Do you think Matilda learned the lesson?
If you're asking if I traumatized her enough to check her email daily, then I would say yes.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
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.
DavidS - Apr 20, 2021 11:12:03 am PDT #5730 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
-t - Apr 20, 2021 11:17:18 am PDT #5731 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay, Matilda!
I just watched the drone on Mars and I'm just...that's Mars and I'm looking at it just as if it was somebody's camera on their porch showing me a raccoon. Mars!
I am thinking about picking up lunch on the way back from getting Stabbination #1 tomorrow (because my appointment is a county over so it's an excuse to get exotic foodstuffs from the other side of a bridge) and one of the restaurants I was considering has sweet potato tots so it is a string contender.
dcp - Apr 20, 2021 11:19:26 am PDT #5732 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I was thinking more general than that, along the lines of "showing up is half the battle." Related also to those kids who do their homework, but don't turn it in, so get no credit for the work. Related also to "bravery is doing it anyway, despite being afraid." Although, "be brave, check your email" doesn't have the same ring to it.
Easy to say, often not so easy to do. I've only summoned up the nerve to do some things (both personal and at work) in the past few weeks that I have been putting off for quite a while.
Toddson - Apr 20, 2021 11:33:53 am PDT #5733 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I always tell people - and remind myself - that the first time you do anything is the hardest.
Laura - Apr 20, 2021 11:57:08 am PDT #5734 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
So happy for Matilda and parents! Phew!
I just watched the drone on Mars and I'm just...that's Mars and I'm looking at it just as if it was somebody's camera on their porch showing me a raccoon. Mars!
I know! It is like the coolest RC vehicle ever. The response time in getting video back is just mind blowing.
DavidS - Apr 20, 2021 11:59:56 am PDT #5735 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I was thinking more general than that, along the lines of "showing up is half the battle."
I think the bigger issue for her is that she was just resigned to being rejected again. None of her other friends even got to the interview round.
She had given up on hoping for things for herself.
DavidS - Apr 20, 2021 12:01:59 pm PDT #5736 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I always tell people - and remind myself - that the first time you do anything is the hardest.
I am cognizant that I didn't have anything like a Zoom job interview when I was 14. Or really any kind of real job interview until I was between HS and college.
Also, her SotA application process was as involved and stressful as a college application. Which I was a barely able to do at 18, much less 13 when she did hers.
Susan W. - Apr 20, 2021 12:03:35 pm PDT #5737 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
So happy for Matilda!
Jessica - Apr 20, 2021 12:10:15 pm PDT #5738 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Congrats to Matilda on getting the job, and to the Zmayhem household for surviving the process!
A co-worker shared this article today, and it really resonated with me. Languishing is *exactly* how I feel lately.
-t - Apr 20, 2021 12:16:55 pm PDT #5739 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, wow, that's a term I need to know