Buffy? I like that. That girl's so hot, she's buffy.

Forrest ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.


brenda m - Nov 08, 2019 9:02:16 pm PST #3062 of 3094
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

Oh Sophia I'm so glad.


Sophia Brooks - Nov 08, 2019 11:35:30 pm PST #3063 of 3094
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Me too! I'm glad they're making changes at work for you. That's overdue.

Thanks.

The promotion was a thing that started because my good old boss wanted to get me more money and help for basically running our program both educationally and administratively. It turned into a clusterfuck because HR was like- those things can't go together. One is low level and one is high level, so I ended up with just the education/IT stuff. But my actual expertise is in customer service/recruitment. But the title was Assistant to the Director, and the candidates we have gotten do not seem to be able to make good independent decisions without supervision, which my boss needs because she, too, has too much job. I still wish I could have just got more money and an assistant! I started with the education and IT stuff because I can't talk people into taking a course that is going to be shitty. But I do like the education and IT stuff, I just need to be assured that someone is taking care of the customers and telling them correct information and actually doing things in a timely fashion.


Atropa - Nov 09, 2019 11:44:29 am PST #3064 of 3094
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Am I sneaking in under the line? I can't remember when this thread is supposed to close.

Anyway, I'm not a lurker, but I don't post as often as I'd like. Things that have happened this year:

- The Gothic Charm School book celebrated its TENTH YEAR IN PRINT!!

- I launched my Patreon. I have patrons, even! But even a nice Twitter mention from Neil Gaiman didn't send a massive wave of patrons my way, soooo...

- I got a day job again. I'm back in the tech writer salt mines, but for a company that seems to mean it when they talk about work/life balance and taking care of their employees. I think I've found the unicorn of tech employers, and four months in it still weirds me out a little.

- Other stuff: The Adorable Loomy One is good, Vlad and Miss Erzabet No Biting are full of chaos, and Dad is doing well.


Glamcookie - Nov 11, 2019 8:39:20 am PST #3065 of 3094
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Hi, friends! I keep up with lots of you via FB and/or Twitter, but I do miss the board. Love seeing the updates every year.

My babies are now 6 and almost 10. My youngest has his Mama's anxiety issues, so he's in therapy and I'm also now in therapy - with his play therapist! LOL. I love her and am looking forward to a healthier mental outlook. DW is still a SAHM and a bad-ass bass player in a local band.

My dad had a heart scare earlier this year, but is on meds and doing really well. My brother got remarried last October and I'm about to have a new nephew in January. My mom has completed her transformation from a Republican to a Democrat, which began when she voted for HRC in 2016.

I am in a new job (my third since moving to NC 5 years ago). Still haven't quite found my place, but at least there's lots of opportunity.

Love y'all and with you all a happy, healthy 2020 - hopefully ending the year with a brand new Dem POTUS.


javachik - Nov 13, 2020 1:55:38 pm PST #3066 of 3094
Our wings are not tired.

Did we open this this year? Are we supposed to be delurking?


Topic!Cindy - Nov 13, 2020 8:01:49 pm PST #3067 of 3094
What is even happening?

Goodbye and Good Riddance (2019) is open, too. I was wondering if the board upgrade opened the threads, but (mercifully), Lightbulb (the voting thread) is still locked, so I don't know what happened.


Kate P. - Nov 14, 2020 5:59:00 am PST #3068 of 3094
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

I don't think we ever closed either one.


Laura - Nov 14, 2020 7:43:10 am PST #3069 of 3094
Our wings are not tired.

dances around the delurking thread just because I can!


quester - Nov 17, 2020 4:26:20 pm PST #3070 of 3094
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

so are we just shunning 2020? cause I don't mind


WindSparrow - Nov 17, 2020 7:10:45 pm PST #3071 of 3094
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Shun the 2020, shun, I say.