Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!

Xander ,'Lessons'


Natter 57 Varieties  

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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 10, 2008 2:36:33 pm PDT #4127 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I just got a call that boiled down to "Well, unless you tell us to do our jobs, nothing's going to get done." To which I reply "Well, tell me precisely what to tell you."

What response do you think you'd get to "Why don't I just tell your replacements to do your jobs?"


Jesse - Mar 10, 2008 2:36:34 pm PDT #4128 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I've known who Paterson is, as a big-time Harlem politician, but I had no idea he was blind.

I just had a really interesting and flattering conversation with a grad school classmate. It's neat to find out how other people see you (when it's good!).


§ ita § - Mar 10, 2008 2:40:14 pm PDT #4129 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What response do you think you'd get to "Why don't I just tell your replacements to do your jobs?"

It is one of those few times I regret managing projects at this stage in my career and not people. But I'd not fit in here as a people manager. As a project manager I just have to remember I will be startled.


aurelia - Mar 10, 2008 2:48:49 pm PDT #4130 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Being hired and getting paid kind of implies "Do your job" does it not?

Someone buzzed my apt a little while ago claiming to be from Comcast. I asked who he was looking for (since I don't have cable). Once he learned I don't have cable he started in on some pitch which I cut off. Is Comcast really doing door-to-door sales? Or was this guy just trying to get in my building?


aurelia - Mar 10, 2008 2:52:47 pm PDT #4131 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Hey, now that I'm caught up I can link to the source of my new tag!

[link]


§ ita § - Mar 10, 2008 2:59:04 pm PDT #4132 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Being hired and getting paid kind of implies "Do you job" does it not?

Apparently it depends where you work.


Ginger - Mar 10, 2008 3:14:36 pm PDT #4133 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Artist works in animal blood: [link]


hippocampus - Mar 10, 2008 3:20:39 pm PDT #4134 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

I reply, "No, and underpants gnomes."

and repeats "and laughs and laughs" without the strike.

resurfacing. and finding companions charming and witty.


beth b - Mar 10, 2008 3:37:24 pm PDT #4135 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

comcast has done door to door sales in my area. However, not by accident, when a new service came out and they carried lots of marketing stuff.

personally, it sounds a bit fishy


Laga - Mar 10, 2008 3:45:45 pm PDT #4136 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

uh-oh I just ran out of internet