Dammit! I was looking forward to my 11am being offsite.
It's been a while since I was irritated at having the conference call option.
Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.
'Shells'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
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.
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2006 8:30:44 am PST #2350 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Mar 07, 2006 8:39:16 am PST #2351 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
This is brilliant: Asshole Notification Cards.
I am still not making my last four calls. Instead I am watching Adam's Rib. Possibly I should do some research online so as not to waste time entirely.
flea - Mar 07, 2006 8:40:07 am PST #2352 of 10001
information libertarian
I think I've told the story here before of my colleague in graduate school who went into his annual review with a wild west style holster and two pistols (very obviously fake, and nobody who knew the man would have thought for a minute it was a serious thing).
If I get asked in my annual review (we're doing them in March, this year, marking the 3rd different annual review process in my 3.5 years of employment) where I want to be in 5 years the answer will certainly be "not working here." In fact, if I'm working here in 1 year I'll be sorry. In 5 years I'd also like to be: neither pregnant nor breastfeeding and with children who sleep through the night; a homeowner; not living in the south, or anyplace else it doesn't snow; possessed of a desire for an actual career.
Also, in 5 years I'll be 38. Ugh.
msbelle - Mar 07, 2006 8:41:49 am PST #2353 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I'll be 40! Good lord. I am about to have a When Harry Met Sally moment and not the good one.
Lee - Mar 07, 2006 8:43:09 am PST #2354 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Also, in 5 years I'll be 38. Ugh.
I'll be 40!
EAT IT, both of you.
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2006 8:43:19 am PST #2355 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Also, in 5 years I'll be 38. Ugh.
Ha. This is the moment where we old people¹ chime in and say things like ... 5 years??? 9 months!
I don't know where I want to be in five years, period. It scares me, and has always been my weakness. By "it" I mean the future.
¹ This is the window for people older than me to tell me I've picked the wrong lawn.
Lee - Mar 07, 2006 8:43:57 am PST #2356 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
ita, get offa my lawn.
DavidS - Mar 07, 2006 8:44:40 am PST #2357 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'll be 40!
Hmph.
Scrappy - Mar 07, 2006 8:45:53 am PST #2358 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Standing with Hec in the "saying goodbye to the 40s" corner.
JZ - Mar 07, 2006 8:46:25 am PST #2359 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Also, in 5 years I'll be 38. Ugh.
What-EV. I'll be 38 in a hair under 4 months.
My evaluations are fairly painless (though pointless, as nobody in admin or clerical on the university side has gotten a raise in 3-4 years). The only stressy thing is that my boss keeps wanting me to take accounting classes. I would rather push rusty nails through my lower lip.