I've made most of my friends in Baltimore either through patronizing their shops or through the volunteer stuff I do for Moveable Feast. It took a good long while to start building that social circle but, once started, it has grown exponentially. I've actually made very few friends through work, which is one of the reasons my job depresses me. I'm friendly with people at work but it's been really rare that that has led to outside work ongoing friendships. One notable exception is someone who is now one of my closest friends and we started relating to one another on more than a work level once we identified each other as sort of weirdos in our work world.
Jinx? If you and Dreg have been using my moisturizer again I'm going to have to rip off your scaly- hey, what's the deal with your face?
Glory ,'Potential'
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.
lisah - Mar 26, 2015 10:18:55 am PDT #23020 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Ginger - Mar 26, 2015 10:34:51 am PDT #23021 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have been waiting for my doctor's office to fax the paperwork for transfusion labs for 3 hours. Send snacks. And alibis.
sarameg - Mar 26, 2015 10:39:02 am PDT #23022 of 30000
It's 72 and there might be thunderstorms tonight and a chance of snow on Saturday. Out like a lamb, my ass.
Work is insane. There is a racoon den outside my window and I've seen it twice now. Unrelated.
Burrell - Mar 26, 2015 10:41:06 am PDT #23023 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Today is unpleasantly hot and it's giving me a headache. Luckily OTCs have dulled it even if they haven't made it go away completely.
Also I'd totally fail at this eat-vegetarian-more-often plan if it weren't for pre made TJs salads for lunch.
So on the insomnia front: finally was sleeping through the night last night only to have it interrupted by my son coming in the room and trying to get in our bed. sigh. But at least I fell back asleep eventually.
shrift - Mar 26, 2015 10:42:36 am PDT #23024 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
You need a place where you can hide from the meetings. And the meeting requests.
One of the reasons why I meditate is so I can leave my phone and computer at my desk and be all "yo, dawg, I'd really love to help you out but the do not disturb sign is up."
Burrell - Mar 26, 2015 10:42:59 am PDT #23025 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Young raccoons are surprisingly cute. And they coo!
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 26, 2015 10:45:51 am PDT #23026 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
At six months or so they become Devil-beasts.
Jesse - Mar 26, 2015 10:46:02 am PDT #23027 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I should do Meetups. One thing I'm trying to do is organizing some alumni networking for my grad school. That seems fairly likely to attract the right kind of people. (Grownups, at least.)
Burrell - Mar 26, 2015 10:47:43 am PDT #23028 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Agreed, Matt. That's why the cute stage was such a surprise to me.
Calli - Mar 26, 2015 10:52:46 am PDT #23029 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I've been spending this week brushing up on some coding skills. Code Academy is great for some stuff, but the PHP section and I are failing to come to terms. So I'm taking a break and updating an old Ubuntu install on a small netbook I had tucked away that I used for my Linux practicing, back when I played around with Linux a bit.
Boy, there are a lot of updates since 2012. I suspect I won't be doing anything on that machine beyond updating for the rest of the afternoon.
In other news, it's in the mid-70s and pleasant here. I have the windows open, and I'm listening to the breeze in the new leaves. Very nice. This weekend it's supposed to get down to 27F. March, man. Also, Boston people, I ran across this on Twitter:
Glen Weldon @ghweldon
SPRING: My turn.
WINTER: Not YET.
S: OK can I at least-
W: YOU DO NOT TOUCH BOSTON.
S: Man what did Boston DO to you?
W: (whisper) they know