Inara: Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship. Mal: She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


Sheryl - Sep 29, 2015 2:47:19 pm PDT #6258 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Today I was just draaaaaaaging along. Guess I should get used to it, huh?


EpicTangent - Sep 29, 2015 2:54:15 pm PDT #6259 of 30003
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

So, someone I know just posted on Facebook that her (Long-Island-raised) son got dinged on a school assignment (in Arkansas) for saying "meant" and "mint" are not homophones. Regional accents strike again!

There's an elementary-school-aged EpicTangent in my head raging on that kid's behalf. Tell me his mom protested?


lisah - Sep 29, 2015 3:22:37 pm PDT #6260 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate

WON CONTRACT, BITCHES! (And then had zero transition support for several months because of territorial government assholes)


sarameg - Sep 29, 2015 3:28:20 pm PDT #6261 of 30003

I started threatening to set all the things on fire today. Though everything was kind of already on fire. It's only Tuesday. There are 3 summaries I need to send out before 9 because apparently I'm the only one who grasps the whole picture. I think my brain's on fire too.


Juliebird - Sep 29, 2015 3:31:59 pm PDT #6262 of 30003
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Once again today my coworkers made suicide jokes again. And once again I wanted to heckle them with "really? Too soon, yeah?". I suppose it's like saying "I'm starving" when you're just hungry and not about to die from lack of food. And my heckling is starting to not to be so not-serious in intent.


Zenkitty - Sep 29, 2015 3:37:19 pm PDT #6263 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Julie, I'm sorry, they should be more aware of what they're saying. Even unintended it's still painful.

Day 2 of conference ended with eating delicious Russian food, getting soaked in a downpour, and falling into bed exhausted at 8:30. Still gotta do some work before I sleep.


askye - Sep 29, 2015 3:38:26 pm PDT #6264 of 30003
Thrive to spite them

Julie, have directly asked them to stop?


P.M. Marc - Sep 29, 2015 4:01:38 pm PDT #6265 of 30003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Julie, that's awful. Really and truly.

sarameg, as referenced Elsewhere what I texted Jilli to say was "Dear QA, show me on the doll where the defect touched you." when I got fed up with not getting enough information.


sarameg - Sep 29, 2015 4:07:35 pm PDT #6266 of 30003

Hahah!


meara - Sep 29, 2015 4:08:57 pm PDT #6267 of 30003

Yeah, today I was emailing my boss with "if you want me to do that you'll need to clone me. 15 times" and she was all "well the resourcing issue has been raised to the highest levels of the company because they're very concerned, but (my job title) is in short supply". My response was "yeah, and if you make me try to do 150% of what I should be doing for another month, they're going to have one more position that's not easy to fill". Ugh!