I stayed up late last night celebrating our anniversary and I am TOO TIRED TO DO ANYTHING. So, work is fine, but I am not.
Zoe ,'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[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.
I'd rant about work, but my boss is right here.
He's watching you post on B.org RIGHT NOW!!!
Last I checked he was a member of b.org. How creepy is THAT?
People have been surprisingly productive and useful around me today.
I expect to wake up any moment.
CREEPY! Your boss is totally cyber-stalking you.
Big cats plus catnip equals [link]
"Is my filing done?" is more passive-aggressive and therefore more annoying. It implies that we were all waiting for a visit from the filing fairy.
My boss has given up on controlling my internet use.
Dear Writers, why can't any of you follow directions?Ooo! I know the answer to this one! Because that would require READING, and writers don't do that. Proof READERS do that! Am I right? Do I win anything??
Since we are ranting about work. Here we go. Email from Sunday at 7pm. Professor. Heading up some inter-departmental, inter-college, international cultural trip to Ghana. Oh, cool. They are video taping it and making a documentary on it. OK, cool. They would like some audio support. Um. ok. They are doing interviews MONDAY the 2nd, and would like mic's. First thing in the morning. Alas, Monday I was off, because I work this weekend. Also, we don't do video, we do dance and drama.
"Well, is there a boom mic we can borrow? Maybe a lapel mic"?
We don't have any boom mics.
"Why not".
We don't do video!
"and the lapel mic"
it's designed to plug into a wireless transmitter, not into a camera. They have those mics over in VIDEO SERVICES next door at Studio Art.
"I don't know anyone over there".
You don't know me either.
"We have budget to buy stuff, can we just buy one?"
Sure, but not for Monday.
"Why not?"
Well, it's not something most places have in stock locally. You can't get it at Wal*Mart.
"Oh. Wow. Well? How much would it go for?"
I haven't shopped around for one of those in a long time, since I don't do video, but I would venture in the $200-700 price range.
"Oh! oh. We don't have THAT much budget".
Maybe you should call the video people at Studio Art. Oh look, they have an email addy labeled VIDEO GENERAL QUESTIONS!
t SMACK!
:: breathe ::
Thankfully my boss is very much behind me and saying "You are handling it wonderfully. Just keep stressing, "we are not geared to support that. Sorry."
eta: formatting and a have into haven't
oo! I know the answer to this one! Because that would require READING, and writers don't do that. Proof READERS do that! Am I right? Do I win anything??
Yes! You win a smack to the back of the head with a croquet mallet! Well done, you!
So when my editor at the college textbook I'm writing a chapter for thanked me for being the only one of his sixty authors who always met deadlines and always followed formatting instructions he wasn't kidding?