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'First Date'


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.


Sophia Brooks - Jun 01, 2016 2:38:23 am PDT #22325 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

The very next day!


Dana - Jun 01, 2016 3:10:23 am PDT #22326 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

oh my god, why is it so early.


Jesse - Jun 01, 2016 3:43:04 am PDT #22327 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

(I did not think she was a goner.)

I have too many things to keep track of at work, but at least I'm wearing a fabulous dress I got in New Orleans. I really want my aesthetic this summer to be my grandmother in Hawaii in the 50s. (Edit: I know the website says it's early 40s style, but still.)


Steph L. - Jun 01, 2016 3:52:05 am PDT #22328 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I love that, Jesse! What shoes are you wearing with it?


-t - Jun 01, 2016 4:05:40 am PDT #22329 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That is fabulous and I support your aesthetic ambitions 100%!

Yay for Penny coming in!


Steph L. - Jun 01, 2016 4:36:15 am PDT #22330 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Okay, for the record, *I* am not the one who is crazy here: (1) I told an author he couldn't do X because of the type of article he wrote. (2) Author said politely, "Well, the author instructions on your own website say that yes, this type of article *can* have X." [Totally my fault; I didn't look at what the author instructions said.] (3) Manager says "Nope; our internal document for staff only that authors NEVER see says that we don't even publish that type of article in that journal, so he is not allowed to do X even though the only instructions he can access say that he *is* allowed to do X."

There's a problem here, and I didn't cause it. Alla y'all need to get your shit together.


Steph L. - Jun 01, 2016 4:42:29 am PDT #22331 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Follow-up message from manager: "Sometimes the author instructions are confusing." No, they literally include the phrase "May include X." That isn't confusing to me.

Now she's telling me to send a message to the senior executive editor asking whether the author can do X. What the shit, lady, IT IS IN THE AUTHOR GUIDELINES THAT HE CAN DO X.


-t - Jun 01, 2016 4:43:04 am PDT #22332 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ooh, that's a mess all right.


Steph L. - Jun 01, 2016 4:51:16 am PDT #22333 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Oh my god, final message: "I suggest you do X and do not spend too much time on it."

I am going to have a stroke before I even have breakfast.


Jesse - Jun 01, 2016 4:53:27 am PDT #22334 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I love that, Jesse! What shoes are you wearing with it?

These brown Clark's wedges with cork heels I can't find on the internet.

Now she's telling me to send a message to the senior executive editor asking whether the author can do X. What the shit, lady, IT IS IN THE AUTHOR GUIDELINES THAT HE CAN DO X.

Yipes.