What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.

Angel ,'Conviction (1)'


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.


SuziQ - Apr 02, 2012 12:00:38 pm PDT #29246 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I have been put in the position of mentoring two other people who are part of our group - one is multiple grade levels higher than I am. I hadn't realized he was a higher grade until today. Based on his knowledge and the training time I've put in with him, I'm surprised.

But now I understand why he has been the more difficult of the two to work with. And, of course, I'm getting the most pressure regarding his projects. I'm trying to step lightly, but, I fear, at some point I'm going to have to be a pushy b*tch.


Zenkitty - Apr 02, 2012 12:03:06 pm PDT #29247 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Turns out, a bathroom sink is a great place to trap a squirming screeching cat while you do something like pluck a tick off his nethers.

In conclusion, ew.


§ ita § - Apr 02, 2012 12:33:30 pm PDT #29248 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

::sigh::

Why won't some people read the documentation? I keep getting asked for explanations when I know they haven't read the email, or the attachment, or clicked on the link. And they'll get defensive about a lack of information, but honestly, it's all there and they don't want to do the work.

And they won't ask questions either, which is a pretty big giveaway. It's more like pouting and saying "But I don't have details!" as they cross their arms. I did give you, in two different phrasings, enough information for you to specify where you need more context. I can't just magically explain it properly if I don't know where I fell short.

We had a thing way back where people kept saying "Your boss doesn't like X's document!" and I had to keep telling them that my boss had never read the document. He'd opened it, skimmed the first page, gotten upset with what he saw, and not only stopped reading it, but didn't read any of the updates.

And even in that situation, when we were being asked to pay for delivery of the document, I had to read it and approve it, because everyone else refused. All they knew was they didn't like it, so they weren't going to read it. Because that's the order it works in.


meara - Apr 02, 2012 12:35:23 pm PDT #29249 of 30001

Wow, ita, I have used read receipts for emails, but had no idea you could check if someone opened the attachment or clicked on the link!


§ ita § - Apr 02, 2012 12:55:30 pm PDT #29250 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm just taking their word for it when they say they didn't read it that they didn't read it. I'm not sure why they'd lie.

However, in this case, someone on the cc chain did say "But the information is right there. Why do we have to state it again?" which was a nice relief.


meara - Apr 02, 2012 1:02:16 pm PDT #29251 of 30001

Oh, they're telling you they only read the first page or whatever. Gotcha--I thought you had some magic tracking tool!

Is it bad that of the contractors/handyman services I was looking at on Yelp (only ones with good reviews that sounded real), I chose to email one about a quote just because the owner is apparently a hot lesbian?


amych - Apr 02, 2012 1:09:07 pm PDT #29252 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Is it bad that of the contractors/handyman services I was looking at on Yelp (only ones with good reviews that sounded real), I chose to email one about a quote just because the owner is apparently a hot lesbian?

You have to choose somehow. I don't see how it's any different from the business that put jesusfish in their ads.


Hil R. - Apr 02, 2012 1:09:44 pm PDT #29253 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

We always used the blown out match trick to get the tick to let go.

I thought that you weren't supposed to do that now, because if the tick is carrying Lyme disease, then the heat makes it more likely to release the bacteria into the blood.


§ ita § - Apr 02, 2012 1:22:45 pm PDT #29254 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Ah, it's that time of the year again. When the radiofrequency ablation wears off. Maybe that's why the past few weeks have been so crap. But there was a discrete, quantum moment just now where I could feel one of my trigger points...trigger without external stimulation or any movement at all. So I'm on the phone making an appointment with the pain management clinic.


Connie Neil - Apr 02, 2012 2:23:51 pm PDT #29255 of 30001
brillig

I thought that you weren't supposed to do that now, because if the tick is carrying Lyme disease, then the heat makes it more likely to release the bacteria into the blood.

Back when I was around dogs that could have ticks, we were still thrilled at the idea of color TV, and we eavesdropped on our neighbors over the party line.