I don't have fancy hair most days, but I most certainly did not today.
We might have to start alternating Fancy Hair Days with Onerous Task Days.
She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic.
Wash ,'War Stories'
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.
DavidS - Nov 15, 2011 8:17:27 am PST #6792 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2011 8:26:50 am PST #6793 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Meeting just got interrupted because of fire drill. Luckily I'm working from home, so no big deal for me...
I haven't had a fancy hair day in 25 years.
DavidS - Nov 15, 2011 8:27:39 am PST #6794 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I haven't had a fancy hair day in 25 years.
I bet you look pretty fancy when you leave the barbershop. It's a minimalist aesthetic.
JenP - Nov 15, 2011 8:32:27 am PST #6795 of 30001
One of the first uses of income that I don't need to put towards anything critical to my survival will be a good haircut. Lordy, lordy I am looking forward to that.
le nubian - Nov 15, 2011 8:35:27 am PST #6796 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I need to do fancy hair. It is kind of a PITA to do and takes 3 hours, but it lasts a week!
ChiKat - Nov 15, 2011 8:37:14 am PST #6797 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Happy birthday, sumi!!!
javachik - Nov 15, 2011 8:40:04 am PST #6798 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
One of the first uses of income that I don't need to put towards anything critical to my survival will be a good haircut. Lordy, lordy I am looking forward to that.
I really recommend Sox's stylist. Sox has been rocking awfully perfect haircuts lately.
DavidS - Nov 15, 2011 8:41:13 am PST #6799 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It is kind of a PITA to do and takes 3 hours, but it lasts a week!
Totally worth it for fanciness.
Happy birthday, Sumi!
One of the first uses of income that I don't need to put towards anything critical to my survival will be a good haircut.
Remember folks, you wear your hair, eyebrows and glasses every day so they're worthwhile fashion investments. Well, some of you might not wear your eyebrows every day. (Muppet!Angel, I'm looking at you.)
Consuela - Nov 15, 2011 8:42:44 am PST #6800 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Thanks for the reminder, JenP--I just made a hair appointment for Friday.
In other news, my new boss (new since July) has a couple of times commented on my "bristly" personality.
Now, I don't think I'm bristly. I'm occasionally brusque with people I think are full of shit, but I do try to behave like a professional adult who doesn't fly off the handle. I'm friendly in the office without being all warm and fuzzy, and I have good reasons for expressing frustration from time to time (between My Nemesis and the farce that is the hiring process here). I would call my work style forthright but pleasant.
So my question is: how do I bring my boss around on this? I don't need hairpats or validation, but I would like some advice on redirecting him before review time. I suspect a part of the issue is that (a) I really only go to him when I have a problem, and (b) my biggest problem to date has been the issue with My Nemesis. Which leads me to think he's convinced himself this is a personality conflict and I'm just being too hard to please.
I have no intention of becoming The Complainer again--BTDT, got the t-shirt. It's an awful place to be. But I would love techniques for showing him how I'm not all bristly and trouble-making.
erikaj - Nov 15, 2011 8:44:30 am PST #6801 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
"Team-building" blows. Sounds like a pep rally from which you could get fired...what's to love? I've been hesitant about looking for big whys about my mental state since being a captive audience for some social worker's theory that maybe people with CP get other parts of our brains damaged. Maybe, but unless you consider how poor we have to stay, how hard it is for us to do stuff, and the damage that causes, babbling about some physical cause, like, "Eureka!" makes you a MORON. Also, I'm Irish and Scandinavian...we just, paint with the dark colors. I always look at those commercials for Abilify and wonder how psyched it's normal to be.