In the last 24 hours, I have found not one but two pimples tucked into the little crevices where my nose meets my face.
I get pimples exactly once every never. Even as a teenager I didn't have acne. The only times I would ever get them was when I was insanely stressed and then there would be one the size of a small moon crater tucked in the same spots as now.
But I'm not a teenager. And I'm not stressed.
What the fuck is this, body?!?
@insomniac7809 said in The Work Thread:
I don't care that you're hung over.
I don't care that you have homework.
I don't care about your relationship drama.
I don't care about Nicki Minaj.
Put your phones away and do your jobs.
These fucking twenty-year-olds are killing me.
Aww, sweetie! You've become The Man.
@Auspice said in Random funny:
BarkBox really wants your dog to be happy this holiday season.
I've been getting those ads for a week and think they're hilarious.
Heartbreak is trying to explain to your dog that he was just having a nightmare.
Apple / Goldman Sachs is already under investigation
because their credit card is apparently giving men a higher credit limit than women(line separation due to 2 separate articles)
Worth noting for those who won't bother reading:
In the case of one married couple, it gave the husband a limit 5-6 times larger than the limit they gave the wife, despite the fact that she had a higher credit score than he did.
So in last night's PRP, I discovered that my normally quite cool, formal, and distant character, when stripped of her weapon, barely conscious, and on the verge of being murdered.....
Will resort to biting someone until they bleed.
I find this incredibly funny and am more than a little bit pleased about this. Mia Riven -- SHAV BITER.
@mietze ......I am super glad someone called the cops, because JFC.
@Alamias Are you taking bets on how many people are going to quit within the next six months?? You should be, and letting your DH know that this is how you're making up for any merit increase you might not receive.
I just got my third high-five in 24 hours from one of my area's TLs today about the presentation that I gave in yesterday's staff meeting.
Apparently, the team liked it so much that they're forwarding the links, video, and documentation out to our sister teams in our subdivision for use with all the future cohorts we're training.
I spent 12 years as an executive assistant, doing work that isn't all that different than what I do now....
Being recognized and congratulated for it feels weird. Definitely weird.
You do the responsible adult thing and make a doctor's appointment for a necessary but uncomfortable exam.
The doctor's office is running an hour late and neglects to mention this on arrival.
Thanks, guys. Thanks. I really wanted to spend my Friday morning sitting in a cold room in a scratchy medical gown.
ETA: This was doubly annoying because I unexpectedly ran into my best friend in the waiting room, as she apparently sees the same doctor. They couldn't just left us both sitting there, warm and chatting.
Note: If you are looking for fall shoes and need to take your cankles into consideration when shopping, typing "plus size boots" into Amazon will in fact produce lists for cute wide-calf boots.
If you think typing "plus size booties" into Amazon will result in cute lists for cute wide-calf ankle booties, you would be very wrong.
And it's not even porn.
It's butt padding, you guys. It's definitely butt padding.
Brought to you by "Things Aria Does When She Has Not Had Coffee Yet Today".
Double post because I'm so excited, I seriously don't care.
TL; DR - Our new coffee maker came and I am so fucking here for this.
Full story - So, about nine months or so ago, our usual coffeemaker died. This was a tragedy in the truest sense of the word not only because 'no caffeine', but because that thing was literally perfect for my household. We have two adults and that thing, despite being the same size as a regular coffee pot, only made two cups. The rest of the space in the carafe was used by the built-in frother. It did not require those stupid little plastic cups that are so horribly, horribly wasteful. We could use any coffee we wanted! It could also use tea, either loose or in bags! Basically, unless it was a drink that required espresso, we had a little mini-Starbucks in our house. It was great, and I somehow managed to get that thing on sale for, like, $60.
When I went to the Target website to buy another one, it wasn't to be found. Nor was it available on Mr. Coffee's direct website. Much to my horror, they stopped making it and I have no fucking idea why. Seriously, the thing has over 2K reviews on Amazon and is still sitting at 4.5 stars. Apparently, the only way to get a new one is to drop at least $350 on eBay. On the Amazon marketplace, used ones sell for almost $200. WTH, Mr. Coffee?
Fortunately for us, we had another coffeemaker in the house. A $400 coffeemaker no less, which is more than my car payments were. A friend of ours works for Nescafe and what we didn't realize when he asked us for our mailing address was that he gets a certain number of free machines per year he can give to family and friends, and all his family in the US already had one. It came with little coffee pods that I generally object to, but whatever. All of this was free to us, so we open it up and figure it will be fine and we can check out long-term options later that don't involve giving money to Nestle, who is pretty much the poster child for Corporate Evil. They make tons of different coffees and reusable K-cups for Keurig, so they probably make ones for this thing, too, right?
Wrong. Nope. Not even close. I see pods made for this brand at Target, thinking we'll at least be able to choose a cheaper option that is officially Not Nestle. Yay! But... no. No yay. These are for the old model of the machine, and we have the new one. Literally the only way to get pods for this thing is buying them from Nestle's site, at a Nescafe, or on Amazon, where they're all about $2 a cup and would be like.... $180 on coffee per month in our family. (No wonder they give away the fucking machines for free.)
The reusable ones I ordered all the way from Hong Kong finally come after a month. And they... work about 50% of the time, ending in frustration every time @insomniac7809 and I try use them. Environmentally friendly option is not an option, but I am not giving that kind of money to Nestle, let alone giving it to them every goddamn month. But I also feel stupid and wasteful replacing a practically brand new $400 coffeemaker, and after a surprise vet visit that ran into the thousands, certainly can't afford to, either. So we struggle through, hating this thing every. single. morning.
Until....
Our wedding reception this Saturday. We didn't register anywhere. We've lived together for 10+ years. We don't need stuff. We have too much stuff. We asked people not to give us stuff....
But his family is Italian, so they show up with checks, instead. Checks I use to refill our depleted post-vet bill savings account. And Amazon gift cards. So many Amazon gift cards. Gift cards I cannot reasonably stash away in our savings account, and so I can use them guilt-free.
The one thing we have purchased with all of our wedding reception "gifts" is a brand new coffeemaker. A stupidly expensive one that I didn't have to pay for. And I am so goddamn happy.
@Ghost said in RL things I love:
@Aria Why would he go to Philly when he can get a good cheesesteak anywhere?
I hope you spend the rest of your life eating "Mexican" food made in Idaho.
@Auspice said in RL things I love:
@RightMeow said in RL things I love:
@Auspice Does he think this song (thread) is about him?
He'd love it if it were.
He brings his shih tzu to work sometimes.
She has her own wardrobe, ofc. She was Wonder Woman yesterday.
Please send this man to Philly so we can be friends.
Kindly,
Aria
@JinShei said in Resume Help:
@2mspris said in Resume Help:
- Keep in mind to include any skills that you have used in the time since you've worked - any groups you've been part of (professional or hobby) could have marketable skills. (Not joking, I know a lot of people who have used gaming related skills on their resume - I'm one of them.)
Three friends of mine got jobs at Sony, citing the work they did on Discworld MUD. Include your gaming skills!
^ What JinShei said. Skills built from hobbies and volunteer experiences are valid. The amount of time I spent as a volunteer/foster coordinator for a dog rescue got me my first non-internship job working at the headquarters of a chain of pet stores. While it wasn't amazing, it kept me employed as a receptionist, then an administrative assistant/database manager, then an executive assistant for a solid 10-12 years before I jumped into project management this past June.
The real trick is not listing what your title/responsibilities were, but the specific skills you built and how they transfer. Employers are not always great at connecting those dots, even when it seems particularly obvious.
Like, yes, hello? Hello? I've spent 12 years as an admin of varying levels. Yes, I can in fact juggle varying priorities from a number of stakeholders, schedule work activities like a boss, track invoices/budgets across the fiscal year, parcel out limited resources depending on priority of the associated work, and write executive summaries that go to upper management about various initiatives my managers are working on. That... that is also a very large part of what a PM does. Duh. But I had to spell it out that clearly, bit by bit, because otherwise interviewers assumed that I only spent my day booking meetings and ordering catering.
but are also at the same time giving blowjobs in airport bathrooms.
at least go somewhere clean to give blowjobs, jesus.
"Like a lady."
...You know why.
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My wedding reception is this Saturday. Two of my friends aren't coming, and I just found out why in a Discord of our RL, local friends because they asked if someone could dog-sit for them.
They're going to a fucking LARP.
Seriously, screw you guys.
Like I said: shit like this is why I kinda hate LARPs. There are people who rate them way too fucking high in priority.
Fuck 'em.
Take 'em off errthing. Christmas card lists. Phone lists. Whateverlists.
These are literally the same people who roped me into cat-sitting for them for most of a week at the very last minute a few Thanksgivings back, via guilt and promises of payment. Unsurprisingly, payment never materialized. The only reason I did it despite it adding an hour-plus to my day was because it was their sick old lady cat, who needed daily medication.
They are definitely going on the "fuck off" list unless/until their ability to show basic consideration changes.
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My wedding reception is this Saturday. Two of my friends aren't coming, and I just found out why in a Discord of our RL, local friends because they asked if someone could dog-sit for them.
They're going to a fucking LARP.
Seriously, screw you guys.
