Amy, I totally agree that everyone else = strangers. You all are...you.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'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.
Kat - Jul 26, 2013 9:17:32 am PDT #394 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jesse - Jul 26, 2013 9:19:36 am PDT #395 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, that's a great sign. People usually don't write back at all either way to thank-you notes, IME.
Maria - Jul 26, 2013 9:21:59 am PDT #396 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Woot! And I just heard back from my former coworker who recruited me (who is their VP of Sales and Marketing and would be my boss). I did good. He's gotten positive feedback so far, and he'll get back to me early next week.
OMG, I might be able to breathe.
Maria - Jul 26, 2013 9:25:23 am PDT #397 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Thank you all for the advice and support!
Burrell - Jul 26, 2013 9:25:49 am PDT #398 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yay Maria, very excited for you!
Connie Neil - Jul 26, 2013 9:26:27 am PDT #399 of 30000
brillig
I'm prepping some eBay packages to go out, and I just realized I was contemplating two sets of return address stickers and wondering which one would make me seem more cool. I do not need to be judged by my postal supplies.
Amy - Jul 26, 2013 9:28:10 am PDT #400 of 30000
Because books.
That's an excellent sign, Maria! All fingers crossed.
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2013 9:29:55 am PDT #401 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just saw my reflection blink.
I just read a piece yesterday on a project that manipulates your reflection in real time to make it (you?) frown or smile. Apparently this affects your mood--if your reflection smiles at you, you get happier, and vice versa.
Apparently also, if your reflection smiles at you, you prefer the scarf you just tried on. You've been warned.
Today I decided to choose my outfit from the tights up, and when I opened my tights drawer I had an unopened pair of hot pink argyle tights. So far I've gotten three compliments, one including "I love you." From some co-workers I can accept that, it seems.
Since I left the development team, the team has given the main business unit I work(ed) with no status updates--I've been out both days those meetings were scheduled, and the rest of IT just bailed on the meetings and didn't tell them anything. I'm trying to convince the remaining business analyst that a) the business unit still needs to know the status of their tickets and b) I don't know the status of their tickets anymore.
His reply? "They don't have any open tickets." The truth? They have 30 odd. Some of which are actually being worked on, so their statuses change. But somehow, they were not going to need to know.
Kinda like the question I was asked earlier this week "Are we done doing this task?" "I dunno--did you check and see if it works now?" ::crickets::
If you're playing along, no, it didn't work, despite them theoretically having finished the task steps.
NOT MY DIVISION t /LeStrade
Kat - Jul 26, 2013 9:42:38 am PDT #402 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Is that like "It must work because no one complained"?
I have had a week where I have had my computer time during work hours heavily monitored. I'm feeling adrift with a lack of internet-wandering.
Also, Maria, I'm lighting a candle. Figuratively, of course, because otherwise I'd have to enter a church which is a no.
Theodosia - Jul 26, 2013 9:45:58 am PDT #403 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 think you just demonstrated why businesses need project managers. They are the much-needed grease between the wheels, which may look like an overhead expense until you try to cut corners on it. Ah well.
I just paid my auto insurance ahead for a year, instead of doling it out in monthly increments. That was a financial hit that I really didn't need this week what with my only income being unemployment, but on the other hand, I'm not going to risk forgetting/misplacing or having a check get lost, either... so yay, I guess?