Nice dress Lissla. If the bride to be says anything bad about it at all you have my permission to beat her up, sit on her and make her eat it stitch by stitch. Or, put a great big chiffon butt bow on the back of it. That’d teach her!
There will probably be less than ten people at work all week. One of the things happening is our office in Vienna (pronounced Vi-ennn- ah) is moving to new digs but that’s their problem, not mine. Not going up there for any reason whatsoever. Nope! Not gonna do it. Ain’t my problem. Some folks up there are pouting because they wanted to take vacation this week, but they gotta be out of the old office space by the end of the week, so tough. I wonder how long before the phone rings and there’s somebody from there whinging about moving. We got movers to move the big stuff, they just need to pack up their offices and unpack at the new place. I may have to invoke my “If you are grouchy, irritable, or just plain mean, there will be a ten dollar charge for putting up with you” rule. That charge is per grouch, irritation and/or meanness.
lissla, you are very talented. Bridezilla should just love the dress! Did you wear gloves while sewing it? My original wedding dress was silk chiffon and all you had to do was look at it and it would soil. BTW, Mr. Lissar is scruffy in a very Orlando Bloom yummy way.
Speaking of OB, I brought the calendar of him that The Princess[sup]TM[/sup] gave me for Xmas to work today. Nevermind that I’m old enough to be his quite elderly mother. Doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy the view.
rifty, what are the Admissions people looking for in applications essays these days? There’s no question yours would be original.
Durn! It’s cold again this morning! 48 You Ass degrees! And before alla you nawtheners start calling me a wimp, just remember, I haven’t owned a winter coat, hat or pair of gloves in over fifteen years. Down here we have to resort to layers[sup]3[/sup]
It is just as deadly as a tomb here in my office this morning. Lots of people on vacation and I haven’t heard a phone ring yet. Gonna be a long day.
It’s Wednesday, not Tuesday, the Dope was down all day yesterday so I feel out of touch, and I’m relatively certain I dreamed about being abducted by aliens last night. I’m so damn confused.
But, I can now begin to summup all my birthday/Christmas loot:
[ul]Darth Tater (another friend got the Spud Trooper)
A tin Superman lunchbox (which I’m using as a purse)
Several Superman comics–The Death of Superman (which I actually got two copies of), World Without A Superman (still need part three, but I can wait patiently :rolleyes: ), The Man of Steel (which I can’t find on Amazon), and The Wedding and Beyond
A Superman calendar (I’m really easy to shop for, can you tell?)
A Star Wars plug-in game I haven’t taken out of the box yet
One of those hold-your-book bathtub shelves for the new house
Target gift cards (already spent yesterday)
And the Mother of All Presents: A Luke Skywalker Lightsaber–this is the best thing I’ve ever owned that didn’t vibrate. ;)[/ul]
Am I a dork, or what?
Oh, and my future roommate’s brother and his girlfriend got us matching Superman/Batman salt and pepper shakers, too.
Lissla, the dress is gorgeous. Rifty, I say send the essay to the grad schools–I think it was great. Ummm … I’ve forgotten who else I had something to say to, because my phone just rang three times in five minutes.
I hate today already. But I can go home and play with my lightsaber <snerk> and all will be well.
Thanks for the comments. I think I’m at least going to take large chunks of what I wrote last week. The only change I want to make is to not focus on what I haven’t fixed yet, but rather to emphasize what I have accomplished.
Y’all want to know what I got for Chanukah? ( ;j ) I’ll tell you:[ul]
[li]Quantum Gravity, Carlo Rovelli[/li][li]The Art and Craft of Problem Solving, Paul Zeitz[/li][li]University of Chicago Graduate Problems in Physics With Solutions[/li][li]The Next Hundred Years, Harrison Brown[/li][li]The Religion of Technology, David Noble[/li][li]How Institutions Think, Mary Douglas[/li][li]We Have Never Been Modern, Bruno Latour[/li][/ul]
Yup, all books, save the $50 check I got from my grandparents. And what am I going to use that for? Yup, you guessed it: a video game or a DVD or something that ain’t one of them long-haired books[/foghorn leghorn]. Don’t get me wrong, I asked for all those books. But all work and no play, etc.
Thanks, everyone. Zero hour- I’m trying to remember all the bits and pieces she left here and the things I might need. Do I need to take more than four books? I might end up busing to Ottawa to visit Best Friend, and I’m panicking about taking along enough books and music.
The books sound cool, Rifty. Not that I, personally, would like to read them cover to cover.
Tupug, when we saw FOTR Mr. Lissar still had long hair, and every time Orlando Bloom came onscreen I would stare at him, and then turn my head sideways, and stare at Mr. Lissar. The similarity was weird, although not overwhelming. Mr. Lissar is less skinny and has a better chin. And can grow facial hair!
I see my evil plan worked! I had to work yesterday and why should all of you get to Dope when I have no access at my work? So, I fed the hamsters some Bendadryl and off to sleepy land went they…hehehehe.
Lissar --dress is gorgeous! I like the neckline alot. If Bridezilla doesn’t like it–make her…I dunno, words fail me.
Me likes scruffy, at least on Lissar, masculine.
I am completeley brain dead–and I need to study for GRE. I have only done one sample test so far (damn that Christmas and kids and stuff!)–but it was vocab.
Me gots only one wrong.
No worries–my humble pie is coming, hot and steaming–Math rears its ugly head.
Is there special ed for grad school? Definitely on the short bus for math over here.
Off to grocery store (I spend so much time there, I should be shagging the manager). Maybe I will study this PM.
Thank you for the compliments about my primary husband. I have let him know that y’all think he’s gorgeous. He’s very flattered. I think he’s gorgeous too! (Piece of gooey sentimentality because today is our third wedding anniversary. We’ll celebrate when I get back)
I am very confused.
guy near wedding dress is husband, no? And who is that scholarly looking woman in the back seat? BTW, husband looks vaguely Byronic–but we won’t feed his ego any more, promise. Congrats on 3 years!
Who is Attacks Husband?
They are not the same man, or I truly need a check up of some kind.
Hey! If Bridezilla doesn’t like her dress, sic Stuart and Stuart’s bow on to her! (sorry, just read a murder mystery where the weapon was a crossbow…)
RigsLissla has a husband and several “husbands” with names like Driving Husband, Attacks Things Husband, Eats Me Out of House and Home and Leaves Crumbs Everywhere Husband and such. It’s all perfectly understandable. Really.
Tell Mr. Lissar I think he’s cute too Lissla. Tell him, “a fat middle aged gay guy thinks you’re cute.” Report back on how much he gets oogied.
AHA!
When I first joined the SDMB, I “talked” to someone who had many husbands–and I could never remember who that was.
I like her way of doing things–so much more sensible than expecting one man to do it all…
(and I still have to go to the store! I am glued to my chair…)
I’ve just never been a fan of scruffy. (No offense to Mr. Lissar, of course, he’s cute, just not my type.) Mostly because of the “dangerface” aspect–I have sensitive skin, dammit. Of course, it probably has more to do with the fact that my two big childhood crushes were Luke Skywalker and Clark Kent, the only two men in the universe who never get scruffy … unless there’s tar kryptonite about, naturally.
I tried to post a big long post yesterday when the boards were down. Didn’t work. I’m too lazy to re-type it, but I’ll try again later.
As for looks, I sometimes like scruffy and a little messy but I really like neat and neat.
I survived my first day back to work - go me! Two more to go, then I’m off for a week.
Today, I got all the mail that had been held since we were in FL - including a bunch of cards and magazines, and 3 bills. And some more freebie return address labels - freebies, because I’m not sending a contribution to the sender. That way lies madness!!
Dinner tonight will be ham steak and veggies. And I need to run the vacuum and empty the dishwasher. Mostly I want to snooze - 4:45 came way too soon this morning.
And that’s all I’ve got. For now. Who knows what may pop into mind later??
OK-scruffy takes me to someone who looks like a Mafia wannabe, but weighs about 90 pounds. Messy takes me to a message that states, “you are not allowed to access this page” (!), but I like the first neat one alot…he looks so much better with his nose!
“scruffy” to me=Viggo as Aragorn (yummmmmmm)
But I can go home and play with my lightsaber <snerk> and all will be well.
Don’t get me wrong, I asked for all those books. But all work and no play, etc.
