But if the world doesn't end, I'm gonna need a note.

Cordelia ,'Potential'


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.


Steph L. - Aug 17, 2013 6:49:59 am PDT #2735 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Why did I make a full pot of coffee this morning? I mean, I know the reason is that it seemed like a good idea at the time, but it really wasn't.

Can you just put the leftover coffee in the fridge, for iced coffee tomorrow?


Theodosia - Aug 17, 2013 6:53:08 am PDT #2736 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"

I need to start a Seventh Day Scientists organization. There's obviously a crying need for it.


msbelle - Aug 17, 2013 6:55:28 am PDT #2737 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I am with Steph. iced coffee.


-t - Aug 17, 2013 6:57:09 am PDT #2738 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Sure, it's not a problem, per se, I just honestly don't know what I was thinking when I made that decision. It was only a couple of hours ago, you'd think I could remember.


Steph L. - Aug 17, 2013 7:23:24 am PDT #2739 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I just honestly don't know what I was thinking when I made that decision.

My guess? "Coffee. Coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee. COFFEE!!!!!!"


Sophia Brooks - Aug 17, 2013 7:28:28 am PDT #2740 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

You are lucky. I had to make coffee from used grounds this morning. Bleech.


-t - Aug 17, 2013 7:32:28 am PDT #2741 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That, yeah, that sounds familiar, Tep. You are probably right.

Equitable distribution of resources to maximize utility fail in the coffee arena today, Sophia. Stupid invisible hand.


aurelia - Aug 17, 2013 11:04:16 am PDT #2742 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Never berate yourself for decisions made before coffee.


Pix - Aug 17, 2013 11:15:31 am PDT #2743 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Pointing and nodding at aurelia's post.


Juliebird - Aug 17, 2013 1:46:28 pm PDT #2744 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Got an email from a Boy Scout looking to do his Eagle Scout project at my work. Says he's ready to start! Yay! I have no fucking paperwork from you, despite whatever conversations old boss lady had with you that one Saturday you volunteered.

I've had bad experiences with Boy Scouts. I had to walk away from the desk and come back after a soothing coffee so that I didn't reply to him with baggage (I was so tempted to type: "and when I say 'email to set up an appointment' I don't mean 'email on a Sunday night to say that you are coming Monday at 8am' and show up anyway without confirmation from me, because I am not in on Monday's and if I was, I would only just be reading your email! (that is, if I wasn't having a coffee clutch with the office admin in the kitchen)'".

Yeah, baggage. But I know the BSoA have a long bureaucratic approval process, coupled with the project site also going through iterations of project approval before the red tape process even begins. So to have this kid chomping at the bit to start when I only heard once in passing that he wanted to do his project here only a month or so ago, it pings alarms. Also, there is nothing on file, no project plan with everyone's required signatures.