Hans Christian Andersen wasn't that big on happy endings, was he?

Consider that people didn't feel quite as inclined to pamper and protect children from the harsh realities of life back before the Industrial Revolution, when said harsh realities included "You'll most likely die of some infection before you reach adulthood, but if you're lucky you'll get to work like a drafthorse for 30 or 40 years, cold, dirty, and hungry all the while."

Although it would have been hilarious to say I worked there, I did get the feeling it might have made me insane due to the hinting at "difficult personalities" during the interview process.

Oh ita. I hope things get better.

shrift, I'm sorry that they hired someone else (the fools!).

Thank you for all the congratulations, gang! I keep veering between wheeeee omg book contract! and ohgodohgod I have to write a book! iieeeee!

I did get the feeling it might have made me insane due to the hinting at "difficult personalities" during the interview process.

Playboy both sucks and blows. Too obvious?

And yeah, being part of a porn empire is no fun if you have to deal with crazy people. You can get crazy people peddling porn on the internet, and you always have the option to close the window and walk away.

Hey, good news is still good news even when it happens amidst the crappiness, Jilli. Congratulations.

Sorry about the lack of offer from Hef, shrift.

ita, hope you get some relief soon.

Playboy both sucks and blows. Too obvious?

Nah. All you need is a staple in the middle and you're Miss Snarkuary.

I'm sorry, shrift. Their loss, seriously.

Consider that people didn't feel quite as inclined to pamper and protect children from the harsh realities of life back before the Industrial Revolution, when said harsh realities included "You'll most likely die of some infection before you reach adulthood, but if you're lucky you'll get to work like a drafthorse for 30 or 40 years, cold, dirty, and hungry all the while."

I have no issues with the source material, at all. I'm just boggled why Disney would take one story with a sad ending, tart it up and make it happy and put the other on on the disc without making it at least a little less depressing.

Aw, shrift, sorry about those Playboy fools! They couldn't handle the fact that your porn is better than theirs.

Adding to the congrats for Jilli! The news is made of gothy awsomeness.

Bummer shrift.

I'm sorry you did not get something you wanted but, on the other hand...when people say things like 'difficult personalities' in an interview process, you gotta believe them. That's like code for "Godzilla runs the HR department and your officemate would be a slime demon who hums the Farmer in the Dell all day and...don't be in the office with her after hours...I don't want to say you'd have been eaten exactly...and in a definitely unfun way...but that's why we are filling this position now."

Besides, one viewing of The Girls Next Door or whatever that cringefest is called, leads me to think that asylum is run by the inmates.