sj's got the good stuff! Interview thingy went great and I'm going to work a half day tomorrow before my parents get in, then start again after they leave. Pay is total crap, but I'm basically getting paid to get trained and it has the potential to go up pretty quickly. Plus, they work 4 10-hr days, so I could potentially pick up another job on the weekend. I'll be learning to do window restoration and weatherizing - and man, one thing this town has is a shitton of old windows.
You two carried me through that war. Now I need you to carry me just a little bit further. If you can.
Tracy ,'The Message'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
smonster - Apr 10, 2012 5:49:19 am PDT #11124 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
erikaj - Apr 10, 2012 5:51:20 am PDT #11125 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
that sounds interesting.
sj - Apr 10, 2012 5:59:07 am PDT #11126 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
smonster, that's great! Sorry about the crappy pay, but I hope you love it and they love you and decide to pay you more quickly.
DavidS - Apr 10, 2012 6:16:48 am PDT #11127 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'll be learning to do window restoration and weatherizing - and man, one thing this town has is a shitton of old windows.
You can start a collection of vintage sash weights!
Calli - Apr 10, 2012 6:29:07 am PDT #11128 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm glad you got the job, smonster, and that they're willing to work around your parents' visit.
smonster - Apr 10, 2012 7:03:11 am PDT #11129 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
A collection of vintage sash weights would be... heavy. And cylindrical. Good for stubbing toes and bashing in intruders' heads, not much else. "Now, *this* is a 12-pound 1898 weight from a 6-over-6 cypress window in Treme... I have it on *good authority* that Jelly Roll Morton once had sex with a prostitute up against this very window, but of course I can't actually *prove* it."
Nora Deirdre - Apr 10, 2012 7:06:05 am PDT #11130 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
. I have it on *good authority* that Jelly Roll Morton once had sex with a prostitude up against this very window, but of course I can't actually *prove* it."
Ahahahaha. Though the last part is implied (as with every tall tale told here) and never said out loud.
Strix - Apr 10, 2012 7:06:54 am PDT #11131 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
smonster, that's great!
Zenkitty - Apr 10, 2012 7:38:19 am PDT #11132 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Good news, smonster!
I felt marginally better when I got up this morning, but now looking at all the work in my inbox and the piles of things I have to do at home and the business trip in two weeks I have to find clothes for... I want chocolate and rum and a houseboy. Also, a quiet cat. SHUT UP DARLING.
I lost ten pounds. That's good. I haven't been able to stick to the diet for a week. That's not good. But I didn't put any of the weight back on, so that's good. Trying to concentrate on the good, and not on the boxes of chocolate I want to be eating right now. Damn hormones.
Ginger - Apr 10, 2012 7:40:01 am PDT #11133 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Thanks for the good outcomes -ma. Sadly, it didn't work.