Great news, Jen.
My theory is that coworkers are going to talk, regardless, and if they don't have the correct information, they're going to make stuff up.
She growls?! You made her so she growls?!
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Jan 03, 2012 11:52:46 am PST #14202 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Lee - Jan 03, 2012 12:00:38 pm PST #14203 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Plus some of them come into your office and want to hug you.
Ginger - Jan 03, 2012 12:08:16 pm PST #14204 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
A "no hugs" policy is important.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2012 12:23:12 pm PST #14205 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My theory is that coworkers are going to talk, regardless, and if they don't have the correct information, they're going to make stuff up.
I seem to be, so far, out of those loops. We had a developer take a month off and the closest I heard was "It was a long time, so I guess it was medical?" And if she has been Indian, I don't know if anyone would have gotten as far as medical. I don't know, maybe they do talk about my absences, what with the from-home working above average and everything, but I've never heard them do it about anyone else.
JenP - Jan 03, 2012 12:24:49 pm PST #14206 of 30001
A "no hugs" policy is important.
Indeed. Well, at work for me, anyway.
Thanks again, all.
I just slapped together a list of ten personal goals for the new year. I only put how much and by when type stuff in a couple, so they're pretty vague, but I can flesh them out more as I go. Not resolutions so much as "things I've been thinking about and never writing down so I could continue to basically ignore them."
A lot of it hinges in one way or another on getting my financial house in order. Except for the reading (have library card, will borrow!) and cleaning (have supplies... don't clean that much!), so I guess I've just determined what #1 goal printed out and bolded is, eh?
That's progress, right??
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 03, 2012 12:32:48 pm PST #14207 of 30001
"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
I don't do hugs at work and my co-workers include my closest non-nuclear family relative and someone who's been a friend since 1988.
Got too busy at work this morning to post when it was still timely, but I found out that randomly thinking about Stephen King's It while showering and then having the drain give an abnormally loud grating gurgle just as you replay Tim Curry's voice saying "Ohh yes... They Float Georgie... They Float..." in your head will result in more wakefulness than the standard issue morning shower normally provides.
Toddson - Jan 03, 2012 12:39:05 pm PST #14208 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
heh ... when I was reading It, soon after I'd read the section where blood comes out of the faucet I went in to take a shower. yup - red-brown water. Of course, it was rust and cleared in a minute or so ... but I had a moment of sheer terror.
javachik - Jan 03, 2012 12:41:40 pm PST #14209 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
That's progress, right??
I'd say so!
Ginger - Jan 03, 2012 12:53:07 pm PST #14210 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That's progress, right??
It's further than I've gotten. I'm nowhere near boldface.
Jesse - Jan 03, 2012 12:57:58 pm PST #14211 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Got too busy at work this morning to post when it was still timely, but I found out that randomly thinking about Stephen King's It while showering and then having the drain give an abnormally loud grating gurgle just as you replay Tim Curry's voice saying "Ohh yes... They Float Georgie... They Float..." in your head will result in more wakefulness than the standard issue morning shower normally provides.
Oh god -- I'll never forget watching Scream at a friend's place when it first came out on video, and at some key moment, the phone and doorbell rang simultaneously. It's amazing none of us actually peed our pants.