Moooom, I’m glad Ziva is making herself at home. I love snuggly cats. In fact, I have one on my lap right now, complaining loudly that I’m not paying enough attention to her.
taxi, reviews are Teh Suck. You have my sympathies. It’s really hard to find that balance between tooting your own horn too much and rating yourself too harshly because you want to seem impartial.
swampus, don’t you know by now that Dopers just love a good pimple poppin’ thread? That ain’t TMI… that’s entertainment!
Oh, and someone please remind me to never ever ever ask for advice on the Dope ever again. Wow. Just… wow.
Yeah. You get everything broad-spectrum if you ask for advice. I try to only ask about innocuous things.
Aargh. Someone I found profoundly annoying (but not bad) ten years ago has just contacted me via facebook, and is right now chatting about totally uninteresting things. Why did I join? Why?
Or, Li-Li, so you can truly see the mundanity of my life.
FCM, I wouldn’t go around pinching Swampy’s hiney, you never know what’s going to fly across the room!
Yet another interesting conversation with our new boss today. I discovered today that he has a bit of temper. No, he wasn’t upset with me, but was upset at some of the bullshit that’s occuring due to our regionalization. At any rate, my co-worker and I told him we felt a little like Switzerland this morning because of some comments made by our former boss and the space situation as it stands. That person’s comments pissed him right the hell off. We also told him that we didn’t really want to hear about the region staff woes. They all got raises out of the deal and we didn’t get diddly squat but a lot more work, responsibility, and visibility.
The boss then said, “You haven’t received raises…yet”. I was all :dubious:. I’m due a step increase this summer. Is that what he’s talking about, or is he going to try and do the right thing by us and try to get us grade increases? I doubt he can, but it would be nice.
Mahna, I saw the thread you’re referring to. Yeah, people can really be judgemental without knowing the whole story. I hope things turn out well with regards to the whole sis/wedding/mom issue. You know we have your back here!
Thanks for the sock link, 7ima. Maybe I’ll start some socks on the weekend.
migas sound good. They sound like they’re a variation of chilaquiles. (Chilaquiles don’t always have eggs in them, but I’ve had a few versions that did.
I’m still getting used to the concept of facebook.
Yeah, advice polls are …ermmmm… interesting sometimes.
Got your PM and signed you up, FCM.
Sorry about your friends rigs.
It’s very windy here today. We don’t like wind anymore here in Ohio. Ike’s leftovers were quite enough for one lifetime, I think.
I knit for a bit (working on some freeform handwarmers) and talked to my brother and relaxed.
I tend to ignore such types. And I actually unfriended someone! She wasn’t obnoxious or intrusive, we just were never very good friends and I thought the whole thing was pointless–I didn’t want to know her status etc.
I almost never ask for Doper advice. Not that there isn’t very good advice to be had, but as LiLi says, there’s a lot of judgement, criticism and righteousness that goes on. It’s annoying and can be hurtful. I also think that people who haven’t experienced true Drama Queens really know what it’s like. DQs enrage me–I have started shaking I am so angry at the shit they pull. Best to try to float above it all and be the Adult. Much, much easier said than done.
If I ask for any advice here on the Dope (for types of questions such as Mahna’s, anyway), I come here. You all know me better than the general masses of the SDMB, and I know you won’t be judgemental.
I had a “bad food” for dinner tonight. I didn’t feel like putting much effort into dinner, so I made chili mac.
As for “Drama Queens”, I tend to ignore them also. They wear me out.
Knitted bacon is all kinds of awesome. But it would be better if it was chocolate-coated (though that might cause the world to implode from the sheer concentration of awesomeness in such a small space).
Nope, don’t believe we are. That should be rectified ASAP! I’m on LiLi’s friend list if you’re on hers… just look for the girl in the red hat and glasses. (I’m on Pie’s too, but her list is longer)
I, uh, ditched everything today. Didn’t go to work, didn’t go to class. I just didn’t want to get up this morning. I feel better now, and I actually got a fair amount of stuff done.
I played Guitar Hero for the first time. I suck of course and my hand starts to cramp up after about 30 minutes. But it was fun.
So, I had a phone call last night from my Fat Club leader’s area manager. We had a chat about the weekly meetings and stuff, then she asked me if I was interested in becoming a consultant and running my own group. Oooh…the power! The responsibility!
I had to turn her down, I just don’t have 12hrs a week to spare. Well, not yet, anyway.
In other news, we went to the pub last night for beerverages and had a some very nice “Passionate Monk”. 'im indoors has been sleeping in the spare room all week, I have slept better for his absence and the lack of snoring, but I sense a certain grumpiness about him.
Pugs, Death Valley didn’t have blinding sun or cattle skulls which was rather disappointing. In fact, it was about 79degrees and it was even raining ever so slightly. Still, it was a fun day out and a good end to the holiday.
doggio, nope. I’d be delighted to chat with you. She was… you know people who are probably nice people and you can’t stand them? Yeah. And she talked without drawing breath and without input from supposed listeners. Muppet, back me up.
Mr. Lissar has come home with Norwalk. Nat and I will go to my parents’ place until his naptime. We might hit Costco if my mother will drive through a wind warning. I’m out of brown sugar, cinnamon, and nearly out of flour. The horror.
I thought yesterday was nasty, weatherwise, but today just topped it x100. We’ve got a combination of rain and 90kph winds out there, which made the trip into the office not-very-fun. Good thing I’m not commuting to the 'burbs today, because that would have been miserable.
Also, most of the lights on our floor keep turning off spontaneously. I think this is a not-very-subtle suggestion that today is a nap day.
Vundie, clearly she must have known that you moonlight as a heroic rescuer and decided your special skills were needed to dispose of the critter.
Oh, and LiLi is bang-on in her description. She’s not mean (quite the opposite in fact), but she was just sooo earnest about absolutely everything. It’s like dealing with a small enthusiastic puppy.
I worked late, went home, celebrated with my friend on her diviorce by cooking baked chicken breasts with seasoned potatoes and corn-on-the-cob, knitted until my hands ached (I dislike aluminum double points, can’t wait til my Harmony wood ones come in the mail), drank a couple martini’s, scoped the dope for awhile, the snuggled in bed with TheElf. All in all a nice night.
I actually went out last night! I went down to the pub to watch the Duke-UNC game (:() and get annoyed at US soccer assholes. They weren’t even good enough to be hooligans, they were just assholes.
Did anyone else see the knittens on Cute Overload this morning? They’re so snuggly and soft.
On a related note, here’s how to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you. Hmmm…let me go down the list…check, check, check check…
That ain’t TMI… that’s entertainment!
