Maybe you're living in crazy melty land....
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jan 24, 2011 1:50:06 pm PST #18721 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Burrell - Jan 24, 2011 1:50:45 pm PST #18722 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
The Princess Industrial Complex
Whatev. Little girls like princesses? Srsly who cares? Yeah, some girls like princesses, and some grow out of it and some don't. Big woo.
For some reason this is hitting my Substanceless Cultural War Topics button, maybe it's that it's coming so hard and fast on the heels of that Chinese Mom book.
JZ - Jan 24, 2011 1:54:32 pm PST #18723 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Maybe you're living in crazy melty land....
Our cafeteria has shrimp ceviche today, so we can rule out the World Without Shrimp.
TB, it's just... weird, with the "Please" and the "Thank you" and the "Good job" and stuff. What's their angle here?
Hil R. - Jan 24, 2011 1:55:26 pm PST #18724 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
One of my students came in to my office today to take a makeup quiz, and she didn't have anywhere for her daughter to go during that time, so she brought her daughter with her. I ended up playing with the daughter (age 2 or so) while her mother was taking the quiz, which was fun (we played with the Sesame Street website), but I was somewhat puzzled that the mother would bring her toddler somewhere where she'd have to sit down and entertain herself for a while, and didn't bring so much as a coloring book and crayons.
Jesse - Jan 24, 2011 1:57:42 pm PST #18725 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
TB, it's just... weird, with the "Please" and the "Thank you" and the "Good job" and stuff. What's their angle here?
Aw, JZ! I can't believe you lived without that for so long! That's the worst. You deserve so much better.
Daisy Jane - Jan 24, 2011 2:02:29 pm PST #18726 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Depends on the kid. I was pretty good at entertaining myself.
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2011 2:02:39 pm PST #18727 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am also pleased to report that I will be attending both the women's and men's singles finals at the Australian Open this weekend. Wish me Rafa!
Okay, now I'm no longer on your side. Also, rooting for Murray.
JZ, I'm going to set a weekly timer.
Daisy Jane - Jan 24, 2011 2:03:54 pm PST #18728 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I am so happy for you JZ! A good work environment makes all the difference.
Kathy A - Jan 24, 2011 2:05:17 pm PST #18729 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
makeup quiz
OK, my head just went to a weird place, and I was wondering why Hil would be giving someone a test on how to apply makeup!!
JZ - Jan 24, 2011 2:08:01 pm PST #18730 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I can't believe you lived without that for so long! That's the worst. You deserve so much better.
The thing about a place like my ex-job is, though, after a while, when it's your only job and it consumes most of your waking life, you start to think, "Well, if I deserved any better, things would be better already. If it's been this shitty for this long and none of my other applications are getting even a nibble from anyone else, there must be something wrong with me. If there wasn't, I wouldn't be here." It's a really, really horrible death spiral.
It was actually stumbling on this incredible LJ post that crystallized just how fucking nuts the last place was and how badly I needed to be somewhere else.