Mornings are stupid.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
sarameg - Nov 01, 2006 5:19:22 am PST #6691 of 10001
Tom Scola - Nov 01, 2006 5:21:55 am PST #6692 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The ad agency has been blogging about the campaign.
Gudanov - Nov 01, 2006 5:26:14 am PST #6693 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Mornings are stupid.
Give 'em a break, they just got out of bed.
msbelle - Nov 01, 2006 5:29:30 am PST #6694 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I agree with Sara. I completely did NOT want to get up today. AM just going now t get coffee. BAD morning, no biscuit.
Allyson - Nov 01, 2006 5:35:07 am PST #6695 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
I have a second round of interviews today for a job a notch above the one I have now. I'm not entirely sure if it's a good move, depends on the offer if they make one.
In my head I want something more prestigious than another secretarial position (which is what this is, and sometimes I feel like a loser being a 33 year old secretary), but in my heart all I want is to have a smashingly successful debut as an author and get a full time gig as a columnist somewhere and be paid to write for the rest of my life.
Pipe dream is soooo soothing.
Lee - Nov 01, 2006 5:45:11 am PST #6696 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Mornings are stupid.
Oh lord yes. Grrr at mornings.
Good Job Luck, Allyson and Consuela!
shrift - Nov 01, 2006 5:57:36 am PST #6697 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Happy birthday, Ginger!
Also, for Buffistas who rent: approximately how much of your monthly income do you spend on rent? And how much is too much?
Now that I've had two paychecks, I'm looking at the math and not liking what I see.
lisah - Nov 01, 2006 5:59:48 am PST #6698 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I had a bunch of trick or treaters last night--mostly early in the evening. It was a good thing I worked from home yesterday otherwise I would have missed them all. As it was I gave out all my candy by 7:30. My favorite thing was the real little kids who were way more interested in my dog sitting on the other side of my screen door than the were in getting candy from me. SO CUTE!
Jesse - Nov 01, 2006 6:00:49 am PST #6699 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've been fine paying half of my take-home on rent, but it gets tougher the smaller the other half is. I mean, when I was paying $400/mo in rent, $800/mo in take-home wasn't really enough. Paying $1000/mo in rent, $2000/mo in take-home was fine.
I'm pretty sure "they" say rent should be around a third of your take-home.
Gudanov - Nov 01, 2006 6:01:40 am PST #6700 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I own rather than rent, but housing costs are about 19% of net income. Maybe about 22% or so when upkeep is added on.