Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.

Mal ,'Ariel'


Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!  

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.


beth b - Dec 21, 2005 6:16:20 pm PST #4371 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

so , I was Buff diving and found this somewhat appropriate seasonal gem:

Erin: I think seasonally-available manufactured food is a good thing. I mean, now that produce out of season is no big deal (thanks, Chile!) how else will we mark the passing of the seasons? For instance, now we are in the Cadbury Cream Eggs, Cadbury Mini-eggs and Girl Scout Cookies season. Then there will be the months of patriotic M&Ms, Popsicles, and Back-to-School SnakPaks, followed by Really Cheap Pumpkin Pie Filling in Cans Month, rolling around to Ginormous Candy Cane and Santas with Crispy Rice season.


msbelle - Dec 21, 2005 6:18:02 pm PST #4372 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I thought we had already narrowed the seasons down to Mallomars and Not Mallomars?


Kat - Dec 21, 2005 6:18:51 pm PST #4373 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Henh! I just got a syllabus in my e-mail for my next class. What is odd is that know that we have easy access to syllabi, profs feel perfectly comfortable with requesting homework due on the first day of class, since we know what we need to do.

Ugh.

Well, last semester it was all bitching about dante. This semester, I'm moving on to Cervantes.


Steph L. - Dec 21, 2005 6:24:13 pm PST #4374 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Do people at your job gift and card each other?

In an office of ~15, we did Secret Santas (I got coffee and Ghirardelli chocolate!), but I've also gotten 4 cards (one of them *mailed* to my home -- WTF?) from co-workers.

One of those cards had -- I swear to you -- "Happy Holidays" crossed out and "Merry Christmas" written in. Dude, if the phrase is *that* important to you, just BUY cards that say "Merry Christmas" in the first place! (But I didn't snark at him, because he also gave out homemade cookies with the cards, and -- yum.)

I gave nothing, other than my Secret Santa gift. But nobody at work expects anything from me. If I'm *not* surly, they consider that a gift.


Jesse - Dec 21, 2005 6:25:28 pm PST #4375 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I thought we had already narrowed the seasons down to Mallomars and Not Mallomars?

Seriously.

So, I just watched the Brokeback Mountain special thing off Logo, and now I'm all sad and heart-breaky again. Worse than when I watched the movie! Man.


Steph L. - Dec 21, 2005 6:25:35 pm PST #4376 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I thought we had already narrowed the seasons down to Mallomars and Not Mallomars?

Whereas *we* have food year-round....

t /still vaguely embarassed about that, but mostly amused


Kat - Dec 21, 2005 6:26:17 pm PST #4377 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

If I'm *not* surly, they consider that a gift.

HEY! I should try that!

We also had an all staff luncheon where they showed pictures of us from our 20s and 30s. I stupidly caved to peer pressure (new girl wants to get along) and turned in a pic I love, the one of me doing an arabesque on a petrified log. I had to leave the room because the whole thing made me uncomfortable. In fact, I went to the library and read slash instead.


Kat - Dec 21, 2005 6:27:22 pm PST #4378 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

REally, Jesse?

I can't see the logo thing. Only can hear it. I loved the movie tons though.


Cass - Dec 21, 2005 6:27:45 pm PST #4379 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

so I think I can retain coolness superiority for a while yet.
Oh, see, you totally can. It's not about even having technological superiority, it is about having something new and fun to play with. My phone, and now iPod, have been nephlet toys forever. They're not cool so much as they are different. He's been immersed in my contact list for hours at times.
Well, last semester it was all bitching about dante. This semester, I'm moving on to Cervantes.
But I still was going to have questions about Dante. Does this mean I have to change my reading list?


beth b - Dec 21, 2005 6:30:03 pm PST #4380 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

another quote

Min: ...Spike is straddling one corner of the monitor ready to jump down and attack Angel with a candy cane right now...
JessPMoon: There should be a Buffista computer store where these kinds of accessories are standard.