What Sue said, except that it's not quite 5.5 years for me yet.
Also there are no good jobs open in my field right now, and even if there were I feel kind of unemployable.
Good thing people here like me.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
Buffy ,'Potential'
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.
Lee - Jun 20, 2013 10:23:37 am PDT #26566 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2013 10:27:17 am PDT #26567 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
A good job in my field has opened up for me...but maybe I want a career change?
ALSO MY PROBLEM! It's so much easier to get another job just like this one....
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2013 10:31:27 am PDT #26568 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.
I had a dream the other night that I received a job offer. Eventually I decided to take it, as it paid more than my current job.
Now I just have to remember who offered me the job. Perhaps their HR will contact me in a dream in the future.
Gris - Jun 20, 2013 10:39:58 am PDT #26569 of 30001
Hey. New board.
Re: the NOLA discussion, the Orange Beach/perdido key/pensacola/gulf shores area (on the Florida/Alabama border) is closer to New Orleans than Destin and provides a pretty similar beach environment. Not quite as many nice resorts, but equally pretty beaches. I suggest the Perdido area - it is a little calmer, but with the tradeoff of fewer nearby food choices.
le nubian - Jun 20, 2013 10:55:34 am PDT #26570 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
The setup This is nearly the full text of an email I received today:
With apology, this week was very meeting rich and I scheduled a lunch for us today, but apparently did not let you know! Can we find another time?
1. "meeting rich" - kill me fucking now. NOW.
2. This meeting is for me to help said person. She asked me for my help 2 weeks ago. I asked her to let me know when she is free because I am flexible. She scheduled a meeting and didn't let me know. Which is the biggest WTF I have ever heard. There are just 2 people who will be at this meeting. One did not know about the meeting.
3. Why don't people start off suggesting days and times? It would be a lot fucking easier. Especially if you schedule the meeting and let the other person KNOW.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2013 11:03:02 am PDT #26571 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Can we find another time?
Ha! You never found a first time!!
aurelia - Jun 20, 2013 11:03:29 am PDT #26572 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
tommyrot is literally looking for a dream job.
So one row over is saying alcohol and cocaine contributed to Gandolfini's death. I don't have the energy to research.
While in a hotel room with his 8th grade son?
I started kindergarten twice because we moved a couple of months into the year and the cutoff date was different. I was sad during that year that I wasn't going to school but I don't know that there was much of a lasting impact. I was way ahead of the other kids in reading when I started again.
aurelia - Jun 20, 2013 11:06:41 am PDT #26573 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Hey, if you're curious about my recent mentions of elephants and monkeys and such, this is what I'm working on: [link]
le nubian - Jun 20, 2013 11:12:29 am PDT #26574 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesse,
my twin in absurdity.
Burrell - Jun 20, 2013 11:20:19 am PDT #26575 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I scheduled a lunch for us today, but apparently did not let you know!
That is hilarious. It's like she wants credit for her intention to meet with you. My students are always writing papers about how terrible it is that you can't read gestures and facial expressions over the internet. Personally, I think it's blessing that no one can see your eyes roll.