in my defence I have... nothing at all to say for myself.
So I was being driven insane today by a client with extremely complicated questions that all fell beautifully within various lacunae in the law (this really drives me c.r.a.z.y. because then the advice you can give becomes very, very limited), and the worst part is that the legislative provisions that covered that area made references to various things that I trigger with, like who has the power to use the company seal, for example; and how the administrator of a particular insolvency regime generally has to be trained accountant, so by the time it was evening I walked into a colleague's room and said:
Me: Did you know that Laurell K. Hamilton has contributed to an anthology in which there is a selkie heroine who attempts to escape her arranged marriage?
+{Or you can try this incredibly spoiler-full review (YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED), which describes the heroine as "a selkie whose past has just caught up with her in the form of a stalking, obsessive, obviously abusive ex-fiancé".} It's supposed to be a collection of "feminist fairy tales", for what that's worth, also I found it via stuffing the search term "selkie" through the local library's online electronic catalogue.
Her: No... but I think I've read it. It sounds familiar. But... why selkies?
Me: BECAUSE LAW ISN'T ENOUGH FOR ME. I WANT MORE.
Her: ... *blink. blink. blink.* You are a better person than I will ever be.
Me: ... (too tired to a do a double-take, otherwise I would have) ... because I want to be a master of selkie mythology?
Her: Because you're so smart.
Me: ... so are you. (She is.)
Her: Me? *flutters lashes* I don't thiiiink.
Me: *stares at her blankly for several heartbeats* (Look, this is the girl who taught me how to read company searches so that I'd know whether a company was worth suing, the same girl who gave me a half-hour background in construction law and standard-form contracts so I'd know how to start on advising on a very unexpected matter) .... AUGHHHHHHHH I HATE IT WHEN YOU DO THIS TO ME!!!!!!!
TO SUM UP:
{Many thanks and hugs to tokei, for showing me this picture;
and also because it describes the end of our weeks so very well.}
... and I have to go back to the office over the weekend to do the first cut draft of this
MORASS of EVEN MORE AUGH.
So this is pretty much kind of why I very much treasure the people who can put up with my nonsense, because it is a HELL OF A LOT OF NONSENSE.
Me: Did you know that Laurell K. Hamilton has contributed to an anthology in which there is a selkie heroine who attempts to escape her arranged marriage?
+{Or you can try this incredibly spoiler-full review (YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED), which describes the heroine as "a selkie whose past has just caught up with her in the form of a stalking, obsessive, obviously abusive ex-fiancé".} It's supposed to be a collection of "feminist fairy tales", for what that's worth, also I found it via stuffing the search term "selkie" through the local library's online electronic catalogue.
Her: No... but I think I've read it. It sounds familiar. But... why selkies?
Me: BECAUSE LAW ISN'T ENOUGH FOR ME. I WANT MORE.
Her: ... *blink. blink. blink.* You are a better person than I will ever be.
Me: ... (too tired to a do a double-take, otherwise I would have) ... because I want to be a master of selkie mythology?
Her: Because you're so smart.
Me: ... so are you. (She is.)
Her: Me? *flutters lashes* I don't thiiiink.
Me: *stares at her blankly for several heartbeats* (Look, this is the girl who taught me how to read company searches so that I'd know whether a company was worth suing, the same girl who gave me a half-hour background in construction law and standard-form contracts so I'd know how to start on advising on a very unexpected matter) .... AUGHHHHHHHH I HATE IT WHEN YOU DO THIS TO ME!!!!!!!
TO SUM UP:
{Many thanks and hugs to tokei, for showing me this picture;
and also because it describes the end of our weeks so very well.}
... and I have to go back to the office over the weekend to do the first cut draft of this
MORASS of EVEN MORE AUGH.
So this is pretty much kind of why I very much treasure the people who can put up with my nonsense, because it is a HELL OF A LOT OF NONSENSE.