On the bright side, somehow I ended up with a corner desk with windows and a great view. There was some trauma but also excellent tacos for lunch, so I guess it's not all bad.
Spiff! I think you win.
I love the smell of desperate librarian in the morning.
Snyder ,'Showtime'
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.
DavidS - Aug 15, 2016 2:18:06 pm PDT #26141 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
shrift - Aug 15, 2016 2:56:20 pm PDT #26142 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I can see mountains from my desk! I'm now testing out my evening commute home from the new office.
Trauma tacos does not sound excellent (that's how I first read that).
The tacos were a beefy balm, and not traumatic at all.
Steph L. - Aug 15, 2016 2:58:45 pm PDT #26143 of 30003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Trauma tacos does not sound excellent (that's how I first read that).
The tacos were a beefy balm, and not traumatic at all.
Tacos can cure anything! (Except, I suppose, food poisoning.)
flea - Aug 15, 2016 3:00:05 pm PDT #26144 of 30003
information libertarian
I did my Skype interview today and it was fine, but not the best interview I've ever had. In fact, not as good as the last two I did. So I am feeling meh. Also, it is somehow actually harder to interview when you've met 5 of the 6 people on the search committee, and have known one of them for 20 years.
Connie Neil - Aug 15, 2016 3:13:54 pm PDT #26145 of 30003
brillig
I can see mountains from my desk!
Window mountains are very nice. How far away are yours?
dcp - Aug 15, 2016 3:22:52 pm PDT #26146 of 30003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Tomorrow we fly to Kansas City for WorldCon!
Have fun! I work not far from the convention center. I'll marvel at the crowds from a safe distance.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 15, 2016 3:37:14 pm PDT #26147 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Wait, is that Maleficent? Google image search says no. Snow White's stepmother, I guess. Does she have a name?
Technically she was conceived as Queen Grimhilde by the animators (though not named as such in the film), but I think we can all agree she was actually Uta von Ballenstedt. Guess Margrave Eckard II wasn't fond of apples.
shrift - Aug 15, 2016 3:40:36 pm PDT #26148 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Not sure how far. Maybe 20 miles?
-t - Aug 15, 2016 3:58:16 pm PDT #26149 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Also, it is somehow actually harder to interview when you've met 5 of the 6 people on the search committee, and have known one of them for 20 years.
I can believe that. That would be weird. I'm sorry you feel meh about it.
Yay mountains!
I'm having a very adult dinner of corn dog + french fries, possibly with ice cream to follow.
sarameg - Aug 15, 2016 3:59:36 pm PDT #26150 of 30003
In my new office, I will not have nearly the bucolic, verdant view, but I also will have a corner office on the top (4th) with 3 tall windows facing north & west, and two officemates who telework 3 days a week. I'll mostly have it to myself. And one of the new officemates is committed to plants in all windows, but I won't be responsible for them. And we're over a MOMs Organic Market and a short walk to the Avenue in Hampden and one of my go to booze stores. The one big drawback is losing my inside track to our sysadmin, my current officemate. I learn so much! OTOH, new ones are our testers and developers, so that's still good. I lobbied hard to be put in a mixed room.