12:29:21 am PST #9758 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
Still a good day.
That's what we like to hear.
Stephanie, thinking about Joe. I'm sure he'll be fine.
I am up at this insano hour to try to finish my paper. We'll see if it comes together.
What's everyone else (except for Stephanie and billytea) doing up?
billytea - Dec 14, 2005 12:32:38 am PST #9759 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Pffft. You get to be all reasonable, generous, and affable. I get to be disappointed, irrational, and bitter. It's a thing.
Well, y'know, I didn't have a great deal invested in her, so to speak. We'd gone out once, and I like her and all, but I wasn't quite at the stage of asking her to have my babies (will sauteed be ok?). So I have room for another friend in my life.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 14, 2005 12:35:31 am PST #9760 of 10003
What is even happening?
Stephanie, my brain must not have taken in the news about Joe jumping, today. I was probably on my first sip of coffee when I "read" it. I don't blame you for worrying, AND still, he'll be fine. Also, you get to beat him up when he gets home for causing you all the not-worried worrying. It's a wife benefit.
Well, y'know, I didn't have a great deal invested in her, so to speak. We'd gone out once, and I like her and all, but I wasn't quite at the stage of asking her to have my babies (will sauteed be ok?). So I have room for another friend in my life.Excellent.
grumble grumble girl was clearly not worthy grumble grumble