Glory: Lesson number one, Vampires equal impure! Spike: Damn right I'm impure, I'm as impure as the driven yellow snow!

'Dirty Girls'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

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.


Rick - Apr 20, 2016 7:51:25 am PDT #20067 of 30003

"And it brings up a lot of conflicted feelings including imposter syndrome and "do I want this stress in my life?" "

It's an intense period of self-exposure, and most decent people dread it (there are some unreflective jerks who enjoy the attention), but at least it is the last time you will ever have to go through it on the job. Imposter syndrome is the mark of a careful thinker.


Burrell - Apr 20, 2016 7:52:00 am PDT #20068 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Thanks for the support. I am sure it will be exciting when and if it comes to pass. But... slow road, so about 2 years away, and A LOT of work to do between now and when I apply. But yes, mostly this is a good thing, or will be a good thing.


Jesse - Apr 20, 2016 9:03:00 am PDT #20069 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I kinda think "Just check it with your chainsaw" would look good in cross-stitch on a pillow. Maybe a neck pillow!

YES.


Sophia Brooks - Apr 20, 2016 9:15:12 am PDT #20070 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I hate the word seminal. Noam Chomsky is here giving a talk on his seminal work.


brenda m - Apr 20, 2016 9:52:52 am PDT #20071 of 30003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

On the brighter side there is now a precedent that may be the beginning of the end for HB2. Maybe. I hope.

For the bathroom provisions, at least. There's so much other poison in that bill.


Zenkitty - Apr 20, 2016 10:17:11 am PDT #20072 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

A guy who cannot stand my boss and is also drunk alla time just got re-assigned to our team. Oh, I foresee lively weekly meetings now. (He's a high-functioning addict with zero incentive to do anything about it. But he does a great job, somehow.)


Calli - Apr 20, 2016 10:48:22 am PDT #20073 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I hate the word seminal. Noam Chomsky is here giving a talk on his seminal work.
Ovarial would sound nicer. Is Chomsky a good speaker?

He's a high-functioning addict with zero incentive to do anything about it. But he does a great job, somehow.
Tony Stark is on your team?


Connie Neil - Apr 20, 2016 10:51:01 am PDT #20074 of 30003
brillig

Tony Stark is on your team?

My thoughts went to Peter O'Toole.


Steph L. - Apr 20, 2016 10:59:57 am PDT #20075 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I was going to say my brother, but then we joke about shit like that in our family. Plus he's been sober for 8 weeks exactly as of today, so I guess he no longer qualifies for Tony Stark status.


Steph L. - Apr 20, 2016 11:06:21 am PDT #20076 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Oh! Exciting news! There's one more great-nephew on the way right now! I just saw on FB that Tim's niece is at the hospital and is in labor with baby #2. So exciting!

And what's totally weird but I swear I'm not making up is that last night I dreamed about holding a baby and trying to teach it a basic vocabulary. (It was like a 3-month-old, so dream!me was pretty optimistic.)