So I'm back in my office and I have no job offer yet. Bah.
And tomorrow I have to take the afternoon off to take my mother to the doctor, and Friday morning I'm taking my dad to the doctor. Woot?
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Consuela - Mar 06, 2013 7:45:58 am PST #13822 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
tommyrot - Mar 06, 2013 7:51:41 am PST #13823 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Much Ado About Nothing will be playing at the Wisconsin Film Festival this year. I really hope I can get to Madison for that.
I think I'll go. Madison is only 2 1/2 hours away from me. Unfortunately MAAN is playing on a Thursday. Maybe I'll drive from Madison to work at Highland Park Friday morning.
eta: Wisconsin Film Festival expands to eight days
brenda m - Mar 06, 2013 7:59:31 am PST #13824 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ooh, that could be fun.
sarameg - Mar 06, 2013 8:07:52 am PST #13825 of 30001
Fun, sumi!!
It's still raining here.
beekaytee - Mar 06, 2013 8:08:40 am PST #13826 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Our DC office is closed
Feh. All we got was fat rain.
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2013 8:34:52 am PST #13827 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This cold is not backing down. I feel awful. But in that "this ain't nothing" way. Like, if I begged off now, Friday would have me whimpering like a small child denied chocolate. This is just a starter cold, and I'm being a wuss because I'm not used to it, and because I'm scared it will get worse. But I absolutely can't lead any meetings today.
I'm still trying to navigate being borrowed. This director is setting up things he wants me to take over, but I'm not his--so how is that going to work? I'm assuming it's all flattering (he was very complimentary about the compulsive edits I made to his slide deck--it might be the first time in my career anyone's ever thanked me for not being able to just read) but I'm not sure what's sustainable, or what my actual manager is expecting to happen in the long run.
There are things in this group I have to do, because no one either knows how or is willing to get off their ass and try shit. Like, if you come up with a list of troubleshooting problem-isolating steps that should be performed on the test systems, DON'T BOUNCE THAT BACK TO THE USERS. Do it yourself, system admin/developer. You are misinterpreting the hierarchy here.
Tom Scola - Mar 06, 2013 8:35:35 am PST #13828 of 30001
hwæt
tommyrot - Mar 06, 2013 8:38:12 am PST #13829 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Bean.
Wow. That is now my favorite photo of The Bean.
Jesse - Mar 06, 2013 8:46:30 am PST #13830 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
what my actual manager is expecting to happen in the long run.
That would seem to be the thing to clear up toot sweet, imo.
Connie Neil - Mar 06, 2013 8:50:57 am PST #13831 of 30001
brillig
This cold that had me taking two days off last week is still hanging on. It may be the worst cold I've ever had. My bottle of DayQuil is nearly empty, and I've got cough syrup here at work and at home. It's been rampaging through everyone I know, and I've apparently got another two weeks to get through.