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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.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 18, 2018 2:33:42 pm PST #21153 of 30002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

The 10 out of twelves kill me, because we don't include costume set up or dressing time or the meeting afterwards, so it is more like a 14 out of 15.


sarameg - Jan 18, 2018 2:35:27 pm PST #21154 of 30002

I didn't even realize I'd done that. Autocorrect has gotten ideas from twitter.


-t - Jan 18, 2018 2:51:59 pm PST #21155 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That is hilarious, sarameg! Autocorrect emojifying your post, not missing your swim, which is a drag.


Jesse - Jan 18, 2018 3:14:48 pm PST #21156 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Five hours is all I can do before my brain starts to rebel and shut down.

Agreed. I try to spread them out over the course of the work day, but yes.


sarameg - Jan 18, 2018 3:35:41 pm PST #21157 of 30002

I go down rabbitholes and come up 10 hrs later, but I feel both drunk and hungover and completely spent after. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm glad I had 3 meetings, 2 of which I had to be fullly on, but one where I just pet the cat and twittered, for today's 10.5 hrs. It allowed me a respite, even. My work isn't physical, and frankly, most rabbithole days don't even involve people. And if they do, half the time to brainmelt.


Consuela - Jan 18, 2018 3:38:26 pm PST #21158 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I think I got a 5-hour day today, between lunch, the mandatory all-hands, and my boss sending me home at 2:30. The cold I had when we started climbing the mountain is now a sinus infection, I fear.

Just slept for 2 hours, but I have to go out to deliver the cake I made last night...


-t - Jan 18, 2018 3:53:10 pm PST #21159 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Welcome home, Consuela! Hope you have a chance to recover.

I also go down rabbit holes but the work I do currently doesn't mesh well with that. And even said rabbit holes are productive, I kinda doubt they are really good for me.


Laura - Jan 19, 2018 4:53:00 am PST #21160 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

I generally work at least a 14 hour day, but I do a lot of other stuff between work stuff. The nature of the work is about 360 days a year. In a normal day I am at the computer by 6:30 AM, check my servers and other tech stuff, read my morning email newsletters from the NYT and WaPo, deal with work stuff, prepare some meals, check out b.org and FB, respond to calls and emails, play some sudoku, do some database work, Words with Friends, alternating work and play until about 9-10 PM. So a long computer day, but I can't say I am working all that time. My doctors can and will text me at any hour of the day or night if they have issues because their hours are insane.

eta: best thing I did was program the wrist device to vibrate if I have sat for an hour so I will get up and do something physical. I should change that to 45 minutes!


-t - Jan 19, 2018 6:03:40 am PST #21161 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have a thing, I think it's a Chrome extension, that pops up to tell me to take a break every 20 minutes (at least look away from the screen) and get up every hour and the like, but I ignore it more than I should.


sarameg - Jan 19, 2018 6:23:37 am PST #21162 of 30002

NASA conference call and OMG people can't figure out how to mute. British dude is working from home and has 2 kids who are fighting over mum's chair, someone is drinking an iced something, bag'o'chips, emphatic typing...jesus.