You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone.

Giles ,'Touched'


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.


SuziQ - May 31, 2013 11:17:38 am PDT #24353 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Did you have your interview yet, Consuela?

KCD keeps doing things that just underline all the reasons I divorced him. We had a Memorial Day BBQ at his place on Monday. His wife was a delight, great food, nice conversation, all that. KCD sat inside on his computer 90% of the time. Anyone that came to brunch at my place in Alameda can probably picture the position since it hasn't changed.

CJ fought back with him a bit today. Calling him out for why he never finishing college if education is so important and hasn't that hindered his job opportunities. College and high school are different kettles of fish and all that plus he was disrespectful the way he did it, but in my head, I was all "Go CJ".


shrift - May 31, 2013 11:31:16 am PDT #24354 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

In the elevator this morning, someone visiting from another office asked me if I was a coworker. I said yes and told her where to find breakfast, but considering that I was wearing a zombie T-shirt, wearing ridiculous sunglasses I purchased in Vegas, carrying a purple messenger bag, and holding an Android phone, I'm not entirely sure why she needed to ask.


Jessica - May 31, 2013 11:34:33 am PDT #24355 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I was that kid in middle school - it wasn't that I couldn't do the work, but I was lazy and took shortcuts and lost homework or forgot to turn it in all the time. I'm sure it was incredibly frustrating to my teachers and parents.


Connie Neil - May 31, 2013 11:39:41 am PDT #24356 of 30001
brillig

I hated showing my work, because the work I did din't match the work the teacher thought it should be, and I got the right answer anyway. Or I went about it backwards, picking a number that I thought would be right then plugging it into the formulas to see if would break down to match the question. Honestly, half the answers I got right on the math SAT were total guesses that happened to match one of the multiple choices.


Jesse - May 31, 2013 11:40:07 am PDT #24357 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

"Show your work" made me crazy when I was little. I think I'm just lucky I realized that getting through school was about doing what they wanted.

Annoying: I got a call from a headhunter earlier, and she said she was sending me an email with more information. I have not gotten the email! When I called back, I got her voicemail and left my email again, and still nothing. I might be interested!


Jessica - May 31, 2013 11:48:51 am PDT #24358 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

May I just say summer hours BLOW? I know these long hours will pay off in extra comp time, but HOLY GOD I AM AT WORK FOR SO MUCH TIME.

And truthfully, working 9-hour days does not result in more productivity. I run out of actual work after about 5 hours whether I'm here 9-5 or 9-6. It's just an extra hour of fucking-around-online time, which I could just as easily be doing at home!


Scrappy - May 31, 2013 12:04:22 pm PDT #24359 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

We just had Panda Express for our weekly free lunch. It's terribly and greasy and salty and I LOVE IT. Plus we had fancy cake for dessert as the owner is moving to the Chicago office.


sumi - May 31, 2013 12:27:28 pm PDT #24360 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Yeah, we start summer hours on Monday. Having Fridays off is nice but having to be at work for another hour is no fun. (And having to take a bit of vacation daily because 1. buses don't run early enough to get me to work by 7:30 and b. I'm not sure I run early enough to be useful by 7:30.)


SuziQ - May 31, 2013 12:32:56 pm PDT #24361 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Oh shoot. Timesheet. Gotta get that done. KCD got me so freaking frazzled. Grrrrrr.

Since Lee hasn't asked - what are folks doing this weekend?

I'm babysitting tomorrow morning then working in the afternoon. Sunday, I'm meeting a friend for brunch at a place with an AMAZING Bloody Mary buffet and then going to a chalk art festival in downtown. And maybe a henna party if I'm not too tuckered. Oh, and more work where I can fit it in. Wheee?


DavidS - May 31, 2013 12:36:32 pm PDT #24362 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

what are folks doing this weekend?

Emmett's prom! I've got to shuttle him all over beforehand on Saturday. Then collect him on Sunday.