Oh, I get passionate, Allyson. I think that's awesome and it's great for the other people at work. I love that you feel that way. I even get righteously angry if it's needed--and sometimes it is. I meant bringing non-work feelings into work, crying because I am having a bad day or snapping someone's head off because I am upset about something that happened at home--stuff like that.
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SALLY RIDE!
Sally Freakin' Ride. Let's face it, Allyson has an awesome job.
It was great for me to be pregnant at the same time as Burrell (and our babies are EIGHT!! now).
Also, you were pregnant with Dillo when JZ was cooking up Matilda.
Erin, the important thing is that you feel shiny. But I do think you rock the bob.
I wonder if recruiters consider Al-Anon membership a positive worth seeking out. "If you can deal with alcoholic parents you can deal with our workplace."
They might, but I doubt they'd admit it.
I got to speak to Sally Ride on the phone. SALLY RIDE. Yes, when I transferred her call over, I called my mom and squeeeeeed.
Cool! When I worked at WGBH I got to transfer a call from Alistair Cook. At Fantagraphics I got to take a call from Alan Moore.
I, uh, got to take a call from Dr. Dean Ornish once, wanting one of my docs to join an academic committee with him.
I also once took a call from a Dr. Pretorius, but I don't think he was the Dr. Pretorius.
Sally Ride! So cool!
I once answered phones for John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band's managers. ... that's a pretty minor brush with fame, I have to admit. And I never met the band, and when I left, they didn't even give me a free copy of the new album. Jerks.
This is why I went bananas over the rock-bonding incident.
My scientists and engineers have taken to calling the class, "Allyson's Rock Class."
Dean Ornish used to be married to my cousin. JZ, we're totally connected.