Danger's my birthright.

Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


tommyrot - Feb 06, 2013 8:25:55 am PST #10103 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

It's 1pm. Why am I falling asleep at my desk?

Go ahead and sleep. In fact, we should all sleep at our desks.


Amy - Feb 06, 2013 8:29:44 am PST #10104 of 30001
Because books.

That's a lot to handle still, Consuela. Especially the falling -- what's the level of medical care? They should be reporting that to you each time as it happens, I would think.

My baring my mistakes went as well as one could expect.

That's good to hear!


Jesse - Feb 06, 2013 8:35:46 am PST #10105 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Jesse, do not dispose of food in your office trash can! Do you not have a kitchen to smell up?

Not really! There are other trash cans down the hall, but that just seems shady.

My baring my mistakes went as well as one could expect.

Well that's something. You have no idea how much I fuck things up when I just stay up past 11. I would definitely be unable to function if I were dealing with what you are dealing with.


Consuela - Feb 06, 2013 8:35:46 am PST #10106 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

They should be reporting that to you each time as it happens, I would think.

They have been, pretty much, although not at midnight on Saturday or whatever.

Right now they're only getting check-ins and medication management, I believe. We will need to up that to help with basic functions, and medication management for my Dad, who is far more confused than he was even six months ago.

He's not going to want to stop driving: I'm going to make the doctor tell him.


Consuela - Feb 06, 2013 8:36:38 am PST #10107 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

In better news, have some very cute fennec foxes: [link]


Jesse - Feb 06, 2013 8:40:42 am PST #10108 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Kenji Lopez-Alt at Serious Eats is doing another vegan month, which should result in some excellent recipes, FYI. [link]


§ ita § - Feb 06, 2013 8:46:14 am PST #10109 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If I start there, then I take less beating. Might just be my workplace.

That's basically what I did. I didn't say who didn't do their jobs right other than me, just that I hadn't checked to make sure everyone had done their jobs right, therefore I hadn't done mine.

And I've told the people concerned in private what went wrong, and how I'm going to up the level of validation and why--I hope they get that by me taking the entire flak for their fuckup that me changing the rules is the best possible result of this scenario, since no management knows who precisely failed where.

There are some business analysts/project managers here that will throw people under the bus, but one way or another I don't think that's useful.

My manager has booked ninety minutes for our one on one, though--it usually takes half an hour. So I can't properly exhale until four thirty.

I have nothing I need to do quickly today, so I'm going to make sure everything I do, I do thoroughly at least. Excessively, if need be.


Kat - Feb 06, 2013 8:54:27 am PST #10110 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Ugh. I hope things go more smoothly than you expect.

I am no longer writing comments on papers. I'm writing see me instead. It's faster for me to explain than it is to write it out.


DavidS - Feb 06, 2013 8:57:35 am PST #10111 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

GodDAMN, Hec. That woman almost convinced me to get a fade. She looks amazing.

Right? She worked her way down from a side shave with long hair to a flattop that looked amazingly Grace Jones cool.

The kind that makes mortal humans wonder why their lives don't look like staged and retouched professional photographs.

I guess she's primarily a stylist for photoshoots and does the modeling on the side. That does help with staging your life.


le nubian - Feb 06, 2013 9:03:05 am PST #10112 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Jesse,

thank you for that. I am not vegan, but I don't mind eating vegan recipes. Especially if they are tasty. I'd like to eat less meat, but I am not sure I can give up fish and poultry!