i did something really brave today and i just want to say i'm proud of myself
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 23:22 (six years ago) link
i am proud of you, too. you are wonderful.
― lxy, Friday, 25 May 2018 15:45 (six years ago) link
i got this in my head and i can't get it out:
"working harb or harbly working"
― lxy, Friday, 12 October 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
hey lxy i haven't made lentils in forever but you reminded me i like them and i got some berbere from the ethiopian store and i am dead. real ethiopian lentils. i am sorry but they were better than lxy lentils.
― spite n ease (harbl), Monday, 29 October 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
errr
― lxy, Monday, 29 October 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
this is a fraught situation for any harbl encourager who is also a lxy lentil believer
― estela, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 00:26 (five years ago) link
harbs no
― jergins, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 02:45 (five years ago) link
(enjoyably fraught)
― estela, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 06:01 (five years ago) link
lxy lentils were really good though
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 2 November 2018 00:45 (five years ago) link
all lentils are bad
there, i've solved the fraughtness
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 November 2018 04:00 (five years ago) link
Clearly you have not had my mujaddara.
― toadstool might (tehresa), Monday, 5 November 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
leave my muja out of this
― esperantzen (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 15 November 2018 23:47 (five years ago) link
made more lentils yesterday
― spite n ease (harbl), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 00:03 (five years ago) link
i made split pea soup last weekend
― lxy, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
am going to make lentil loaf for TG dinner
how was this loaf
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 1 December 2018 01:14 (five years ago) link
i'm applying for not one but two, maybe three jobs this weekend
congrats dude
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:59 (five years ago) link
"
― lxy, Friday, 25 January 2019 01:23 (five years ago) link
thanks, bros! i'm really excited. a new lease on life.
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 25 January 2019 12:10 (five years ago) link
tomorrow is my last day at my old job
― spite n ease (harbl), Thursday, 14 March 2019 23:46 (five years ago) link
congratulations, harbl!! are they taking you out for leaving drinks?
― lxy, Friday, 15 March 2019 14:58 (five years ago) link
yes, i didn't want to but you can't really not do that. it was ok. i'm going to the office today to clean up and move things out. it is mostly done already.
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 16 March 2019 14:11 (five years ago) link
harbly, i hope you like your new job.
i feel like i can never leave my job because i've worked here for so long they'd never let me get away without some big do and it seems utterly excruciating. but on the other hand refusing a do would be scandalous? i don't know, this is the type of nonsense that worries me on a regular basis. "fortunately," i have a good number of years left to decide which approach i'll take.
― lxy, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
you can totally refuse a do imo!
― esperantzen (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 22:59 (five years ago) link
(would it then be a dont he wondered)
thank you for your encouragement, a leaving don't it is!
― lxy, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 18:42 (five years ago) link
presumably you then *should* let the door hit you on the way out, idk
― esperantzen (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 19:29 (five years ago) link
always the big do
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 April 2019 02:04 (five years ago) link
don't go, buy the w/d
― lxy, Friday, 26 April 2019 00:31 (five years ago) link
congrats harbs
― jergins, Friday, 26 April 2019 03:26 (five years ago) link
not going. already re-budgeted my saved $273.
oh, l&j! the sweater i was starting at your house...i'm still cranking away at it but it's almost done! i may run out of yarn. by like 100 ft. oops!
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 28 April 2019 23:55 (five years ago) link
two great pieces of news!
will you finish with a different yarn? an ongoing reminder of measure twice cut once?
― lxy, Monday, 29 April 2019 15:16 (five years ago) link
well it turns out i may have exactly the right amount. or i will be like 1 ft short and will use my swatch. this is a mass produced kind so i could get more but they come in giant skeins that cost like $20. so i'd have to find a partial one on the internet.
― spite n ease (harbl), Monday, 29 April 2019 22:04 (five years ago) link
please post pix. or come back wearing it.
― lxy, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
i am in fact 2 ft short. working on it.
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 21:58 (five years ago) link
so my new job is looking to add a 4th supervisor. i have been there one month. i am crazy but not unstable and i think i would be a good supervisor. but if i apply and don't get it, will there be office politics problems? weirdness? it's only open to people already working there.
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
can you guarantee no office politics or weirdness under any circumstances
if not go for the option with more cash/holidays/lackeys imo
― esperantzen (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 22:32 (five years ago) link
i spent years supervising part-time student staff, then full-time professional staff, then no staff, now part-time student staff and full-time professional staff. i am a good supervisor but i hate it and wish there had been a way for me to advance without becoming a supervisor again.
so, i am not a good person to ask.
― lxy, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 22:55 (five years ago) link
yes this is also true managing people is horrible
i trust this has all been helpful obv
― esperantzen (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 2 May 2019 08:29 (five years ago) link
well
lol
i figured out that they demoted one of the 3 supervisors who it only took me a few weeks to determine i did not like. her last action was a scoldy email to everyone about different rules that were being broken. we had a big meeting on friday about some things that were going on before i got there. i think after that meeting she was demoted by the other bosses who had the meeting. i am still on some of the wrong email groups and missing half the emails. i was wondering why she has sort of disappeared.
i am thinking i will apply but i still have a couple weeks to decide. i may have a quality that is needed. because i come from a well-run district everyone likes and this is a messy one with retention problems (i knew this coming in--i am here for the good commute tbh, and won't die if i only last a few years here because i was thinking about moving on in that time frame anyway).
― spite n ease (harbl), Thursday, 2 May 2019 21:39 (five years ago) link
― lxy, Thursday, April 25, 2019 8:31 PM (one month ago)
it is done
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 22 June 2019 13:32 (five years ago) link
living your harblest life
― estela, Sunday, 23 June 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link
i have an interview in two weeks and i've only been at my new job less than 6 months. what if i get it? it's gonna be hard to explain. i hope i don't get it.
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 14 September 2019 00:05 (five years ago) link
won't die if i only last a few years here
welp
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 14 September 2019 00:06 (five years ago) link
theRZA the JZA and the NDB (darraghmac) wrote this on thread 77 job interview pro tips on board 7Curtis's 7borad on 13-Sep-2019
ive applied for a job i didnt think was a good fit but after mapping my competencies now feel I'm the natural person for the role but i dont want it and would refuse it I'm only applying for the experience but when i dont get shortlisted ill shit fury and i referred to it just there as a rollercoaster of promotions
― esperantzen (p much resigned to deems), Saturday, 14 September 2019 09:09 (five years ago) link
hi
well, i hope i do get it. i'm trying to convince myself i might *not* get it so it won't be so difficult to be rejected, but i think my chances are decent? also they did have to re-list the job for an extra week after it first closed, so maybe they didn't get many applicants they wanted. my writing sample was really good.
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 14 September 2019 13:36 (five years ago) link
i got my pension statement today and i'm excited at the thought that if i continue on my current pace of never using sick leave i can retire in january of 2039. accrued sick leave can subtract from your eligibility date. i will be 54. i just need to save up enough money to get me through the following 40 years. it'll be easy. also i am going to retire in spain, uruguay, or bulgaria. everyone is invited to come stay with me.
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 22 September 2019 19:10 (five years ago) link
we'll be in sevilla from 2043 onwards fyi
― esperantzen (p much resigned to deems), Sunday, 22 September 2019 22:28 (five years ago) link