I don't really have a security blanket... unless you count Mr. Pointy.

Buffy ,'Lessons'


Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People  

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 § - Oct 25, 2006 12:42:22 pm PDT #5598 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

After talking to my recruiter I hit up the web for news articles about my previous employer. I was most tickled by the assertion that severance packages won't impact the cost savings they're trying to incur with the rounds of layoffs.

No shit. One or two weeks?

In other news, I was about to start cutting the fabric for my Halloween costume, and I discovered I have no straight pins. What sort of shambles am I calling a home.

Sadly, too much migraine to go buy any, so I'm just going to watch Wire In The Blood.


Lee - Oct 25, 2006 12:48:08 pm PDT #5599 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I finally had to give up on getting a chance to eat breakfast and am now eating a very yummy turkey and brie sandwich for lunch.


Jesse - Oct 25, 2006 12:50:32 pm PDT #5600 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I totally wanted a turkey and brie sandwich for lunch! Maybe tomorrow.


Liese S. - Oct 25, 2006 12:53:01 pm PDT #5601 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Mmm. That does sound good. I had ham & French swiss (which, okay, whatever) but it was not as good. It was okay. And I really need to be cooking now but I am paralyzed by not wanting to very much. So tonight when I get home, all whacked out and tired from the kids, I will be completely unable to cook, and we will eat Dr. Peppers and popcorn or something equally terrible.

Okay, that sucks. Maybe I will go cook.


Pix - Oct 25, 2006 12:54:41 pm PDT #5602 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.

I am compensating by sitting in my chair a lot and also, moving pieces of paper around. I expect instant success, any minute now.

Liese is also me. (And I'm in denial about the actual amount of work I have to do by Monday, so I'm going to pretend that they are really all very small tasks, yestheyareindeedy.)


bon bon - Oct 25, 2006 12:55:59 pm PDT #5603 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I had a fruit salad and a pumpkin cupcake.

I don't like that my office cafeteria makes many more appealing desserts than mains.


Kathy A - Oct 25, 2006 12:57:04 pm PDT #5604 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Yesterday's cafeteria lunch was country ham and cheddar on foccachia bread, which was actually pretty yummy.

I think I've found the Bitches' mascot! What do y'all think?


juliana - Oct 25, 2006 12:58:03 pm PDT #5605 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I'm intimidated by one very large task: book a holiday party for 450 people on a maximum budget of $10000 somewhere in SF, including food & 2 drink tickets. Preferably in Fisherman's Wharf.

I don't want to pull in my favors for this & I don't want to call the hotels & talk to the overly eager event staff. Gah.


bon bon - Oct 25, 2006 1:04:53 pm PDT #5606 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

What color do y'all use for visited links on IE? I don't know why our IT department changed that setting today, but it did, and I can't remember what it was before.


Allyson - Oct 25, 2006 1:08:24 pm PDT #5607 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Pajamas are perfectly acceptable gift for a (male) platonic friend who has everything, right? I'm not talking sexy pajamas, just some warm soft flannel jammies.

My friend Nathan says it's a weird (loaded) gift.