OMG actual fortune cookie I just opened: "Sometimes in life you just have to play hardball." THANKS COOKIE I KNOW OK.
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
Jayne ,'The Message'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Dec 09, 2014 10:32:29 am PST #12193 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
-t - Dec 09, 2014 10:35:23 am PST #12194 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm not sure that cookie has your best interests at heart, Jess. You can't always trust baked goods, much as I would like to.
Connie Neil - Dec 09, 2014 10:40:05 am PST #12195 of 30000
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I've gotten that fortune!
Jesse - Dec 09, 2014 10:43:44 am PST #12196 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Listen to the cookie!! Or don't -- that does sound like a wacky way to handle being asked for too much money. But what do I know?
The weather is really horrifying here. I'm trying to decide how much time to leave to get where I'm going after work, because I bet many many buses will be too full to get on. Maybe taking the subway (the long way around) is actually a better choice today.
Kate P. - Dec 09, 2014 10:52:59 am PST #12197 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Jess, that is totally my nightmare about salary negotiations. Ugh! Here's hoping they respond well to the flexibility line.
Consuela - Dec 09, 2014 10:57:03 am PST #12198 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Indeed.
-t - Dec 09, 2014 11:04:04 am PST #12199 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, yeah, that is the scary part of not undervaluing yourself.
ETA: I get stressed out pricing things for garage sales. Pricing my time/labor is so much worse.
Burrell - Dec 09, 2014 11:06:06 am PST #12200 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Back track away, Jessica, and good luck! I hope it's a match.
I was not trying to say you have issues!
Pretty sure I'm the one who said it
You are fine!!!
Land of the Drama Llamas, trust me.
Jesse - Dec 09, 2014 11:25:29 am PST #12201 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just read that tonight is the earliest sunset of the year! (For the next couple of weeks, sunrise gets later.) So that's nice.
-t - Dec 09, 2014 11:29:24 am PST #12202 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is nice! Good excuse for a glass of wine at sunset, anyway.
I think I might try to establish taking a little walk at sunrise, even if it is just a few minutes in the parking lot. When it's NOT the middle of winter I can do sunrise on the harbor, which is very pleasant, and if I can establish the habit while it's not so pleasant it should be that much easier to keep it up. Right?