I did not get a bonus or gift, but we did get two weeks off for the holiday. I am OK with that!
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2011: Maybe the even years are better
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. 2011? Room for improvement. Srsly.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 20, 2011 5:14:28 pm PST #106 of 408
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
dcp - Dec 20, 2011 5:19:28 pm PST #107 of 408
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
My cousin in SF sent me Tcho chocolates for Christmas. I'd never heard of them. Dark chocolate, four flavors -- chocolatey, nutty, fruity, and citrus. They came with instructions, wtf? One is supposed to eat savor them in order. Again, wtf?
I like chocolate. I like dark chocolate even more. I do not like any of the Tcho chocolates.
I'm going to take them in to work tomorrow, see if anyone likes any of them.
They did come in a nice box, though. I'll keep that, anyway.
brenda m - Dec 20, 2011 5:30:34 pm PST #108 of 408
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, I know those! I love the fruity one. But I've never really done the tasting in order thing.
Consuela - Dec 20, 2011 5:44:28 pm PST #109 of 408
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I do not like any of the Tcho chocolates.
I think their chocolates are kind of an acquired taste. OTOH, their hot chocolate (which you can get from their factory tasting room in SF) is amazing.
Amy - Dec 20, 2011 5:56:58 pm PST #110 of 408
Because books.
I don't want instructions with my food! Especially chocolate. It should just be EAT and NOM.
§ ita § - Dec 20, 2011 6:53:58 pm PST #111 of 408
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I want to take you to the "blind" eating in LA, Amy.. Something that's too complicated for, you know, food. Or molecular gastronomy. We got lots of it here.
Amy - Dec 20, 2011 6:54:42 pm PST #112 of 408
Because books.
Blind eating? That sounds frightening.
§ ita § - Dec 20, 2011 7:27:08 pm PST #113 of 408
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nah, don't be afraid of the dark.
Jesse - Dec 21, 2011 3:06:11 am PST #114 of 408
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Eating in the dark (I actually did it blindfolded, because it was a special event) is fascinating.
Toddson - Dec 21, 2011 5:15:21 am PST #115 of 408
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Really, 2011, you can go. Turns out that one day when I was out they handed out bonus checks - small ones, but still. Mine was left in my office ... but I never saw it. Really. I'm OVER 2011.