This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.

Mal ,'Ariel'


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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.


sarameg - Apr 13, 2015 3:34:19 pm PDT #24398 of 30000

It took 10 hrs (just today *) with all of us sitting around a conference table on our laptops, but by god, we got single-sign-on installed.

Of course, we went live at COB, so the real waves of users trying to use it will happen tomorrow.

* countless hours were also spent this weekend and past week, just migrating data.

I'm completely fried. At some point, I declared that if we ever did X again, I'm leading the mutiny. To which my boss replied "You're always leading the mutiny. OH! You've been complaining about the limitations of the old system since you got here. So technically, this is all your fault." At which point I was pelted with grapes.

We're all kinda worn out. I'm pretty sure our civility & harassment committees would have frowned on much of our conduct today...


Beverly - Apr 13, 2015 4:09:12 pm PDT #24399 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Pelt the civility and harrassment committees with grapes. Sour grapes.

Strix...Man, I'm sorry. Hoping hard things get a little easier for you. Shrift, feel better.

Y'all are good people. Good things should happen and bad things should stay far, far away. So say we all.

Scola, from way back, do you develop your own film? Or are there still places that do that?


Jesse - Apr 13, 2015 4:10:45 pm PDT #24400 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Congrats, Sara!


-t - Apr 13, 2015 4:55:53 pm PDT #24401 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Glad that's behind you, sarameg! And I hope it is really and truly behind you.

I have filed my taxes. Over 48 hours to spare! Ooh, better cross that off the To Do List.

I have also eaten more of one of those bacon-wrapped pizzas than is probably good for me. Yum. Should be excellent for breakfast tomorrow, too.


NoiseDesign - Apr 13, 2015 5:17:18 pm PDT #24402 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

Aurelia I feel your pain. I'm dealing with a cast and band where demanding and entitled doesn't even begin to cover it.


sarameg - Apr 13, 2015 5:20:58 pm PDT #24403 of 30000

Not behind me. We're having hiccups. I'm now up to 11.5 hrs. But I can't do anymore.


Steph L. - Apr 13, 2015 5:39:53 pm PDT #24404 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I have filed my taxes. Over 48 hours to spare! Ooh, better cross that off the To Do List.

I still have to file city taxes, which seem more gouge-y than federal and state taxes, in that there is no personal deduction/exemption, etc., and it's not based on your federal AGI. It's just a flat tax on your gross wages. (IOW, I owe more to the city than I did to the state because the state has deductions and exemptions. It just seems weird that the city taxes end up being higher.)

(And I value what my taxes pay for; I'm not bitching about having to pay taxes. I'm just surprised by the tax structure.)


sarameg - Apr 13, 2015 6:17:15 pm PDT #24405 of 30000

Really stopping checking email now. Some mop up to do, some our fault, some stupid users.

I'm eating any and all leftover fruit tomorrow.


aurelia - Apr 13, 2015 7:15:51 pm PDT #24406 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Aurelia I feel your pain. I'm dealing with a cast and band where demanding and entitled doesn't even begin to cover it.

My current headache is a production manager who... Honestly, I don't know what he does. On our last show we had an LD who insisted that his tech table be covered with duvetyne. I kept slipping paper clips under the fabric to see if he'd notice, but I guess he's not a real princess.


lisah - Apr 14, 2015 2:44:08 am PDT #24407 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Our accountant hasn't let us know that our taxes are done yet. Yikes!