Jesus christ that meeting did not go well.

And the thing is, I expect it will continue to be unpleasant because there is very little chance of us meeting his expectations. Given all the shit that's been piled on us this year? 90% of the problems are due to Too Much Shit.

Things to be grateful for - among them, that I pre-scheduled a day off on the day we're having the office Christmas party. yay!

I had made an eye-doctor appointment for the 16th back before Thanksgiving, and we just got an invite this week for the department holiday party that same day starting at exactly the same time as my appointment.

Yay for me, too!

So much ~ma for ita!

ugh sarameg, sorry about the rough meeting. It's a shame that it's so easy for the ones demanding too much shit to not see what they are doing.

I got my Christmas Tree!

It's really very pink.

Yay, pink!

I second or third the "too tired to scream" notion. And am tickled at the tickledness re: Chu. Aww!

I think they even get that there's too much because they're always on us about what resources we need. Problem is? We needed and asked for those resources long ago and were turned down. Even if we got them now, it is too late to be helpful in the near term where we need it. So we are asking again, but it doesn't help us NOW.

I'm going to ask the developers to put in a stressed-out Scotty-from-StarTrek soundbit in the next software delivery.

It should be noted, that two previous cops had let the couple go by, so it's not all cops who are stupid. Just one out of three, evidently.

I was saying in the nail place last night -- good and bad people everywhere, you know? People kept making these crazy generalizations, and finally I had to try to put a stop to it.

I think that was before Sunny told me white people should have more kids, though....

Video of this robotic fire-breathing dog this guy built out of scrap parts: [link]

It's big enough for him to ride.