I finally gave up, put the inside pants back on (Dia de los Muertos Nick & Nora jammy pants) and crawled back into bed.

With any luck there will be either ice cream or cookies later.

These all sound good to me right now.

Megan, I'm sorry to hear about the job. Those polar bears!

::shoves ice cream, cookies, and inside pants through Intertubes to megan::

Damned polar bears.

Polar bears named Tino.

I don't know if I would go so far as polar bear. I mean, it's not like I haven't been negative about things, but the fact that the concern came from people that don't really know me or my work, or why I might have reason to be negative is the frustrating thing. Much of this seems to be based on impressions gathered in the kitchen we share.

One reason I want to work in this group is they care about things like the group dynamic, so I shouldn't be surprised by the concern. I guess I just wish that my ex-future boss could have overcome their concerns. I do think that the fact that I have the support of a few key people that know what's what will help me in the long run. And, like I said, I think EFB is hoping that by letting me know the real reason she couldn't hire me is so that I work on this for a future possibility down the road. Which I should be doing anyway, I mean, I know it's never good to be negative.

That's so frustrating, Megan. But it's maybe a blessing in disguise as you say. When I was at the old psychotic workplace, I really had to take myself in hand and not let things get to me so much and it made a big difference. (For me, mentally - I didn't so much care about the effect on anyone else at that point.) Now, I'm in a much better place, but I still need to sometimes check myself and make sure I'm not letting the frustrations get out of control, at the office anyway. It sucks that it might have messed with an opportunity, because it sounds like it's all very justified, but it'll be better for you on a number of levels if it's something you can make adjustments around.

Best facebook parody ever: WWII as a Facebook chat

Note the time/date stamps:)

I've so been there, megan. We had an entire department of people empty out because of a toxic boss, but we all got tagged as negative employees. I went to another department in the company and it took a long time for them to see that I am not a negative person in the correct (read: a sane) environment. Sucks.

But this was funny, is the sense that is not. I recently found out that two hypercompetitive members of our group were apparently, some months back, trashing each other on their Facebooks. Can you fucking imagine? Are they twelve?

Brenda! I just remembered that the other night I had asked you about how your eating habits changed, and your post got eaten, and so I was wondering if you'd be willing to give it a shot again.

Please feel free not to -- you don't exist for my own personal edification.

(Everyone else does, though. Dance, monkeys, dance!)