Oh, damn. So much ~ma to omnis's dad and The Girl's dad, and to all the people who love them.
Why couldn't you be dealing drugs like normal people?
Snyder ,'Empty Places'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
JZ - Sep 25, 2009 4:29:53 am PDT #24337 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 25, 2009 4:37:18 am PDT #24338 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Continuing thanks for the ~ma. I told The Girl to stop by and lurk to see how much goodwill there is here. She said "I don't understand messageboards." I said I'd send her a link to the Bitches thread. Honestly. Non-geeks.
I feel really useless, being several thousand miles away. She needs support for herself - she's running between countries to collect grandparents and all sorts - but we can only talk about once a day. Gah. Oh well. We're going to make decisions about me joining her out there, based on how long it starts to look like she'll be there. It's complicated because her family has only just start to tolerate me, and I obviously don't want to upset them at the moment.
ION, I found a great little cafe not far from me, next door to a Starbucks, so that I can use their wifi while patronising local cafes instead. Genius. I am having a cream tea. Not diet friendly. Delicious, though.
Vortex - Sep 25, 2009 4:39:22 am PDT #24339 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
So pissed. After providing a kickass design concept, my website designer completely dropped the ball, even though I've been telling her for two weeks that I would need something for today for the Board. I have been asking her what text/data she needs for a while now. I finally just sent her some stuff yesterday saying "based on the draft design, I think you need this text" She said she'd have something by 12 or 1AM last night. At 4:30, she sent me the link. she just threw some shit up on the internet. Broken links, draft text still there (even lorem ipsum in some places), links back to the old pages, placeholder pics. Ridiculous and unusable.
Burrell - Sep 25, 2009 4:49:45 am PDT #24340 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh Vortex, I have so BTDT (last year's web designer as a matter of fact) and am royally pissed on your behalf.
It's complicated because her family has only just start to tolerate me, and I obviously don't want to upset them at the moment.
Ugh for that too Seska. I just... I am sitting here shaking my head because I don't understand that kind of lack of empathy for your own child. I wish you two didn't have to deal with that right now.
OK. I better go get coffee and get started or no one's getting to school on time.
Sparky1 - Sep 25, 2009 4:57:06 am PDT #24341 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
Vortex, would you please tape the conversation you have with your web designer for our amusement? Pretty please? I'm sorry you have to go to the Board meeting without the new design.
~ma for The Girl, her family and you, Seska.
~ma for omnis, and family.
Hil R. - Sep 25, 2009 5:09:13 am PDT #24342 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm trying to decide what to do today. There's a grad student seminar that I really ought to go to -- the guy giving the talk is one of my classmates who's working in the same field as me, and it seems rude to skip it, since I'm one of the only two people in the department who have a chance of actually understanding what he's talking about -- but my ankle is really hurting and I don't want to put too much strain on it by walking too much.
sj - Sep 25, 2009 5:10:20 am PDT #24343 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
(((Fred Pete)))
(((Omnis and family))) Tons of -ma for your dad.
Vortex - Sep 25, 2009 5:15:21 am PDT #24344 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Vortex, would you please tape the conversation you have with your web designer for our amusement? Pretty please? I'm sorry you have to go to the Board meeting without the new design.
ha! It's fine. I have actually done a lot of stuff, so it's not like I have nothing to present, but since I showed them a draft design last time, it would have been nice to have a finished product. They may not even ask about it.
ChiKat - Sep 25, 2009 5:18:42 am PDT #24345 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
{{{Fred Pete}}} I am so so sorry.
All kinds of ~ma to you and your dad, omnis.
Fred Pete - Sep 25, 2009 5:21:33 am PDT #24346 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Punctuation for those that need it.
September can't end too soon.