Ugh. We just had another round of layoffs here. Again, I dodged the bullet (as did everyone on my team - we're currently the revenue generators, at least for the foreseeable future), but it's still a gut punch. Some folks who'd been here quite a while too.
Anya: Are you stupid or something? Giles: Allow me to answer that question with a firing.
'Sleeper'
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.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 09, 2013 5:43:29 am PDT #17788 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Burrell - Apr 09, 2013 5:43:58 am PDT #17789 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Marriage equality is important, but so is the equality of non-marriage: of friendship, of solitude.
She has a point about non-marriage getting unfairly dinged. As for Bert and Ernie, I always think of them as the kid version of The Odd Couple.
Nora Deirdre - Apr 09, 2013 5:46:29 am PDT #17790 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
We just had another round of layoffs here. Again, I dodged the bullet (as did everyone on my team - we're currently the revenue generators, at least for the foreseeable future), but it's still a gut punch. Some folks who'd been here quite a while too.
Wow, are things just not bouncing back for your industry, or is this a more generalized slash-and-burn corporate philosophy?
Jessica - Apr 09, 2013 5:48:13 am PDT #17791 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
No laying off Buffistas! Stop it, companies!
It's supposed to hit 80 here today, so I came to work in short sleeves and no jacket. And then I put on my office sweater because it's chilly in here. But if it's even half as nice today as it was yesterday, my spring/summer tradition of walking down to the Hudson for lunch can continue!
-t - Apr 09, 2013 5:57:56 am PDT #17792 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sorry, Frank. Glad you came through it okay, but I know that's hard even so.
-t - Apr 09, 2013 6:06:50 am PDT #17793 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
And interview~ma to msbelle.
I am in a blah mood today and feel like all my cute clothes are too big or too small, so I'm all in gray and every time I look down and see that the grays don't quite match I think "Three Shades of Gray" and wonder of that counts as making a reference. I don't think my coffee is working.
§ ita § - Apr 09, 2013 6:17:47 am PDT #17794 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My sinuses are afire again. And I have meetings I can't work out how to miss, but I am useless so far this morning.
Zenkitty - Apr 09, 2013 6:18:08 am PDT #17795 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I like the Bert and Ernie thing. Especially now, when I've been single for 14 years and it looks like it's gonna stay that way.
Steph L. - Apr 09, 2013 6:19:15 am PDT #17796 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I thought my computer weather doodad was telling me it was already 87 here, but then I realized that the weather doodad is next to my Gmail notifer, and I have 87 unread emails. I feel a little better about that, because 87 degrees on April 9th is NUTS. (It is, however, 70.)
Also, Nutella rice krispie treats ZOMG.
Connie Neil - Apr 09, 2013 6:21:49 am PDT #17797 of 30001
brillig
Actively snowing in Utah.