Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.

Anya ,'Get It Done'


Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?  

[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.


Ginger - Jul 27, 2011 11:12:06 am PDT #26225 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Potential Emory job: [link]


SailAweigh - Jul 27, 2011 11:14:47 am PDT #26226 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Ugh, Vortex, so sorry to hear the bad news. I hear you about the mortgage, I'm wiffling on getting the hell out of Wisconsin, but the thought of trying to sell my condo right now makes me weep. And, damn, those fibroids were hefty little suckers.


Vortex - Jul 27, 2011 11:19:11 am PDT #26227 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Yep. All in all, I've lost 10 pounds since the surgery. The doctor said that my body is going through a serious readjustment, so don't worry about the various changes in eating, etc. just yet.


Calli - Jul 27, 2011 11:21:25 am PDT #26228 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm wiffling on getting the hell out of Wisconsin, but the thought of trying to sell my condo right now makes me weep.

Yep. Meanwhile I'm wiffling on getting the hell out of NC and returning to the midwest. (Well, the Pacific NW and Vermont look lovely, but family ties and the Great Lakes are serious draws for the midwestern states.)


Maria - Jul 27, 2011 11:27:59 am PDT #26229 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Yep. All in all, I've lost 10 pounds since the surgery. The doctor said that my body is going through a serious readjustment, so don't worry about the various changes in eating, etc. just yet.

I'm just glad you're healing well.

Oh, and so I don't seem like a total loser, thanks to everyone who wished me luck on the interview. I made it past the phone screening, and my package is being presented to the hiring team. I should find out by Friday if I'm going in for a F2F interview.


Scrappy - Jul 27, 2011 11:28:03 am PDT #26230 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

So sorry, Vortex. Not to belittle this, but you are so amazing that I can't imagine that employers won't be lining up to hire you.


Vortex - Jul 27, 2011 11:55:12 am PDT #26231 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Woot, Maria!

And thanks Scrappy (and everyone else). My BFF's husband, who's a PR whiz, has offered to look at my stuff, and he is the king of networking, so I have a plan.

Also, wierdly, this may end up being beneficial, because a while back, I found a program to restructure my mortgage, but you had to have some sort of upheaval. I think that this counts :)


SailAweigh - Jul 27, 2011 11:57:32 am PDT #26232 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Continuing ~ma, Maria; these are such tough times I wish ~ma was an actual physical resource we could purchase to share around.

Calli, yeah, as much as I want to leave I probably won't for family reasons. My father is 88 and I just wouldn't feel right leaving the state at this point. And his family is known for being long-lived. We have more than one centenarian in the family and any number of nonagenarians. He could be around until I'm ready to retire. So, I'm more planning on where will I retire to in 15 years? The PNW looks better and better every day.


Nora Deirdre - Jul 27, 2011 12:03:09 pm PDT #26233 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Oh, and so I don't seem like a total loser,

Wait, what? "Loser" and "Maria" do not belong in the same universe, let alone sentence!


Tom Scola - Jul 27, 2011 12:03:59 pm PDT #26234 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Sorry, Vortex.