Happy Birthday Kate!
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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.
Lee - Oct 24, 2007 6:09:23 am PDT #8299 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Pix - Oct 24, 2007 6:09:44 am PDT #8300 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Happy Birthday, Kate-est of Kates!
It's...oddly distasteful, and they don't seem to recognize that.Yes, exactly. Comparison seems to be human nature, but it certainly isn't always useful. Or tasteful.
Yeah, aiming Nilly or Hil at a sixth grader's math problem is like using a bazooka as a flyswatter.Hee!
Jesse - Oct 24, 2007 6:12:00 am PDT #8301 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Which is why I plan on asking nice Big!Boss to approve (after giving her the backstory) tomorrow when crazy!boss is not here.
I hate crazy bosses! Why oh why are there so many of them. Come to find out, several of my junior coworkers worry about what they are having for lunch every day because they don't want to hear about it from our boss. Seriously??
Tom Scola - Oct 24, 2007 6:13:18 am PDT #8302 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Do you work for Anna Wintour, Jesse?
lisah - Oct 24, 2007 6:13:42 am PDT #8303 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Come to find out, several of my junior coworkers worry about what they are having for lunch every day because they don't want to hear about it from our boss.
What kind of shit does the boss give them about their lunch??? Like, it's not healthy?
So far my boss here seems pretty cool. (knocking wood)
Jesse - Oct 24, 2007 6:15:59 am PDT #8304 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She goes both ways -- the skinny coworker gets "Oh, that's why you're so nice and skinny, because you never eat anything," and less skinny coworkers get "Should you really be eating that?"
I don't know how I've avoided this whole mishegas, because I'm not overly skinny and I eat chips every day!
lisah - Oct 24, 2007 6:16:52 am PDT #8305 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
wow, so tacky!
sarameg - Oct 24, 2007 6:17:28 am PDT #8306 of 10001
So this morning, after dramatically failing to medicate the cat, I get to work to find my computer screen full of gibberish. Luckily, officemate is a sysadmin. Unluckily, the disk is dead.
They've replaced the disk and it'll be another couple hours while they reload the OS and then they'll attempt to restore the contents.
This happened once before to me. I'm mentally cataloging what I kept on the drive, calculating how screwed I'll be. Surprisingly, I don't think it'll be too bad. Major inconvenience, but because I'm so scarred, a lot of the irreplaceable stuff (but not all) is backed up...in email.
Of course, these are probably my famous last words.
Jesse - Oct 24, 2007 6:17:43 am PDT #8307 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She's a freaking nut job. My peer and I are going to go to HR about it finally, because between the two of us we can represent the whole department and not have to point out people specifically.
Trudy Booth - Oct 24, 2007 6:18:20 am PDT #8308 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
It's...oddly distasteful, and they don't seem to recognize that.
There is certainly a discussion worth having in all of this, but the difference between a serious examination of national policies and a handy verbal call-back for incessant news coverage is considerable.