'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
At the time I had a 1/2 time regular gig that gave me relatively solid financial footing for the freelance design career and a summer gig that I've been doing for ages, both of which I would've had to quit. A month or two after not applying for the full time job, the theatre with my 1/2 time job folded. And a few months ago I decided to quit the summer job. Those weren't the only factors, but they are a big part of the financial picture.
Why did you quit the Summer gig?
Ooh, that sounds pretty exciting then, aurelia! And if you've got a guy on the inside rooting for you, bonus!
I'm fighting with my gym, because I signed up for personal trainer sessions, and then they changed companies, and now it's all a mess. I was paying one price, but now they charge a different one, and no one can figure out how to convert...ugh.
Somebody needs to invent a roto-rooter for sinuses.
Afrin.
My niece had something done to her sinuses and it changed the pitch of her voice. Didn't stop her from singing in her death metal band, but I'm not sure "singing" was an actual requirement anyway.
aurelia, sounds like the timing is just right! Carpe whatever-"job"-is-in-Latin.
meara, good luck with the gym. My gym is nothing more than a pit I throw money into. I should just cancel it.
Why did you quit the Summer gig?
Oh, how to answer that? Short answer... I quit on principle due to administrative changes. Vague enough? The long answer is dramatic and probably more than you want to hear. Would you believe I was there for 17 summers?
I have a Beastie Boys rant. I AM VERY ANGRY.
I should go calm down.
This is the part where I pop my head up and suggest nasal saline a couple times a day. Because it helps flush the nasty pollens out so there's less irritation.
Right. I need to get back to doing that. Because I suppose burning down the giant rhododendron bush that's right outside our bedroom window is overkill, isn't it?
I have a Beastie Boys rant.
Are you mad at Mike D.? Or will your rant rhyme?
Are you people sure that trepanation is a bad plan?
I was just listening to the This American Life archives and came across a story about a man who did research into just how many actually useful, symbiotic parasites our cleanly modern life may have eliminated, and remains convinced that he successfully cured himself of lifelong debilitating allergies by infecting himself with hookworms . He then went on to a brisk internet business selling them to other allergy sufferers, but the FDA shut him down and he and his family have left the country.
Allyson,
rant here. we can take it.