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Mal: Ready? Zoe: Always.
'Serenity'
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.
Consuela - Sep 27, 2012 11:22:04 am PDT #23725 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Kat - Sep 27, 2012 11:27:26 am PDT #23726 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Suela, you are a good person with the cupcake thanks. I'm glad they fixed your posting. Just. Ohmigod. Still sending jobma.
In incompetent coworker news....
Two weeks ago, they moved one of my classes to a colleague to teach it as an auxiliary. They were then supposed to create a class in my 3rd period as honors lit. I have an awesome and exciting curriculum for it and am stoked about teaching it. I gave them a list of kids and then... nothing.
Today I came into work because I thought they have not filled the class yet. I have no students. I'll leave and go home at 12:00 since I don't feel 100%. But no. They GAVE ME STUDENTS TODAY. But not all of them. Just 9. So I'm babysitting and still not teaching.
This issue could and should have been resolved before school started, when I pointed the issue out. It's been 7 weeks. GROWL!
Also, I'm with Steph. My fave is Someone is Wrong on the Internet.
Zenkitty - Sep 27, 2012 11:52:49 am PDT #23727 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My Samsung Galaxy S III has arrived! Now I wait for the number to complete transferring from my BlackBerry. I'm having unexpected anxiety over losing my BB.
I'm having anxiety over everything lately. It's nuts.
Jesse - Sep 27, 2012 1:24:15 pm PDT #23728 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Since I'm feeling a little better (and maybe want to trade my DVR in for a new one this weekend), I thought I'd go ahead and watch Contagion. We'll see how this goes.
Cass - Sep 27, 2012 1:28:24 pm PDT #23729 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I sneezed in the theatre watching that movie and worried I'd be bagged and tagged. It was allergies!
le nubian - Sep 27, 2012 1:44:51 pm PDT #23730 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesse,
um, I hope it goes well? I was entertained by Contagion, but I didn't think it was GREAT.
Amy - Sep 27, 2012 1:49:44 pm PDT #23731 of 30001
Because books.
Very late YAY, Consuela. I hope this next part is easy and quick.
le nubian - Sep 27, 2012 1:55:15 pm PDT #23732 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I went to the mall to return a boatload of stuff and I heard an early 90's Dave Matthews Band tune. I said to the store manager (because of course 25% of my social interactions are with retail personnel), "man, I haven't heard that song in like 10 years." She proceeds to tell me that they have 1 cd of "pop hits" that they have to play in the store and that is the only music that they play.
This selection of hits includes "whip my hair." She has heard these songs over and over again for 6 months.
Serious question: isn't this a UN defined torture technique? I think I would absolutely lose my shit if I had to listen to the same 20 songs over and over again for months. I thought Christmas season in retail was bad when I did it. This is worse.
Connie Neil - Sep 27, 2012 1:59:14 pm PDT #23733 of 30001
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I don't think I've ever heard the song Whip My Hair. I don't feel this is a lack in my life.
Typo Boy - Sep 27, 2012 1:59:52 pm PDT #23734 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Serious question: isn't this a UN defined torture technique?
Serious answer: it only becomes torture when it is played at high volume continuously as a means of sleep deprivation. You always read about news stories about how someone was broken by this or that song, haw, haw? But it really is not the choice of song or even the fact of repetition alone, but that combined with playing loudly 24 hours a day to produce sleep deprivation.