She is co-teaching with someone I don't know. Would you take it anyway because it's a class totally geared for you, or would you not due to the annoying professor?

Do you think you'd be able to take the class another term with a different teacher? Do they switch around? If so, I'd wait. If not, and it is knowledge you think you'd really benefit from, you may want to take it despite annoying professor. You can add/drop if it turns out she is not only annoying but impossible to deal with...? And the other teacher might be awesome?

Yeah, I'm leaning that way. I know this person through work, not school, and she thinks she is totally "mentoring" me. It's very annoying. I may have to push the ego aside and just take the class.

Vortex, thanks for the explanation. I had a suspicion it might be because of creating a record of some sort, but I keep hearing about cases where someone says they haven't gone near anyone, much less done anything restraint-worthy, when there's evidence they've been very busy.

Steph, my letter was the same. And the guy I spoke to from the cable company said the same thing.

It wasn't NBC that got me--it was about me sharing SG1. So I don't torrent that or SGA anymore. And I check to see what the production company is of anything I do want to torrent--but with so much availability for watching things online, I do it much much less.

I don't have a fulltime job which might have a holiday party, but I'm really looking forward to the krav one. Okay, last year sucked and I was incredibly headachey, but that just means the bar is set low.

BYOSlurpee in the alley behind the local convenience store?

I'm thinking we may not even get the convenience store.

I'm really looking forward to the krav one. Okay, last year sucked and I was incredibly headachey, but that just means the bar is set low.

It is all about managing expectations. It has to be better than last year. Contemplating the alternative can only lead down the dark and lonely road of holiday suckage.

And my Official Letter explicitly talked about uploading, but not one single word about/euphemism for/reference to *down*loading. Weird.

Maybe the rarional is that if you're downloading, that's just one instance of piracy. But if you upload, you are possibly aiding many people download many copies.

It makes more sense if we're just talking about, say, an ftp site. Dunno how the mathematics would work out in a torrent situation.

Dunno how the mathematics would work out in a torrent situation.

It doesn't work out that great, really, because the whole torrenting protocol means you're uploading while you're downloading. It's just that when you seed, you would be, yes, hitting many more other people.

Here's a very nice thing: I discovered a local soap-maker at the Renaissance Faire up here this summer, and fell in love with a lot of their stuff.

So I went to the website and bought gifts for my agent and my editor for the holidays, lotion, soap, and a roll-on scent in Blue Moon for my editor, and in Orchard Blend for my agent. Shipping was cheap, delivery was quick -- and when I opened the box I found two body butter bars in the same two scents included. Looked on the invoice, where the owner had hand-written: "Thanks, Amy! Please find two free body bars included also!"

How nice! I mean, I haven't checked, and given their prices I'm sure the bars are only $4 or $5, but still -- that's profit she gave away. I think I'm never buying handmade soap or lotion from anyone else.

For anyone interested, it's The Handmaiden's Garden.

Because I can crosspost as well as anyone:

Firefox/Firefly filk: [link]

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I just really don't get the whole concept of restraining orders. Do they really stop wackos?

It seems to be working with my uncle, but he's a wacko with a lot of respect for the legal system. When I asked my cousin if she thought it would work, her response was that he can't break it, because if he does there are all these horrible consequences (read "slaps on the wrist") that he will face. The funny thing is that I think he, like she, will interpret "slaps on the wrist" as "horrible consequences" as well.

tomorrow is pie day. the town brings in tons of pies for the worker bees. mmm....pie.

Hey. When we have pie day, it means we have to bring in the pie. Actually, we don't have pie day, but that's the case with any other kind of food.

I hate potlucks. There's always some guy who shows up with a 2 liter, while the women are looked down upon if they don't make something. I love to cook, so that's not a problem, it's just the Principle.

The few guys here are actually pretty good about bringing good stuff, and no one gets on anyone's case if they don't feel like cooking. What I hate, though, is when someone who never helps coordinate any event comes up with really great, helpful suggestions that will require lots more work for me. My response is usually, "That's a great idea. I think you should do that," at which point I usually get splutters or defensiveness ("I was just trying to be helpful!!)