Imponderables: It's Millah Time!

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NVGHOSTRIDER

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:48 AM

So very few notable days have fallen since I have started posting here. Most are more notorious than notable. Happy ones like the birth of nieces and nephews and of course getting married are the only good ones I can think of.

Not sure where to file this day.

I've been terminated. Near to a decade of service was ended due to my insubordination towards a micromanaging control freak two tiers above me on the chain of command. Of course I have reasons, not excuses for my lack of cooperation with certain directives. And my parting was very civil. No tears, a ton of smiles, and I didn't tell her to eat a dick. I may or may not be filing a grievance. But that is tomorrow.

Tonight is time for beers!

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DANCINGNEKO

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 1:24 AM

[ /lurk ]
firsties? yep firsties.

*blinks*
Ummm...
1. congratulations on your freedom (sucky timing as it might be in the job market). Getting away from crazies and insanities is always a good thing in my book.

2. WTF?! I thought they needed to give 2 weeks notice at least for this kind of shyte. ('course I should be one to talk...gave 'em less than a day to find out that I wasn't coming back.)

3. Wishing you luck and energy in finding a job.

*nekohuggle for those that want*

[ lurk ]

TRAVELER

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 1:26 AM

I have been out of work since the end of October, and there is not much out that requires my skills. I suspect I better start learning the phrase, "Do you want fries with that". Of course that may not be so easy to get, either.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

NVGHOSTRIDER

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:05 AM

Thanks 'Neko

I can do pretty much anything. No mind digging ditches, cutting weeds, or sweeping streets.

Wait, machines do all that. Shit...

I have all manner of skills, some less marketable than others, and a few very marketable but not worth the risk. Apparently I am recommended for rehire to with the tribe, but only after a year and only if I am crazy enough to consider another job with them. I am way too pleasant and controlled to have told the bosses boss to eat a dick.

Yeah, I was "terminated" in the absence of my actual supervisor.

Beer run!

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

SOLARFLARE

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:02 PM

Best of luck finding work NVG. You too, Traveler.

MSA

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:30 PM

Also he was terminated for something he was never written up for before, without notice or warning, and basically because his boss's boss was in snit because her weekend was interrupted and not just his due to an emergency. She has disliked him for years, she just finally got her chance, using the smallest sliver of a made up excuse ( claims she told him not to do something and he did it, but I was there for their phone conversations and she never told him not to do that) to get rid of the one person who will stand up to her when she's wrong....( she isn't a fan of being wrong)

Buy Yay now he can stay home for a few days with me on summer break :)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:46 PM

Ouch and I was upset cause I'm feeling sick. Sounds like NVG definitely wins the shitty day award. What is it with crappy people in leadership positions? How do they even get there in the first place is what I want to know?

My manager is supposed to be trying to clear off some of my workload so we can prepare for a big transition for next year. Currently that process is going in reverse. She wants to get rid of another person and give me like a 3rd of their work. Yesterday I got another pile of work dumped on me. This isn't even a hard concept to figure out. More work does not equal less work.

We were supposed to have a meeting today and I called her (since I'm not going into work all sick) and she didn't answer and hasn't returned my call even with a voice message. 15 minutes and waiting. Argh

MSA

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 7:05 PM

HUGS Zeek.. I'm not sure I think people like that get promoted because they haven't done anything they can be terminated for and each manager doesn't want them so they get kicked up the line so it can be " someone else's problem"
Sorry you're sick sweety... is it flu or something worse?

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 7:26 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
HUGS Zeek.. I'm not sure I think people like that get promoted because they haven't done anything they can be terminated for and each manager doesn't want them so they get kicked up the line so it can be " someone else's problem"
Sorry you're sick sweety... is it flu or something worse?

Not sure. Achy head, sore throat, very minor cough. Other than that I'm functional.

LEOPARDFLAN

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:54 PM

Ouch.. seems like it's a sucky day for everyone :[

-hugs to all that want-

I always thought people like that got promoted because a) they work hard to be promoted so they can make other people's lives hell, and b) they suck up to their higher ups so they can get promoted..

GRIPPER

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:16 PM

I am sorry for your situation.It seems that many "managerial types" at different levels in the food chain are taking advantage of the economy to settle personal (as opposed to personnel) issues.
I went from 60 +hours a week to 16-24+patial unemployment in January.OTOH;I have a couple of very solid opportnities( one of which I interview for tomorrow!).
If you do not mind my asking;what do you ordinarily do for your daily bread?(Myself-security/protective service occupations).

MSA

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:54 PM

I am a consulting teacher ( I train and teach other teachers to deal with behavior challenges etc) but I'm only doing that for one more year then I want back in the classroom ( sick of teaching adults as it's no where near as satisfying as teaching the kids)

NV is the manager of a site that takes in kids with drug and alcohol issues and have been removed from their homes by the court and helps in their rehab.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

GRIPPER

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:16 PM

Thats honorable work....employment wise ;I seem to get "Jayne-type"jobs more often than not.Not complaining;but it IS kind of funny to see me trying to teach ANYTHING without resorting to "Because to NOT do that would annoy me"(well, I am not THAT bad;but you get the idea).
I am pretty certain you will both pick up something soon enough-this board does NOT seem to attract skill-less/clueless types.

MSA

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:32 PM

Oh I have a job... NV's the one who had his yanked away. I work for a local school district. I'm just off track right now, but in a few weeks I'll be back to setting up classrooms, teaching how to discipline and control special ed students with behavior problems and doing behavior intervention plans and training for individual kids.... sigh

Hey Jayne jobs are needed... someone's gotta make sure people stay in line:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

SCHISM

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by nvghostrider:
So very few notable days have fallen since I have started posting here. Most are more notorious than notable. Happy ones like the birth of nieces and nephews and of course getting married are the only good ones I can think of.

Not sure where to file this day.

I've been terminated. Near to a decade of service was ended due to my insubordination towards a micromanaging control freak two tiers above me on the chain of command. Of course I have reasons, not excuses for my lack of cooperation with certain directives. And my parting was very civil. No tears, a ton of smiles, and I didn't tell her to eat a dick. I may or may not be filing a grievance. But that is tomorrow.

Tonight is time for beers!

That happened recently where I worked - micromanagers taking advantage of the recession in order to cut the costs from one end cos they were unable to cut them from the other. Luckily I was NOT one of those who got let go, but I lost some good friends and co-workers in that mess.

I was laid off in the past, at a job when my wife was 8 months pregnant. The only up-side was that I hated the job so much that every day on the drive in I sought desperately for some master plan that did not necessitate my going to work. When I was laid off I should have been worried, but instead I was so relieved that I didn't have to go there anymore. The panic came a few days later.
;p

Focus on the bad shit that you no longer have to go back to. That's the only way to not totally fall apart in a situation like this.

And with your open minded attitude towards employment, I'm sure you'll find something soon.

MSA

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:49 PM

Well I'm glad you're still ok Schism:)

LOL kind of ironic.. I'm NV's wife and I'm 5 months pregnant. He's been hating his job a lot recently... hmm ok maybe that's like a warning... guys if you have a pregnant wife and hate your job you might be about to be laid off.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

GRIPPER

Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:03 AM

Congratulations on the new member of the family!
Might I suggest a canine companion for the incomming child?-dru.org(great folks to be found there;pld friends)

FREELANCERTEX

Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:29 AM

hey, more imponderables.

sorry NV ><;;

*teleports out*

MSA

Thursday, June 18, 2009 2:00 AM

OH we already have 2 rescued dogs.. but nice suggestion:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

TRAINBANDIT

Thursday, June 18, 2009 2:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by LeopardFlan:
Ouch.. seems like it's a sucky day for everyone :[

-hugs to all that want-

I always thought people like that got promoted because a) they work hard to be promoted so they can make other people's lives hell, and b) they suck up to their higher ups so they can get promoted..

I agree, and also, jerks who want to micro-manage and control and stifle any sign of iniative are usually the ones who WANT to be in control or other people, just so they can do all that to them with impunity. I hate them too, always have,can't believe they can go day to day living inside their own heads. Not that I'm bitter or anything.

DANCINGNEKO

Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:43 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
Also he was terminated for something he was never written up for before, without notice or warning, and basically because his boss's boss was in snit because her weekend was interrupted and not just his due to an emergency. She has disliked him for years, she just finally got her chance, using the smallest sliver of a made up excuse ( claims she told him not to do something and he did it, but I was there for their phone conversations and she never told him not to do that) to get rid of the one person who will stand up to her when she's wrong....( she isn't a fan of being wrong)

Y'know, IIRC, that sounds like a termination without cause, and (if NVG chose to play the "bastard" card) could get the whole program into a hella lot of hot water -- at least for the management level types.

(File a grievance....put the micormanaging ninny in some boiling hot water for the b.s.)[Oops! Did I say that out loud?

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Hope you guys put in for the U/I soon.

Traveler: Me too...I just went for a test for a job, and they said that the interviews might start later this month and start date is in September. Ta ma de. Sadly, though, when I tried to apply for one of those types of jobs late last year, I got a rejection letter. Guess I'm too edjumakayted or som'thin'.

*waves to the new folk here*

GRIPPER

Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:57 PM

Don't feel bad...it is the Dilbert Principle at work-"Managers are prmoted to their own level of Incompetence".
As an aside;I have een run off of jobsites for the following:
1)Having the account manager call me on the company cell phone,and having someone from the client overhear me answere his query regarding directions to a gun shop.
2)Having a decent working relationship with the cleaning and construction contractors(they were Salvadoran neighbors of mine),and the person listening could not understand the Spanglish we were conversing in...this was interesting because the same complainant ALSO(see below)
3)Disapproved of my belief that a country that does NOT control its own borders eventually loses its sovereingty-usually after it goes broke,both frm lost jobs to funding a support system.Person ALSO disliked hearing me chuckle at a joke my Mexican second cousins emailed me( and passing it on to my neighbors/fellow contractors).What can I say?I am hard to categorize(they could not decide if I was intolerant or EXCESSIVELY tolerant-so much for diversity of thought!).
Above account level,area/district managers are terrified of ANY client complaint-wheter or not the complaint has validity.Combine that with a sketchy economy and all manner of backstabbery flows freely.

MSA

Friday, June 19, 2009 12:11 AM

Office Space should be mandatory viewing for all manager trainees

Oh and in case you hadn't heard.... Peanut's a boy!!

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

GRIPPER

Friday, June 19, 2009 12:26 AM

I LOVED thatmovie...especially the guy who had been fired for three years...and no one told him!("Why have I not been paid?")...and the Indian guy was freaking HILARIOUS!! I forgot how much I enjoyed that flick-thanks for the reminder!

MSA

Friday, June 19, 2009 3:28 PM

I have my own personal red swingline stapler and my students are NOT allowed to touch it:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

SOLARFLARE

Friday, June 19, 2009 4:47 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
Office Space should be mandatory viewing for all manager trainees

It should also be mandatory for anyone who sits in a cubicle...

MSA

Friday, June 19, 2009 4:59 PM

I still love the scene where they kill the fax machine.. who among us hasn't wanted to beat down some office machinery

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Friday, June 19, 2009 8:30 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA: Office Space should be mandatory viewing for all manager trainees

Oh and in case you hadn't heard.... Peanut's a boy!!

LOLZ, totally, and i also agree with solar's statement.

YAY!!!!! what was your boy name again? *remembers conversation from way back*

ZEEK

Friday, June 19, 2009 10:02 PM

Of course they're going to name him Zeek. I mean come on.

MSA

Friday, June 19, 2009 10:29 PM

Hey you still rank ahead of Navy's suggestion ( Batman)

We're still trying to decide on a name... we'll keep you posted.

HUGS

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, June 20, 2009 5:30 PM

Batman? navy, how could you be so cruel? :P

good luck with the name searching MsA ^_^

NAVYSEILS

Saturday, June 20, 2009 6:48 PM

I'm telling you, a little boy would love to be able to say "I'm Batman" and have official documents to back that up.

FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:03 PM

it's just mean. it's like naming your kid Dweezel or Apple. you just dont do it :P

WAKEUPSOON

Saturday, June 20, 2009 8:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Navyseils:
I'm telling you, a little boy would love to be able to say "I'm Batman" and have official documents to back that up.

I agree with this theory, but in reality that kid would get picked on ... could go for Bruce tho, with a middle name of Wayne, obviously :)

~WuS
This is not my signature, I have to write this every time I post.
Smile && Nod, it makes it seem like you know what's going on.

MSA

Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:01 PM

Well I'm sorry to dash you rwild hopes Navy... but we're naming him
(drumroll please)
John Howard Hooper A.( well ok we will put the whole last name on the birth certificate:)

John is for NV's brother and my grandfather, Howard is my dad ( whom I adore) and Hooper is NV's dad's family:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

WAKEUPSOON

Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:03 PM

John Howard Hooper A!

Its adorable!! Will he be known as John or Johnny tho?? These things are important to know!!

~WuS

This is not my signature, I have to write this every time I post.
Smile && Nod, it makes it seem like you know what's going on.

GRIPPER

Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:25 PM

Good name...and a good thing I have no naming responsibilities...I could see christening someone "Alex Drudee" just to see if any got the "Clockwork Orange"reference....be especially fun to see him off to pick up the milk.

MSA

Sunday, June 21, 2009 1:10 AM

Actually right now we're calling him Baby John

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

MSA

Sunday, June 21, 2009 2:04 PM

NVG here: Good Sunday morning Ponderers!

Up early as per usual. Funny, I was rarely this excited to be up at this hour when I was working. Kinda F'ed u really.

Don't feel bad Navy. I pushed for Batman until we were watching Dog The Bounty Hunter the other night. An older Mexican gentleman had a son named Zorro.

I tried but was shot down of course.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

SCHISM

Sunday, June 21, 2009 2:57 PM

I second (or third, of fourth) the name Batman, personally.

How cool that you and NVG are married.
The couple that geeks together stays together, eh?
:p

DEEPGIRL187

Sunday, June 21, 2009 3:12 PM

*wanders quietly out of lurkdom*

Ola, peoples. Can't actually remember the last time I posted on this thread. How is everyone?

Sorry about the job NVG, but many congrats about the baby (I really need to check in more often).

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"This is my timey-wimey detector. It goes ding when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow."

MSA

Sunday, June 21, 2009 4:18 PM

HUGS Deepgirl.. it's good to see you any time:)

Actually schism we met on FFF.net:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, June 21, 2009 4:54 PM

thats a long name, but a good one ^_^ yay!!

RHYIANAN

Sunday, June 21, 2009 6:04 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by gripper:
Good name...and a good thing I have no naming responsibilities...I could see christening someone "Alex Drudee" just to see if any got the "Clockwork Orange"reference....be especially fun to see him off to pick up the milk.

Lol, that is awful. Then again my husband and I have been joking that if we ever have a son we could name him Edward Henry Hyde. Somehow I think less people would pick up on the Edward Hyde then Alex Drudee, but both would have a literature teacher chuckling.

I'm a leaf on the wind

MSA

Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:11 PM

All I can say is if you're going to name a child after a literary figure... please read the book first and spell it right. ARGH I had a student who's parents named him after a character in the 3 Musketerrs... but they spelled it DARTANYON.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, June 21, 2009 10:47 PM

...........isn't it like "Dartagnan" or sumthin? i love people who spell phonetically, cuz like ninety-five percent of the time theyre wrong ><;; as an english major, that irks me.

NICODEMUS

Monday, June 22, 2009 1:11 AM

D'Artagnan

Although of course using that would mean using a surname as a first name, but hey, whatever works.

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, June 22, 2009 2:03 AM

yes. that.

ive seen ppl use surnames as first names before. it happens :-P sometimes its okay though. i think its better than having two or three first names for a name.

MSA

Monday, June 22, 2009 3:30 AM

HUGS Nico... So have you started packing yet???

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

MSA

Monday, June 22, 2009 7:35 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by deepgirl187:
*wanders quietly out of lurkdom*

Ola, peoples. Can't actually remember the last time I posted on this thread. How is everyone?

Sorry about the job NVG, but many congrats about the baby (I really need to check in more often).

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"This is my timey-wimey detector. It goes ding when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow."
]

NVG Here:

Yes, you must check in more often. We all get to missin' folk who've been here for a while.

I figure that I pretty much have four first names so my eldest can endure with four as well.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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MSA

Monday, June 22, 2009 4:09 PM

Morning all...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEROKIRYU

Monday, June 22, 2009 7:43 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
sumthin?
As an english major

...

...

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
As an english major

Does not compute... ERROR ERROR.

Oh no, the zombies killed god!

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, June 22, 2009 8:35 PM

did you notice i also missed the apostrophe in "theyre"? I'm talking about people who spell phonetically because they're too lazy to look up the correct spelling, not ppl who shorthand, like i do on occasion XD

i may type shorthand/aimspeak online, but never ever on a document.

ZEROKIRYU

Monday, June 22, 2009 8:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
did you notice i also missed the apostrophe in "theyre"? I'm talking about people who spell phonetically because they're too lazy to look up the correct spelling, not ppl who shorthand, like i do on occasion XD

i may type shorthand/aimspeak online, but never ever on a document.

I don't think I've ever seen you use an apostrophe, and on occasion is the understatement of the century. And I know a few people who do the shorthand/IMspeak, but they don't do it on the boards. That just comes across as lazy to me, and I know lazy.

Oh no, the zombies killed god!

MSA

Monday, June 22, 2009 9:08 PM

You also know toast... and zombies. HUGS Zero :)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

NAVYSEILS

Monday, June 22, 2009 10:31 PM

I wouldn't get mad at those who spell phonetically for being too lazy to look up a word. For those with difficulties in that area I imagine they probably would try looking up a word but are sometimes unable to find it. For example, if they were to look up the word phonetic, they might look under the letter F, because that's the first sound they make. Sometimes it bothers me and/or confuses me when people do it, but I don't get mad, cause it's probably something that causes them enough grief already and I am far from perfect myself.

My two cents on that lil debate.

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, June 22, 2009 11:10 PM

yeah but if you can read you shouldn't have a problem looking it up. and if you go online and you spell it wrong, m-w.com gives you a list of suggested spellings if it doesn't know what it is, so then you really have no excuse :P google does it too. i don't know.

my friend has a pet peeve with ppl who use 'a's instead of 'i's in words. like definate. it just *looks* wrong.

its *definite*

zero - ok fine not occasionally @_@ and i *have* used apostrophes :P it depends on the day. if i'm on AIM a lot i tend to fall into the not-using apostrophes mode, but if i'm writing i'll start using apostrophes on the boards.

you'd love my friend then, cuz she wanted to make a board that has a shorthand/imspeak filter, so if you try to type something in im-speak and post it it won't let you XD i thought it was great, despite my tendency to do just that

MSA

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:48 PM

Morning all...

ooh I have a ponder. How far would you go in a movie stunt???

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

NAVYSEILS

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:03 PM

While I probably wouldn't have the bottle to be like Jackie Chan, I think if I was in a movie I'd want to do quite a lot of the stunts on my own... the stunts usually look like fun to do. Fight scenes and driving and jumping and smashing through things. Anything that was likely to result in my death would be left to those more trained to do it though.

MSA

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:05 PM

That's about where I fall on the scale too.. though I'd love to do some of those Resident Evil kick ass fights:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:06 PM

I'd go maybe a step farther than no where. Stuntmen need jobs too.

MSA

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:22 PM

Oh come on you wouldn't want to do a kick as sword fight like in HIMYM???

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
Oh come on you wouldn't want to do a kick as sword fight like in HIMYM???

Nope I'll be in my trailer taking a nap. Stunt Zeek can do the sword fighting for me as long as he wins.

MSA

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:55 PM

ok loving the idea of a stunt Zeek.... giggle

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

DEEPGIRL187

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 5:43 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Navyseils:
While I probably wouldn't have the bottle to be like Jackie Chan, I think if I was in a movie I'd want to do quite a lot of the stunts on my own... the stunts usually look like fun to do. Fight scenes and driving and jumping and smashing through things. Anything that was likely to result in my death would be left to those more trained to do it though.

I'm not sure about stunts, but I think doing the research for a role would be pretty fun. Learning a new language or a different historical period appeals greatly to my inner geek.

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"This is my timey-wimey detector. It goes ding when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow."

ZEEK

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 6:58 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by deepgirl187:
Learning a new language

Noooooo! Burn it! Learning languages is an evil torture created by the most cruel demons in all reality. Make it go away!

DEEPGIRL187

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:39 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
Quote:
Originally posted by deepgirl187:
Learning a new language

Noooooo! Burn it! Learning languages is an evil torture created by the most cruel demons in all reality. Make it go away!

But-but I like to learn languages.

What language has induced such horrible fear and terror in you, comrade?

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"This is my timey-wimey detector. It goes ding when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow."

ZEEK

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:21 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by deepgirl187:
But-but I like to learn languages.

What language has induced such horrible fear and terror in you, comrade?

That's cause you're a sick masochistic freak.

Any language works. Cause they don't follow logical rules. They have all sorts of stupid exceptions for no reason. Who the hell needs ph and f to both make the same sound? No one that's who. It's just some sick joke some asshole came up with. Don't ever give me a time machine or all those people will be dead and we'll communicate in binary forever.

LEOPARDFLAN

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:34 PM

Yeah, I have to agree with Zeek. Especially Spanish- it's supposed to be way easy for an English speaker to learn, but T_T. The teach said that it's not like English, with all our inconsistancies, but there's a million irregular verbs, tenses, blah blah blah blah.. >.< >.<

WAKEUPSOON

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:19 PM

I took both French and German to GCSE standard .. I got Bs in both, but it almost killed me. Some people just have a knack for languages. Like my friend, Peter .. he takes (at AS/A Level) French, German, and Fast-track Italian (where you basically do a four year course in two years).

He's also created his own language, with verb tables and everything.

The only thing I remember how to say in any other language is "Schlag mich baby noch einmal" which mean "Hit Me Baby One More Time" ..

~WuS

This is not my signature, I have to write this every time I post.
Smile && Nod, it makes it seem like you know what's going on.

MSA

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:38 PM

HUGS WuS I'm impressed!

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

WAKEUPSOON

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:42 PM

Impressed by the results, or by knowing 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' in German? Personally, I'm more impressed with the latter. :P

~WuS

This is not my signature, I have to write this every time I post.
Smile && Nod, it makes it seem like you know what's going on.

RHYIANAN

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:

Who the hell needs ph and f to both make the same sound?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that is from words from other languages being integrated into English. That's where a lot of the inconsistencies and multiple spelling rules for one sound originate.

Just think, if you were in Europe and wanted to travel, you would probably have to learn at least 3-4 languages. We're spoiled in America having almost an entire continent that speaks English.

I agree that learning languages is fun, but it really should start in Elementary school, that's when it is easiest for a person to learn. It would be cool if children those ages could choose a language to learn and then keep with it through high school. It would make fluency in a foreign language much easier than starting in high school. Some elementary schools do teach Spanish, but I think the choice would be much better, since some kids are not interested in Spanish, but might enjoy other languages.

I'm a leaf on the wind

FREELANCERTEX

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:54 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA: ooh I have a ponder. How far would you go in a movie stunt???

as far as my body could take me without breaking anything. being a stuntperson would ROCK. XD

holy crap, i completely agree on the learning languages starting in elementary school, especially since pretty much every linguistics person will tell you that the best time to learn and retain a language is before the age of seven (doesn't mean you can't become fluent after, it's just that before that age the brain hasn't completely locked into one linguistic structure). trying to learn a language in four years of high school and know it well enough to hold a conversation is near impossible ><;; comprehension ends up better than speaking ability.

*sigh* i guess i'll just have to live with rosetta stone (if i could frakin afford it ><;;)

MSA

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:13 PM

Hey Rhyianan- Haven't seen you in a while HUGS

morning all:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:24 PM

Quiet day today. Too much darn work getting in the way of my slacking.

MSA

Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:03 AM

Well that sucks....

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

MSA

Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:33 PM

NVG here:

Off to the doc again.

Happy Thursday everyone.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:49 PM

So, is peanut about done baking yet? Seems like he's been in there forever. We're ready for baby pics already. Or am I just impatient?

MSA

Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:59 PM

Not as impatient as I am , but we've only just passed the halfway point a few weeks back... still have 4 more months....argh!!!!

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

DEEPGIRL187

Friday, June 26, 2009 1:19 AM

I sure don't envy you having to be pregnant in the summer, MsA. I don't know about where you are, but here in Michigan it's like being next door to hell. The humidity is terrible.

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"This is my timey-wimey detector. It goes ding when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow."

BRIGLAD

Friday, June 26, 2009 1:35 AM

MsA lives in northern Nevada.... Michigan is a cool spot in comparison.

Brian

FREELANCERTEX

Friday, June 26, 2009 2:00 AM

gotta second that one. ive never been to nevada, but my cousin lives in arizona, and from the weather reports we get from him, nevada can't be far from different ><;;

RHYIANAN

Friday, June 26, 2009 2:55 AM

Michigan has killer humidity. I just moved to South Dakota from Michigan and I'm loving the dry heat. It was 102 earlier and it felt like what 80 would be in MI. It's still hot, but it doesn't feel as hot as it really is. Humidity sucks. Arizona and Navada don't have that problem, as far as I could tell from a brief visit.

I'm a leaf on the wind

MSA

Friday, June 26, 2009 3:12 AM

See I'm comfy in humidity as I grew up in Atlanta with 80-100% humidity most of the year:) Not as big a fan of the 120+ heat waves.. Yes the whole pregnant all summer does suck... as does all the other pregnant stuff... but hey SOOOOO worth it. He's the cutest little guy ever.
He was so funny today the nurse was trying to get his heart rate and she got it immediately and then lost it as he basically turned over and mooned her then moved to another location so she had to hunt him down...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Friday, June 26, 2009 2:04 PM

LOLZ. sounds like little John is shy. my cousin has apparently been having some funny pregnancy moments with her little peanut. she was telling us she recently had to get recertified for first aid and CPR, and she was doing compressions on the CPR dummy--apparently little Maya didn't like that because she started literally doing somersaults XD

ugh, don't get me started on humidity ><;;

MSA

Friday, June 26, 2009 4:03 PM

Morning all:) It's Friday YAY!!

So what does everyone have planned for the weekend?

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

FREELANCERTEX

Friday, June 26, 2009 4:07 PM

well i have drill this weekend, lol XD so not much beyond that, but next weekend, seeing as how its the 4th of july, will most likely be way much fun ^_^ so im just looking forward to then.

ZEEK

Friday, June 26, 2009 4:37 PM

This weekend is Austin's CSTS. I'm going to spend most of my Sunday in the movie theater. I'm going to get there around 10:30am to help out until I watch the 5:00pm showing. Serenity on the big screen = always good.

WAKEUPSOON

Friday, June 26, 2009 5:07 PM

HUGS TO EVERYONE!!

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
So what does everyone have planned for the weekend?

Is this where I'm allowed to get uber excited??

Tomorrow: having new fake nails done, then round to my friends in the evening coz her folks are out :)

Sunday: I'M GOING TO AUSTRIA! I'M GOING TO AUSTRIA!

Going with college on a Choir tour .. so excited!!

So, you guys won't see me for a week, but I'll bring back virtual Austrian truffles for everyone :D

~WuS
This is not my signature, I have to write this every time I post.
Smile && Nod, it makes it seem like you know what's going on.

MSA

Friday, June 26, 2009 5:41 PM

Zeek shiny!!! big screen is always the best

HUGS WuS now be careful and don't wander off or leave anyone alone..stick together, but have a wonderful time!!

We're not doing much except readying the baby's room:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

WAKEUPSOON

Friday, June 26, 2009 5:43 PM

Lol! You make us sound more like 5 year olds than 17/18 year olds ... were you going for mental age? :P

And YAY for preparing for the baby! What's the plan for the little guy's room?

~WuS

This is not my signature, I have to write this every time I post.
Smile && Nod, it makes it seem like you know what's going on.

MSA

Friday, June 26, 2009 9:07 PM

No I just know exactly how dangerous it can be for a bunch of teenagers in an unfamiliar city... HUGS

WE're removing all teh guest room furniture and doing a super clean. Then in a bit we will order crib, changing station/dresser, rocking chair, and all the froggy stuff:) Then we're all set:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

WAKEUPSOON

Friday, June 26, 2009 9:12 PM

Oh true! We should be ok .. its a college trip so there will be adults with us, and the music teacher (Paula) is very familiar with Salzburg too. I'll try and stay safe and out of danger tho!!

Rocking chairs are brilliant for babies. I still have my equivalent of it in my room - its bounced more than rocked, and I love it. Froggy stuff is adorabubble! Gotta love the little froggies :)

~WuS

This is not my signature, I have to write this every time I post.
Smile && Nod, it makes it seem like you know what's going on.

FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, June 27, 2009 1:07 AM

have fun on the trip. i really need to get back to europe ><;;

i second the rockingchairness. its like magic chill time for babies.

yay on baby room shopping!! (on a scary note, neither i or my brother have children, and yet my mother bought a crib for some reason....)

WAKEUPSOON

Saturday, June 27, 2009 12:18 PM

Your mother bought a crib? Only 2 reasons I can think of for that, either:
1) She's hinting that she wants grandchildren
OR
2) She's pregnant

:|

~WuS

This is not my signature, I have to write this every time I post.
Smile && Nod, it makes it seem like you know what's going on.

FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:19 PM

she's definitely not pregnant.

yes, she wants grandkids, but neither i, nor my brother's girlfriend are pregnant. she bought this crib over a year ago and wanted to keep it a secret from me and my brother (probably so as not to pressure us, even though whenever she's holding a baby she sighs and says "i want grandbabies"), but dad let a very VERY obscure comment slip, and me, being my deducing self and knowing how my mom thinks, i looked at him and said "she bought a crib, didn't she?" and he was like "..shit. um....yeah."

WAKEUPSOON

Sunday, June 28, 2009 6:34 AM

Oh LOL! Talk about putting on the pressure then ... Although, once my Aunty went out and bought a crib incase little relatives came to stay, so maybe that's it?

~WuS

This is not my signature, I have to write this every time I post.
Smile && Nod, it makes it seem like you know what's going on.

SPACEANJL

Sunday, June 28, 2009 8:42 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:

He was so funny today the nurse was trying to get his heart rate and she got it immediately and then lost it as he basically turned over and mooned her then moved to another location so she had to hunt him down...

*snerk* It's a baby!Jayne - 'let's moon 'em...'

MSA

Sunday, June 28, 2009 1:52 PM

Giggle... HUGS Anjl:) Yeah we're even having a Jayne costume made for next year's D*C:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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