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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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?
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.
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
Coffee! That's what I'm missing!
What's everyone else (except for Stephanie and billytea) doing up?
Insomania mostly.
And watching old X-Files. The eyerolling might be keeping me awake actually. Did they ever even have a clue on mythology and continuity? Cause my crack-smoking cat keeps better track of these things.
Stephanie, I am also sure Joe will be fine but it will be nice once he's back on the ground safely too.
Good luck on the paper, vw.
