Desert was divine but it wouldn’t be lady like to kiss and tell. It’s just been a really long time since I have had dessert. [far FAR too long]
But I will say the kids were with their Dad last night so we had my place oursleves and he tucked me in with a smile before he left.
I will try and not be too brain dead today but there is a definite bounce in my step.
Oooohhh… mipiace I will try not to be jealous, but you have to rub my tummy, now. He tucked you in? I love when they do that…now bounce over here and get in the hot tub.
And I will drop in now and then when the foreign bodies that orbit my desk are a reasonable distance away.
Sigh. I don’t even want to think about the soul-eating zombies I share space with 40 hours per week.
I knew that I would be away from work for a couple of months, so I took the liberty of jotting down the 5 most remarkable things co-workers said to me the last Friday I worked:
“Do I have food in my teeth?” from Mark, the guy who fills the coke machine and flirts with me daily.
“I need a tampon,” shouted by the girl who sits to my west, and overheard by the client I had on the phone.
“My brother would really like you. He is about to graduate from Seminary and is looking for a wife. Do you date younger men?” (I am 33!!! Her brother would be about 23!!!)
“I am going to get that ladder and climb up those long legs,” said to me by my boss, who was pointing at a 30’ extension ladder left behind my desk by maintenance.
“Are you gonna eat that?” asked the tech support guy, pointing at a 12 year old Twinkie left on the empty desk beside me by an unknown co-worker.
I plan on returning with a fake wedding band, a can of Mace, and some circus peanuts to sprinkle about on the floor in trails leading away from my desk.
I was also considering leaving a boiled egg in my top desk drawer. I am not certain if the smell will keep the crazies away, or if sulfur will draw even more demonic characters to me.
OMG, you DO work in hell. Let’s climb in the tub and I’ll wash your hair and we’ll figure out some ways to fix them up real good.
Okay so you took a few months off, could you tell them it was do to a severe mental breakdown and that they should be careful so they don’t set you and your evil twin off again - then start to whisper “and you really wouldn’t want to make her angry”
Start consulting with your computer every time they ask you something? Tell them, “I hear voices and they don’t like you.” Develop some strange and annoying ticks. Buy one of those things that makes sounds like you are passing gas and hit the joy button every time one of them comes near, that should go well with the rotten egg smell. You could insist that every one refer to you as “Your royal highness” and keep asking “do you wants fries with that?” if you do all of those things, maybe they will get so annoyed (or afraid) they will leave you the hell alone.
Ladder? jam that thing up his ass. That should teach him. Walking around with a 30ft ladder up his ass should remind him of his manners (my ball busting fangs are coming out) LOL
On a happier note – (purrring softly) Yeah I got tucked in…that is one of my favorite things too. Hmmm could he be learning? Stubborn but not stupid maybe. We had a great day and didn’t really do anything. I made spaghetti, we watched part of the Dallas game, he helped me with some stuff in the yard and [giggle] we turned in early. He did say {very humbly} it must be very hard for you to train me. A man admitting he is willing to be trained? Wow! No arguments yesterday, no friction…just nice.
Ummm… that feels nice…
Yard work, eating in, no power struggle, joking about his level of commitment to you, and a tuck in. Those are all very good indicators of love- I predict a new toothbrush in your holder very, very soon. Aren’t they so very sweet when they make nice? I just loves boys…
Sigh… I thought that leaving social work for awhile and performing a mindless task in exchange for mortgage and grocery money would save my sanity. Just like you, mipiace, I bust balls, dress professionally and detach appropriately from my co-workers. The result is that the co-workers (there are 900 in my building) with some level of intelligence wisely keep their distance. But those that are one sandwich shy… they misread the cues and flock to my desk completely oblivious to my force field.
I could tell them the truth, I had a little procedure to repair a slipped disk, or I could just start growling and barking whenever I am asked inappropriate questions. I am leaning towards canine territorial behavior at the moment…
Yeah I am trying not to smile too big right now. Sure feels good after feeling terribly confusing for sveral weeks. But he can be very deceiving. Just when I think things are okay…things are terribly NOT okay…I don’t think I will be ordering monogramed pillow cases just yet but I am tap dancing around my office this morning.
Doesn’t it bite when you leave one professional drudgery for another? Or a worse one? Our of the frying pan and into the fire. When I worked in Italy I complained about the over time. Long hours fast paced – I did the worked easily of four people all the time, the entire 6 years I was there…it was so bad I screamed for a dull lazy job. Well I have one now and guess what? I hate it. It pays more, has more prestige, I do far, far less, but I am not challegenged and the people I work with while not the circus freaks you are with are about as exciting as as mortuary workers. My coworkers in Italy were crazy-assed fighter pilots in flight suits (flight suits make ALL butts look nice) and at 4PM even if work wasn’t done we cracked a beer and kept right on working. Here if I ever cracked a beer the building would fall down.
YEah I agree, I think you should go for the growling too, pop an Alka Seltzer in your mouth for a nice foaming effect!
Yes! The man is going for gold! he just added a 1030 email thanking me for inviting him, for being a great hostess and telling me what a great time he had! He is not going to screw this one up. YES! I’m in there!
I’m going to go away now before all of you hate me for being too happy.
Wow, Mipiace had a nice enough weekend for all of use I think. Yay for you!
Just don’t do the yo-yo thing with your eyes. They hate that. And, those boobies really CAN put out an eye! Psalex! Get your damn boobies outa Rocky’s face.
Oh, stop. You Rock!
Well, I still don’t get the Legend stuff. No offence.
So, I suppose this is going to cost me another bowl of rice, every night. But, you’ll have to share the rice mat. This ain’t a hotel.
Argh. I hate playing the Devil’s Advocate in this case, but…one weekend does not a changed man, make. I’ll hope for the best, right along with you, but don’t let yourself be blinded by one night of pasion.
I don’t know Dave, I think she may be on to more there than just the obvious play on words. Do you think that the distance here makes YOU more comfortable and less apprehensive so you have a much smoother game? In other words because y ou aren;t actually trying to seduce any of us and can flirt at will, does it actually make you a more successful flirt [go ahead and answer yes because we all know the answer here is …YES] so then…using my logical thinking a bit further, do you think, that if you some how were able to employ some of the smoothness of the Sensei Legend, not to seduce, just to generate interest, that it might help your pursuits?
Back to uh…page 7 or so {no I am too lazy to go look for it} somewhere we were talking about confidence being sexy. Confidence peppered with humility…that is so much what I saw last night in the muffin…couldn’t say no.
Just some food for conversation and thought…pass the mayo please.
Ok, I need to hijack this thread yet again (sorry!), but I really need some input on this e-mail and CV, which I want to submit. The thread in question can be found here.
Hijack, HIJACK!!! Why I never! Okay actually I have and quite frequently!
Wow Optihut, I’m impressed but then, that is just me so I am not sure how much creedence you should take from that! as far as basic format and such it looks fine, of course your final draft, (GOD knows I am one to say anything about this but then my work in professional situations is a bit more tidy) should be perfect as far as Capitalization etc…just give it a really good proof read.
I am not an electrical engineer so I don’t really know as far as what is important and what you want to emphasize, etc. One questions, are you sending this as an attachment? Or just part of an email? I think the attachment (stupid as this may seem ) will seem more professional. Make it so that when he prints it out, it will look the saem as if he opened an envelop and you sned it in the mail.
Those are my only inputs…anyone else? Psalex? Where is the other ball buster in the crowd?
I love this joint. We have Dave’s love life, my love life, Optihuts internship, Psalex’s creepy office mates, Wyatt and Rocky’s apprentiship from the master Dave, Tanookies Pregnancy update, Jaade and her honey dip, Simple’s harem attire, Maureen? What are you up to? Did I miss something from you, don’t rememebr seeing anything since you went off to fight in the war with Ernest Hemingway…this is definitely the coolest joint in town. There is random sporkdom, deserts galore, body shots for all a clothing prohibited hottub…ahhh, we should start a chain in every one of our towns. Boston, Houston, Knoxville, San Fransisco, San Antonio…where else do we have covered here? I’m telling you, we could make a mint selling franchises across the nation.
Thanks for the input mipiace. Yes, the CV and all that stuff will be included in an attachement (microsoft word format) and looks horrible in the forum, but better in the file.
I´ll proofread it again, before sending it off. A friend of mine suggested a slight change to the original e-mail, so I did that and will post the change in the other thread, right after this post.
As for the topics here: I wish I could chip in with Optihut´s love life, but so far I don´t even have a mere social life, much less a love life, so you´ll have to wait a couple of months / years for that :Þ
Dessert, mmmhhhh, dessert. Nobody is ever offering me desser, wah! He, he :Þ~
When I am reviewing a resume, I prefer the most relevant information (Job experience, skills, and accomplishments) at the top, followed by work history, then education. Keep it simple and concise, all on one page if possible. As it is an application to a college, I would think that a mission statement or statement of intent/interest would be appropriate-
We Americans love students from abroad- it enhances our image as the melting pot, gives us a new perspective, and challenges us to raise the bar on human relations.
And also in your favor is a particular quirk of American tolerance- for some reason, we find foreign accents and the occasional translation stumble utterly charming.
(Why is that? I go to France and garble tense and eyes roll, but when a Frenchman/woman comes here and says, “how do you say utterly…sharming?” we melt.
Mipiace, I’m smack in the middle of the Bible Belt[sup]TM[/sup]. And I’m pretty sure the whole midwest has laws against joints like this. LOL J/k of course. 
I agree with mipiace. From page 1 to page 27, the weather inside Davbear’s house has most definitely improved. Confidence is the stuff- and in my opinion there is no greater obvious measure of intelligence than sense of humor. Those two traits together are scrumptious- throw in some manners and kindness- and I know a man who is guaranteed to get some just desserts.
Well we could always put THAT one on an Indian reservation - they have different laws! See how easy that was?! 
I guess I have learned SOMETHING from working around all these lawyer stiffs.
Psalex, that it is in a nutshell. Those are the perfect qualities I look for in a man. Brains, confidence, a sense of humor, kindness and just plain manners and I am buttah! I tell ya’ just buttah!
Something just occurred to me. Studmuffin tried to buy me a $700 dress and I kindly told him to put away his credit card and he got no dessert. But last night the only money he spent was his gas money to drive from Austin to San Antonio…hmmm did I just teach a [wouldn’t say rich but he isn’t poor either] boy that the best things in life just MIGHT be free but you still have to work to get them? Gee - I think I am proud of myself. If not for me for the next girl it might benefit!
howdy howdy howdy. Loos like everyone’s been having a swell time with that hot tub. Dave, you got the bromine mix right on that thing?
Ahhh. Back at work and realizing just how much I hate my job. Hate Hate Hate. Bleah. Two weeks vacation did rejuvenate me, but I came home to find that my roommates had rearranged the house and I’m not feeling good about it, but I have no real basis for telling them to swap stuff back. Bleah.
Oh well. La la la la life goes on.
I’d like some dessert one of these days. I did have single serving in the desert, but now I want more.
Wow, you’re all busy little beavers no bad pun intended thru the week! I WORK thru the day and post at night, unlike most of you, apparently! Just kidding! Seriously, we have an engineering network at work, and an internet network, and ne’er the twain shall meet. 
It’s probably better tho, if I had internet access, I’d never get anything done!
I’ll second that!
:: humbly joins Wyatt & peritrochoid bowing at the feet of his Sensei, hoping there is room for another student, while casting ocasional sidelong glances at the wonderful boobage in the hot tub! ::
Say it ain’t so, hon! Sounds like we’re in for a great few days tho.
Psalex (foaming at the mouth): “No, help yourself!” LOL!!!