Ugh, overslept my alarm by almost an hour this morning and when I was cleaning the litterboxes a roach (my first in 7 1/2 years in this apartment!) crawled up my pants leg. I blame the new noisy fratboy-ish neighbors below for both.
Faith: A kid. Angel's got a kid. Wesley: Connor. Faith: A teenage kid born last year. Wesley: I told you, he grew up in a hell dimension. Faith: Right. And what, Cordelia spent her last summer as… Wesley: A divine being. Faith: Uh-huh. Can I just ask--What the hell are you people doing?
'Why We Fight'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2015 7:56:03 am PDT #23289 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
EpicTangent - Mar 31, 2015 8:20:03 am PDT #23290 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I may also be finding it difficult to avoid saying, "It's curtains for you," out loud.
Sewing Buffistas, also making me laugh.
Ditto. I actually LOL'd, so thanks for that.
Dana - Mar 31, 2015 8:22:31 am PDT #23291 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I had to get up for a 7am meeting that lasted 15 minutes.
shrift - Mar 31, 2015 8:25:09 am PDT #23292 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
It's sad when we measure our days by this.
Yeah. I'm pulling internal job postings so I can surf them while I eat lunch. Okay, technically while I digest lunch because I already crammed the sweet chili shrimp and tofu in my face.
-t - Mar 31, 2015 8:27:23 am PDT #23293 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ew, Matt!
I keep hearing our new (as of, like, January) Managing Director introducing himself to the people who sit near me. Not me, though. Trying not to take it personally, but after a couple of higher ups have only said hi in passing and have not acknowledged in any way that I haven't been here for over two weeks I feel a little blinvisible.
-t - Mar 31, 2015 8:29:30 am PDT #23294 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I saw that there's an internal posting for a bookkeeper here, which would technically be more in my field but I'm pretty sure would in reality be a step down career-wise so I'm ignoring it. I know I've got that "where do you see yourself in the future" conversation looming over me at my review though. I have no idea! Still doing this for quite a while is okay, though, maybe that's an acceptable answer.
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2015 8:39:30 am PDT #23295 of 30000
brillig
I had a coaching meeting with the QA department yesterday, and she said "We keep trying to get you moved over here! There's an opening in a couple of months, please apply for it."
That's a nice feeling.
Jesse - Mar 31, 2015 8:52:26 am PDT #23296 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Still doing this for quite a while is okay, though, maybe that's an acceptable answer.
It would be to me! Not everything needs to be a stepping-stone.
It is lovely outside. Too bad that means it's hot in my office! My boss's office was literally 80 degrees this morning when we were in there with the door shut.
Calli - Mar 31, 2015 8:53:18 am PDT #23297 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That is nice, Connie. Would you be interested in working with QA?
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2015 9:06:52 am PDT #23298 of 30000
brillig
Would you be interested in working with QA?
Oh, yes, I've been on the phones for nine years, I'd like the break, and I'd like to use my experience to help new people treat our customers better. We've got a lot of dicks and proud idiots who call in, but a lot of our customers are people who never wanted to use computers every day and just need reassured that they can cope with this. The youngsters working here don't really understand people who don't grok computers.
I'll need to remember that paragraph for my next application. Though I'll remove the word grok, though that's a surprisingly useful word.