I'm sorry, msbelle.
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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.
-t - Jan 18, 2016 9:25:13 am PST #13603 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Burrell - Jan 18, 2016 9:57:51 am PST #13604 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Lots of hugs to you, Rebecca
Lee - Jan 18, 2016 10:19:02 am PST #13605 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I just had a bone scan done. (Base line to see if the next anti-cancer drug they want me to take messes with density).
That was kind of a weird experience.
sarameg - Jan 18, 2016 10:26:19 am PST #13606 of 30003
Cold draft coming off the kitchen. Solution: bake cookies. Chocolate chip and snickerdoodle dough chilling.
Zenkitty - Jan 18, 2016 10:28:09 am PST #13607 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Much love coming your way, Rebecca.
Lee - Jan 18, 2016 10:43:13 am PST #13608 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I hope you can find a happy to help off set the sad, Rebecca.
Steph L. - Jan 18, 2016 10:53:04 am PST #13609 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh my god, I have an author getting seriously shitty with me about a deadline. When we send them their edited manuscript to review, we request that it be returned within 2 days, and put that date in the subject line. [Note: I did not come up with that format; I am a cog in the giant machine that is the AMA.]
When the authors inevitably ignore the deadline, we follow up, and remind them of the date the manuscript was due back.
This author who I followed up with today shot back with "I have reviewed the email that you sent and there is no date mentioned. Do NOT [all caps hers] make unsubstantiated claims while insinuating that I am delinquent."
So I emailed back and said "The return date is in the subject line of the email you received on January 15." The phrase "YOU JACKHOLE" was not included, but heavily implied.
brenda m - Jan 18, 2016 10:53:37 am PST #13610 of 30003
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
How do they do that, Lee?
Dana - Jan 18, 2016 10:57:24 am PST #13611 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
This author who I followed up with today shot back with "I have reviewed the email that you sent and there is no date mentioned. Do NOT [all caps hers] make unsubstantiated claims while insinuating that I am delinquent."
OH MY GOD. I love how she's got plenty of time to parse the details of the email, but not enough time to actually do the review or to notice the subject line.
Steph L. - Jan 18, 2016 11:02:51 am PST #13612 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I love how she's got plenty of time to parse the details of the email, but not enough time to actually do the review or to notice the subject line.
She just replied with "I offer the suggestion of also putting it in the email since the subject is so long that it is truncated by Outlook unless I pop the email out, especially if you expect compliance."
Now, I totally grant her point that the subject line can get long because of all the stuff that the template puts in the subject line, so maybe adding it in the body of the email is a good thing, and I'll mention that to the freelance coordinator, who can pass the suggestion up the chain (or shoot it down).
But it's the "especially if you expect compliance" that KILLS me. Should I NOT expect compliance? Is that a crazy wacky thing in publishing?
I would have been 100% fine with her reply if she had left that shitty, bitchy snark off the end. Fuck you, lady. Your article was both boring AND poorly written.