I told my boss we were leaving and he was really nice about it.
Great news.
Finger's crossed, Laura.
Zoe: Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity? Wash: You're pretty much down to ritual suicide, lambie-toes.
'War Stories'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
Sue - Apr 24, 2017 11:07:48 am PDT #10283 of 30002
hip deep in pie
shrift - Apr 24, 2017 11:10:30 am PDT #10284 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Mine is about tiny hot Korean pop stars.
Mine is about what I want to be when I grow up. I think I prefer yours.
Connie Neil - Apr 24, 2017 11:16:35 am PDT #10285 of 30002
brillig
MIne is about being invisible to advertisers except for medical, insurance, and funeral purposes.
-t - Apr 24, 2017 11:30:58 am PDT #10286 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
shrift, I have been having that crisis continuously since I was 22. Maybe it will stop by the time I am eligible to collect social security.
I remember something from my Developmental Psych class way back when about we (meaning humans, I think, but probably actually late 20th century American humans or something) having an identity crisis more or less once a decade, actually. Forget why, if there was a why, or if there was anything to do about besides say, "Oh, yes, this again"
-t - Apr 24, 2017 11:34:40 am PDT #10287 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I shouldn't say continuously. I thought I knew what I was doing when I was getting the MBA. Turns out I did not, of course, but I did think so for at least a couple of years.
Sue - Apr 24, 2017 11:36:05 am PDT #10288 of 30002
hip deep in pie
I wish I would have done something more exciting with my mid-life crisis. I guess I could still toss it all and run away to Paris?
flea - Apr 24, 2017 11:44:41 am PDT #10289 of 30002
information libertarian
Mine is about what I want to be when I grow up.
To be perfectly honest, the tiny hot Korean pop stars are basically a distraction from this problem.
-t - Apr 24, 2017 11:57:17 am PDT #10290 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That sounds like fun, Sue. I support tossing it all and running away to Paris.
In some ways, having a mortgage, 10 years of the same address and 4 years in the same job is a mid-life crisis for me.
Zenkitty - Apr 24, 2017 11:59:41 am PDT #10291 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I want a big house where I and all my friends and our animals can live, and enough money to pay for it all and travel sometimes. I've got no more ambitions than that. Really, I want the same thing I've wanted since I was about 6: Leave me alone and let me be. The only difference is, now I know how to accomplish that.
Amy - Apr 24, 2017 12:12:45 pm PDT #10292 of 30002
Because books.
I could have written Zen's post exactly, except for the knowing how to do it part. (I mean, I know how to live happily alone with friends and animals and travel, what I don't know is how to accomplish it realistically.)
Scrappy, that's great news about leaving your job. Way to go, Scrappy's boss!
Connie, I'm glad the bank didn't fuck up.
I applied for a job that would be perfect for me today, in a more money, less stress way, even if it's not exactly what I want to be doing with myself five days a week. But I also talked to my agent today, and she's really excited about what I'm working on, so I'm now excited, too (and trying to ignore the oh-my-god-now-I-have-to-write-well fear that came along for the ride).