Holy crap, Brenda. I hope you have some R&R planned for this weekend.
That's my girl, large and in-charge. Okay, teensy-weensy and in charge.
Gunn ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
Sue - Apr 29, 2011 5:38:35 am PDT #5887 of 30001
hip deep in pie
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.
le nubian - Apr 29, 2011 5:55:48 am PDT #5893 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
it looks like the three networks all have primetime coverage of the Royal Wedding in case anyone missed it and remains interested.
sumi - Apr 29, 2011 6:05:12 am PDT #5894 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I'm watching Dressage (day 2) at Rolex. . . Mark Todd is up next.
Jesse - Apr 29, 2011 6:12:51 am PDT #5895 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yikes and congrats, Brenda?
In other celebrity news, January Jones is pregnant. Who's the baby's daddy?? [link]
Sophia Brooks - Apr 29, 2011 6:13:52 am PDT #5896 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
job ~ma to Kat.
I wish I had watched this morning-- I clearly remember Charles and Diana's AND Andrew and Fergie's weddings.
I am all weirdly nervous because I am in a "staged reading" tonight, and I have not acting in 16 years. And I do not really enjoy acting. And I am doing a favor for a friend who is a director, but he is driving me crazy because we have no blocking and we have never rehearsed the full thing and up until last night we were just sitting in chairs but now we are entering and moving about, which is super awkward for me.
I really do not want to make a fool of myself.
However, I realize I really miss directing, so I may have to bite the bullet and do some acting so I know people.