Comments | mike_smith: I Don't Know

mike_smith

I Don't Know

Sep 24, 2006 13:40

Had someone else get fired from my job last week. This time it was a new hire who, according to the scuttlebutt, refused to take the drug test. I don't know if it's true or not, although I have to admit, I can't imagine a lot of other ways to get yourself fired less than a month into a new job. Refusal to take a drug test has happened before in ( Read more... )

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merenwen_81 September 24 2006, 20:11:05 UTC

At least the guy from your work had some idea that what he was doing was somehow wrong and tried to lie to cover it up. I heard there was a temp in a pharmacy who just disappeared without any notice. When her boss managed to contact her, she told the boss she was at her parents' summer cottage. I guess be OK to go on vacation with your parents, but she didn't even call the pharmacy to inform them so they'd be able to get someone to replace her. The next year, she called the same pharmacy to ask if they had something for her and her friend. Unsurprisignly, they didn't.

Of course, that's still better than his follow-up plot in this book, which is apparently NOTHING. In Lord Thingy's (lame) defence, he doesn't have a body until the next book and since he hasn't been able to invade Quirrel or Ginny's bodies in this book, he pretty much has to concentrate on surviving and waiting for one of his DEs to find him.

remix17 September 25 2006, 15:55:55 UTC

As you have already pointed out on numerous occasions, one of the problems with Harry Potter is that Harry is ALWAYS the center of attention somehow, and worse, gets away with a lot of stuff just because he's the main character ( ... )

merenwen_81 September 25 2006, 17:29:44 UTC

If the Ravenclaws and the Hufflepuffs didn't seem to be on the Gryffindor side too, I'd be ready to blame the Harry filter. One would think the Ravenclaws would feel more like home with the ambitious Slytherins than the Gryffindors, who as a group often seem rather noisy and annoying. Too many F&G types who will make you feel like shit and then claim you can't take a joke. The problem is, JK actually thinks they are the dog's bollocks. Dumbledore actually admits he has been favouring Harry in book 5, but he calls it love.

remix17 September 25 2006, 17:43:28 UTC

LOL. You just basically paraphrased what I said on my LJ an hour ago. Hello, new friend!

And yesm that's exactly my problem. The Gryffindors seem NICE and all, but they are these total jocks who get away with anything because they are Gryffindors. I personally would feel more at home in the other houses. What do the Gryffindor's offer anybody, exactly? Bravery? They usually abuse that "superpower" to steal food or pull pranks. What makes the Gryffindors Rowling's faves are what makes the Slytherin's "bad."

dv8nation September 26 2006, 10:37:25 UTC

This sorta fits my idea that you can pin one of the seven deadly sins to each house ( ... )

sistermagpie September 25 2006, 16:01:43 UTC

This brings me to an important point I want to make. Word on the street is that my views on this book have been biased in favor of Slytherin. This pisses me off with the white hot rage of ten thousand suns, because Slytherin blows.This probably won't help quash those rumors on the street. Though at least you seem to have so far dodged being accused of being in love with a Slytherin as well. Any criticism somehow always comes down to either liking Slytherin or even more strange thinking the Slytherins are the true heroes of the book, whatever that means ( ... )

remix17 September 25 2006, 17:47:24 UTC

Bah, making them "good cheaters" is no worse than what Rowling does. Harry spent a WHOLE CLASS YEAR cheating through Potions. Did he do ANY of the work himself?

sistermagpie September 25 2006, 18:23:54 UTC

Bah, making them "good cheaters" is no worse than what Rowling does.

Oh, I wasn't saying it was good or bad to do it, just that it was unsurprising since it seems like they're the designated cheaters and cunning ones, but really aren't good at either.

remix17 September 25 2006, 19:26:59 UTC

Don't worry, I wasn't disagreeing with you; moe the people who didn't like it.

redcoast September 25 2006, 17:05:49 UTC

Actually, let's put that question to the ladies reading this right now: Would you make out with a dude to save the life of a condemned hippogriff? Don't just say yes because you got the hots for Tom Felton. Let's say it was Jabba the Hutt doing this. No slave outfit or anything like that. Just ten minutes of sugar for Jabba, or he'll chop off Buckbeak's head. Bo Shuda! Ha ha ha ha! Ho ho ho ho!

Bye-bye, Buckbeak.

Lucius Malfoy isn't described as having girly hair in the book. He's described as basically being a bigger version of Malfoy. I'm sure you can sense how lame that is.

It just occured to me that when Malfoy was on the school's board, he tried to get Hagrid sent to jail (and succeeded!) And later, he uses his influence on the minister to prevent Arthur Weasley from being promoted. You're right, that is lame.

mike_smith September 25 2006, 20:20:19 UTC

Bye-bye, Buckbeak.

Exactly. That's why Jabba's an awesome villain and Draco's just some punk kid.

Lucius Malfoy isn't described as having girly hair in the book. He's described as basically being a bigger version of Malfoy. I'm sure you can sense how lame that is.

All I know is I saw the whole Malfoy family in cosplayer form at Lumos 2006, and Lucius had long flowing hair, the kind that made me wonder what self-respecting man would deliberately dress up like that AND wear a woman's wig at the same time. Of course, there were a lot of male characters portrayed by women there, so I really have no idea what I was looking at.

It just occured to me that when Malfoy was on the school's board, he tried to get Hagrid sent to jail (and succeeded!) And later, he uses his influence on the minister to prevent Arthur Weasley from being promoted. You're right, that is lame.

Exactly. He's supposed to have all this stroke and this is all he can think of to do with it? Of course, he may have some whole other thing going on that we don't ( ... )

redcoast September 25 2006, 20:30:39 UTC

Jason Isaacs, who played him in Movie #2 and #4, asked for long hair so the audience could tell him from Draco. At least that's what he says.

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jim_smith September 25 2006, 23:35:17 UTC

Is that where we find out he has a one-inch dick?

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tropical_madnes September 25 2006, 21:13:01 UTC

..."no uncontrollable sobbing for no apparent reason"...

is there a story behind this?

jim_smith September 25 2006, 23:36:02 UTC

Oh for the love of crap, don't ask him to talk about his job...we'll be here all night...

tropical_madnes September 26 2006, 22:10:34 UTC

Moo-ha-ha! Let the torture begin!

mike_smith September 26 2006, 02:09:24 UTC

More than one, actually. Suffice to say I've worked alongside a lot of emotionally fragile women. As in "I'm in debt paying for all my medication which I never actually take."

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