~~~SANDBOX 77~~~

have u ever seen a cuter burger makeout sesh

- tried to be an adult and rode my bike down to the coffeeshop for an evening of coffee+book
- coffeeshop has some sort of marketplace event going on, $18 soap and $35 journals with custom covers
- back home, guess i'm going to put on Revolution Dub and maybe eat some chips and salsa
- failed at being an adult

Don't worry, I failed at being an adult more times than you could ever imagine.

i can imagine very large numbers

*updates resume with that*

our senior number imaginer just walked out on the job and a very important project is due in less than week. what should we do?!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41zkRjmI19L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

oh here, i'll do it for you. during the briefing, just say "i don't think i need to spell it out for you, people - the numbers have been altered significantly this quarter, exceeding expectations, for better or for worse. this is going to be big. i think the numbers speak for themselves, so let's go ahead and move on to next steps, action items, and of course, monitoring progress."

"and of course we'll be gathering meeting minutes and sending them around afterwards - that's an action item for me! ahahahaha! yes! aaaahahaha YES, just another day in the office, making decisions!"

then laugh maniacally

great... you're hired!

Do you folks need a tea lady or professional yes-woman or anything? I can start working two minutes ago, and bring my own typing paper.

sounds like a job for Office Cat!

-forgot to take my lithium last night, am currently a quivering paranoid mess. I also have a cold.

-met with brother-in-law, gave him his mail in exchange for $20 and a bag of fresh vegetables, something he complained about giving us even though it was his idea in the first place. (The last time he bought food for us, it was one of those boxes that you buy at the grocery store so that you can drop them off at the food bank.)

-hugging little Pepper, which always makes me feel somewhat better.

http://i40.tinypic.com/2r7txu8.png

"are we, or are we not... A COMPANY"

LOL a friend of mine works at the Lush store in the city and she just posted a photo of herself, just chillin, as you do, with Amanda Fckin Palmer and Neil Gaiman. Yeah just another day on the retail chalkface...

- tomorrow evening i am going to look more dapper than i have ever looked in my life
- critical background info: i'm going to a hair salon tonight for my first real haircut in 8 years (my ex cut my hair for the last several years). and i'm buying a nice suit tomorrow after work, in preparation for...
- job interview, chicago, this thursday!
- getting there with 2 days notice is extremely inconvenient, but i'm glad i'm doing it because the person who's interviewing me (and who would also be my boss) said that since i'm making the "extra effort" to come in person, he'd like me to meet various people on the project team after the interview "if i have time"
- FUCK YEAH i have time

- oh, forgot to circle back to the dapper-ness. why will i look esp. dapper tomorrow evening? because, uh, i will have the new haircut and new suit, and will probably stand in front of a mirror at home and try to be dapper for a minute or two

oh btw i got dumped

what? that is sad Hsex 2

z,

you should buy some crest white strips
people will be all hey z s you look nice also
your suit is handsome
and your haircut is good
and your teeth are like chiclets
dog just take this job
daaaaum

gl zs!!

:-/

shit, i'm sorry mandee.

^^^

Good luck, ZS.

ZS, you might move to chicago? awesome!

yeah, i got dumped, but its okay... i'm kinda okay about it

Sorry, Mandee.

Not sorry, Z S. There is whiskey waiting for you on Thursday evening.

No. Wait. There's MALORT waiting for you!

2nd GIS result for "malort":

http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20081125-malort01.jpg

having gotten dumped recently, yeah, solidarity. it fucking sucks.

Whoa....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=ub0GzU56YMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub0GzU56YMA

holy shit, actual tears of laughter watching that

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/400620_10150428305706596_681036595_9107120_159173131_n.jpg

Why is it specifically a *butter* crisis ("crise")? Is other dairy not affected?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/12/13/143632326/a-rich-country-runs-out-of-butter

http://gawker.com/5869463/norwegian-butter-crisis-escalates-as-swedes-arrested-in-smuggling-scheme

maybe they could reappropriate paintcan shakers to churn, or pay people to put cans in the trunks of their cars and drive down bumpy roads. i mean how hard is it to make some butter, really?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_versus_butter_model

I read a news story about it before, and just read the ones linked above, but I don't really get why it's not a *dairy* crise.

because the prohibitive import tariffs are on butter rather than cheese or milk or a.n. other dairy product?

this is a traditional box of norwegian budder

i am very nervous

Because of the butter problem?

I am well-stocked with butter. I am the mogul of butter.

on Christmas eve.....ning

Got a very nice haircut +
Took a long nap + but am now wide awake -
Broke a tooth -
Had box of Christmas gifts stolen -
Tomorrow last day of work before two weeks off +++++

wow that's a rollercoaster, E. That sounds kinda sucky <3

erica was it the ppl who got arrested today??

Ouch, E.

-I have either a very bad cold or a mild case of the flu. I've been sitting in my chair in front of the computer all day with my head feeling like it's floating in the air and filled with concrete, with frequent occurrences of insane coughing and wheezing. Sometimes I get up for a minute or two, which inevitably ends with a bout of coughing my guts up and a few minutes of shortness of breath. My husband is sick, too.

-the pickup's battery is dying and won't hold a charge. Which sucks, because I have a lithium prescription and some wired money waiting for me at Wal-Mart. I'm hoping that it will work tomorrow so that we can pick them up.

- (minor) ice storm!
- freelancer office party (of three!) plus solstice party (of many!)
- finished pretty much all my pre-christmas work!
- so looking fwd to long wkend in the country!

Sean - who got arrested?!

hungover at work i'm too old for this shit tbh