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☁ Lane Bryant had a sale plus a decent coupon, so... bras. Much needed bras. And COLORS. YAY. Green and purple, even. :D And pretty much 50% off before tax and shipping. Seriously, I can deal with $20 bras. :D :D :D :D
☁ Started watching No. 6 thanks to a bad rec. Seriously, probably the best way to get me to watch something (particularly if it's a short movie or short series or whatever) is to tell me how terrible it is. Then I'll be like, "No, it really can't be that bad, can it?" and so I'll be all eager to find out. Go figure how that works. I'm about halfway through and it's not all bad, though I wish they'd do some more world building, and they skip around a bunch and that's confusing. Mostly I'm reserving judgement. Also the opening song is TERRIBLE. I think it's the voice, it just irritates the living crap out of me. Interestingly, I like the ending song. Pretty. ^_^
☁ Does anybody else use the video player Mpcstar? I generally have zero problems with it, but lately I'm finding that if I leave it paused overnight- which I do often, when I'm just too tired and can't focus on finishing whatever I'm watching anymore- it crashes. Well, I assume it crashes, because when I wake up, there's nothing there. Which has never been a problem before. Just curious if this is just me or if it's a thing with the newest update or something.
☁ ...wow. Just. Wow. There are no words for how fucked up and wrong this is. PETA, have you ever even PLAYED a Mario game? The Tanooki suit is exactly that- a freaking COSTUME, not a real animal skin. Not only that but Mario gets it from a TREASURE/ ? BOX, not skinning animals. YOU GUYS are the ones depicting violence and animal cruelty. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Disgusting.
☁ Inheritance came in the mail today. It's... freaking HUGE. 849 pages, obviously not including the non-story stuff. Also apparently there is an overview of the first three before the story actually starts. Which is good because I never ended up doing the re-read I meant to and it's been a few years, so ah. I have no idea what's going on at this point in the story. I haven't started it, but I will probably tomorrow! *excited*
☁There's a petition that's basically a Target employee whining about having to go in at midnight on the night of Thanksgiving. I'm just like... are you kidding me? Really? Shut the hell up. You are a retail bitch, which means that you're paid to do whatever the hell they tell you. Suck it up. I have to work every single Thanksgiving and Black Friday, and I don't even work at a huge store like Target or Walmart. There are plenty of people who would be more than happy to take your place, so I would calm the hell down if I were you. The guy says, "everyone should be able to break bread with their family on Thanksgiving." So I guess the firefighters and doctors and nurses and police officers can just go home and not respond to any calls, right? Because that's what you're saying. Everyone means EVERYONE, so when your turkey bursts into flames or your uncle has a heart attack at the dinner table, well. Those things can just wait, right? Because it's Thanksgiving. Fuck you.
Also, some people are perfectly happy working holidays. You get paid extra, for one thing, and a lot of people need that. Additionally... not everyone has family, or at least not within a reasonable distance. Some people, if forced to stay home on a holiday, will be home alone. I'd rather work than sit at home feeling sorry for myself, you know?
The other thing he said that is a major WTF? That employees were being forced to go into work "right in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner." At midnight? Seriously? Most families have dinner really super early. Mine always did it late- we wouldn't be sitting down till around eight, usually- but by midnight, everyone was passed out in a turkey induced coma. Nobody's in the middle of freaking Thanksgiving dinner at midnight. Work it out with your family, have dinner earlier- if you sit down by 3, you can be in bed for that coma by 5. Wake up, eat some pie, pack up some leftovers for your break, and GO TO WORK. I have worked retail many years, and one way or another, you figure this stuff out. IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT!
Anyway. I've gone on about this too long, but the point is that this is stupid, the guy is stupid, and I honestly kinda hope they fire him. It would serve him right. You don't want to work? FINE. BUH BYE.
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This has been crossposted to my DW account. You are free to comment either here or there, if you'd like to comment. Preferably here, but it doesn't really matter. Whichever one works for you. :D
☁ Started watching No. 6 thanks to a bad rec. Seriously, probably the best way to get me to watch something (particularly if it's a short movie or short series or whatever) is to tell me how terrible it is. Then I'll be like, "No, it really can't be that bad, can it?" and so I'll be all eager to find out. Go figure how that works. I'm about halfway through and it's not all bad, though I wish they'd do some more world building, and they skip around a bunch and that's confusing. Mostly I'm reserving judgement. Also the opening song is TERRIBLE. I think it's the voice, it just irritates the living crap out of me. Interestingly, I like the ending song. Pretty. ^_^
☁ Does anybody else use the video player Mpcstar? I generally have zero problems with it, but lately I'm finding that if I leave it paused overnight- which I do often, when I'm just too tired and can't focus on finishing whatever I'm watching anymore- it crashes. Well, I assume it crashes, because when I wake up, there's nothing there. Which has never been a problem before. Just curious if this is just me or if it's a thing with the newest update or something.
☁ ...wow. Just. Wow. There are no words for how fucked up and wrong this is. PETA, have you ever even PLAYED a Mario game? The Tanooki suit is exactly that- a freaking COSTUME, not a real animal skin. Not only that but Mario gets it from a TREASURE/ ? BOX, not skinning animals. YOU GUYS are the ones depicting violence and animal cruelty. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Disgusting.
☁ Inheritance came in the mail today. It's... freaking HUGE. 849 pages, obviously not including the non-story stuff. Also apparently there is an overview of the first three before the story actually starts. Which is good because I never ended up doing the re-read I meant to and it's been a few years, so ah. I have no idea what's going on at this point in the story. I haven't started it, but I will probably tomorrow! *excited*
☁There's a petition that's basically a Target employee whining about having to go in at midnight on the night of Thanksgiving. I'm just like... are you kidding me? Really? Shut the hell up. You are a retail bitch, which means that you're paid to do whatever the hell they tell you. Suck it up. I have to work every single Thanksgiving and Black Friday, and I don't even work at a huge store like Target or Walmart. There are plenty of people who would be more than happy to take your place, so I would calm the hell down if I were you. The guy says, "everyone should be able to break bread with their family on Thanksgiving." So I guess the firefighters and doctors and nurses and police officers can just go home and not respond to any calls, right? Because that's what you're saying. Everyone means EVERYONE, so when your turkey bursts into flames or your uncle has a heart attack at the dinner table, well. Those things can just wait, right? Because it's Thanksgiving. Fuck you.
Also, some people are perfectly happy working holidays. You get paid extra, for one thing, and a lot of people need that. Additionally... not everyone has family, or at least not within a reasonable distance. Some people, if forced to stay home on a holiday, will be home alone. I'd rather work than sit at home feeling sorry for myself, you know?
The other thing he said that is a major WTF? That employees were being forced to go into work "right in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner." At midnight? Seriously? Most families have dinner really super early. Mine always did it late- we wouldn't be sitting down till around eight, usually- but by midnight, everyone was passed out in a turkey induced coma. Nobody's in the middle of freaking Thanksgiving dinner at midnight. Work it out with your family, have dinner earlier- if you sit down by 3, you can be in bed for that coma by 5. Wake up, eat some pie, pack up some leftovers for your break, and GO TO WORK. I have worked retail many years, and one way or another, you figure this stuff out. IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT!
Anyway. I've gone on about this too long, but the point is that this is stupid, the guy is stupid, and I honestly kinda hope they fire him. It would serve him right. You don't want to work? FINE. BUH BYE.
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This has been crossposted to my DW account. You are free to comment either here or there, if you'd like to comment. Preferably here, but it doesn't really matter. Whichever one works for you. :D