Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.

Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'


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.


-t - Oct 21, 2015 9:10:23 am PDT #7468 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I hear you on the dread, Maria. I have stayed in pretty crappy jobs because looking for work is something I really do not enjoy. Pretty sure it's not you that there's something wrong with - the specific things you have complained about are objectively wrong and bad, I think.

{{Kate}}


amyth - Oct 21, 2015 9:22:25 am PDT #7469 of 30003
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Sorry, Maria and Kate. Love to you both.

I have to go call the people I have not hired for a job. I've been putting it off all day. Ugggh.


SuziQ - Oct 21, 2015 9:27:33 am PDT #7470 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Today is like a thousand Monday's crammed together. I've been ranting on Facebook - corporate ran some software update that deleted MS Project from my computer. An essential program for my job. In getting that fixed this morning, I have now lost Excel, Word, Outlook, Skype... and the IT tech is stumped. My problem has been escalated to the next level and I "should" hear back within 30 minutes. We will see.

Meanwhile, I'm twiddling my thumbs in Salt Lake City, rescheduling my back to back meetings cause I CAN'T DO MY JOB. THE WHOLE REASON I'M OUT HERE.

::Deep breath:: Maria, sorry work is being a bitch to you. Kate, returning sucks no matter when you do it. Amyth, may the calls go as smoothly as possible.


SuziQ - Oct 21, 2015 9:29:15 am PDT #7471 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Oh, oh, oh...and now I'm stuck waiting for IT to call, so no lunch for Suzi. Didn't really have breakfast, just a Luna bar on my way to the airport. Snarl!


meara - Oct 21, 2015 9:34:20 am PDT #7472 of 30003

Pumpkin pie cupcake sounds lovely.

I am in the least ergonomic setup ever, today. And super filled with not wanting to work--doesn't help that I don't land until after 1am and my boss just sent me an 8am meeting (which I have to be sharp for). And there's a bunch of stuff overdue. But I suspect tomorrow I may just have the meeting, have the other meeting I've got at 11am, and then fuck off for the rest of the day. Ugh.


SuziQ - Oct 21, 2015 9:45:34 am PDT #7473 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Is kiddo an out of date term? My cousin was surprised when I called K-Bug my kiddo.


Maria - Oct 21, 2015 9:51:57 am PDT #7474 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Oh, Suzi and Kate, I'm sorry.

I don't hear "kiddo" as often as I used to, but it's still around.

I engaged with anti-vaxxers. Don't want to poison themselves with the flu shot. I'm 70 different kinds of special today. Evidently, I never learn from beating my head against the brick wall the first 1,000 times.


juliana - Oct 21, 2015 9:54:18 am PDT #7475 of 30003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I engaged with anti-vaxxers. Don't want to poison themselves with the flu shot. I'm 70 different kinds of special today. Evidently, I never learn from beating my head against the brick wall the first 1,000 times.

It's so not worth it, Maria. So not.

I am onerousing all over the place. Called Comcast, PG&E, DirecTV, and am currently engaging with Verizon and EDD simultaneously. I really wish DirecTV could offer faster internet (6 mbps is so low!), because I would love to leave Concast.


juliana - Oct 21, 2015 9:55:38 am PDT #7476 of 30003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Oh, and the reason I have to call Verizon is that someone is spoofing my number, and their only solution is to change numbers. Ugh.


-t - Oct 21, 2015 9:57:50 am PDT #7477 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Go, juliana! ETA and that is ridiculous that Verizon can't fix that for you.

I have been thinking that I could maybe get rid of Comcast because we got fast internet for DH and I don't know that I need it now. Would suck to switch and then find out that I shouldn't have, though.