The universe owes you one hell of a favor.
Indeed it does. I'm astonished and outraged on your behalf. Karma is going to bite them in the ass, but hard, I'm sure of it.
Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.
Oz ,'First Date'
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.
Consuela - Feb 28, 2009 9:14:12 am PST #8660 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
beth b - Feb 28, 2009 9:17:12 am PST #8661 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
My plan is that you will find this fabulous well paying job -- and then they will realizes they made a horrible mistake, but they can't have you .
meanwhile for those that miss puppycam, my sister sent me another link to an eskie video
Allyson - Feb 28, 2009 9:29:28 am PST #8662 of 30000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I just...I have to accept responsibility that a promise isn't a hiring letter. I should have had it in hand before saying anything to my current employer.
The director of the program is trying very hard to find me a position somewhere, since she feels terribly responsible for this.
It's heartbreaking because I would have rocked this job.
Tim keeps saying, "you aren't an assistant, you're a writer, and you're going to eventually make a living writing books."
It's sweet, he doesn't really get the publishing industry and that fewer and fewer people make a living at it, but it helps to think of whatever job I do as a living and not a life, you know?
dcp - Feb 28, 2009 9:31:36 am PST #8663 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Snow! [link]
Not a snowpocalypse, thank goodness. Good timing, too -- it has 41 hours to melt before I have to drive anywhere.
Allyson - Feb 28, 2009 9:36:16 am PST #8664 of 30000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Maybe I'm not done kicking the shit out of myself.
beth b - Feb 28, 2009 9:36:56 am PST #8665 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
it helps to think of whatever job I do as a living and not a life, you know?
Yes it does. I was talking with a coffee shop aquatience who is in a bad situation right now -- sHe has a boss that says things like "i don't need to listen to clerical staff" after asking her a question. My friend isn't thrilled, but as she said this morning it isn't her life.
But I hope Tim is right.
Calli - Feb 28, 2009 9:48:17 am PST #8666 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Congratulations to you and your DH, beth b!
Laura - Feb 28, 2009 9:50:21 am PST #8667 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I hope the pain stays away, Steph.
Yay for Matt! What a relief.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2009 9:56:31 am PST #8668 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Congrats to Matt!
I just realised that Dev Patel is the kid from Skins. I can't believe he's supposed to be dating Freida Pinto.
Jessica - Feb 28, 2009 10:17:05 am PST #8669 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Off-topic - how difficult is it to replace a faucet? If I can put together an IKEA coffee table and know which valves to turn off before I start, would I be wasting my money hiring a plumber?
I hatehateHATE the faucets in our second bathroom, and would like to do something about them.