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.
Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.
'Origin'
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.
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
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!
Jesse - Sep 29, 2015 4:30:23 pm PDT #6268 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
(And then had zero transition support for several months because of territorial government assholes)
Does not matter!
Once again today my coworkers made suicide jokes again. And once again I wanted to heckle them with "really? Too soon, yeah?".
You should, though. People don't think.
sarameg - Sep 29, 2015 4:43:16 pm PDT #6269 of 30003
I feel like the goddamn neighborhood fairy godmother. In a good way. Just got a request for a watch with a second hand because my friend has clinicals tomorrow (in nursing school) and lost hers. I have one, but she's hitting up nearby drugstores first, at my suggestion (because I'm happy to loan it, but it is small and hard to read and she hadn't thought of checking there.)
For my next feat, I'll save a kitten...wait, already did that. A few times.....
WindSparrow - Sep 29, 2015 4:46:30 pm PDT #6270 of 30003
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
You should, though. People don't think.
Or possibly come over all concern troll-y: "You know, you keep making jokes about suicide, and sometimes people make jokes when they are really thinking about it. Here are some resources for you if you need them." Hand over either pamphlets or info about a mental health help line or some such. If they defend by saying they were just joking of course they aren't going to do anything like that, you say something oh, so earnest about how they are much too valuable a person to take chances with, and you understand that the stigma of mental health challenges causes people to make light of their own suffering.
Not everyone can pull that sort of thing off, though.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 29, 2015 5:29:01 pm PDT #6271 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
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!
They are here!
Kat - Sep 29, 2015 5:31:08 pm PDT #6272 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Our nurse's last day is tomorrow. And I'm genuinely pissed. The pissed-ness is coming from feeling abandoned and worried for Grace and just generally blah.
Kat - Sep 29, 2015 5:32:40 pm PDT #6273 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
AND the endocrinologist says Grace can't have HGH treatment because her white blood count is high. We had her checked and rechecked and our PCP never said anything but the geneticist wrote that she thought Grace needed to be referred to hematology.
I JUST CANNOT.
And since last year, Grace lost 1/2 lb.
Bang head on desk repeatedly.
-t - Sep 29, 2015 5:48:44 pm PDT #6274 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, man, Kat.