It is far too early to have a Zoom meeting at 7 AM.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
NoiseDesign - Sep 11, 2020 4:59:37 am PDT #25996 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
-t - Sep 11, 2020 5:05:00 am PDT #25997 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yes it is
Laura - Sep 11, 2020 5:05:30 am PDT #25998 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
passes big mug of coffee through interweb to ND. Shhh, don't tell but I put a shot in there too.
Shir - Sep 11, 2020 5:11:56 am PDT #25999 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
adds cookies to the coffee
msbelle - Sep 11, 2020 5:18:31 am PDT #26000 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
already had my weekly staff mtg - queen of bad specific instructions (big boss) and queen of never giving a timeline (my boss) - converged to let me know project I was given last week should be to the next phase by now and I should be doing more on it than I thought - gotcha - THANKS!
So I must remember to ask my boss - "when do you want this done?" at every interaction.
Big Boss is just a communication nightmare at the moment, so I am just keeping my distance. I clearly ruffled feathers yesterday by daring to ask the straightforward questions that made clear that other people above us has not asked ANY questions and so they did not really know what was needed or why. How dare I question being asked to do double work that may not even be needed.
also, I am in a foul mood, did I mention that?
FUCK THE WORLD!
-t - Sep 11, 2020 5:27:30 am PDT #26001 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ugh, msbelle. Fie on your bosses
Irish coffee sounds really good right now. I guess my instant pumpkin spice latte will have to do (I did regret buying it when I realized there were only 4 packets in the box, but it is pretty tasty)
Laura - Sep 11, 2020 5:36:15 am PDT #26002 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Mmmm, Irish coffee is a very good plan. Alas, the coffee part is all I have here. I was going to have eggs for breakfast, but they were all gone. Instead I had blueberry eggos with warmed frozen blueberries on top. That ended up being pretty darn tasty.
sj - Sep 11, 2020 5:39:53 am PDT #26003 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
TCG takes ltc to school on Fridays, so I'm sitting here having my second cup of tea and eating cinnamon toast in my pjs.
msbelle - Sep 11, 2020 5:43:18 am PDT #26004 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
sj - that sounds lovely.
my bosses aren't bad - this is at least 50% me. I am not my best self and certainly not my best employee at the moment, but venting is important so that I do not get myself fired.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 11, 2020 6:00:36 am PDT #26005 of 30019
"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
Thankfully my bosses really are team players when someone says "but wouldn't doing this be better than going to the trouble of doing all that?" If it doesn't go directly against procedural instructions from a client, they're all for time- and labor-saving solutions. (Though I do have to occasionally step in with outside subcontractors and push for giving clients what they actually asked for rather than what would be easier and look better.)
That marinated artichokes suggestion sounds really yummy... I may have to consider if it's worth a trip to the grocery store for that alone tonight. If not, I do have an avocado, some mustard greens, and more about-to-turn tomatoes than I can eat today (better ones will be available at the farmers market tomorrow), so I may make a big salad with those ingredients. I guess I've always thought of quinoa as a starchy side like couscous rather than a salad ingredient, but it makes sense.