CREEPY! Your boss is totally cyber-stalking you.
Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.
'Bring On The Night'
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.
Sean K - Aug 03, 2010 9:39:46 am PDT #27338 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
WindSparrow - Aug 03, 2010 9:41:17 am PDT #27339 of 30000
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.
Big cats plus catnip equals [link]
Ginger - Aug 03, 2010 9:42:10 am PDT #27340 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
"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.
omnis_audis - Aug 03, 2010 9:43:02 am PDT #27341 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
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
Atropa - Aug 03, 2010 9:53:00 am PDT #27342 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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!
Typo Boy - Aug 03, 2010 9:58:01 am PDT #27343 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
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?
Zenkitty - Aug 03, 2010 10:08:03 am PDT #27344 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm willing to bet large sums of money that he wasn't kidding.
ChiKat - Aug 03, 2010 10:10:36 am PDT #27345 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?
Happy birthday, Deena!!!
For those who have seatbelt discomfort, my sister got me something that, as a non-parent, I had never even thought of: car seat strap covers. They make these ingenious little covers for car seat straps to make it cushy for the baby. Also works for delicate neck skin that gets rubbed by seatbelts. And, some designs have fun things on them. Mine has a big ladybug. Still not the most comfy thing in the world, but works pretty well and helps with rubbing my neck.
Atropa - Aug 03, 2010 10:15:09 am PDT #27346 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
No, Typo Boy. He wasn't kidding. I have writers who must be told what our guidelines are and where the style guide is EVERY TIME they hand off a project.
Ginger - Aug 03, 2010 10:19:45 am PDT #27347 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Not only was he not kidding, he was also setting up an altar to worship you.