Apparently it's not necessary for me to be actually interviewed or talk to a reporter for them to write the story.

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Well, and if the guy had actually talked to you, still there would only be rough approximations of what you told him in the story. Because I never said the police had told me anything. I said that they had talked to you.

Oh well.

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but you are quoted... reporters read minds?

you mean not everything in the paper is accurate?

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Apparently it's not necessary for me to be actually interviewed or talk to a reporter for them to write the story.

Trust me, the ex-reporter: it really isn't. It just makes life easier.

Better job~ma all around.

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I have the best of all possible worlds here. Not actually having money or a place in society from a job. But still getting to feel what it's like to lose one. Awesome. I know you're all jealous.

Ah, fuck. Erika, I'm so sorry that the universe insists on handing you exciting new parcels of crap. I rail at it on your behalf.

Erin - I'll hang fire on high-fiving you just yet, and cross fingers, toes, legs etc that this job-having works out as well as we all thought it had done just then. I entirely agree - you need and deserve some stability.

Norah - man, I can't believe the pillocks didn't give Tom the job! Damn them! WTF?

...I realise it's a bit late to chime in on GC's drunken stress or Deena's excellent anecdote sharing, but I read the drunken stress with my heart in my mouth, and oh, Deena, bless you, I too have made a TOTAL gibbering fool of myself when plastered on far too many occasions - I thought you rocked for bringing out your own anecdotes, and if there hadn't been a gazillion posts between then and now I'd chime in - but I sort of missed the boat. My stupidest drunk thing was probably going hiking and hitchhiking (sans sensible walking shoes or, indeed, sobriety) across Moravia for a weekend with a man I'd known for three hours, all of them drunk. Happily he turned out not to be a rapist or murder, just a somewhat amorous expat - but that was really good luck on my part, and certainly not a case of good judgment. The last time I got truly wellied, I ended up having to swim to the bar, having to strip off in the loos and wring as much salt water out of my clothes as I could, before dancing sopping wet. And then puked all over the bar. Twice.

In mememe news, Deathtrap went well. I have more I could write on this subject, pertaining to the bitchiness and intrusiveness of other members of the committee whose grasp of "supporting a new director" seems to be more along the lines of "piss all over them, undermine them, make them feel like shit and generally be a total fucker", but I think it'll just depress me. I hope he isn't scared off directing for us - he was consistently calm, patient, competent, supportive, focused and upbeat. I feel rather ashamed of my drama group, because I think that they - well, 2 people in particular - have been neither kind nor professional in their conduct towards him. Schadenfreude, frankly, can suck my cock.

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Apparently it's not necessary for me to be actually interviewed or talk to a reporter for them to write the story.

Trust me, even if you do, they screw it up. I was interviewed about having a female boss (this was like 1991 or so), and I said something to the effect of "it's not fair that women have to work twice as hard to get the same respect", and the reporter printed "O_A thinks 'women should work twice as hard to get the same respect' as men...". Um. Not quite what I said. Ya, my boss was very cold shoulder after that. Luckily it was only a couple more months. Ya, reporters. Ugg.

Speaking of which, I still haven't listened to my Day to Day interview from moving day back in July. I was on zero minutes of sleep in 28 hours. Very afraid of how idiot I sounded.

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Hey, omnis - any news about the girl in question?

IOmeN, I think I'm this close to bitchslap an idiot on the board I run, and doing so publicly(*), along with 80% of my sociology/anthropology class, who is, yes, that stupid. I swear they let anyone with pulse and ID study it, so much for threshold. I actually like the subject, K? Let me study in peace, thank you.

(*) I'll start gently, but for the record, he was warned before privately. I just like it better when they are giving themselves trouble within 2 seconds. He's just sort of a person that brings so much passive-aggressive hostility into the board.

And now, food, followed by 6 hours of classes. Yay.

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DH's parting message to me this morning was "Quit if you need to. .... Um. Not that I have any idea what that would do to the finances."

Omnis - I heard the Day to Day interview after it was linked here and thought you sounded great.

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Happy Birthday, Jessica!!!

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Happy Birthday Jessica PMoon!

CHRIST, I'm sleepy today.

Thanks for all the indignant sentiments on Tom's behalf- he was super anxious last night and couldn't sleep. Poor noodle.

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