Hey, does LAX have free wireless?
I could squeeze you until you popped like warm champagne, and you'd beg me to hurt you just a little bit more.
Fuffy ,'Storyteller'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Dana - Feb 17, 2009 3:47:01 pm PST #6774 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
meara - Feb 17, 2009 3:54:01 pm PST #6775 of 30000
Nope, Dana.
Dana - Feb 17, 2009 3:58:25 pm PST #6776 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Bah.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 17, 2009 4:03:09 pm PST #6777 of 30000
"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 expected work today to be stressful, but not this stressful. We had a surprise round of layoffs late this afternoon, losing the last 3 people hired. Our office lost the assistant I share with a fellow manager, a great guy who's really industrious and gets along well with everyone. Ugh. I'm beginning to worry about maybe needing to get a resume updated.
Jesse - Feb 17, 2009 4:13:50 pm PST #6778 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ouch, Matt.
...maybe I should think again about that Big Boss gift.
dcp - Feb 17, 2009 4:21:30 pm PST #6779 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I have a ticket to Kathmandu, Nepal via Doha, Qatar, in July. flail
Direct from Doha to Kathmandu? Wow.
How are you traveling from Kathmandu to Thimphu?
sarameg - Feb 17, 2009 4:33:02 pm PST #6780 of 30000
Direct Dulles to Doha, crazy layover, direct Doha to Kathmandu according to the tickets. I can't quite figure out the hours in flight, too many time zones. We have separate tickets on Druk Air from Kathmandu to Thimpu via the tour organizer (our tour of 3!) Bhutan regulates its tourism tightly, but my presence makes us legit.
I still can't believe my mom agreed to this. She HATES flying. She's done the flight from Miami down to Peru, but the tales of the flight into Thimpu would appear to be a deal killer. But she warmed up to the idea after the Folklife Feast even as it warned her off, to my surprise. Maybe I'll take my spare vicodin, just in case.
sarameg - Feb 17, 2009 4:49:44 pm PST #6781 of 30000
Um, and anyone have suggestions to spending 7-10 evening/overnight hours in Doha? Get a hotel for the overnight? Just me, I'd wing it and endure , but my parents... If it were daylight hours, I'd look into tours/souks. But inbound is 7 pm at best (7 hr) and outbound is definitely a sleep-thru it. Hotel for the 10 hour?
Kat - Feb 17, 2009 4:51:16 pm PST #6782 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'd say hotel. I think it's nice to have a place to shower, brush teeth, relax that isn't a super public airport space. and maybe some sleeping.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 17, 2009 4:51:46 pm PST #6783 of 30000
"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 think my own position is secure as long as we want the capacity to do production at all (I'm now the only person in the company who can do page layout, I've always been our only illustrator, and I have done print coordination in the past though I'm not as good at it as my co-worker). But I'm worried that pay cuts may be in our immediate future.