Worlds colliding having totally minor and coincidental points of convergence!
See also: Stephen Colbert referencing HOOKERS AND BLOW! the other night. (Which I know has already been mentioned here, but it bears repeating.)
Harken: You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war? Zoe: Fought with a lot of people in the war. Harken: And your husband? Zoe: Fight with him sometimes, too.
'Bushwhacked'
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.
Theodosia - Apr 29, 2011 5:10:21 am PDT #5883 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Frankenbuddha - Apr 29, 2011 5:16:15 am PDT #5884 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Check out the little girl NOT excited by the moment.
Ahahahahahahahaha!!!
brenda m - Apr 29, 2011 5:26:50 am PDT #5885 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Man, what a crazy ass week I've had.
Monday, I had to pull my boss in to reign in a situation where I agreed to take on a single, specific project for the team I support, and someone launched off that and announced to all and sundry that I was responsible for all marketing activities for this group going forward. (Very much NOT my job, nor anything I am qualified, interested or have time to do.)
Tuesday, emergency root canal.
Wednesday and Thursday, led two-day training session while popping advil like candy and looking like someone punched me in the face.
Immediately following the end of the seminar on Thursday - like, still in the room clearing things up and trying to get the hell out of there - my boss comes down and says this:
"I actually do need to talk to you. Just for five minutes. But it'll be a painful five minutes."
Things I never want to hear my boss say again for $500, Alex.
DebetEsse - Apr 29, 2011 5:36:34 am PDT #5886 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
ruh-roh. Maybe he'll just punch you in the face, and then you can take some more Advil over the weekend?
Sue - Apr 29, 2011 5:38:35 am PDT #5887 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Holy crap, Brenda. I hope you have some R&R planned for this weekend.
brenda m - Apr 29, 2011 5:45:03 am PDT #5888 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh, and the painful was not so much painful as scary. She's pulling me on to a project that is incredibly high profile and priority for the firm. (But not necessarily taking me off all my other shit, though if I press the issue I can probably avoid adding anything more.)
"I need someone who can manage the room and take the lead for a project involving Global CEO, Americas CEO, Huge SuperImportantGuy 1, Huge SuperImportantGuy 2, and [various other VIPs]. And it needs to be someone that HugeSuperImportantGuy 1 has complete confidence in...."
By the end of that sentence I was pretty much boxed in.
Oh, AND, Global CEO just happened to introduce himself to me in the elevator the other day when I was a) juggling 9 things that I had to shift around to shake hands and b) all swollen and pained and not totally coherent in my speech. AWESOME.
May is going be a fucking doozy of a month, I tell you what. I'm trying not to freak out but it's gonna be a near thing.
hippocampus - Apr 29, 2011 5:50:16 am PDT #5889 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
psssst .... Brenda's awesome at her job, pass it on!
DavidS - Apr 29, 2011 5:50:45 am PDT #5890 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Details on the dress (I know Bev will want to know this):
The lace appliqué for the gown's bodice and skirt was handmade by the Royal School of Needlework, based at Hampton Court Palace. Individual flowers were hand-cut from lace and hand-engineered onto ivory silk tulle to create an organic design with rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock motifs.
The skirt was meant to echo an opening flower, and the bodice to draw on the Victorian tradition of corsetry. The train was just short of nine feet long. French Chantilly lace was combined with English Cluny lace to be hand-worked in the Carrickmacross needlework tradition which originated in Ireland in the 1820s. The workers washed their hands every 30 minutes to keep the lace and threads pristine, and the needles were renewed every three hours to keep them sharp and clean.
Tom Scola - Apr 29, 2011 5:51:07 am PDT #5891 of 30001
hwæt
And the reward for being awesome at your job is... more work!!!
le nubian - Apr 29, 2011 5:52:45 am PDT #5892 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Brenda's awesome at her job, pass it on!
No shit. Congrats, Brenda! Nice to be held in high regard.