And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?

Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


-t - Jan 23, 2012 11:29:39 am PST #18006 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I pick up Jojoba oil at Trader Joe's sometimes - a little bottle lasts me a long time so I haven't done it recently, but it seems to me they had a nice low price.

Eta: but when I look at the bottle I have now, it's Desert Essence.


meara - Jan 23, 2012 11:31:03 am PST #18007 of 30001

GRRRRR. I applied for a position at a company an ex-manager works at. It's basically doing what I was doing before I took my current position. He pointed out that it's a hard job, but if I was interested, he totally thought it would work. I sent in my resume, someone emailed me to set up a phone interview...and the woman on the phone interview was basically like "Well, are you currently doing X, Y, and Z (kind of presentations)?" and I was like "Um, no, not in my current job. But in my previous positions, I did X, Y, and although I didn't do Z, I was on the other side of it, and have seen and critiqued a number of them. Note that in the position, I STILL wouldn't be doing Z, but would be present for it. Maybe doing a small portion of it. She was like "Well, I'm sorry, that's not good enough. We only hire people with experience with X, Y, and Z, or internal candidates. You could apply for (my current job) and hope to get the position later". I was like "Do your people in (my current job) do X, Y, and Z??" (NOBODY in my current job does X, Y, and Z), and she was like 'Well, sometimes. Maybe." GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

So I emailed ex manager and was like "Thanks, but no thanks, don't want to take the same job I have and hope for an opening some years in the future, they don't seem to think I"m qualified" (I might as well do that at my CURRENT job, where I already have years in and people who think I'm awesome!). Hrmph.


Consuela - Jan 23, 2012 11:42:33 am PST #18008 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

than complaining about the loss of a tool for legal filesharing

I don't have a legal filesharing tool. At least not at work. If I need to send someone a file larger than 5MB, I have to burn a CD.


ChiKat - Jan 23, 2012 11:45:11 am PST #18009 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

I am pretty loyal to Proactive. I've tried other things, but they don't keep the acne at bay like Proactive does. And, yes, I am 44 and still have acne-prone skin. I like to think that means I won't get dry skin and wrinkles.


Ginger - Jan 23, 2012 11:46:12 am PST #18010 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I have acne and wrinkles, which I consider totally unfair.


ChiKat - Jan 23, 2012 11:47:01 am PST #18011 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

That *is* totally unfair.


Jesse - Jan 23, 2012 11:47:18 am PST #18012 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That sounds stupid, meara. Interviewing is the worst.

For my part, I missed the call I was supposed to have at 4 (was stuck in a meeting until 4:10) and haven't heard back about rescheduling. ARGH. I would be more concerned if she hadn't canceled on me last week for similar reasons....


Lee - Jan 23, 2012 11:49:58 am PST #18013 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I promised myself I would focus on work today and get a lot done since last week was so not-work focused, but no one is asking me to do anything interesting, so all I have left is time sheets and evaluations and gross stuff like that, and I DON'T WANNA


§ ita § - Jan 23, 2012 11:52:09 am PST #18014 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Shit. Time sheets. I definitely have to do those today.

Thanks for the reminder, Lee. The popup alerts were totally not doing it.


Lee - Jan 23, 2012 12:01:32 pm PST #18015 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I didn't do mine last week because I took the day off/worked from home the day they were due because of Perkins, so now they are twice as gross.