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1. broke my lamp. luckily it was like 4.99 from ikea and i have another one just like it i rarely use. still... kind of annoying.

― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 04:50 (seventeen years ago) link

2. tired and want to go to sleep but kinda amped up at the same time

― strongo, Tuesday, 28 November 2006 04:57 (seventeen years ago) link

2a. tired and want to go to sleep but am still up for no apparent reason.

― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 05:06 (seventeen years ago) link

3. fell asleep 45 minutes after getting home tonight. the 10 hours of cold medicine induced sleep was good and all but i really needed to do laundry.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 14:15 (seventeen years ago) link

i love the new falloutboy single ;______;

― aidsy (aidsy), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 14:24 (seventeen years ago) link

4. went to sleep at midnight, set my alarm for 6, woke up at 3, have been awake since, desperately trying to finish paper that's due today (it's almost done).

― jbr, Tuesday, 28 November 2006 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Almost done! Good work, you one smart lady. Papers are the main reason I won't go back to school in any capacity.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 14:48 (seventeen years ago) link

5. went to sleep at 2, set my alarm for 6. dozed; theresa got in shower; no wii

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 17:04 (seventeen years ago) link

i thought you were going to the nintendo store

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link

They would have sold out by the time tehresa got done, and me&bunkmate showered and left.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link

lol "bunkmate"

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link

wii, wii, wii all the way home

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link

6. massive bout of insomnia last night ruined my birthday and now i just wanna go to bed and not party.

― creme, Tuesday, 28 November 2006 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link

7. typed "oven fried chicken" into firefox URL bar for some reason

― hank s1ockli (hanks1ockli), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

EAT THE CHICKENS.

― ian (orion), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 18:43 (seventeen years ago) link

i very clearly told you what time i get in the shower. this is by no means my fault.
xxxposts

― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 18:54 (seventeen years ago) link

8. no longer sick but still have to see the doctor

― spaghetti occidentali ( Spaghetti Occidentali), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 19:40 (seventeen years ago) link

I never said it was your fault, Ms. Defensive! Anyway, if I was going to complain, I'd complain not about WHEN you go into the bathroom, but HOW LONG you spend in there!

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 19:45 (seventeen years ago) link

you get up at 6:15 every day and tell me how fast you are!

― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 19:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh my god, shut UP, both of you. You can make out in the shower when you get home and spare us the exchange.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link

oh my

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link

― strongo, Tuesday, 28 November 2006 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link

laurel, i like it when yer sassy :)

― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

I am not actually as cranky today as that post would suggest!

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link

9. realized i have "alcohol problem" in possible/probable real-alcoholic sense with no real desire to do anything about fixing it.
10. fuckin' tired.

― strongo, Tuesday, 28 November 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Laurel's not going to make out in the shower with anyone.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link

...or not just anyone.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link

11. w33d came just in time for finals. ?_?

― fxhmn, Tuesday, 28 November 2006 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link

12. This is me, not at the gym.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 20:45 (seventeen years ago) link

strongo, move to chicago, no one will notice.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link

i am concerned about everyone's lifestyle

― grbchv! (gbx), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 21:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Now you know how I feel when bros are unhappy and hating on selfs.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 21:19 (seventeen years ago) link

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/1712672-lg.jpg...

― blastocsyt (blastocyst), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link

^---#13

― blastocsyt (blastocyst), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link

14. eating approx. 1 gallon of yummy potato/onion soup = yay fireworks

― Venom 18, the autistic spy (flezaffe), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 22:05 (seventeen years ago) link

15. got ZINGED for sending drunk Friendster massage to really vague acquaintance who might or might not be seeing a choad I know, warning her about said choad
15a. I don't remember if I mentioned that the choad was a choad

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link

16. I WISH IT WAS 4:01 PM

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 16:02 (seventeen years ago) link

17. tongue hurts

― strongo, Wednesday, 29 November 2006 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link

18. new guy @ work got big office, I am still delegated to "out front" desk aka people think I am a receptionist

― drunk Friendster massage (nklshs), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link

NICK DON'T MOCK MY PAIN

IT'S REAL

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I guess it's okay though since that office gets retarded hot/stuffy, meanwhile I have high ceilings, ceiling fan, and front door which I can leave open (on days when boss doesn't bring his fucking dogs into the office).

xpost lolz sarry dude, it was the mAssage vs mEssage that got me. too late now, SAVED TO SETTINGS

― drunk Friendster massage (nklshs), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link

19. anonymous voicemail from 6:40 a.m. that is VERY sexually explicit/disturbing.
SCARY!

― tehresa (tehresa), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link

new guy @ work got big office, I am still delegated to "out front" desk aka people think I am a receptionist

I've been there. Sucks hard.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link

19. record wav file

― jw (ex machina), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link

it's soooo nsfw

― tehresa (tehresa), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link

TXT ME OFF

― 69 (pete), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link

wait, did you know this person??

― grbchv! (gbx), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:04 (seventeen years ago) link

sorry

― strongo, Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:19 (seventeen years ago) link

don't know who it is!

― tehresa (tehresa), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link

20. super stressed w/work, tried buying last minute plane ticket to LA this weekend (that doubled in price overnight), and accidentally booked roundtrip from LA to SF, instead of way it shoulda been. called freaking out i'd have to pay an extra 100$ on top of expensive ticket and guy refunded me the ticket.

― jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

20a. mom paid for half of ticket since it's for "family stuff"

― jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

21. I have an undate, which is to say: a gurl is coming over, and we are going out for dinner, and romance might or might not be in the air, BUT if I mention the D word, she'll freak out. And even if she's being cute or coy, that's still kinda :\ in these here parts.

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link

ugh, that's a major :-\

― tehresa (tehresa), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:33 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah that is really lame, dude. one of the more really dumb ways people can be fucked up.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link

my friend kept going on dates w/this chick. he'd pay for everything and they'd be having a good time, and then he'd ask to go upstairs or whatevs and she'd always weird out and they never even kissed. one night in a drunken rage he erased her number from his phone. it was very liberating.

― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link

How do you never even kiss??? Unless I can't stand the person that shit is decided by drink #6. He must have been crazy about 'er.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link

srsly, it's kind of unethical that she let him keep paying if she wasn't going to put out.

― tehresa (tehresa), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Nowadays, when I see a girl I think I might like, I just go ahead and kiss her right then and there. Everything else can be worked out later.

― drunk Friendster massage (nklshs), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:44 (seventeen years ago) link

NB that is not true.

NB I actually don't know what internet acronysm "NB" actually stands for.

― drunk Friendster massage (nklshs), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:44 (seventeen years ago) link

NB = nota bene = PLEASE NOTE (and it's in REAL BOOKS)

21a. NB: I'm pretty sure we were going to meet up sometime last year (we've been on/off acquaintances / friends for a few years now), but what was going to be a date morphed into a get together on her turf w/ her friends (which I was cool with), which I believe she then cancelled because she got sick (or gunshy).

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:50 (seventeen years ago) link

21b. Were I not a lazy shiftless not-dating dorkass, I would've either not made the undate, or cancelled the undate by now.

CAN'T WAIT! :D

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Stop me before I talk about my dog Sasha.

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:52 (seventeen years ago) link

my dog
Sasha
lookin good on the street
Mannequin was filmed at Woolworth's
Boyz II Men etc etc

― drunk Friendster massage (nklshs), Thursday, 30 November 2006 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link

bless

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Thursday, 30 November 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link

22. can't find link to that picture OH SNAP of the bear falling out of the tree

― grbchv! (gbx), Friday, 1 December 2006 00:33 (seventeen years ago) link

this?
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/846/bearb8ik.png

― blastocsyt (blastocyst), Friday, 1 December 2006 00:42 (seventeen years ago) link

no, i found it.

― grbchv! (gbx), Friday, 1 December 2006 00:45 (seventeen years ago) link

23. just when i'm really getting down on myself for how bad i'm slacking at work, the boss takes time to thank me for "how much hard work i'm putting in latley"....

wtf?

― grady (grady), Friday, 1 December 2006 01:04 (seventeen years ago) link

24. going into bathroom in towel and see construction worker next door staring out his window directly at mine. made makeshift curtain by scotch-taping koala towel (see happy face thread) to window.
guess it is time to buy curtains/blinds.

― tehresa (tehresa), Friday, 1 December 2006 13:07 (seventeen years ago) link

25. girl i've dated off and on (mostly off) for the past year invites me out for drinks last week. during g-chat yesterday i try to firm up plans for that this weekend, she tells me this weekend is no good, she's moving in with her boyfriend. ehhhhhh... good for you i guess.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:45 (seventeen years ago) link

bitch.

― ian (orion), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link

you talking about me or her?

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:50 (seventeen years ago) link

HER.

― ian (orion), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:50 (seventeen years ago) link

eh, i wouldn't go that far. she's cool so i'm happy for her but at the same time it's one more person who doesn't find me totally repellent who's out of the dating pool.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link

26. office closing at 1:00 pm but i have to stick around because there's a pic-tel video conference at 1:30 pm i have to be here for. goddamn it.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:21 (seventeen years ago) link

yes

― jw (ex machina), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:48 (seventeen years ago) link

27. being told by someone who's feelings are already very, very clear that we need to have a talk to "get some stuff into the open." look, lady, i know what you're going to say, is a "talk" really necessary?

― grbchv! (gbx), Friday, 1 December 2006 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link

She's just that into you, I guess.

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 1 December 2006 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link

barfcity

― grbchv! (gbx), Friday, 1 December 2006 21:33 (seventeen years ago) link

yikes!

― tehresa (tehresa), Friday, 1 December 2006 23:32 (seventeen years ago) link

28. why won't winter fucking come already? fuck 68º in december.

― tehresa (tehresa), Friday, 1 December 2006 23:44 (seventeen years ago) link

cosign 28.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Saturday, 2 December 2006 00:32 (seventeen years ago) link

i think it's colder in L.A.!

― deep space nine (deep space nine), Saturday, 2 December 2006 00:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Low today in Minnesota - 11 degrees.

I WILL TRADE YOU.

― John Justen wants to hit you in the head with a pipewrench. (John Justen), Saturday, 2 December 2006 00:35 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah it was 64 in my house this morning

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Saturday, 2 December 2006 00:36 (seventeen years ago) link

our heat is on and we can't turn it off so my room is HOTTTTT.

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 2 December 2006 00:39 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm jealous. my roommates never turn the heat on because they are cheap. :-\

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Saturday, 2 December 2006 00:45 (seventeen years ago) link

i shoveled snow today and was just outside for half a cigarette, it's fucking freezing. low tonight is 3, couple that with the 25 mph winds and 45 gusts i'm guessing the windchill will be below 0. fuck your winter.

but i'm so glad i'm not at my unheated apartment!

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Saturday, 2 December 2006 00:47 (seventeen years ago) link

bitch bitch bitch

you guys are all pussies

― grbchv! (gbx), Saturday, 2 December 2006 01:02 (seventeen years ago) link

29. can't tell if the milk has gone bad or if my coffee just tastes funny because of the zicam i took a while ago. milk smells ok, but coffee is mad sour. brain tells me the milk is fine, but i'm paranoid to keep drinking it.

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 2 December 2006 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link

30. mom finally sent coat i asked for. also sent TONS of clothes she asked me about and i said i didn't want. does she not realize that she shouldn't spend money on shipping things i will probably end up giving to goodwill???

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 2 December 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

30a. STILL no keyboard :(((

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 2 December 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

My mom does 30 as well

― blastocsyt (blastocyst), Saturday, 2 December 2006 21:16 (seventeen years ago) link

31. parties

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Sunday, 3 December 2006 06:33 (seventeen years ago) link

32. that show last night

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Sunday, 3 December 2006 06:34 (seventeen years ago) link

33. this is either the worst hangover ever or some other mysterious headache-related doom.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Sunday, 3 December 2006 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link

34. Undate was nice, but ultimately undatey.

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Monday, 4 December 2006 14:46 (seventeen years ago) link

35. just shat out some truly mediocre academic work

on the other hand...

36. i have one last thing to hand in and then i'm HOME FREE

― paresthesia hilton (get bent), Monday, 4 December 2006 20:14 (seventeen years ago) link

37. i think you can blame hitler on martin luther because the germans saw martin luther in him

― Venom 18, the autistic spy (flezaffe), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 00:15 (seventeen years ago) link

38. have credit card, will buy records online

― friday on the porch (lfam), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 00:19 (seventeen years ago) link

38a. world 2 world

― friday on the porch (lfam), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 00:20 (seventeen years ago) link

at least i have a job i guess

― friday on the porch (lfam), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 00:30 (seventeen years ago) link

a job remarkably similar to mine (read: my position description was used in the vacancy announcement) was just posted by my supervisor. perhaps they're finally getting around to firing me?

i should care but i just don't.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 15:23 (seventeen years ago) link

i guess that would be #39.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link

40. need to send some documents back to central office and my two supervisors just sent countermanding directions to me. soooooooooooooo, while the wheels of government sink deeper into the mud i'll continue to frolic in the sandbox.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 20:32 (seventeen years ago) link

41. Crying at music way too easily lately. WTF am I turning into a girly man like Jess Harvell!?!?!?

― Dan I. (w1nt3rmut3), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 05:07 (seventeen years ago) link

^---been there

― blastocsyt (blastocyst), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 05:10 (seventeen years ago) link

42. Helpful AT&T fix-my-bill gurl, STOP TRYING TO UPSELL

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 15:09 (seventeen years ago) link

GLENN KIM IS FUCKING ME OVER

― ian (orion), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 15:11 (seventeen years ago) link

43. Nonstop mucus parade -- not a cold, but dog hair + cat hair + dirtbag style + dry winter air.

― I Am Curious (George) (Slight Return) (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 7 December 2006 22:27 (seventeen years ago) link

vahid to thread
xpost

― tehresa (tehresa), Friday, 8 December 2006 01:25 (seventeen years ago) link

44. you know that lady that goes on shows and pops her eye balls out of her head? i think she lives in my building.

― chaki (chaki), Friday, 8 December 2006 01:45 (seventeen years ago) link

45. naked girl in my bed but i'm still on the internet.

― rio natsume (rio natsume), Friday, 8 December 2006 02:57 (seventeen years ago) link

45.a. listening to ultravox! stfu john fuxx

― rio natsume (rio natsume), Friday, 8 December 2006 02:58 (seventeen years ago) link

did jon get a new username?
xpost

― tehresa (tehresa), Friday, 8 December 2006 02:59 (seventeen years ago) link

46. i kinda suck at using power tools
46a. at least curtains are finally sort of up!

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 11 December 2006 03:24 (seventeen years ago) link

47. reply to unsolicited email from graduate school connection possibly eaten by Apple Mail

― jw (ex machina), Monday, 11 December 2006 03:48 (seventeen years ago) link

48. blogs

― amon (amon), Monday, 11 December 2006 04:01 (seventeen years ago) link

49. roommate just expressed heartfelt, unironic desire to be a motivational speaker. thinks that a guy who teaches "management theory" by analyzing the disaster on Everest (in 96) is, like, really cool!

― grbchv! (gbx), Monday, 11 December 2006 04:10 (seventeen years ago) link

50. being a judgemental jerk

― grbchv! (gbx), Monday, 11 December 2006 04:10 (seventeen years ago) link

51. been watching vh1 classic for the past few hours... the 90s seem so bizarre and distant now. i mean it was a very surreal time when i was going through it, but under the historical microscope it's even weirder.

― boo you whore (get bent), Monday, 11 December 2006 06:30 (seventeen years ago) link

this feeling started when i bought the ben stiller show dvd set.

― boo you whore (get bent), Monday, 11 December 2006 06:32 (seventeen years ago) link

52. nice chat with collection agency.

― remy bean (bean), Monday, 11 December 2006 07:09 (seventeen years ago) link

the 90s seem so bizarre and distant now.

funny I was just thinking the same thing earlier this AM, wondering how teh decade will be portrayed both as history and nostalgia. maybe the music will sound better in 5/10/20 years, right now it doesn't do much for me. too many bummer-ish flashbacks both cultural and personal. I've only watched VH1 classic a couple times on Jet Blue and boy was it depressing, but then a)I've never really enjoyed music videos all that much and b)death to all snarky talking heads.

so bottom line: 90s = :-/ the ehhh decade

― m coleslaw, Monday, 11 December 2006 11:11 (seventeen years ago) link

I could probably write a memoir called 1995 Nervous Breakdown but that's another story

― m coleslaw, Monday, 11 December 2006 11:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Possibly triggered by somebody posting Letters to (from?) Cleo on the sandbox sounds thread. now I'm getting misty-eyed over Compuserve (did too have a computer in 94) and the electronica.

driving back from Thanksgiving I heard H&Blowfish on the radio and just started LingMAO @ the dude's shaggy-dog voice. how could this be a hit let alone a rock critic controversy? what an EHH decade.

― m coleslaw, Monday, 11 December 2006 11:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Re 49/50: Almost positive we are all "jerks" if that's the definitive examples. I feel the same about ex-roommate's future small-business success plans and self-improvement workshops that she always wanted me to join (Landmark, UH!). One semi-scam after another, and she was hooked but good.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 11 December 2006 15:12 (seventeen years ago) link

nothing wrong with compuserve

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 December 2006 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link

OH GOD LANDMARK NO

An ex (& her 'rents) were involved in that, & after we broke up, she started going on a more regular basis. The convos we had (hashing out our shit) were not normal - after listening to her talk about feelings & shit like she was reading from a pamphlet, I was waiting for her to offer up a pod-people screech.

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Monday, 11 December 2006 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link

53. http://static.flickr.com/47/188390263_d2d495bcb9_o.gif

― grbchv! (gbx), Monday, 11 December 2006 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link

ok, i was just going to post something serious but that animated gif is killing me.

― bell labs (bell_labs), Monday, 11 December 2006 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link

landmark is a deviant sect of scientology

― friday on the porch (lfam), Monday, 11 December 2006 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Actually I think Lmark was serving a useful purpose in her life, since parts of her upbringing were sub-standard for human beings and only as adult did she start to think about why she was acting FUCKING CRAZY and what she could do about it...and Lmark did show her how to ask herself the right questions etc. But the willingness to believe/invest in questionable schemes is beyond me, and she and her boyfriend went to one nutritional supplement/personal training/motivational speaking/business management course after another and were putting all future eggs into various craziness.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 11 December 2006 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link

54. just had my performance review, this has been the worst year of life as far as work goes. i've been so miserable and unmotivated and overworked and incapable of deriving any satisfaction from my job for so long that i have been putting in the bare minimum of effort. i've almost been ashamed of the lack of effort to produce anything of quality. so back to the performance review; it was the best one i've ever had and they're giving me the biggest bonus i've ever got here (unlike the last two years when i've BUSTED ASS and didn't get anything).

so work hard, be diligent, get screwed.
be mediocre at best, don't go the extra mile, BIG REWARD$.

fucking fuck.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 11 December 2006 16:54 (seventeen years ago) link

55. "ehhhh emoticon" not turned into single word, "ehhhhmoticon"

― hank s1ockli (hanks1ockli), Monday, 11 December 2006 16:56 (seventeen years ago) link

ottomoticon

― friday on the porch (lfam), Monday, 11 December 2006 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Otto, it's more likely that you're really getting bonus this year because they didn't do it before -- ie you just had to wait for the reward. Departments that are badly managed are like that, they get behind the 8 ball and then when employee enthusiasm flags, concerned managers know they have to sweeten things up -- usually I think it means that money apportioned for bonuses and things is being diverted to some person/people who are giving the IMPRESSION that they work hard, or are otherwise somewhat unfairly favored...so truly GOOD employees go hungry, so to speak, and then eventually have to be placated.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 11 December 2006 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Otto, it's more likely that you're really getting bonus this year because they didn't do it before -- ie you just had to wait for the reward.

i don't think that's it because i know the other person who is under the same supervisor who is trying a hell of a lot harder than i am got screwed again this year. i don't understand this at all. if it's possible to exert negative effort, maybe if i consciously try to screw up, perhaps i can get a promotion.

plus, i know they don't want me here, i came over with my old boss whom they also didn't want but now they're stuck with me so i doubt they're placating me.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 11 December 2006 17:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah but see, you got pissed off and stopped trying before your unappreciated colleague did -- by next year he'll probably have fucked off, too, and they'll be giving him the make-up bonus. As someone who waited years to be promoted and is still not earning the supposed "minimum" for my position, I can attest: I got a higher-than-average raise this year and you all know how I feel about my job.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 11 December 2006 17:10 (seventeen years ago) link

i don't know how you feel about your job.

but i see your points.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 11 December 2006 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Do you know characters named Ratbert, Dogbert, Wally, etc?

― I Am Curious (George) (Slight Return) (Rock Hardy), Monday, 11 December 2006 17:12 (seventeen years ago) link

now, but there is a linda, renee, joe, jeff, and a couple of bills.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 11 December 2006 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link

56. Writing my first resume, depsite my decrepit advanced age, and no idea what I'm doing. HOW DO I SHOT NOT SHITTY RESUME?

― John Justen wishes you all waterfalls of poppage. (John Justen), Monday, 11 December 2006 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Bullet points. Lots of bullet points.

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Monday, 11 December 2006 18:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, my first draft looked like I was writing a memoir, so I'm bulletpointing like a madman after several peeps told me I was an idiot.

― John Justen wishes you all waterfalls of poppage. (John Justen), Monday, 11 December 2006 18:10 (seventeen years ago) link

55 fixed.

― John Justen wishes you all waterfalls of poppage. (John Justen), Monday, 11 December 2006 18:12 (seventeen years ago) link

57. pictures of ex keep popping up on flickr frontpage

― jw (ex machina), Monday, 11 December 2006 18:45 (seventeen years ago) link

john, keep resume to one page.

also, use fancy expensive stock paper (took me a few years to figure that one out).

― obi strip (sanskrit), Monday, 11 December 2006 18:54 (seventeen years ago) link

(‮‮(

hmm

― jw (ex machina), Monday, 11 December 2006 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link

also, use LaTeX! looks much prettier than Word.

― grbchv! (gbx), Monday, 11 December 2006 19:27 (seventeen years ago) link

58. Washington DC (if anything, the gays are even more boring than in NY)

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 December 2006 19:37 (seventeen years ago) link

You guys rock.

There's something really odd about spending a couple of days writing bullshit about how superbadawesome you are.

― John Justen wishes you all waterfalls of poppage. (John Justen), Monday, 11 December 2006 19:38 (seventeen years ago) link

i should really start using LaTeX - i use notepad all the time anyway for straight-up writing, and then transfer txt to Word for processing

my resume is 2 pages and all borderless boxes and bullets, all about getting to the point. which is superbadawesomeness, right? it is.

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 11 December 2006 19:48 (seventeen years ago) link

60. insomnia + ocd + discogs.com = i know how many cds i own (293)

― Venom 18, the autistic spy (flezaffe), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 03:12 (seventeen years ago) link

61. Bimonthly magazine production cycle: 1 week of recovery from last issue; 1 week actually relaxing; 4 weeks of sitting in the office/thumb twiddling/feeling guilty about not getting ahead of the workload on next issue/making excuses when phone rings/doing just enough work to keep nose above water; 2 weeks of screaming panicky 16-hour days leading up to deadline.

TOTAL GOOD DAYS: 7 OUT OF EVERY 60.

― I Am Curious (George) (Slight Return) (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 03:32 (seventeen years ago) link

bullets with active statments of accomplishments (no one will care that you had duties, they want to know how you performed)
no borders, boxes, or other bullshit
keep it on one page unless you have title above SVP or a complex tech job and a long history
start with positioning statement that reflects the job description of what yr applying for and immediately tells the reader what you can do.
no cute fonts

i do this all day, kids

― bb (bbia), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link

(no one will care that you had duties, they want to know how you performed)

this cracked me up. Yes I am 5 years old.

― Dan I. (w1nt3rmut3), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 18:48 (seventeen years ago) link

62. Resisting urge to troop upstairs & purchase some noxious loaf-type dessert item from the office vending machines

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:43 (seventeen years ago) link

62. Resisting urge to troop upstairs & purchase some noxious loaf-type dessert item from the office vending machines

i find this hilarious because i just got back to my desk with a "Big Texas Cinnamon Roll" in my paws. i know it's gonna be good because there's a picture of a gold medal on the wrapper with the words "2005 & 2006 Automatic Merchandiser PASTRY OF THE YEAR Readers' Choice".

i'm totally voting in 2007.

― otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:49 (seventeen years ago) link

automatic merchandiser droppin' knowledge.

― hank s1ockli (hanks1ockli), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link

that calls for a new name.

― otto merchandiser, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:52 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.amonline.com/

― j.m. goatse (get bent), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:53 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.amonline.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=17742

the first step on a slippery slope that leads to me being a vending machine groupie/star fucker.

― otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link

63. um

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 23:47 (seventeen years ago) link

64. locked keys in car and got $50.00 parking ticket waiting for AAA to come. but AAA came.

― remy bean (bean), Thursday, 14 December 2006 02:23 (seventeen years ago) link

man, you have no luck.

― j.m. goatse (get bent), Thursday, 14 December 2006 02:45 (seventeen years ago) link

65. everything. ugh.

― tehresa (tehresa), Thursday, 14 December 2006 04:23 (seventeen years ago) link

66. had dinner with old friend (and quasi one that got away) but she was only passing through town and staying with other people and i had to get back to studying. not enough time or privacy to let her know that yeah, i really was a jerk, and i'm sorry. still nice to see her, tho.

― grbchv! (gbx), Thursday, 14 December 2006 06:12 (seventeen years ago) link

"passing through" montana!?>

― ian (orion), Thursday, 14 December 2006 06:18 (seventeen years ago) link

driving from seattle to mpls and then providence

― grbchv! (gbx), Thursday, 14 December 2006 06:20 (seventeen years ago) link

what the hell are you doing in providence?

― ian (orion), Thursday, 14 December 2006 06:23 (seventeen years ago) link

no, dude, she's from there. i'm staying put

― grbchv! (gbx), Thursday, 14 December 2006 06:27 (seventeen years ago) link

67. dude i work with has decided to give me a nickname.

― grbchv! (gbx), Thursday, 14 December 2006 06:37 (seventeen years ago) link

sorry drunk, comprehension skills are not at their best.

WAT IS NIKNAME

― ian (orion), Thursday, 14 December 2006 06:39 (seventeen years ago) link

bodies

― grbchv! (gbx), Thursday, 14 December 2006 06:42 (seventeen years ago) link

haha i can relate

68. woman at work excitedly telling me EVERY DAY that i look like Elvis as if it is always the first time she has noticed it

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Thursday, 14 December 2006 07:01 (seventeen years ago) link

YOU LOOK LIKE ELVIS???

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:12 (seventeen years ago) link

69. I am awake and at work.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:12 (seventeen years ago) link

70. i have been awake for 3 hours.

― grbchv! (gbx), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:13 (seventeen years ago) link

71. I have been awake for 45 minutes (and am at work).

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:15 (seventeen years ago) link

oh barf

― grbchv! (gbx), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:15 (seventeen years ago) link

resume done, thx to all.

― John Justen is interested in eating your pet. (John Justen), Thursday, 14 December 2006 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link

YOU LOOK LIKE ELVIS???

for the most part. i don't wear a rhinestone jumpsuit or anything (although i should) but the point is that this woman is just annoying. it's really not exciting.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Thursday, 14 December 2006 17:13 (seventeen years ago) link

here's a picture of me at my desk right now:

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/arts/photos/2006/05/19/elvis-young_cp_10033238.jpg

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Thursday, 14 December 2006 17:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Get a haircut!

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Thursday, 14 December 2006 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link

people all over nevada would kill for that hair, pal

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Thursday, 14 December 2006 17:55 (seventeen years ago) link

72. uhhhh (you'll know it when you see it)

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Friday, 15 December 2006 03:29 (seventeen years ago) link

i read village voice too

― jw (ex machina), Friday, 15 December 2006 04:11 (seventeen years ago) link

haha, i also saw meh art tonight - my brother did a good job of curating it though (what we do for $$...). the art was kind of like if you had some good music that was instrumental and then added to it some half-assed, moderately well-sung lyrics by someone who did nothing but be the lead singer. ultimately: annoying for what could've been.

there was free champagnenenene tho.
and laurel.
and uh, fashion.

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 15 December 2006 05:40 (seventeen years ago) link

73. almost done w/piece due today and even after all these yrs of writing I still have to FREAK OUT (no sleep) and feel like I've totally fucked up then afterwards the whole thing magically falls together just as deadline looms (thank god for 3 hr time diff)

― m night coleman (lovebug ), Friday, 15 December 2006 11:33 (seventeen years ago) link

i read village voice too

I got it off of Journalista! LAME ZING!

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Friday, 15 December 2006 13:59 (seventeen years ago) link

74. Found out my nephews (8 & 5) are getting a game console for X-Mas - an XBox 360!?!?!?!! UNCA DAVE'S BUYING YOU GEARS OF WAR RIGHT NOW!

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Friday, 15 December 2006 14:05 (seventeen years ago) link

My sister told me it came w/ an NFL game and I turned into Joe Lieberman - THAT BETTER NOT BE BLITZ THE LEAGUE! THAT GAME IS BAD FOR KIDS!

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Friday, 15 December 2006 14:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Which is to say that I'll be buying them B&W Spider-Man reprints.

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Friday, 15 December 2006 14:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Robyn has it in one! I was the shortest person at that party by, like, a foot, and everyone was Beautiful and Fabulous (some more than others) and there were more good shoes than I've seen in a month of Sundays, but most of the guests didn't seem like very much fun. It was crazy-good people watching, though.

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 15 December 2006 14:37 (seventeen years ago) link

75. last night

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Friday, 15 December 2006 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

cosign

76. drinking a beer at noon because i ain't got no job and i ain't got shit to do

― grbchv! (gbx), Friday, 15 December 2006 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link

niiiiiiiiiiiiice

― friday on the porch (lfam), Friday, 15 December 2006 22:10 (seventeen years ago) link

77. Getting an OMGWTF check from client and thinking for a couple of hours that it was a crazy Christmas bonus. Then realizing it's the middle of the month and it's just the monthly retainer.

― I Am Curious (George) (Slight Return) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 16 December 2006 02:09 (seventeen years ago) link

72. uhhhh (you'll know it when you see it)

-- David RER (quoteidio...), December 15th, 2006. (Frank Fiore) (later) (link)

intern prior to me had that cover hanging in the office. i guess these things are fun and clever to 18 year olds?

― tehresa (tehresa), Sunday, 17 December 2006 07:47 (seventeen years ago) link

roomate is having sex 5 feet away from me, 3rd night in a row.

― mike (mike), Sunday, 17 December 2006 08:01 (seventeen years ago) link

73.^

― mike (mike), Sunday, 17 December 2006 08:01 (seventeen years ago) link

edit: 78.^

― mike (mike), Sunday, 17 December 2006 08:02 (seventeen years ago) link

having sex with this thing:
http://www.look-lookmagazine.com/llmag/images/sva_winners_04/williams_m.jpg

oh and she snores

― mike (mike), Sunday, 17 December 2006 08:03 (seventeen years ago) link

that is definitely wtf material, no ehh about it

― friday on the porch (lfam), Sunday, 17 December 2006 08:07 (seventeen years ago) link

mike pn, it's time to move outta da dorms!

― ian (orion), Sunday, 17 December 2006 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link

do you live in the dorms????

― jw (ex machina), Sunday, 17 December 2006 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link

naw i dont live in dorms. i live in more of a crack house / slum where a bedroom must be shared. IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANY APARTMENTS COMING AVAIL.... let a brother know. ;_;

― mike (mike), Sunday, 17 December 2006 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link

oh WOW you're in the same room? i thought you meant 5ft away on the other side of a wall lolz

― v (sleep), Sunday, 17 December 2006 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link

79. absently used phrase "twisted my melon" in email communication with student and now I'm afraid student will think I meant something dirty.

― Dan I. (w1nt3rmut3), Sunday, 17 December 2006 21:39 (seventeen years ago) link

80. went to a Merry Kissmas party last night with mistle toe everywhere and some girl w/braces kissed my cheek even after i told her i was married

― jaxon (jaxon), Sunday, 17 December 2006 21:52 (seventeen years ago) link

81. the sheer enormity of the medical school application process has just dawned on me

― baby wizard sex (gbx), Sunday, 17 December 2006 22:05 (seventeen years ago) link

79..best send said student pills, thrills, and bellyaches stat

82. flattering email bright and early from person met recently ...not so xcited 'bout it...

― bums jenny (bbia), Monday, 18 December 2006 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link

83. To bleeve or not that Sis and Bro-in-Law don't want Xmas presents, just for new baby

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 December 2006 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link

80. went to a Merry Kissmas party last night with mistle toe everywhere and some girl w/braces kissed my cheek even after i told her i was married
-- jaxon (gnarls.in.charg...), Yesterday 9:52 PM. (jaxon)

I do not have braces!!!

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 18 December 2006 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

awwwwwwwmoticon thread

― latebloomer (clonefeed), Monday, 18 December 2006 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link

84. Probably going to get offered new job for $$$$$, but would probably require relocating to pacific northwest. DO NOT WANT.

― John Justen is interested in eating your pet. (John Justen), Monday, 18 December 2006 19:04 (seventeen years ago) link

85. everyone is getting let out of work early to go to the wake of the son of a guy who used to work here. i'm going to a bar instead of the wake.

― otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link

80. went to a Merry Kissmas party last night with mistle toe everywhere and some girl w/braces kissed my cheek even after i told her i was married
-- jaxon (gnarls.in.charg...), December 17th, 2006 9:52 PM. (jaxon) (link)

i think this has just turned into a bummerz. i didn't actually know what she looked like until now. http://www.johntrippe.com/ #72

― jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 21:52 (seventeen years ago) link

84. Probably going to get offered new job for $$$$$, but would probably require relocating to pacific northwest. DO NOT WANT.

ysi?

― without you i'm nothing (get bent), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link

86. This morning i was walking home and thinking about how i will have to drive when i go to my parents' for christmas and how i am kind of afraid to drive after not driving for ages and then two seconds later there was an accident half a block up. Now really don't want to drive!

― tehresa (tehresa), Thursday, 21 December 2006 01:35 (seventeen years ago) link

87. worrying that you bum your friends out too much by being a complainer
88. STILL HUNGEE!!!
89. shopping not done

― jw (ex machina), Thursday, 21 December 2006 02:03 (seventeen years ago) link

totally agree on 86. don't mind driving in general but every time I go to St Louis in the winter it's frozen solid.

― dmr (dmr), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link

90. Audio embeds on happyface/bummerz threads that make me jump out of my skin and curse the gods every time I click on them.

― I Am Curious (George) (Slight Return) (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 21 December 2006 23:34 (seventeen years ago) link

don't worry about driving again tehresa, i just did it for 6 hours and didnt kill myself or others somehow.

― bell labs (bell_labs), Friday, 22 December 2006 01:25 (seventeen years ago) link

apparently i have a hair appt tomorrow and am taking my sister to the doctor and then to her hair appt and this is going to mean tons of driving and my dad's like 'hey the clutch is a little shuddery... it might be going' and i'm like 'oh noes!' cause i'm probably just gonna freak out and stall all over the place.

91. home for 2 hrs, family already pretty batshit crazy

― tehresa (tehresa), Friday, 22 December 2006 05:05 (seventeen years ago) link

92. Drinking with the ultimate bros (ie MY BROTHERS) all night but bar closed before 12 wtf?!? Fucking country.

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 22 December 2006 05:16 (seventeen years ago) link

90. Audio embeds on happyface/bummerz threads that make me jump out of my skin and curse the gods every time I click on them.

http://www.phillyist.com/attachments/philly_nicole/mission-accomplished.jpg

― amon (amon), Friday, 22 December 2006 05:21 (seventeen years ago) link

93. just took off shirt, then realized parents seem to have taken down the blinds in my room and also remembered that house is no longer surrounded by woods but new, other houses. awesome.

― tehresa (tehresa), Friday, 22 December 2006 05:39 (seventeen years ago) link

94. i am going to pay for all these wine drinking. but it was wine drinking.
wish i was in the country with open windows and no cares about neighbours really. also, wish it was summer and there was a lake to naked swim in.

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 22 December 2006 07:07 (seventeen years ago) link

on the upside maybe 93 is on some 14 year old's happy face emoticon thread.... yay boobz

― jw (ex machina), Friday, 22 December 2006 07:22 (seventeen years ago) link

95. left umbrella at front of restaurant in gigantic pile. went to leave and someone had taken ours. host offered to give us one that someone had left there in the past. it was bright pink :-/

― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 22 December 2006 09:01 (seventeen years ago) link

my favorite umbrella ever is my now-lost BRIGHT YELLOW one.

― ian (orion), Friday, 22 December 2006 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link

dude I want the bright pink umbrella.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Friday, 22 December 2006 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link

96. hungover. wine hurts me. but this means i should just stick with the beer and whiskey b/c i know they treat me right.

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 22 December 2006 17:41 (seventeen years ago) link

97. i have a vcr now

i wouldve figured rrrobyn ONLY drank wine!!

― and what (ooo), Friday, 22 December 2006 17:49 (seventeen years ago) link

haha, that makes me think of the women on coronation street who only order wine in the pub. white wine.
but i do like wine, when it's good. also i haven't had a real hangover in ages and wine hangovers = worst, for me (and the wine was on the cheap side last night...)

i have a vcr. it goes well with my really old tv.

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 22 December 2006 18:02 (seventeen years ago) link

I want a clear umbrella so i can hide under it!

― jw (ex machina), Friday, 22 December 2006 18:13 (seventeen years ago) link

a little girl came into my work today with one of these
http://133958.brightwebsite.com/image_manager/attributes/image/image_5/_2931873.jpg

― and what (ooo), Friday, 22 December 2006 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I have a clear bubble umbrella, they're still made, you know. You can even buy online.

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 22 December 2006 18:45 (seventeen years ago) link

geriatricproducts.com

― remy bean (bean), Friday, 22 December 2006 18:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Are you kidding me? Bubble umbrellas are rad. For that, I will never share with you, no matter how hard it rains. Fact: your voice kind of echoes inside them!

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 22 December 2006 18:48 (seventeen years ago) link

i was on michigan avenue last night in a light mist and i couldn't tell you how many fucking assholes were carrying these gigantic, over-sized golf umbrellas. i wanted to beat them with tire irons. though while waiting for the chicago ave. bus it was fun to watch two of them run into each other when the sidewalk wasn't wide enough for these two retards to pass each other.

― otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Friday, 22 December 2006 18:56 (seventeen years ago) link

those are the worst!!!!!!!

― jw (ex machina), Friday, 22 December 2006 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link

98. may have forgotten passport in MT (tentative)
98a. ...but at least i have another one here in MN (but it may be expired)

― baby wizard sex (gbx), Friday, 22 December 2006 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Are you leaving the country?

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 22 December 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes, he is going to Lancashire.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 22 December 2006 20:14 (seventeen years ago) link

99. some guy

― reading murder books, tryin' to stay hip (get bent), Friday, 22 December 2006 21:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Fuck THAT guy.

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 22 December 2006 21:27 (seventeen years ago) link

i wish i could

― reading murder books, tryin' to stay hip (get bent), Friday, 22 December 2006 21:38 (seventeen years ago) link

zing?

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Friday, 22 December 2006 21:50 (seventeen years ago) link

100. two. hours. of. sleep.

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Friday, 22 December 2006 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link

101. my eye is twitching

― baccarat heads spice pushka underdog official texas holdem bundgee (bundgee), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:15 (seventeen years ago) link

100 & 101. get some sleep fools. it's vacation time

― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:23 (seventeen years ago) link

man srsly... first day of vacation and i actually had to set an alarm :(

― tehresa (tehresa), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link

102. waiting for the email that says that i can go home early

― baccarat heads spice pushka underdog official texas holdem bundgee (bundgee), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes, he is going to Lancashire.

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), December 22nd, 2006 8:14 PM. (jaymc) (later) (link) (admin)

^^^^ yowzer.

― baby wizard sex (gbx), Saturday, 23 December 2006 02:56 (seventeen years ago) link

at least someone is paying attention

― obi strip (sanskrit), Saturday, 23 December 2006 03:11 (seventeen years ago) link

but yeah that is some parallel computing tron type shit

― obi strip (sanskrit), Saturday, 23 December 2006 03:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I forgotted. :(

― Laurel (Laurel), Saturday, 23 December 2006 04:49 (seventeen years ago) link

103. they still smoke in bars here. did not smoke any cigarettes tonight but smell like 5 ashtrays. ew.

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 23 December 2006 07:49 (seventeen years ago) link

^^^^this is a BAD thing???????

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Saturday, 23 December 2006 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link

this is the :-/ face thread

― baby wizard sex (gbx), Saturday, 23 December 2006 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

104. sittin on the deck, 69º, getting some work done... and the smell of fried chicken is wafting over from some unknown source and making me ridiculously hungry. where are you, deliciously scented chickens???

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 23 December 2006 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Ian Johnson is yr man for that:
http://www.armchairfrance.com/images/EnterPig.jpg

― jw (ex machina), Saturday, 23 December 2006 20:16 (seventeen years ago) link

105. scraped the fuck out of an off-duty cop's suv with my side mirror in manhattan. luckily she was super nice, knew a body shop around the corner etc. 1hr later everything was over with.

106. snuck a cigarette at parents' house while outside on the phone. proceeded to come in and empty my pockets on the table out of habit. hi dere lighter lol

― v (sleep), Saturday, 23 December 2006 23:56 (seventeen years ago) link

victor !!!!

― jw (ex machina), Sunday, 24 December 2006 01:03 (seventeen years ago) link

i know middle name lol! i could totally do the mom calling you out thing!

107. parents/family overwhelming in general, possibly driving you to things like sneaking cigarettes

― tehresa (tehresa), Sunday, 24 December 2006 04:46 (seventeen years ago) link

108. theresa becoming momish in her old age

― jw (ex machina), Sunday, 24 December 2006 04:53 (seventeen years ago) link

109. left rosewater napoleon recipe on desk in ny, could not find it on site for magazine i originally copied it from, could not find similar recipe on web, decided on a black currant napoleon recipe, mom refused to look for black currants in store, now making it a pomegranate napoleon. i think it will still be good, but it's a far cry from my original idea, which i'd had in mind for a few months :(

(also kinda momish rant)

― tehresa (tehresa), Sunday, 24 December 2006 05:06 (seventeen years ago) link

was that a joke

― jw (ex machina), Sunday, 24 December 2006 06:30 (seventeen years ago) link

more like an observation cause when i went to post i got the 'other people posted' message and noticed that what i'd just typed was very domestic/mom/homemaker, etc. the dessert stuff was totally genuine, though! i really am sad about that rosewater napoleon :-\

― tehresa (tehresa), Sunday, 24 December 2006 13:05 (seventeen years ago) link

110. just got back from multi-family dinner that had Girl Next Door in attendance with whom I had first sexual experience. Haven't seen her in years and years, would like to catch up, didn't.

― baby wizard sex (gbx), Monday, 25 December 2006 01:20 (seventeen years ago) link

....tmi, probz

― baby wizard sex (gbx), Monday, 25 December 2006 01:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Nah, s'cool.

111. Coming home = awesome but means never any prospects for flirtation ever because hometown sucks and everyone who didn't suck has gotten out.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 25 December 2006 06:45 (seventeen years ago) link

so true!

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 25 December 2006 06:52 (seventeen years ago) link

xmas in nyc kinda sucks because no one's around to hang out with

― we twa hae run aboot the braes (get bent), Monday, 25 December 2006 06:53 (seventeen years ago) link

just a lot of dumb tourists

― we twa hae run aboot the braes (get bent), Monday, 25 December 2006 06:53 (seventeen years ago) link

I never knew anyone in my hometown

― jw (ex machina), Monday, 25 December 2006 06:54 (seventeen years ago) link

i'll be back wed late night!

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 25 December 2006 06:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Got Trauma Center, but where is my NINTENDOS WII :(

It is a fucking crime that next gen systems hurt me and the children of America

― jw (ex machina), Monday, 25 December 2006 14:38 (seventeen years ago) link

112. this Christmas is all about caring for the fragile little newborn girl, so it's kind of like having a holiday in a plastic bubble (if any of us sneezes I think Sis will shoot to kill)

jon, email me link to yr blog

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 December 2006 14:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Coming home = awesome but means never any prospects for flirtation ever because hometown sucks and everyone who didn't suck has gotten out.

this is why i haven't been back there in almost 16 years.

― otto midnight, that 'tofu makes you gay' ding dong (otto midnight), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link

there is a boy i hooked up with about 4 years ago who gets very excited every time i come to town. we will stand around a bar with friends and he will get super flirty. then i'll go to leave and he'll be all sad that i'm leaving, but he never comes home with me. then we won't talk again for many moons, but when i show up in hometown a year later or so, it all repeats.

― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 17:31 (seventeen years ago) link

113. captain jean luc picard doesn't sound THAT

― god is alive, magic is afoot (get bent), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link

113. captain jean luc picard doesn't sound THAT bad over albert ayler

― god is alive, magic is afoot (get bent), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link

(sorry, "submit" got clicked somehow by accident)

― god is alive, magic is afoot (get bent), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link

114. the last time i looked at the clock it was 6. where did the last three hours go???

― dunking doughnuts (get bent), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 01:54 (seventeen years ago) link

115. talking w/my bro & sis we touch on our catholic upbringing. after I make a few remarks abt hypocrisy homophobia etc my brother goes off: "stop bitching & whining abt the catholic church! I'm gonna tell you what I tell people who complain about city hall and don't vote: you don't have a right to say anything if you don't participate" (followed by angry glare) I said something along the lines of "whatevs" while thinking "uh dude you're DIVORCED and you just said you go to mass once a year..."

ehhhhh families. my brother's a good guy but lately he's like a dumbed-down version of our dad in moralistic lecture mode. :-\

― m coleman (lovebug ), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 13:03 (seventeen years ago) link

116. Falling asleep on my hard-ass neck-killing two-person couch instead of my comfy pillow-top mattress because I'm too lazy to walk to my bedroom.

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link

117. airport delays. sitting in airport 15 min from parents' house. on the plus side, they have free wifi! also, i was going to miss connecting flight and got them to put me on a different delayed flight that's direct to ny!

― tehresa (tehresa), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 23:26 (seventeen years ago) link

118. i think that my non-blood aunt's brother's daughter is attractive.

― baby wizard sex (gbx), Thursday, 28 December 2006 13:37 (seventeen years ago) link

119. Long-time friend, who just started as a high school math teacher @ our alma mater, expressing misgivings re: his career choice (which is the choice I hope / plan to make in the next couple of years) (except in English, and eff high school).

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Thursday, 28 December 2006 14:08 (seventeen years ago) link

120. can't stop watching judge judy, judge maria lopez, judge mathis, people's court, divorce court, judge hatchett

― caitlin oh no (harbl), Thursday, 28 December 2006 14:16 (seventeen years ago) link

121. Make repeated plans to have debauched bar night, wind up falling asleep early and watching Robbie Coltrane in Cracker at 2a.m.

― DrM (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 December 2006 14:32 (seventeen years ago) link

122. More motivated to write @ work than @ home.

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Thursday, 28 December 2006 14:41 (seventeen years ago) link

cosign. (DRER, you wd be a cool English teacher)

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 December 2006 15:04 (seventeen years ago) link

You're just saying that because you know I'd let the kids bring beer into class.

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Thursday, 28 December 2006 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link

that's only the first reason!

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 December 2006 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link

123. Got officially offered $$$$ job. In Denver. Much easier to say NO.

― John Justen, surrounded by frail, wispy people. (John Justen), Thursday, 28 December 2006 16:35 (seventeen years ago) link

123b. Note that $$$$$$ changed into $$$$ as well. (Still more than owning a guitar shop will ever put in my pocket, tho. More years of hipster poverty ahead, I think.)

― John Justen, surrounded by frail, wispy people. (John Justen), Thursday, 28 December 2006 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link

what kind of job?

― baby wizard sex (gbx), Thursday, 28 December 2006 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link

124. surprisingly un-freaked/morbidly bummed following long awaited gf-moves-to-chicago departure day

― violent j (sandboxhulkington), Thursday, 28 December 2006 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Regional Sales rep, would be selling geetars etc. to stores in a 6 state area, living in my car, drinking big gulps and growing fat from convenience store roasted chicken meals.

There are also downsides.

― John Justen, surrounded by frail, wispy people. (John Justen), Thursday, 28 December 2006 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link

125. Meeting with lawyer who might help resolve DUI issues, possibly?

― the table is the table (trees), Thursday, 28 December 2006 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link

126. two friends of mine are getting married in march and they have a gift registry! (i just looked at it.) it seems so weird. and they are pretty cool and everything. but i haven't been to a lot of (more 'mainstream'?) weddings - maybe this is just what happens? i feel like a set of department store wine glasses or placemats just doesn't quite convey my feelings, y'know.

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 05:19 (seventeen years ago) link

127. people i know getting married. i sense an impending wave in the next 2 yrs ohgod

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 05:21 (seventeen years ago) link

i would so not be offended if someone got me one of those pink kitchenaid stand mixers for a wedding gift.

― the claudine longet invitational (get bent), Saturday, 30 December 2006 05:36 (seventeen years ago) link

proceeds for breast cancer research!

― ian (orion), Saturday, 30 December 2006 05:42 (seventeen years ago) link

haha, you could make everything on yr gift registry pink and then people would feel extra good about their choices b/c they'd be saving lives not just weddings

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 05:50 (seventeen years ago) link

no they would probably just think u r gay

― caitlin oh no (harbl), Saturday, 30 December 2006 05:53 (seventeen years ago) link

hahaha

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 05:55 (seventeen years ago) link

i am going to register for everything in neon colours

i'm just confused by weddings
in my head i think they are a celebration of love and everyone is there for that and it's a great reason for a fun party. but obv this is not always the case and weddings are about a lot of other things. and i guess registry does make things easier? but so many people live together before they get married anyway, they have a lot of stuff. it seems old-fashioned. though i do like presents. i am totally getting married in the woods/desert/rocks-beside-ocean, obv. and a bear/snake/whale is going to do the ceremony.

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 06:03 (seventeen years ago) link

robyn when you get married i will buy you a lifetime supply of neon cookie frosting

― the claudine longet invitational (get bent), Saturday, 30 December 2006 06:06 (seventeen years ago) link

and then i will take all the mixers and cutlery sets made of woven twigs and sharpened rocks to our geodesic dome and everything will be happily ever after.

128. i am going to move to new york city and through a series of mishaps become a high-powered ad exec

xpost - yaay!

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 06:11 (seventeen years ago) link

haha, you could make everything on yr gift registry pink and then people would feel extra good about their choices b/c they'd be saving lives not just weddings
-- impermanent rrrobyn (apoemabouteverythin...), December 30th, 2006. (rrrobyn) (later) (link)
no they would probably just think u r gay

-- caitlin oh no (caitx...), December 30th, 2006. (harbl) (later) (link)

or the creator of semi home made!

rrrobyn i just learned how incredibly insane weddings are last week with the wedding/bridesmaid dress shopping shit - 7 women all offering opinions about ugly dresses for 3 hours. aroaisdgj! makes me think i should definitely elope some day and then just have an awesome party.

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 30 December 2006 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link

129. return of the creepy voicemail dude - why do i answer calls from restricted numbers?!
129a. made vic talk to creepy dude when he called back after i hung up on him!

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 30 December 2006 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link

130. i've been craving lobster. i feel guilty about this.

― the claudine longet invitational (get bent), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:49 (seventeen years ago) link

omg don't! let's go eat lobsters!

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link

re: wedding registry, I don't know a single person who wanted to do a registry. I also don't know a single person who was then forced into doing a registry by their own parents because "You don't really want grandma trying to figure this out on her own, do you? I mean think of the crap you'll get that way." :\

upside is that you can replace/upgrade almost everything in your house this way, for free.

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link

where? (xpost)

― the claudine longet invitational (get bent), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link

is the guilt because of teh cooking process?
xpost
yeah ally, i'm pretty sure my friends were coerced by parent factor

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:53 (seventeen years ago) link

guilt is because of the expense! i don't live in maine where lobsters are bountiful and cheap!

― the claudine longet invitational (get bent), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link

is it even lobster season? i think lobster season is in the spring? jbr, you may have to hold out

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:55 (seventeen years ago) link

and then fly to maine

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:55 (seventeen years ago) link

grrrrr

― the claudine longet invitational (get bent), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Aagh, my sister claimed not to be into registries but then asked for everything from a Wusthof bread knife to a new kidn of trash can for her bathroom, so wtf? It was pretty distasteful.

― Laurel (Laurel), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link

http://petiteabeille.com/menus/dinner.jpg

lobster night?

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link

my friends are asking for pretty reasonable stuff. i'm sure people go through a kid-in-a-candy-store reaction to the registry though and hence a bunch of crazy stuff goes on the reg? i guess if you know a lot of people with $$ it's not an issue. but still... weird.

i don't lobster, i want fried chicken!?

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

re lobster night: ok, but we have to go this wednesday because i'm going back to l.a. next sunday.

― the claudine longet invitational (get bent), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

(it's actually thursdays)

but let's do it!

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link

d'oh! thursday is what i meant. but yeah. you're on.

― the claudine longet invitational (get bent), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link

sweeeet

i can't remember the last time i ated a lobster!

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link

i haven't ated a lobster in a couple of years at least.

― the claudine longet invitational (get bent), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Purpose of registry: to outfit a new couple with the basics they'll need for life on their own, because they've never kept house before, lived with parents or in dorm, and can't afford to furnish themselves b/c they are young and just starting out. Almost none of this applies to late 20s-and-up modern (urban?) couples anymore! I think that's the distasteful part.

Altho of course there's also the part where yr guests want to feel like part of your new adventure and are happy to contribute...but it's true, sometimes guests don't have money!! I think it should be okay for the couple to request no presents -- the donations thing is awes, I think a lot of (older?) people would be ooged out if you asked for cash, tho sadly that's often the most useful thing.

― Laurel (Laurel), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

my sis and her fiance are musicians and i think are going to ask some friends to play music at wedding/reception in lieu of gifts cause they know they're all poor. but also, i'm sure they will register for tons of shit because she is a soccer mom already (even though she's not even 30 and doesn't have kids... all she talks about is: puppies, babies and home ownership)

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link

127. people i know getting married.

COSIGN. especially unforgivable if they are my age or younger. stop getting married you jerks ;_;

― false cat (sleep), Saturday, 30 December 2006 23:47 (seventeen years ago) link

also 129a was funny

― false cat (sleep), Sunday, 31 December 2006 00:01 (seventeen years ago) link

funny haha or funny EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

lolz i was so drunk!

― tehresa (tehresa), Sunday, 31 December 2006 00:04 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm thrilled for my friends to start getting married, if only because weddings are usually awesome parties with food and friends and free booze. they'll get depressing when i'm still languishing in the bachelor pile.

― baby wizard sex (gbx), Sunday, 31 December 2006 00:46 (seventeen years ago) link

I think a lot of (older?) people would be ooged out if you asked for cash, tho sadly that's often the most useful thing.

have just had a relative get married and yes, all the older women in the family got SO shitty when the couple requested money for a new bed rather than the trad registry list, so a list was set up anyway. (they all also objected to the bed being referred to as "the workbench" on the subsequent print-out.)

― haitch (not haitch) (haitch), Sunday, 31 December 2006 13:26 (seventeen years ago) link

131. given my current lack of hair cut and pressence of beard and head full of lead and unsatisfying amt of sleep and knowledge that my house is a mess i am 1975 incarnate

i can cure the thankfully v.v.v. mild hangover, but how do i make my face less puffy

― bb (bbia), Monday, 1 January 2007 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link

132. reviewing movie website for work (not as fun as one might expect)

― shakey mo jopotatoes (bundgee), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:41 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm hoping 127 is cuz you'll hardly ever see them again, cuz it's usually not a good idea

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, donations got nixed for me. I didn't honestly expect people to bring gifts though, I sincerely hope you didn't bring gifts thinking I expected them, Laurel!! In fact I rather don't have room in the apt for any of these things, I wish certain family members hadn't decided to try to outdo everyone else :\

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Ally, the funny thing is that I'm pretty sure I forgot to bring you anything!!!

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I mean, please, just getting the four of us organized enough to RENT A CAR and get the fuck out of Dodge was a challenge -- thanks to Eater's super-secret, identity-concealing, no-form-of-valid-ID-having-ness.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:19 (seventeen years ago) link

LOL yeah I was actually pretty sure you didn't as I didn't send a thank you and I'd assume you'd ask--but we got a few at the wedding that had no name associated with them! Anonymous gifting...same thing happened at Xmas, a few things showed up with no FROM. So, you can feel free to claim you got us a set of cutlery, if you like.

xpost LOL x 2, he has no valid ID!!

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link

He didn't have the right combo of ID + credit card on him 'cos he carries fake cards for work! Am I giving away trade secrets? You get the idea.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh right! Oh god that is hilarious.

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:24 (seventeen years ago) link

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