JZ, you are a saint to deal with that much humanness. I know it takes a huge amount of hubris to cut open a living human in the name of medicine, so I can give surgeons some leeway in regards to their ego and the fact that some of them need to be cosseted and herded, but this search process would wipe out all of my faculties for coping with people.
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
Cashmere - Nov 16, 2021 10:55:51 pm PST #10646 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Laura - Nov 17, 2021 4:12:49 am PST #10647 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
But I'm now officially Super Gay
Yay! The people I know who have had Subarus have driven them lovingly forever. My sister put over 500,000 miles on hers!
Yum, fresh beignets, but the rest sounds obnoxious!!
And exhausting! I work with an abundance of doctors and am too familiar with the delicate balance of brilliance and overwhelming ego.
Laura - Nov 17, 2021 4:16:10 am PST #10648 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Today is a day for celebrating the birth of our most favorite goth and most fabulous Atropa. Happy birthday and sincere wishes for a wonderful year to come.
JZ - Nov 17, 2021 7:17:57 am PST #10649 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
it takes a huge amount of hubris to cut open a living human in the name of medicine, so I can give surgeons some leeway in regards to their ego and the fact that some of them need to be cosseted and herded
My manager says that frequently when she's dealing with my boss her silent mantra is, "Remember, he saves little tiny babies. Little tiny babies. Lit-tle tiiiiiny babies."
Despite the chaos, it was super refreshing to hear yesterday's candidate say that she went back and re-read the email and realized that she'd misunderstood everything and she was sorry for the confusion. I don't think I have ever, EVER heard a male surgeon say that.
Calli - Nov 17, 2021 7:37:34 am PST #10650 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy birthday, Atropa!
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 17, 2021 7:38:16 am PST #10651 of 30000
"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
Happy birthday, Atropa!
-t - Nov 17, 2021 8:36:29 am PST #10652 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy Atropa day! Sparkly bats for all!
Sorry to skip and be all me-me-me but I have to vent somewhere that constantly telling customers that we don't know anything and I can't answer their questions while suppressing my kneejerk desire to just tell them that they are not actually as important as they think they are is eroding my will to live. I'm so tired.
Back to the grindstone
meara - Nov 17, 2021 8:37:51 am PST #10653 of 30000
Yay for that JZ but boo male surgeons. Though I often feel like the expectations are different too—if I sent a business email as a man, people would think it was to the point but because I’m a woman they expect more niceties. Which makes me crazy. (But I also had a person who sent an inappropriate email to a client and I discussed with her manager and he was like “also why is she using all these smiley faces?!” And I was like “oh I think that part is fine, and if she didn’t use them it would seem kinda rude!” (The issue was some other stuff she included that shouldn’t have been shared)
Laura - Nov 17, 2021 8:44:05 am PST #10654 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Meeting with a realtor in about an hour to get a better notion of a reasonable sale price for the house. Potential buyers come Saturday so we want to know what a good offer would be. Deep breaths. DH is so exhausted from trying to finish a punch list, that really will never end.
Shir - Nov 17, 2021 9:44:21 am PST #10655 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I have officially entered the "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here (at the library)" of my thesis writing.