I ended up getting a waterfall of urgent work yesterday afternoon that kept me working until after 8:30 last night. But one of the solutions I turned in prompted the company's owner to say she loved it and call me a genius in writing, so I guess it was worth the extra time on the clock.
Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.
Giles ,'Get It Done'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 20, 2021 11:46:48 am PST #2605 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
Jesse - Jan 20, 2021 11:54:30 am PST #2606 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Very nice, Matt!
A colleague called me like the minute the inauguration ceremony was over, asking me intense work questions about other people's areas of expertise, and I was just like, "I have no idea! Are you kidding me??" I did not actually say that, but it was basically the upshot. Just send me an email, sheesh.
Congrats on the vaccine availability, Shir! That's incredible!! Even general old people aren't able to sign up for anything yet where I live.
Steph L. - Jan 20, 2021 12:12:45 pm PST #2607 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
My dad (the grocery store worker and heart patient) gets his first shot of the vaccine on Monday, which is coincidentally the day after he turns 79.
lisah - Jan 20, 2021 12:21:42 pm PST #2608 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
That is a relief, Steph!!
shrift - Jan 20, 2021 12:26:15 pm PST #2609 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have not done anything celebratory because my day so far has been consumed by work and last-minute meetings. Unless eating a sandwich using bread that I baked myself counts?
Sophia Brooks - Jan 20, 2021 12:41:19 pm PST #2610 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yay Steph's dad!
Have we seen the marching band yet??? I just got to get on because work was so zoom meeting heavy.
Jesse - Jan 20, 2021 12:44:45 pm PST #2611 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That is awesome, Steph!
-t - Jan 20, 2021 12:59:29 pm PST #2612 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay vaccine for dad of Tep!
According to my mom, the vaccine rollout has been wildly inconsistent around here, with some areas having extra doses (possibly due to people choosing not to get it, possibly just because the distribution was wack) to make available to the next tier. She said signing up for her appointment was like trying to buy concert tickets for a popular show. She had to sit on my dad and force him to keep going until he got an appointment, he does not do well with the "sorry, that date is no longer available" messages. I haven't heard yet that my brother that works in the care facility has gotten his, and I think he would say, so that's a little troubling. Everyone else I would know about is further down in the chart, I think.
Cass - Jan 20, 2021 1:01:04 pm PST #2613 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Yay Steph's dad!
Theodosia - Jan 20, 2021 1:09:32 pm PST #2614 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
The TVs in the various meeting rooms were all turned to the Inauguration so I got glimpses as I went about my work. The longest I could watch was actually Trump departing the WH, which was sufficiently satisfying. What a dumpster fire of an executive branch that was.
The only good thing I can imagine coming out of this is that we can use it as a Dread Example whenever somebody says something along the lines of "How bad could [Candidate X] be anyway?"