Book: Captain, you mind if I say grace? Mal: Only if you say it out loud.

'Serenity'


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.


Zenkitty - Oct 21, 2014 5:02:23 am PDT #8577 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Steph, I've gotten requests like that before. As in, "I'm handling the correspondence with you for the proofing of the paper, but any correspondence from other engineers regarding the content should go through this co-author." Sounds reasonable. I just give them what they want; it keeps my blood pressure down.

Jesse, I love Salonpas patches for pain relief, although that might be difficult to use on a toe. Anywhere the pain is in a specific place, like my back or my shoulder, nothing helps more than those stick-on patches. I'm allergic to the adhesive; it gives me itchy dermatitis, but it's totally worth it. The medicine is menthol and salicilate (aspirin), basically.

I'm so pissed about this one stupid work thing, I can barely form coherent sentences. I'm just gritting my teeth and plowing through it.


Connie Neil - Oct 21, 2014 5:44:11 am PDT #8578 of 30000
brillig

OK, this is amusing yet creepy. An hour ago someone sent me a private message via Fanfiction.net asking if I wrote requests. I replied "Not normally, what did you want to see?" Immediately I got a request back for NC-17 Joyce/Xander/Oz. I told him--it's a male user ID--"Sorry, I won't be able to write that for you."

Someone obviously has a craving, but no. Get your fantasy grist somewhere else. I can see a way to do it, but, just, no. What's kind of creepy is the speed with which he replied. I figure a bland refusal is the best response. It may be a legitimate request, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's also hoping for outraged responses.

edit: And just got back "Thanks for ruining my week." It's only Tuesday, dude, I'm sorry your prospects are that slim. No response, I think.


Jesse - Oct 21, 2014 7:19:26 am PDT #8579 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ew. Some people do themselves no favors.

brenda, I will try aspirin!


shrift - Oct 21, 2014 8:04:26 am PDT #8580 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Connie, was it Jeremy Crawford? [link]


Connie Neil - Oct 21, 2014 8:11:08 am PDT #8581 of 30000
brillig

It was!

edit: Wow, I'm part of a meme now. I guess few people go the route of "Ignore the idiot". I don't mind giving someone the last word if that last word leaves them standing there looking like an idiot.


shrift - Oct 21, 2014 8:14:54 am PDT #8582 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Ha ha! He occasionally emails me. I suppose I should figure out how to edit on Fanlore to report sightings.


Steph L. - Oct 21, 2014 8:16:51 am PDT #8583 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

It was!

edit: Wow, I'm part of a meme now.

There should totally be a t-shirt for that.


Jesse - Oct 21, 2014 8:23:01 am PDT #8584 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That's fantastic.


§ ita § - Oct 21, 2014 8:37:16 am PDT #8585 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think that's great, Connie!

I wanna be trolled by a famous person. I don't even get comments from Mulder 200 or whatever his alias is anymore.

Why do I have a window for the Wikipedia page of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy?

I tried the Ichabod Crane voice for Waze, and beautiful! I do understand why no road names, which means not using it going anywhere new, but I do love being warned about constables.


-t - Oct 21, 2014 9:23:27 am PDT #8586 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Why do I have a window for the Wikipedia page of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy?

Brooklyn 99? I think there were references.

I am going to recklessly not spoiler-font that.

I was enjoying being told to be vigilant for constables also. Ichabod giving me directions on Saturday worked out really well, because i had only a couple of turns (so no road names was fine) but there were a surprising number of obstacles in the road, vehicles stopped on shoulder, and, of course, constables to be vigilant about.