Poor sarameg! How do you blink wrong? No, don't tell me, I'll start doing it. You should get an eyepatch and just keep your eye closed. And say Arrrrr a lot.
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Zenkitty - Mar 12, 2012 3:05:39 pm PDT #26364 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
§ ita § - Mar 12, 2012 3:06:22 pm PDT #26365 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ouch, sara. I wish you speedy healing.
I just learnt that fleshbot has been sold.
Good god, it's hideous now. And I say that as someone who wholeheartedly despises the gawker re-design. This is worse. It looks like a trashy porn site. And Lux isn't trashy. I'll kinda miss those naked kids. But I don't want to work out how to navigate that.
OMG, I just remembered the rope course we did at my now defunct MI employer. There was one guy who was stunningly bad. Like, he must have been doing it on purpose level of bad. So everyone mocked him. So worth flying 3000 miles for team building exercises so we could dump shit on him.
We also did team-building through improv.
Who the FUCK think improv builds good business team skills? Good god, the sniping and the backstabbing and shit that improv got me used to...oh.
Maria - Mar 12, 2012 3:08:16 pm PDT #26366 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Goddamnit, sara. I'm sorry. If you need me to do anything for you tomorrow, let me know.
lisah - Mar 12, 2012 3:21:24 pm PDT #26367 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
oh OW, sara!! I'm around all week if you need anything.
sarameg - Mar 12, 2012 3:21:49 pm PDT #26368 of 30001
It's comically, painfully ridiculous. I'll be fine. Just bored. I do have to call in for a couple meetings. My screen tolerance is much better than last time, but I just can't look at a screen for more that a few seconds. I mean, this time I can drive.
You know those blinks when you eye is sealed tight and there is actually a bit of pressure pop when you open the lid (often when you wake up or if you've screwed your eyes tight shut)? Apparently that was sufficient to pull the scarred tissue open.
Maria, I am quite relieved on your behalf.
§ ita § - Mar 12, 2012 3:25:11 pm PDT #26369 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't want to send you away, sara, but should you be at a computer right now? Or will you go nuts if you aren't?
flea - Mar 12, 2012 3:25:25 pm PDT #26370 of 30001
information libertarian
Ok, mr. flea has spent at least 4 hours on the phone with our mortgage company in the last 2 weeks, trying to get them to fix their error of paying $4000 from our escrow account to a random GA county we've never even been to; this error has made them raise our payment by 30% to "refill" the escrow account. Their current solution is for us to pay them extra now, and they'll cut us a check for a refund of the extra we pay. Sometime. Possibly in May. Any thoughts on how we can escalate beyond the phone bank manager? It's US Bank. I hate them so much.
sarameg - Mar 12, 2012 3:28:50 pm PDT #26371 of 30001
I look at the screen with only one eye. In bursts and I look away before there is any strain. I can blather but can't really do any work because that involves being able to study output. Conversation is different than analysis.
sarameg - Mar 12, 2012 3:48:10 pm PDT #26372 of 30001
I heard an enormous and long rumble and crashing from upstairs. I go to investigate. Trashcan from the bedroom is upright and reeling and is now in the hall. Bathroom rug rucked up. Pumpkin is in the laundry basket in the spare room.
I keep the laundry basket in my bedroom, around the corner and down the hall past the bathroom. This cat.
meara - Mar 12, 2012 3:59:28 pm PDT #26373 of 30001
flea, have you been asking to talk to everyone's supervisor on up the chain? Or do they refuse? Can you threaten to sic a lawyer or the BBB or something on them? Go into the bank and refuse to leave until they deal with your issue? No idea.
I am on hold trying to get Apple to allow FedEx to hold my iPad at a FedEx until I get home (currently not allowed), and not keep trying to deliver it and eventually sending it back!! (OK, they answered and apparently know what I"m talking about and will do it)