I take it you found a wife?
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
'Time Bomb'
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.
Aims - Dec 14, 2009 7:48:19 pm PST #3677 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
billytea - Dec 14, 2009 7:52:37 pm PST #3678 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I take it you found a wife?
Or at the very least he's pretty far advanced in the interview process.
Polter-Cow - Dec 14, 2009 8:02:30 pm PST #3679 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's for a friend writing a story.
Trudy Booth - Dec 14, 2009 8:02:49 pm PST #3680 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Your Mom is NOT going to want that on your biography.
javachik - Dec 14, 2009 9:33:32 pm PST #3681 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Aw, that's sweet.
Says the guy who got a lost airport book back to its rightful owner.
Atropa - Dec 14, 2009 9:56:24 pm PST #3682 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
smonster, I say deep wine red. Any red would look good on you (with the exception of bright copper "red"), but I think a deep wine shade would be striking.
(Take my advice with a heaping spoon of salt - I finally took the plunge and have bright pink bangs and crown.)
Cashmere - Dec 14, 2009 11:47:28 pm PST #3683 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I've packed up the Think Geek items and am mailing them back to the company with this letter:
On December 3, 2009, I placed an online order with your company. I received the order with no problem several days later and am completely satisfied.
However, on Monday, December 14th, I was surprised to find a package in my mailbox containing what appeared to be a duplicate order. This package had been mailed to me by [redacted]. Apparently, my order, along with the packing slip with my shipping information was inadvertently included with one of her recent orders.
She kindly and thoughtfully put my items in a packing envelope and mailed them to me at her own expense with a note explaining that she was worried I was missing the items and that they might be holiday gifts for someone.
I was touched by her integrity and honesty. Some people would think nothing of keeping such items or would have simply returned them to the company, without worrying whether or not the correct person received them.
I would hope that you would acknowledge Ms. [redacted]’s kindness in some small way. I have sent her a thank you card and am enclosing the duplicate items she sent to me so that they can be returned to your inventory.
I’ve ordered from your company in the past and have always been happy with your customer service. Now, I am impressed with my fellow customers.
Sincerely,
Me
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Dec 15, 2009 12:20:38 am PST #3684 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Great letter, Cashmere. What a kind thing for another customer to do.
Cashmere - Dec 15, 2009 12:53:13 am PST #3685 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
What a kind thing for another customer to do.
I know! A lot of people would just think, "Oh, free stuff!" I hope they give her a discount or something nice.
Calli - Dec 15, 2009 2:23:18 am PST #3686 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I lost track of how many job applications I sent out. I think I'm somewhere around 135. And, so far, two interviews.
Yep, it's an especially tough job market. When I was hunting it took me around a year, sending out five applications a week. (I set a goal of one per work day. Luckily my supervisor and I were on a race out the door, so I could job hunt on the clock.) My non-profit has some openings (in public health, not math, sorry), and our employment page gets 50% more hits than our home page. Well, partly due to the fact that our home page sucks, but still, it's pretty competitive.
Good luck with the hunt. Does your university offer any sort of job hunting help?