People talk about Goals, like, be Vice President of Real Estate for [Name] Hospital before I turn 45, or, Earn Enough To Send My Eight Kids To Dartmouth
Not most people.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Jesse - Jun 21, 2012 2:44:15 pm PDT #10708 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Steph L. - Jun 21, 2012 2:51:44 pm PDT #10709 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
People talk about Goals, like, be Vice President of Real Estate for [Name] Hospital before I turn 45, or, Earn Enough To Send My Eight Kids To Dartmouth
Not most people.
I know some serious goddamn overachievers.
Jesse - Jun 21, 2012 2:54:20 pm PDT #10710 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And a bunch of just-getting-by-ers!
Jessica - Jun 21, 2012 2:55:55 pm PDT #10711 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My goal is to work about as hard as I do right now, but for more money doing more interesting stuff.
For my kids, I hope they grow up to be better happier people than me. Not that I'm miserable and awful, but I want them to beat me at life.
Sue - Jun 21, 2012 2:55:56 pm PDT #10712 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I got seized today with an attack of Holy-Shit-I'm-Turning-41*-What-Have-I-Done-With-My-Life-Oh-That's-Right-NOTHING-I'm-Not-Even-Climbing-The-Corporate-Ladder-I-Have-No-Goals-At-All-Holy-Shit.
Change that 41 to 42. Add and-the-job-I-can't-stand-is-stressing-me-out and welcome to the last six months of my life.
I realized after work today that I double booked my employment counselor and my anxiety counselor on Monday. I can't even manage two appointments on my day off.
Amy - Jun 21, 2012 2:58:05 pm PDT #10713 of 30001
Because books.
For my kids, I hope they grow up to be better happier people than me. Not that I'm miserable and awful, but I want them to beat me at life.
So much this.
-t - Jun 21, 2012 3:09:05 pm PDT #10714 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Rule or not rule?
Not rule. At least, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Goals. Sigh. I do feel like I should have some of those, but I haven't been able to come up with any.
EpicTangent - Jun 21, 2012 3:20:30 pm PDT #10715 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone! Have a lovely evening, Lovely People!
P.S. I also often feel like the most Aimless Slacker of My Generation.
My goal is to work about as hard as I do right now, but for more money doing more interesting stuff.
That - THAT's my goal! (Thanks for articulating, Jess!)
§ ita § - Jun 21, 2012 3:20:34 pm PDT #10716 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So here's the thing, ita ! When I run the report, there are only results for May.
Oh, for the love of god, how can we possibly be having this conversation? It took me at least an extra five minutes to leave the office because he kept nodding and not understanding that there are no records. in the world. of this database. for June. Period. At all. It is a bug. That he gave a status on fixing two hours ago.
I can't. talk any slower or make better hand gestures.
Something the carwash guy did means that the light for park is on even when my key isn't in the ignition. I will not have a battery tomorrow if I don't work this out, will I?
smonster - Jun 21, 2012 3:27:54 pm PDT #10717 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
ita !, I am the least techiest person ever, but I am pretty sure I understand that.
So, jumping on the heat complaining train - I know I signed up for this, but working outside all summer in the LA heat? Is going to be a Herculean test of my endurance. And I *like* heat and humidity. But it is unrelenting and brutal already, and we're just getting started. I could wring out my t-shirt, I swear. I have to use diaper rash cream because of my hip brace. I drink a liter of Gatorade a day in addition to at least three liters of water (not counting what I drink at home before and after work). I feel like I need a Camelbak or an IV to stay hydrated, because the sweat just rolls down, all day long, as fast as I can drink.
Yeah, stay tuned for more where that came from.