That's perfect, javachik. Much better. Thank you!
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
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.
Kate P. - May 23, 2013 9:07:21 am PDT #23418 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
-t - May 23, 2013 9:18:50 am PDT #23419 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Very cool, Suzi! Hope it happens right quick.
Consuela - May 23, 2013 9:20:24 am PDT #23420 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Go Suzi Go!
Gudanov - May 23, 2013 9:22:23 am PDT #23421 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I went with a sandwich and a blog post, with a side of editing.
Connie Neil - May 23, 2013 9:52:29 am PDT #23422 of 30001
brillig
Just submitted the paperwork to the department supervisor for the job change, he nodded in approval, and now I'm feeling all excited at the idea of moving to QA. So this is probably a good idea. My bosses have been thinking I was being a stick in the mud job-advancement-wise anyway.
It's weird to work for a company that doesn't see me as a drone.
SuziQ - May 23, 2013 9:59:14 am PDT #23423 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
YAYAYAY Connie!
I look at my 15 years in the accounting group and compare them to the last 5 years and wow, night and day. I work with a lot of the same people, but am so much happier.
My boss just sent me the job descriptions for each of the levels in our group, so now I need to go through them and see which level I can make the best case for and what I need to work on for the level after that.
brenda m - May 23, 2013 10:18:09 am PDT #23424 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yay, Connie!
-t - May 23, 2013 10:25:29 am PDT #23425 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Go Connie! I love that "yeah, that was the right call" feeling.
§ ita § - May 23, 2013 10:28:46 am PDT #23426 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Damn, Suzi and Connie. Productive mornings!
I think I might have finally knocked over the supremely resistant hurdle. I can't think what else she could possibly come up with, but I have asked her to do just that--please think ahead and get a jump on the next two week's worth of objections so I can address them now.
Consuela, that blog is fascinating! The situations, the responses, the expectations--all very educational. I can't find the internal job shift one, though, and that's obviously a big source of paranoia for me right now.
Putative potential boss is giving a presentation and I don't know how to suggest to him that all presentations go through me before they see the light of day. Sure, it's probably OTT to adhere to the branding colour scheme for an internal review team meeting (but why not, all else being equal?) but the words advisor and adviser have actual different meanings--the latter getting past spell checks is apparently misleading.
English is his second language, though--it shouldn't be insulting for me to offer, but I still need to work out how to frame it.
Connie Neil - May 23, 2013 10:39:07 am PDT #23427 of 30001
brillig
I've been working on my "right to take up space" skills--and damn it's disheartening to realize in my 50s that I've been subconsciously apologizing to the world for inconveniencing it for my existence, so I'll just stand here in a corner and not try for anything beyond the minimum, but better late than never--so I've been shutting down the voices that say "No, that's thinking above myself, I'm not really qualified, they won't want me."