@Derp said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Who wants to be my valentine?
(really I just want a free dinner)
So what you're saying is, if I give you money for food, that's where my effort on this day can peacefully end and I can relax and just do nothing further?
Precisely.
I mean, in general, I couldn't care less about Valentine's Day.
I just don't wanna cook and I could really go for some Indian food.
Who wants to be my valentine?
(really I just want a free dinner)
A few weeks ago I got a few plant kits. Lavender, sage, and mini roses. Two of the three sprouted today!
@Alamias said in The Work Thread:
@Auspice Is it another contract job, or dare I hope you found something permanent?
It's an open-ended contract. So while it COULD end, it's more on-going. It's a contracting company that works with Google. But, the interviewer did say that generally, on this particular team/group, if Google changes the parameters/terms, they find other things for people to work on.
@Darren said in The Work Thread:
@Auspice said in The Work Thread:
That is the record for quickest turnaround from interview to job offer.
Video interview at 11:30am.
Assessment test completed by about 1pm.
Job offer at 2:30pm.Start date will be March 2nd. So I still have a few weeks of super tight finances to navigate, but I'm still breathing a little easier nonetheless!
Congrats on getting the job!
Thank you!
@RightMeow said in The Work Thread:
I have vented about my job. It's had chaotic hours. It's been crazy. I've been jumping through flaming hoops only to have them douse me in kerosene and ask me to do it again. I came home last night so angry and disrespected that I was crying.
Then we sat down and discussed my job (we being my family). It was decided that funds are there and I'm going to find a low paying temp job while I apply to better ones. When I get an employment offer, I'm quitting my job. I'm going to half my salary, but money isn't worth the mental stress and the lack of a quality life.
Do this. 100% do this.
I can trace back a lot of my anxiety to not doing this when I should have when I worked at Verizon. I was in a similar boat and one day, I woke up, got ready for work, and couldn't walk through the door. It was like some physical barrier was holding me back. It turned me agoraphobic for roughly six months and it was only through therapy and support of friends (and I still have a lot of lingering issues from it) that I made it through. I know a few other people from that same job who had the same thing happen to them. So please, please step away before you hit a breaking point.
That is the record for quickest turnaround from interview to job offer.
Video interview at 11:30am.
Assessment test completed by about 1pm.
Job offer at 2:30pm.
Start date will be March 2nd. So I still have a few weeks of super tight finances to navigate, but I'm still breathing a little easier nonetheless!
Been out of work a week and a half.
Got an interview lined up for tomorrow.
Some of the tightness in my chest has eased up a little.
She's a woman.
Treat her like you would any other woman (which is like you would any valuable member of your team, I assume).
@Runescryer said in Building a new Supers Game:
@Auspice Thanks. We're not asking for commitments to Staff or even Play right now, just some occasional feedback and discussion. Whatever and however much you might feel like.
I know. I also mute about half the Discord servers I'm already in; adding another probably isn't smart for me. 
I don't have the energy/time to help right now, but I wish you tons of luck. If I have the mental space and energy to play once you get there, I will absolutely be happy to do so. 
Meanwhile, I am absolutely cheering you on from the sidelines!
I wear almost exclusively black, blue, green, and red. With some purple in there sometimes. And the primary purple thing I wear (a hoodie) is unisex.
But here's the thing about women's clothes: they aren't made to fit common body shapes either. They design to 'thin with slight curves' and then just add fabric for larger sizes. So if you're flat? Stuff won't fit right. If you've got an ass or if you're curvy? Stuff won't fit right.
My entire life is basically 'my shirt is uncomfortable.' So if I could at least have jeans that are the right length or have pockets that fit more than chapstick that'd be great.
@Rinel said in Buying Shit:
men's clothing sucks thing.
Men get pockets.
Tuxes are sexy on almost everyone (I say almost because finding a button-down shirt that fits a busty woman without going custom tailored is like, impossible) whereas finding a formal gown that fits and looks right is lol.
Also, men's pant sizing is far superior. Waist and inseam? My world for jeans that don't have to be folded up so I'm not walking on them all day.
@Wolfs said in ISO: a comics/superheroes MU* (give me your recs):
I would like to find a good game set around present day. Marvel only, DC only, or a blend of the two without it being too strict on how characters have to be fit in.
ESH would fit the bill for you, I think. I haven't played there myself, but that's about what it is (blend of comics, but largely Marvel-bent, set in present day).
It isn't set modern day, which is a learning curve for many, but it is multi-universe. So while it leans mostly-DC (whereas I believe ESH leans mostly- Marvel), if you can make a good case for something outside DC or Marvel, I am pretty sure staff would consider it.
The game has had one of the most chill OOC atmospheres I've been in. I'm sad I haven't been able to be more active due to my RL of late, but there are people there looking for RP and people to run plot with / for.
I need to convince myself that it's OK that I don't have a job yet. It's only been a week.
I need to convince myself that I shouldn't define my self-worth by having a job and the quality of that job.
I am completely failing to convince myself of that and I just spent all night watching TV because going to bed is depressing and once I do go to bed I'll spend all day in it and hoo boy I am depressed. Welp. Time to sleep and set an alarm and probably disregard it anyway.
Of the Oscars it won, I'm so glad 1917 won one for Best Cinematography. That was one of the things that really captured me about that movie. I'm a slut for good cinematography.
@Tinuviel
I feel like he oughta be buds with this guy from Canada:
@Tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Auspice I think it'd be better to have that burning dumpster sailing down a hill.
That would be more fitting, it's true.
But a shirtless dude canoeing down the street while a tornado is touching down not five miles away also feels like it'd be right at home in Australia.
