Helper was a thorn in my side as per usual, with the usual footnotes [read: I recognize the need for cross-training, even when it's at a hinderance to myself, because that's just how it works]. I think what gets me the most is her paranoia on my behalf--we had 270 checks today [medium-large load], but even when it's 100 checks, I get this horrified ( Read more... )

So I didn't want to make a fuss about it and wave all kinds of flags calling attention to the matter, but--as record--I've finally had to effectively block somebody on FB for negative conduct. It's not that I can't handle negativity so much as I would rather not [why there's an absence of discussion on most of the more serious matters I know I ( Read more... )

So, I don't know how many of you are aware of my feelings about birthdays, but the short of it is it's a day that is only truly important to me and, as such, has a heightened sense of expectation surrounding it with the highest probability of letdown ( Read more... )

[bring to top]

So Spike [whose Ustream is increasingly "see what awful shit Spike is watching/reading"] pointed out an ancient comic about The Nice Guy, who is supposed to be a sympathetic character, ya know?

Except, as the very first comic points out, he's just a jerk. Note: As SOON as the chick says "The B Word" in front of him, all her words ( Read more... )

So this is fun: # Mmm boy howdy, nothing to spike a woman's early-warning system like a dude growling resentfully about what a NICE GUY he is.
# No, actually, you're NOT entitled to sex for opening a door, or pulling out a chair, or pretending to care about what she says. Sorry, kid!
# (I'm watching the AVALANCHE of whiny YouTube vids by single men ( Read more... )

[FB X-post]

This makes me mad.It's the classic straw argument: "NaNoWriMo is a waste of time and energy because writing 50,000 words of pure crap and then trying to get people to read it is insulting to everyone ( Read more... )

I lied again--midnight snuck up on me like a sneaky bitch, leaving me in the middle of #4 unsatisfied with the direction I was taking. That elusive #4 is always a problem for me when I think of "proper order"... I just don't know what "should" come next and end up waffling--though in this case it was due to specific quirks inherent in the character ( Read more... )

So.................whatwasigonnasay. Dunno.

Well, I got Amulet [Kazu Kibuishi] yesterday, I don't think I mentioned. It's a simple children's adventure story, but highly engrossing [despite starting off kind of dark]. Now I'll need to find the next two books [#3 has a fox on the front, which is how I noticed it and realized oh, this is one of ( Read more... )

I figured I would not feel as punitive against Yet Unnamed Bad Service Company once my item came in--WEEKS LATE, I NOTE--despite it being ordered for a gift [good thing I ordered months in advance???], but I feel it's still unresolved, even though I don't want to deal with them anymore. At heart, I think the problem is that YUBS has a monopoly on a ( Read more... )

This is NOT how to run a business:Q: Your company provides a service with only one choice, either A or B. I think the services could be better if A and B could be combined into A-B, in C fashion. Would it be possible to have C implemented?

A: The service you request is not currently possible.
OF COURSE IT'S NOT! HENCE THE NAME: SUGGESTIONS. DX...at ( Read more... )