Great letter, Cashmere. What a kind thing for another customer to do.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'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.
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?"
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?
smonster - Dec 15, 2009 3:22:49 am PST #3687 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I finally took the plunge and have bright pink bangs and crown.
And it looks great! Thanks for the input.
I have done something to my neck that has made it sore to the touch on the left side. Meh, says I.
Off to a safety meeting. Probable further meh.
WindSparrow - Dec 15, 2009 4:00:32 am PST #3688 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.
Cash, not only is that a great letter, but the whole event is one of those that reaffirm that humanity might not be quite ripe for being lined up against a wall and mown down with a machine gun. Yet.
smonster, I was in a hurry to get to work yesterday, and then when I got home, was so cold and frozen I had to snuggle intensely with Daniel for a good long while. So here is what I think: You look great with dark hair, I think you will look great with red all over, and I would also like to see you in red highlights sometime. I second suggestions for a wine-red, and I bet you would totally rock a plum kind of color, too. So basically, there is no wrong answer there.
sumi - Dec 15, 2009 4:07:09 am PST #3689 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Cash, that is a lovely letter and an excellent follow-up to a lovely gesture by a stranger.
Woke up this morning with my head feeling woozy.
Also, just saw a couple of young folks come in all dressed up in their interview suits but with no coats. People: it is 12 degrees out with a windchill below zero. WEAR A COAT.
Jessica - Dec 15, 2009 4:07:57 am PST #3690 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, and in addition the Chanukah, the lesson of this movie is that Jewish kids are really good at academics but need a black man and a miracle to make them good a sports.
Just like in real life!
smonster - Dec 15, 2009 4:10:47 am PST #3691 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Also, just saw a couple of young folks come in all dressed up in their interview suits but with no coats. People: it is 12 degrees out with a windchill below zero. WEAR A COAT.
Working on a college campus, I am continually astonished at the stunningly weather-inappropriate sartorial choices students make.
Cash, what a terrific story and you wrote a terrific letter.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 15, 2009 4:18:27 am PST #3692 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Working on a college campus, I am continually astonished at the stunningly weather-inappropriate sartorial choices students make.
Yes. Shorts, pajamas, and flip flops come to mind immediately. IN THE WINTER.
DCJensen - Dec 15, 2009 4:24:55 am PST #3693 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Yes. Shorts, pajamas, and flip flops come to mind immediately. IN THE WINTER.
Well, I don't dress like that too often...