I don't really have a security blanket... unless you count Mr. Pointy.

Buffy ,'Lessons'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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.


Jesse - Jan 06, 2014 9:52:59 am PST #16514 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ooh, that was smart, Hil. I always tank my first interview of a cycle, because I forget about preparing.... Good luck!


Steph L. - Jan 06, 2014 10:27:18 am PST #16515 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Maybe not mallomar-level hilarious

This, THIS is how I achieved infamy (or notoriety)?

...that's actually not a bad way to do it.


Jesse - Jan 06, 2014 11:06:34 am PST #16516 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have to hire one of two finalists, and I literally cannot decide! Just when I think I've got it, one does something to sway me toward her. Argh! I think I'm just going to go with my initial gut feeling, since there is nothing else really distinguishing between them.


Theodosia - Jan 06, 2014 11:10:59 am PST #16517 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Hire me instead?


meara - Jan 06, 2014 11:12:08 am PST #16518 of 30000

Ooh, like at Kristin/Drew's wedding when Nanita said she always thought of me as a kind and gentle person and everyone who'd known me from WX/TT just burst out laughing. GOOD TIMES. (No seriously, it was hilarious. Maybe not mallomar-level hilarious, but definitely on my list of Top In Person Buffista Moments.)

Oh, that was funny, yes. Dang, good times.

I am floundering because I don't have enoug work at the moment but don't want to ask for more because they wouldn't give it to me until a time when I would then be TOO busy. Ugh.


Steph L. - Jan 06, 2014 11:19:18 am PST #16519 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I have still not cleaned the bathroom. Go on, act surprised.


Jesse - Jan 06, 2014 11:26:24 am PST #16520 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hire me instead?

Sadly, I walked into these two finalists and was told to pick one. I am hiring another position, but that one needs fundraising experience.


Hil R. - Jan 06, 2014 11:29:47 am PST #16521 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

OK, that interview went pretty well, I think. At the end, they said that they'll get back to me by the end of January, and that if I'm offered another job before then, that I should let them know, which seems like a good sign. It's still a big university in a rural area, but much closer to actual cities than where I am now.


shrift - Jan 06, 2014 11:33:15 am PST #16522 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I have still not cleaned the bathroom. Go on, act surprised.

I cleaned the bathroom! And I cleaned the TV stand and put away dishes. I should figure out what I'm going to clean next.


-t - Jan 06, 2014 11:35:50 am PST #16523 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Uncle update - it was cardiac arrest. They have warmed him up and taken him off sedation. He has not woken up (as of this morning)but he's stable.