4614: Pretty Penny
Oh wow, it's been almost a month since last post? =p Didn't realize the extent to which I really dislike posting here now [the specific unnecessary process I go through that I nevertheless can't alter by virtue of it's always easier to stop, significantly much more difficult to restart once stopped]... but then, I'm so uninvested in updates everywhere else that I regularly purge things that fall flat [I *do* revisit past entries, and if something didn't work/isn't worth keeping, then why?], and I sorta like to think that I try a little harder to make things more archivable here.
Not that I always succeed. May consider a systematic edit/purge of entries for even more streamlining [in the severely unlikely event I want to collect everything into a book or several], but I *really* have better things to do than that in the meantime =p
The main things I want to record at the moment are Miss Priss and Creeper. No, that's not a Minecraft reference, though somehow I'm aware of them despite a persistent lack of interest in playing |=/
I don't remember if I mentioned here before that I thought about becoming a notary for work purposes [I know I mentioned on FB, because I got a useful response about asking the company to reimburse me for the cost of applying, which hadn't occurred to me to ask for]. Well, Miss Priss beat me to it, or is in the process of it whereas I haven't even given a serious inquiry into EXACT requirements, because she asked me for a reference of character [can't be family or employer].
While I'm not that upset about the e:fb, I'm actually not sure if she'll be a GOOD notary. It sorta entails having a passable memory [I question hers], and it's recommended that notaries keep a journal of their notarizations [she... misplaces a LOT of things]. I've definitely looked into the responsibilities of notaries, so I'm at least MENTALLY prepared for the idea of it... it's just the actual process of becoming one sounds a bit more time-consuming than I care to invest for the payoff--at the moment. [And if Miss Priss is doing it, I don't see why I should, too, for all of like two notarizations a year?]
Creeper I don't know if I ever mentioned before under a different nickname, but he's Creeper now. Before he was just goofy, now I'm not sure... *looks* Okay, he's the co-worker in this exchange, but I guess I didn't pick a name until now, unless I missed something.
Thing is, until that exchange, I thought he was just being a goofball, but lately he's been walking up behind me when I'm washing my thermos* in the sink and just staring at me until I mention that he's doing it [under the pretense of being a goof, I guess--he seemed "disappointed" that I didn't freak out, and I'm just really too tired lately for immature behaviour at work, in multiple senses], and today he tried skulking into my office when I was putting things away, then snapped his fingers when I looked up, as though thinking, "Damn, I've been spotted!"
...
MIGHT still just be "goofball" things, but he just sent me [as the decoy account] a Friend Request on FB. So... now I have to wonder =| I forgot to mark "in a relationship (with someone who doesn't want a FB account)" on the decoy, though, so I don't know if he'll take that as some kind of interest.
Gag, I hope this doesn't escalate somehow... -_- I mean, Falco and Miss Priss know I have C--it's not something I feel compelled to advertise--but I guess the ring I've worn pretty much forever as a subtle deterrent doesn't work... too plain? Should I start wearing my grandmother's costume one? =/
[some of you might suggest, ahem, OTHER options, but that's none of your nevermind]
...ANYWAY, excitement abounds =_= I've been unintentionally trying to get by on less sleep [read: make myself sleep more efficiently out of desperation], and it's misery... I honestly think the traditional method of becoming a parent will murder me, because if I'm not doing well on less sleep BY MYSELF, I don't see how I'll manage having a dependent leech [or, MULTIPLES *shudder*]. Yep, in such a case, the only hope for humanity would be if the kid thing was my ONLY extracurricular thing... maximum suckage =(
Falco seems to enjoy the stepparent thing, though. I admit I have the occasional noble inclination to take in an orphan, but I simultaneously fear the responsibility of Someone Else's Kid(s) in my care. There's so much that could go wrong that I'd never be able to live with myself if it happened...
...aaaaaaand THAT went downhill kinda fast! Think it's time for Second Sleep now =p
*The not-genericided generic name for this escapes me at the moment, but I've already invested at least an hour more into this than I wanted... so, exercise for the reader or whatever =p IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED TO FIND OUT
Not that I always succeed. May consider a systematic edit/purge of entries for even more streamlining [in the severely unlikely event I want to collect everything into a book or several], but I *really* have better things to do than that in the meantime =p
The main things I want to record at the moment are Miss Priss and Creeper. No, that's not a Minecraft reference, though somehow I'm aware of them despite a persistent lack of interest in playing |=/
I don't remember if I mentioned here before that I thought about becoming a notary for work purposes [I know I mentioned on FB, because I got a useful response about asking the company to reimburse me for the cost of applying, which hadn't occurred to me to ask for]. Well, Miss Priss beat me to it, or is in the process of it whereas I haven't even given a serious inquiry into EXACT requirements, because she asked me for a reference of character [can't be family or employer].
While I'm not that upset about the e:fb, I'm actually not sure if she'll be a GOOD notary. It sorta entails having a passable memory [I question hers], and it's recommended that notaries keep a journal of their notarizations [she... misplaces a LOT of things]. I've definitely looked into the responsibilities of notaries, so I'm at least MENTALLY prepared for the idea of it... it's just the actual process of becoming one sounds a bit more time-consuming than I care to invest for the payoff--at the moment. [And if Miss Priss is doing it, I don't see why I should, too, for all of like two notarizations a year?]
Creeper I don't know if I ever mentioned before under a different nickname, but he's Creeper now. Before he was just goofy, now I'm not sure... *looks* Okay, he's the co-worker in this exchange, but I guess I didn't pick a name until now, unless I missed something.
Thing is, until that exchange, I thought he was just being a goofball, but lately he's been walking up behind me when I'm washing my thermos* in the sink and just staring at me until I mention that he's doing it [under the pretense of being a goof, I guess--he seemed "disappointed" that I didn't freak out, and I'm just really too tired lately for immature behaviour at work, in multiple senses], and today he tried skulking into my office when I was putting things away, then snapped his fingers when I looked up, as though thinking, "Damn, I've been spotted!"
...
MIGHT still just be "goofball" things, but he just sent me [as the decoy account] a Friend Request on FB. So... now I have to wonder =| I forgot to mark "in a relationship (with someone who doesn't want a FB account)" on the decoy, though, so I don't know if he'll take that as some kind of interest.
Gag, I hope this doesn't escalate somehow... -_- I mean, Falco and Miss Priss know I have C--it's not something I feel compelled to advertise--but I guess the ring I've worn pretty much forever as a subtle deterrent doesn't work... too plain? Should I start wearing my grandmother's costume one? =/
[some of you might suggest, ahem, OTHER options, but that's none of your nevermind]
...ANYWAY, excitement abounds =_= I've been unintentionally trying to get by on less sleep [read: make myself sleep more efficiently out of desperation], and it's misery... I honestly think the traditional method of becoming a parent will murder me, because if I'm not doing well on less sleep BY MYSELF, I don't see how I'll manage having a dependent leech [or, MULTIPLES *shudder*]. Yep, in such a case, the only hope for humanity would be if the kid thing was my ONLY extracurricular thing... maximum suckage =(
Falco seems to enjoy the stepparent thing, though. I admit I have the occasional noble inclination to take in an orphan, but I simultaneously fear the responsibility of Someone Else's Kid(s) in my care. There's so much that could go wrong that I'd never be able to live with myself if it happened...
...aaaaaaand THAT went downhill kinda fast! Think it's time for Second Sleep now =p
*The not-genericided generic name for this escapes me at the moment, but I've already invested at least an hour more into this than I wanted... so, exercise for the reader or whatever =p IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED TO FIND OUT