Where's the praising and extolling of my virtues? Where's the love?

Host ,'Not Fade Away'


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.


-t - Sep 27, 2011 6:05:31 pm PDT #28830 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

You can do it, Perkins! *\\o/* You can always come capslock in here.


Vortex - Sep 27, 2011 6:10:39 pm PDT #28831 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Dark red towels that say "vampire", yep. Because I EMBRACE my cliché, dammit.

Jilli, these come in red

n the end, it was the pseudicide that did the most emotional damage. If he'd just faded away, it would have been kinder -- in response to the friendliness he'd been shown by this community, he repaid it with mean-spirited selfish stir-causing.

but isn't that the whole point? To see an outpouring of sympathy or anger regarding this fictional person? If the trickster doesn't see the effects of the trick, what's the point? (of course, one could argue what is the point of tricking in the first place?)

Eta: vortex will know if I'm dead.

and I will be very upset, for the record.

There are enough people that will know IRL so that it will eventually trickle to my online life. For example, Meara's and my friend N would let meara know and she would let you all know. And N would tell my other online group. As a backup Fred Pete is a member of both :)


P.M. Marc - Sep 27, 2011 6:11:13 pm PDT #28832 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I did not kill anyone today!!!

I was tempted.

If I snuff it, Jilli and Pete will know. As will Cass. And Cass and Jilli can fight over who gets to be my porn buddy.


Juliebird - Sep 27, 2011 6:11:35 pm PDT #28833 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Evil Boss Lady asked today if I had a second, then proceeded to apologize for her comment about knowing who said what to her coach. THEN proceeded to blame THAT on another employee "attacking" another coworker and making EBL flustered and throwing her off-script.

Honey, it's not an apology if you're laying the blame for your bad behaviour on another person. Also, the fact that you just admitted that you were speaking from a script takes away credence from what you supposedly *were* trying to say, and that your off-script out-of-line comment was therefore off-the-cuff and therefore more sincere. But I can actually let the latter pass, but the former is a sticking point.

No excuses, is what I was taught. It's not an apology if there's a "but" tacked on. Just fucking own it.


P.M. Marc - Sep 27, 2011 6:13:59 pm PDT #28834 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Honestly, Paul's FB friends with lots of you, so heck. You'd probably find out there

I have had four people at least on my LJ flist die. Two this year. Word gets around.

Fuck, I miss Branni and Sandy.


Lee - Sep 27, 2011 6:24:40 pm PDT #28835 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I did not kill anyone today!!!

ME EITHER

I was tempted.

ME TOO


SuziQ - Sep 27, 2011 6:27:27 pm PDT #28836 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I turned to K-Bug earlier and told her that she was responsible for making sure y'all knew. She looked at me like I was nuts.


Scrappy - Sep 27, 2011 6:29:57 pm PDT #28837 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I came in today to a really angry email to me from my (old) boss, which was cc'ed to my new boss and the owner of the company. I believe the phrase "dropped the ball" was used. I managed to smooth things over, but then I got to end the day by firing an employee, who completely broke down and cried on and off for an hour. Plus DH is off in Canada driving land Rovers and is unreachable. Long fucking day, I tell you what.


Juliebird - Sep 27, 2011 6:42:24 pm PDT #28838 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

God, Scrappy, I can't imagine. I was the final nail in getting a coworker fired, and I wasn't the one who had to pull the trigger, and it was still awful.


meara - Sep 27, 2011 6:49:50 pm PDT #28839 of 30001

For example, Meara's and my friend N would let meara know and she would let you all know. And N would tell my other online group

Does N actually do stuff online these days? I never see him anywhere the past few years. What with law school, and lawyering. I also figured F would tell us if one of us died.

I did semi-seriously worry, without a roommate, what would happen if I died (or fell down the stairs and broke my legs and couldn't move...)

Of course, now she's going to be blocking the driveway with her POD when I get home from my redeye flight, and I just know there's not going to be any parking and I'm going to be grumpy. And I hate that I'm pre-emptively grumpy about it.

I believe the phrase "dropped the ball" was used. I managed to smooth things over, but then I got to end the day by firing an employee,

Wait, did you drop the ball? Or the other employee? It sounds awful, I hope you got to have some nice dinner or a drink or rollerskate tonight.