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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.


Calli - Oct 15, 2014 12:25:24 pm PDT #8251 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm sorry, Suzi.

And I'm sorry about the work stuff, Shrift.


Lee - Oct 15, 2014 12:40:39 pm PDT #8252 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I am sorry about your friend, Suzi.

shrift, I vote for option b.

In terms of the nail polish box, it is still in Seattle. Assuming we can get it out of Seattle, can people let me know if they are still interested in participating and/or if someone else would like to take over the organizing?


Sue - Oct 15, 2014 12:49:49 pm PDT #8253 of 30000
hip deep in pie

I'm sorry for your loss, Suzi.

Oz had a run-in with another cat. Thankfully, I got them apart before they fought. (By yelling and throwing water.) But I did get bit by Oz twice, after I thought he was calmed down enough to try and grab him. I made a grab at awkward angle and he went for me. It's not a puncture wound, so I hope it won't get terribly infected.


Sheryl - Oct 15, 2014 1:57:01 pm PDT #8254 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I'm so sorry, Suzi.


Kat - Oct 15, 2014 3:47:29 pm PDT #8255 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Suzi, I'm sorry for your loss.


Kat - Oct 15, 2014 3:49:24 pm PDT #8256 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

In other news I got a new job today! I'm moving schools on a date to be determined (and it's one at the old Ambassador Hotel where RFK was shot).


Jesse - Oct 15, 2014 3:54:36 pm PDT #8257 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Is that a good thing, Kat?


Kat - Oct 15, 2014 4:00:20 pm PDT #8258 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

YES! I applied for this job a few years ago and the person who got the position instead of me is moving to a different position at the school. I sent my resume in on Monday night, interviewed Tuesday after school and was offered the job today.

It's a pilot school (which means I don't have to leave the district), small, and doing stuff I believe in. They rarely have openings, even though they are relatively new. And they are heavily supported by UCLA. It's a school I could send Noah and Grace to since it's K-12. Info on the school is here: [link]


Amy - Oct 15, 2014 4:07:35 pm PDT #8259 of 30000
Because books.

That's great, Kat!

That's ... less great, shrift, but maybe something awesome will come of it?

Fingers crossed either way works best, Consuela.


Consuela - Oct 15, 2014 4:08:56 pm PDT #8260 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

That's awesome, Kat! I'm so pleased for you.

I've decided, after the last week, that I just don't want to go back into private consulting, and I'm not going to apply for any more consulting gigs. At least, not unless I'm desperate. But I'm not desperate; I make a good salary right now and my boss clearly wants me to stick around, and even if the work isn't super exciting, it's work I can support doing. (I'm not helping ruin the groundwater of North Dakota, for instance.)

So I may continue applying for public sector jobs as they come up, but for the next six months or so, I'm not going to sweat the job hunt. Which gives me time and mental energy (I hope) to get my kitchen done.