Luckily, I am close enough friends that people are pretty up front about being all "I've got $25 buck -- I bought this and here's my tip." We have one friend who's a cheapskate, but we've been buying dinners for 15 years, so we know that we're going to have to tell him "You have to chip in more than that." And his wife knows he's cheap, and will even out the bill.
If you're offering to buy dinner, only make the offer to people who know won't soak you on it. Otherwise, I'd say offer to take them out for drinks instead. Or, with friends and family, say "Let's get some dinner. My treat, as long as we keep it under $x."
When people buy me dinner, I make it a point to ask them "Do you mind if I have a drink?" and I try to keep it reasonable. And I let them order first, to see what they're doing and try to follow their lead.
My tats don't show at a job interview, but you can see them in most tanks tops or some tees with a looser neck cut. I'm a teacher in MO, and I'll occasionally get a look or a comment, but the students think it's cool. Many of my co-workers have tats.
I want a wrist tat, but it would be very small, and I would get it placed so that I could wear a bracelet or watch over it in an interview.
I'm bored. TCG has one of his late meetings tonight, and I think I have reached the end of the internet.
Hey, sj. I'm waiting for my iTunes to update so I can sync my iPhone.
I have lots to watch on the DVR, though, so I should probably do that.
Amyth is in the process of moving out and I'm a little sad, though I will still see her almost every day.
smonster! Hi!
I only have one hour of tv left on the DVR that isn't something I should save to watch with TCG. I'm watching it now because the baseball game is going badly.
I just got a dehydrator, and I'm dehydrating strawberries. Which actually isn't really me doing anything, since I just washed and sliced them and put them on the tray and turned it on, and they'll be ready in the morning.
I'm watching
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.
I didn't realize how serious it was going to turn out to be. I had to take a break.
I'm watching Rachel Maddow and poking around the web looking for nearby flight training. It'll probably never come to anything, but I love flying as a passenger, and it recently occurred to me that people just like me fly planes. So I'm looking into it. I had been thinking of learning to sail, but it's actually easier to find flying lessons around here than sailing lessons.
Hil, that sounds yummy.
Calli, that sounds exciting!
The film ended right after I went back to it. Great movie, just very intense.
Go you with your flying self, Calli!
I had been thinking of learning to sail, but it's actually easier to find flying lessons around here than sailing lessons.
Calli, for the best of both, check out soaring! (Whereabouts are you? I'll look up some links.)
