I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.

Buffy ,'Showtime'


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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 08, 2013 6:58:15 pm PST #14185 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

Those are never fun, particularly when they're sequential and you don't get a day or two to sleep it off between weeks. Is it a long-term situation, or will the crunch ease off eventually?

I think this week will tally somewhere in the high 60s for me. For once I've been standing my ground that it's not possible for me to do everything my superiors want in the time allowed, so big heaping chunks have been farmed out to a very speedy subcontractor, who is once again saving our bacon.

One of my co-workers keeps whinging about how she's going to be at the office til midnight this week for the current crunch, and it's getting harder to bite back the response that if she didn't come to work an hour late every day and spend hours running errands, visiting with her daughter, and breaking to repeat the same complaints to me and another co-worker ad infinitum she'd be leaving at a decent-ish evening hour.


aurelia - Mar 08, 2013 10:07:52 pm PST #14186 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

It would probably be closer to 60 hour weeks except that my boss has been out for the last three weeks with health issues and I've had to cover everything. It will probably be a month or more before he's done with chemo and radiation. I suspect it'll take some time for him to bounce back.


Jesse - Mar 09, 2013 12:11:12 am PST #14187 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

You know you're up too early when the news station is still playing the overnight music.... And our flight is delayed, so we aren't even leaving for another 20 minutes yet! Zzzzzz.


Sue - Mar 09, 2013 1:45:07 am PST #14188 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Have a great trip, Jesse.


Theodosia - Mar 09, 2013 2:42:52 am PST #14189 of 30001
'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"

Not that I'm bitterly jealous or anything, but have a great trip. :-)

It's a good thing that I don't have a valid passport, because I would be so tempted to dig into my Last Ditch Savings to go to Mexico because I could use the fun. I'm trying hard to content myself with my $30 computer stereo speakers, which ARE really terrific -- I can hear lyrics again! -- but much better for my unemployed budget.


sarameg - Mar 09, 2013 3:20:13 am PST #14190 of 30001

Market soon. Once I finish spilling coffee down my face.


Sheryl - Mar 09, 2013 4:33:33 am PST #14191 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Soon I shall shower and dress, then start my errands.(bring car to Jiffy Lube, pick up subscriptions at comic book store, and if there's time, get next batch of on-hold books from library)


Cashmere - Mar 09, 2013 4:41:29 am PST #14192 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Party at ita's place!

Seriously glad you got the meds. I am happy to see the medical establishment doing right by you.

For some reason, my perfectly capable corporate attorney sister cannot purchase concert tickets online for herself and has asked me to do it for her. I get that I am the one that has three laptops open and a smart phone and a tablet at my fingertips and she's juggling an infant but come on!


Theodosia - Mar 09, 2013 5:01:05 am PST #14193 of 30001
'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"

Consider it a retainer for future legal advice, Cash?


Cashmere - Mar 09, 2013 5:08:24 am PST #14194 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Absolutely. She's proven her weight in gold. Plus, she was worried she wouldn't be able to get through online.