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#376 2010-08-30 14:54:34

sisterdew
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From: Vienna, Austria
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Re: QM - The 80's

*wavies*

I'm coughing and sneezing too- but as long as I'm not sick next week thursday I don't care(going to germany, visit friends and big intarwebz-peepz-meeting). Had quite the productive evening, did 2 loads of laundry, started to tidy my room, did the washing up, cooked, and made another Cthulhu.


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#377 2010-08-30 14:59:49

Em
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Re: QM - The 80's

*waves at Sisterdew*

Time to go home.


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#378 2010-08-30 23:06:29

Magpie
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Re: QM - The 80's

I'm considering taking Thursday and Friday off. I feel like such a slacker - I've only worked one full week this month - and I'm kind of afraid I'll never get used to working a full week again, but then again, there isn't a whole lot to do, I need to use up my vacation time, and I have lots of stuff to do at home that I just can't keep up with. Not if I only have too-short evenings and the weekends to do them.


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#379 2010-08-31 06:40:32

Em
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Posts: 42275

Re: QM - The 80's

*hellos the Mint*

Hurricane Earl is now a CAT 4, but looks like it will hit in North Carolina, not here.


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#380 2010-08-31 09:51:47

sisterdew
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Re: QM - The 80's

*shoos Earl away from Em*

Took part of the afternoon off(it's raining, business was slow, no delivery) and was very productive again- changed my sheets, folded socks and did another load of laundry. *is a good girl*

Time to go read. Glen Cook is a master. Made me miss my stop twice already..


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#381 2010-08-31 10:01:36

Magpie
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Re: QM - The 80's

I did take Thursday and Friday off. We'll see if I get anything done. Or if I just sit around waiting to catch the cleptomanic goblin that is stealing my things. (Seriously, I can't explain it any other way. Batteries. The cap of a flash drive. That notebook. There are no natural reasons why they should be missing.)


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
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#382 2010-08-31 13:07:36

Libra-in-a-roundabout-way
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Posts: 10990

Re: QM - The 80's

*drops into mint*

Got my first real interview tomorrow.... so I'll be showing the worst of myself... hehehe.... well, at least I can tell them that it can only get better...


"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend you life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is, to go on doing things you don't like doing... which is stupid."
~ Alan Watts

 

#383 2010-09-01 06:10:50

Em
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Re: QM - The 80's

Good luck with your interview, Libra!

Looks like Earl will pass East of us, so yay! Fiona's not even gonna be a new miss. There's another red blob out there, just off the coast of Africa.


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#384 2010-09-01 10:32:25

Magpie
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Re: QM - The 80's

I'm hungry! *glares at the oven, willing her dinner to get done*


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

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#385 2010-09-01 11:16:22

Magpie
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Re: QM - The 80's

Food, at last!


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#386 2010-09-01 12:47:29

Em
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Posts: 42275

Re: QM - The 80's

What's for dinner, Magpie?


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#387 2010-09-01 13:03:26

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Re: QM - The 80's

Corn on the cob - it was what was left in the fridge, and needed to be eaten. Also, it's yummy. But it takes so long!


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

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#388 2010-09-01 13:51:52

Libra-in-a-roundabout-way
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From: the lowlands
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Posts: 10990

Re: QM - The 80's

Interview was a definite miss..... couldn't even properly hear the guys.... and definitely not my kind of job, all cash collection... calling people to make them pay their bills... not really me... Gah, wish I could just get me the job of my dreams.... or win the lottery so I could spend the time studying and then getting the job of my dreams....


"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend you life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is, to go on doing things you don't like doing... which is stupid."
~ Alan Watts

 

#389 2010-09-01 13:56:28

Em
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Posts: 42275

Re: QM - The 80's

Heck, if I won lots of money at the Lottery, I would just become a scholar. No need for a job.


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#390 2010-09-01 14:16:39

Libra-in-a-roundabout-way
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From: the lowlands
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Posts: 10990

Re: QM - The 80's

I'm just going to be extremely stubborn and apply to all non-profit functions that I see, making it clear that my letter of application can also be seen as a general application.... wanna get out of the commercial world and into somewhere I can do some good.... *sad frown*


"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend you life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is, to go on doing things you don't like doing... which is stupid."
~ Alan Watts

 

#391 2010-09-02 07:01:57

Em
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Re: QM - The 80's

*hellos the Mint*

Earl's gonna stay well East of us, wicked waves, bad riptides and currents, but otherwise, no impact here. Further North, the North Carolina outerbanks will be getting hit.

Fiona's not coming anywhere near.

Gaston's heading for Puerto Rico. Where he goes from there is anyone's guess. He's still too far out in the Atlantic to track.

There's another yellow blob forming off the coast of Africa.


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#392 2010-09-02 09:57:52

Em
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Re: QM - The 80's

I'm cleaning out my In Box (again). How does it ever get into such a state?


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#393 2010-09-02 11:40:32

sisterdew
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From: Vienna, Austria
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Re: QM - The 80's

*drops into mint*

Bro's got himself a girlfriend. I's happy for him, but it's complicated(loads of baggage, that girl has it). Also, i'm not used to someone else being in our flat so often and it's weird.
Also, they cooked and didn't tell me, so I bought myself dinner after work. When I came home they were all "oooh, shame, you could have called!" WTF? Bro NEVER cooks(except when we plan something, and then I know about it), so why should I call and ask if there'll be food on the table?
yeah, I am a bit miffed.

Last edited by sisterdew (2010-09-02 11:50:50)


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#394 2010-09-02 11:55:18

Em
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Posts: 42275

Re: QM - The 80's

*giggles* I misread your post Sister and after I picked myself up off the floor, I re-read it and found out what it really said. It thought it said "... but it's complicated (loads of bagpipes, that girl has it). ..."


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#395 2010-09-02 12:12:36

Em
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From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42275

Re: QM - The 80's

*mutters under her breath about incompetent clerks*


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#396 2010-09-02 12:15:54

sisterdew
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From: Vienna, Austria
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Re: QM - The 80's

Em wrote:

*giggles* I misread your post Sister and after I picked myself up off the floor, I re-read it and found out what it really said. It thought it said "... but it's complicated (loads of bagpipes, that girl has it). ..."

LOL


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#397 2010-09-02 12:37:13

Libra-in-a-roundabout-way
Mantis
From: the lowlands
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Posts: 10990

Re: QM - The 80's

Utter weirdness today..... remember my screwed up interview yesterday? Recruiter called me today and told me they were very enthousiastic about the interview.... What???

Now I have complications..... pffff.... would have just been soooo easy if this had been a bad interview....


"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend you life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is, to go on doing things you don't like doing... which is stupid."
~ Alan Watts

 

#398 2010-09-02 13:00:02

Em
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From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42275

Re: QM - The 80's

Sounds like a horrible job, harassing people for money they may (or may not) be able to pay.


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#399 2010-09-02 13:20:06

sisterdew
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From: Vienna, Austria
Registered: 2007-01-08
Posts: 5868

Re: QM - The 80's

I agree, it does sound terrible..


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#400 2010-09-02 14:40:25

Libra-in-a-roundabout-way
Mantis
From: the lowlands
Registered: 2006-03-29
Posts: 10990

Re: QM - The 80's

Thanks ladies... that was what I was thinking.... I might as well just not do it... It will definitely not make me happy....

And by the way... GAH where did this evening go? I should just be forbidden to go on to the internet and click on random links.... costs me hours of my life....

Hmm.... bookcouchtea.....


"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend you life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is, to go on doing things you don't like doing... which is stupid."
~ Alan Watts

 

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