I am working until 10pm on the 4th, at the student center. I have no idea what the vibe at work will be like; should be interesting. Then I get home to watch the results (if it's close, like the last 2).

Are they installing umbrellas, David?

No, it's actually a really cool old building. Beautiful and nicely preserved. Not many buildings in downtown SF where you can open a window, so I like that.

But the firm is growing a bit and they don't want to leave so they're rebuilding the space. So they're cannibalized the entire reception space for a new office. Now when you walk in the front door and there's a wall three feet from your face. It's going to be very claustrophobic. And the new reception/admin space is going to be shoved in a weird corner.

Oh well, I'm stationed in the conference room for the time being. No parasols needed.

I'm taking Nov. 4 off, and I'll be working from home the next day. So I can volunteer to drive people to the polls or whatnot on election day and then do low-brain power tasks the next day while I recover from watching the results.

Congrats to Jilli and Allyson for artwork and nearly being really and truly done!

Barb, editing ~ma to you!

IOmeme: Dear universe,

Could I please have a job where I can read and post to Buffistas while at work? (Could it also be away from DD?)

KayThanxBye!

Barb, editing ~ma to you!

Thanks, sweetie. I feel terrible that I'm being such a big whiny baby about the whole thing and that a lot of you guys are only getting to see me in pitiful mode. It's terribly foreign for me because usually I'm fairly pragmatic about the whole revisions/editing thing. I mean, hell, it's a fact of publishing life. But every time I think I've gotten (somewhat) over the whole Carmen book thing, something else sneaks up and bites me on the ass. I definitely did not expect to react the way I did simply to receiving the email from Kate.

But you know, all things considered, this is not a bad thing and I need to just get a grip or get the hell out. You all are free to take me out back behind the woodshed and smack the shit out of me.

And I'm going to direct the ~ma towards the Universe so it can get you a fabulous job where you can spend your breaks tossing darts at a picture of DD

in drag.

I'm not coming up with anything for DD other than David Duchovny (esp. with "in drag").

Miracleman, a friend sent me a link to Kerfuffle Bunny today!

No, we'll just let you vent and work out your issues, cheer you on and prop you up when needed.

So Loki is home. Vet instructions: "restrict activities for about a week." I make a face that clearly said "Uh, kitten?" and the tech was all, yeah, good luck with that.

So the little psycho is wrestling MK despite me trying to keep kim calm and I kinda think he's a little stoned because his pupils are really huge and have been since I brought him home. I've got pain meds for him for the next 3 days. His wee balls are now smaller than MK's.

Devi got one swipe in that had him yelping and I was severely displeased. After I calmed her down, she was shut in the bedroom for a bit. When I let her out she was much less demented stalkery. We'll see if that keeps up. I think until he's 100% there will be a lot of separation.

DD is GG's jackhole principal, but I disremember what it stands for.

Draconian Director, no?

Stock market down 679. Is bad. The credit market is still frozen. The rates just aren't coming down no matter how much the Fed fiddles with the prime rate. Nobody's got any confidence in the solutions being offered.

The sluggishness in the credit markets that triggered much of the heavy selling in markets around the world since mid-September appeared little changed Thursday following days of efforts by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to resuscitate lending.

Libor, the bank lending benchmark, for three-month dollar loans rose to 4.75 percent from 4.52 percent on Wednesday. That signals that banks remain hesitant to make loans for fear they won't be paid back.