The student just gave me a whole snotty speech about how important this afternoon's taping is and how he needed me to assure him it would be taken care of RIGHT NOW.
God, what is WRONG with them?
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Vortex - Mar 26, 2008 5:29:16 am PDT #1529 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
amych - Mar 26, 2008 5:38:25 am PDT #1530 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sparky, your students are apparently the same as my students. I always get tremendous satisfaction from pointing out things like "one week's advance notice" and "subject to staff and resource availability" to them.
Steph L. - Mar 26, 2008 5:40:32 am PDT #1531 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
There are days when I'm positive I'm the only one in this office with even one atom of common sense. Actual conversation:
Me, to Incompetent!Boss: What's the status of such-and-such article?
I!B: Well, I don't really know.
Me: But aren't you supposed to keep track of these things?
I!B: Yes.
Me: ....
Me: Did you check the Status Sheet document?
I!B: No.
Me: Because, see, the Status Sheet might tell you what the, you know, STATUS OF THE ARTICLE IS.
Another doozy:
Me, to sweet-but-dim co-worker: Where are you looking for the Quark document?
SBDC: In the folder with the Word files.
Me: ....
Me: That's probably why you can't find it. It's probably in the folder with the Quark files.
SBDC: ....
SBDC: That's weird.
That conversation was followed by this one:
SBDC opens Quark file ON HER COMPUTER, closes it, hands printed galley to me.
SBDC: The first paragraph needs bullet points for the list.
Me: ....
Me: You...didn't put the bullets in when you just had the file open?
SBDC: No.
Me: t boggles
Me: Er, okay then.
(Scola, I don't need Craigslist links; I'm good. Mostly amused, but also amazed that these people survived to adulthood without getting picked off by coyotes.)
Sparky1 - Mar 26, 2008 5:47:26 am PDT #1532 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Students are like this everywhere. They're so incredibly young sometimes. The truth is, had he come to me and said "there's a lecture this afternoon that we'd like taped, please," I would have started to get things in motion. When he comes and says, "I need a lecture taped this afternoon where's [name of media guy]?" my, "gee you're RUDE" sense kicks in and I start answering only the questions he actually asks. All his posturing about how important this lecture is rolls right off me and I don't volunteer to do anything.
erikaj - Mar 26, 2008 5:52:59 am PDT #1533 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm pissed at Keith Olbermann today. Cause he showed some clip, where LBJ, being his usual charming self, referenced his "bunghole" and now my brain is all "I am Cornholio!"
Et tu, Keith?
Seriously.
And, yeah, if Keith Olbermann jumped off a bridge...well
a. He'd mention some other, more boring bridge in Ithaca, first.
b. or some bridge that Ty Cobb dangled some poor fucker off of in 1912
Then he'd present me with an antique moral dilemma.
Aims - Mar 26, 2008 5:53:12 am PDT #1534 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Something I find crazy about myself:
The more I have to do, the less I want to do it all and just sit here on the internets saying to myself, "I'll work after I find 5 of my own quotes Buff Diving. Ok, five funny ones. Ok, five of Joe's. Ok, five of mine AND Joe's in the same post. Ok, five that have to do with me and camels."
Fred Pete - Mar 26, 2008 6:03:52 am PDT #1535 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Going back a bit, but Stephanie, I have recurring back problems (muscle spasm type stuff). A couple things that might help your SIL without risk to the baby. At least as far as I know -- I'm no expert on what creates risks to pregnant women and babies.
Lay down, feet propped up. I'm not sure how it helps, but it does.
Alternate heat and cold. It's a bit tough to combine the two because heating pads tell you not to lay on the pad.
I've found that massage often helps, but even I know a woman in such a late stage of pregnancy isn't supposed to lay on her stomach, so probably not a good idea for your SIL.
Jessica - Mar 26, 2008 6:07:41 am PDT #1536 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've found that massage often helps, but even I know a woman in such a late stage of pregnancy isn't supposed to lay on her stomach, so probably not a good idea for your SIL.
There are plenty of spas that offer "gestational massage" where they kind of prop you up with pillows so you can lie face-down without putting any pressure on the bump. It is wonderful.
SuziQ - Mar 26, 2008 6:22:49 am PDT #1537 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Gah. Massage. Need. Not pregnant, but NEED. The massage. Not the pregnant.
I am slightly freaking out. K-Bug turns 18 tomorrow. How the HECK did that happen? Hush. You know what I mean.
Fred Pete - Mar 26, 2008 7:18:50 am PDT #1538 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
There are plenty of spas that offer "gestational massage" where they kind of prop you up with pillows so you can lie face-down without putting any pressure on the bump.
I stand corrected. As I said, I'm not the expert on pregnancy and childbirth. But it's nice to know that spas do address such matters.