We didn't get to go to the team lunch or the office lunch, because the vendors were in and we were squeezing and working through lunch. Which, illegal, but I do it most days anyway. Boss bought us lunch both days, so I'm not even remotely complaining.
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
'Shindig'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2009 9:20:49 am PST #26046 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polter-Cow - Dec 18, 2009 9:22:34 am PST #26047 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In her office they routinely collected $75 from each person for a gift for the boss and then, for a "Holiday Party" went out to a very expensive restaurant, at each individual's expense.
...The fuck?
I'm making my parents a Christmas mix, and wondering if it's weird to have two versions of the same song, in different styles?
Do it!
I've got a Starbucks holiday album with two versions of "Little Drummer Boy" on it, one by Bing and one sung in German by Marlene Dietrich.
I enjoy the Dandy Warhols version.
Jesse - Dec 18, 2009 9:25:44 am PST #26048 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not at all! I've got a Starbucks holiday album with two versions of "Little Drummer Boy" on it, one by Bing and one sung in German by Marlene Dietrich.
OK, good. I'm trying to stick to religious songs, and it's hard! I have so many pop songs.
P.M. Marc - Dec 18, 2009 9:28:18 am PST #26049 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
And my completely unsubstantiated Biblical fanfic fanwank is that she wasn't the first possible Mother of God who was asked, that there were others to whom the offer was made, but they couldn't quite nerve themselves up to make that jump.
Makes me think the Lord has crummy pick up lines.
"Hey, baby! Wanna let me fill you with my Holy Spirit?"
brenda m - Dec 18, 2009 9:30:04 am PST #26050 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I like that kind of stuff, Jesse.
But if I got laid off right now, I've probably already done the bulk of my holiday spending. So it gets to suck and I'm out the dosh anyway.
Yeah, but maybe you haven't given it away to people yet, or had the big holiday dinner.
I mean, it sucks big time either way but I think before would probably be better.
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2009 9:35:35 am PST #26051 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, but maybe you haven't given it away to people yet, or had the big holiday dinner
Well, faced with privation, you do what you have to do. I can't imagine the grief of having to unwrap and return presents. Not that I think I could return what I've bought, though. Etsy.
I'd probably be looking to skip people on Christmas if I got laid off just before.
Tom Scola - Dec 18, 2009 9:39:37 am PST #26052 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Sparky1 - Dec 18, 2009 9:45:14 am PST #26053 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
There will be a research librarian position opening up at the Supreme Court after April - if anyone is interested, get your resume in order!
Jesse - Dec 18, 2009 9:46:06 am PST #26054 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's an awful lot of trauma all in one place. I would have thought Elian Gonzales was earlier, but maybe I can still make an argument that culturally, the decade didn't start til the election, if not 9/11.
JZ - Dec 18, 2009 9:47:56 am PST #26055 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Our holiday party is this afternoon. I'm supposed to be one of the official photographers. I just know that all afternoon I'm going to have Brian Krakow in my head saying, "The thing is, when you're yearbook photographer, you're never, like... in the picture."
Come to think of it, I've missed Brian Krakow. Maybe it's time for a rewatch.