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[sean]

have you ever watched two people have a phone conversation?

no seriously i just watched two people have a phone conversation and it is bugging me the hell out. i was standing outside my apartment building when i hear this girl maybe 25 feet away from me start to talk on the phone, and then i hear a girl walking from the parking lot maybe 150 feet away respond completely accordingly.
 "hey, how are you" "oh not bad, how about you?" "you'll never believe it, i just found my keys! they were in my bag!" "oh my god thank god you found them..." "oh i see you" "oh i do to, okay bye"
and then they hung up, met up, and went inside the apartment building next to mine. i have no idea why im finding this significant, but whoa, that was weird.

[Allybee]

things that happened:
- I semi asked a guy out and semi got shot down (what the fuck)
- everyone ever felt the need to tell me that I am incompetent/anxious

thanks a fucking lot, everyone.
I'm going to stay in my room forever now.

[Allybee]

okay a cute boy just came over to borrow a comic book

I think he's with some girl but at the same time I feel a lot better

[Elizzybeth]

I also don't think our house has a Christmas tree. We had one last year but then we moved and got rid of a lot of stuff. I don't want to buy a new one because they are expensive but I need somewhere to put my presents!
What do you guys do for Christmas decoratings?

We have something like this: an inexpensive table-top Christmas tree.  I used to be skeptical of fake trees, but I've been genuinely surprised by how much of a mood-booster having this in my living room has been during the holidays.  When the lights are low and I've got the tree lit, the fact that it's fake hardly even registers.  It just looks festive.

Since my brother and I moved out three Christmases ago, my mom has stopped doing real Christmas trees and instead does a "Christmas cactus" (that is, a decorated regular cactus, not one of these).  She puts lights on a cactus and hangs ornaments on other houseplants.  It works, I guess, but I can't help but think of that Magnetic Fields song.

[Lunchbox]

I have only ever known one family (and my office) to do real Christmas trees. It's so hot and dry here, I guess, they're totally impractical. Fakeys all the way! Also it means you can just haul it out whenever you feel like instead of planning to go and buy one.

[Patrick]

Guys am I the only one who REALLY REALLY HATES being recognized for the stupid "accomplishments" some big employers make up?

What I don't mind being recognized for is the time last month where I had to clean up some little kid's piss off the floor. That fucking sucked, and I don't mind people saying I'm awesome for doing it without so much as a prompt from a team leader. And when a customer left a comment card with my name on it, saying that I provided her excellent customer service for calling another store on my mobile phone? That shit shows that I actually have initiative and will go out of my way to ensure customer safety and satisfaction. Not that credit card bullshit, which just proves that I can be a robot and say the same shit to everybody all the time.

I bring this up because my team leader tonight wrote me a "Great Team!" card saying how awesome I was for having gotten a customer to open a card. I never even so much as asked that customer! I don't ask any of them ever, period! I don't want to be recognized for having a customer apply for a Target credit card, it is not something I believe in. It's literally a waste of time, money, and plastic, as far as the customer is concerned. Interest on that shit is way high. And I most certainly don't believe in sucking money from customers just so the company I work for can give money to anti-homosexual politicians. I happen to like gays. I also believe in honest customer service and actually helping people find the shit they need, not robbing them blind with hidden fees and high interest rates. I only work there because it pays and I literally do nothing but help people find shit (which is in my nature anyway) and pull things forward on shelves.

I know I should stop taking this shit so seriously and just ignore it, but man, it's a pretty serious breach of my moral code to swindle people. And if I do so accidentally, I don't want to hear about it. I just wanna be left ignorant of it. I already have enough problems knowing that just by being good at my job I already support anti-homosexual political campaigns. I don't want to get brownie points for extra effort on that front, and I really wish I could make it clear to my work without damning my job.

[squawk]

so it is now 2 AM and i just finished watching conan, and i figure, now i should work on whatever i've been putting off for ten hours that is due tomorrow for my english class!

aaaaand i don't actually know what i'm supposed to do. sooooo i'm just gonna go to bed.

[pwhodges]

I think I am legitimately going to and cut down my own Christmas tree this year

When I was twelve or so, they let me lay the first axe stroke against the tree.  I knew why when all the snow on the tree landed on me a moment later.

[Jace]

I also believe in honest customer service and actually helping people find the shit they need,

This is why, even at Mcdonalds, when I hate the way the place runs, and hate the manager and the people I am working with, I still do my best to give people excellent service and save them money whenever I see the opportunity to.

In related news to Mcdonalds, we have free coffee all day now. This is fucking stupid because we are supposed to upsell the free coffee I guess? I don't really understand how that is a good business move so I don't do it.

[öde]

Going to sign the contract on my new home, how financially terrifying!

[öde]

In related news to Mcdonalds, we have free coffee all day now. This is fucking stupid because we are supposed to upsell the free coffee I guess? I don't really understand how that is a good business move so I don't do it.

Upselling isn't always about making more money, it can be about giving the customer the best deal for them, or letting them know what's on offer to generate return business and good word-of-mouth publicity.

[allison]

Guys am I the only one who REALLY REALLY HATES being recognized for the stupid "accomplishments" some big employers make up?

I am really jealous of this. I work at a retail chain, and nothing I do is every recognized. At the point of sale (not even on the sales floor) we are supposed to upsell membership cards, discount DVDs/Blu-Ray and headphones, and hardware/software warranties. We are given a 'target' every day, which is 10% of total sales in all categories. Now, this sucks because I feel I am forcing customers to spend money they don't want to spend and the membership card is a fucking piece of shit, but if I want to continue going to school I need to make money and if I want to make enough money I have to get hours. If I perform well, I get more hours.

That is what pisses me off. I work hard! Yes, I want some positive reinforcement. The only thing that sucks more than being good at a job you hate is being totally ignored by the management at the job you hate. I am not disposable.

[Slick]

man I am back in the AM rotation at school and it is so goddamn good. I love it the most. Wake up, bike in, get a lot of shit done, watch chef make soufflee, eat delicious lunch, done. Today I had half a rotisserie chicken (delicious), french onion soup (sometimes it is shitty [kids don't caramelize the onions proper], today it was stellar [especially the bread & cheese on top]), pasta salad (loads of feta & olives), and then carrot cake for dessert. Also some side veg including just-ok mushrooms. Carrot cake was probably the lamest of the desserts but I had plated everything else (because I am doing cafeteria desserts this rotation) so I went for the thing that the culinary kids had made. Oh also there was olive focaccia.
The PM rotation is full of worry and stress that I'm going to anger chef pam and I can never fully appreciate lunch as much because I would have eaten breakfast at 9AM so I can't just wolf down salad, soup, entree, sides, and dessert.
Now I am going to bike across town in the cold rain to pick up a hard-drive. My lifestyle is legitimate, I will bike wherever you will drive. Also man I need to burn some fucking calories right now

[valley_parade]

I don't want to be recognized for having a customer apply for a Target credit card, it is not something I believe in. It's literally a waste of time, money, and plastic, as far as the customer is concerned. Interest on that shit is way high.

Fuck dude, I HATED having to try and sell that shit. I think I managed to get one at one point, though.

[StaedlerMars]

Part of me wishes I didn't live smack in the center of the city so that I could bike into work. I biked to cover a shift in one of the Uni's Very Far Away campuses, and it was awesome. Although, I realised I needed gloves. Shit's getting cold.

[JD]

so whenever wikipedia has the banner at the top of pages that are like Appeal From Jimmy Wales, i just take the background image URL and post them on my friend's facebook wall

He looks a lot like my uncle.

[scarred]

i was gonna say Daniel Craig

[Slick]

feeling the D-craig fo' sho'.


In other news, my friend's band is coming through here, then they are hitting Halifax and Fredericton so I am going to skip school Friday and ride with them for a couple days and spend my birthday hanging out in New Brunswick, probably. Looking good!

[vegkitkat]

So I got no work done in lab today and I can't interpret some of the NMRs I did because the goddang signal: noise ratio is too low.

But on the bright side, eggplant, green pepper and tomatoes were on sale this week, so I'm making ratatouille. Cooking, you are the best chemistry.

[Tom]

I just curried some mangoes and I'm now eating them with rice. Fruit curries are the best, for real.

[JimmyJazz]

My best friend/bass player got caught with 3 grams of weed and 2 tabs of acid in his dorm. I think he's gonna be kicked out.....

Fuck this sucks

[Jimor]

This is a weird one. Today I found out that my father died. In 2007.

I hadn't seen him in many more years beyond that. It wasn't animosity or anything at all like that, he just hadn't been part of my life at all since he and my mother divorced when I was 4 or 5. Just very occasional visits when I was growing up. The father figure in my life was actually my grandfather, since my grandparents raised me until I was 12 when I finally moved back with my mother.

I'm sad, but not distraught. I certainly regret now not making an effort to get in touch. I'm puzzled about why nobody contacted us before this about it, particularly since he died of stomach cancer and so there was time to do so, but I'm not angry at anybody for it.

A few months ago, I came across a memento of probably the most vivid memory I have of any of the times I spent with him. He took me to the county fair when I was 7 or 8, and I particularly remember playing a couple of the midway games, and us winning 2 toy horses, one small, one slightly larger. At some point we had a picture taken together that was made into a button.

Like I said, the situation is so weird, I really don't know what to think or feel beyond the basic sadness of missed opportunities.

[JD]

so whenever wikipedia has the banner at the top of pages that are like Appeal From Jimmy Wales, i just take the background image URL and post them on my friend's facebook wall

He looks a lot like my uncle.

hrm maybe it's just the beard

Sorry to hear that jimor, although you don't seem too torn up about it.

[Patrick]

Guys am I the only one who REALLY REALLY HATES being recognized for the stupid "accomplishments" some big employers make up?

I am really jealous of this. I work at a retail chain, and nothing I do is ever recognized. (snip) ...but if I want to continue going to school I need to make money and if I want to make enough money I have to get hours. If I perform well, I get more hours.

That is what pisses me off. I work hard! Yes, I want some positive reinforcement. The only thing that sucks more than being good at a job you hate is being totally ignored by the management at the job you hate. I am not disposable.

That's the thing. I don't get more hours for pulling in a Target card. I get some shitty cookie-cut piece of paper that my team leader wrote on saying that I did a great job by opening a Target card. Nothing else. I'm jealous of your situation, to be honest. I'd rather have no attention and more hours than meaningless attention and 15 hours a week that I have to buy food and pay rent with.

[Drill King]

I found out today that someone I know reads QC and I think they might read the forums, it is kind of silly and funny because now I feel like people in real life can judge me on my internet life.

[Barmymoo]

That is exactly how I feel every time I find out someone I know is a fan of QC, and I can't work out why it bothers me that someone I've met in real life and know vaguely might read my online posts, but not that someone I've met online and know vaguely might do so. It doesn't bother me that Rory was on the forums and then moved to my town, thereby maybe (shock! horror!) seeing me in the street, but it would bother me if someone who lived here joined the forums and recognised my pictures. Weird.

I am so tired today. I went out to dinner last night and ended up not coming home until like ten am, having had two hours of sleep, and then napping for another two hours, so all in all I've had about a third of the usual amount of sleep. Bad bad move. Sooo tired. But I go home on Saturday so I will be able to sleep in as long as I like then.

[Blue Kitty]

Thanks to all the news surrounding 4loko, and this forum, my girlfriend has decided to try some.  When we were checking out we asked the owner when he would have to get rid of them.  He told us in 2 weeks or so, but that it was all kind of stupid cause all you need to do is use them responsibly and you'll be fine.

[tania]

james and allison: i have been in your position. i worked at staples for a year as a technology consultant which basically meant i was only guaranteed my 40+ hours a week if i was one of the top three best salespeople every single week. the amount of bullshit and pressure i had to deal with all the time was an absolute fucking nightmare. i dreaded going to work every single day and would honestly come home and cry pretty much all the time. i even made a thread about dealing with it because life had become so unbearable. maybe some of the advice in there will apply to you too? other than that i'm not sure how to help because i basically ended up in a place where i just sort of felt like a little part of me died every day, but know that you have my total sympathy and that eventually one day you'll get out of there and everything will be okay.

[vegkitkat]

So I ended up crying in a professor's office today.  Good times.  I've failed two quizzes (just barely) this semester.  One of those quizzes will be discounted, but I am very frustrated.  The prof gave me another blank quiz and I did it again.  I did it over and got it correct.  So there's hope for me yet.

[jhocking]

I found out today that someone I know reads QC and I think they might read the forums, it is kind of silly and funny because now I feel like people in real life can judge me on my internet life.

I have students who read QC. I hope they don't read the forums, but really

[Jace]

My girlfriend's cousin's baby was born in really bad health, she's already had to have heart surgery, and her whole left side is underdeveloped. She's basically been in intensive care and earlier today she had a stroke. They've decided to pull the plug and let her go. I don't really know how to approach this situation.

[David_Dovey]

It's your girlfriend's cousin. Do you really even need to approach this situation? How close are they. It seems like it doesn't necessarily have to have anything to do with you.

It doesn't bother me that Rory was on the forums and then moved to my town, thereby maybe (shock! horror!) seeing me in the street,

I'd only be bothered if they were a shitty boarder, because then I wouldn't want to talk to them and I'd have to try to pretend I didn't see them and stuff. (this is 100% serious)

cause all you need to do is use them responsibly and you'll be fine.

I think the whole point of Loko is that responsible use is pretty impossible.

I have students who read QC. I hope they don't read the forums, but really

Oh God I want one of yr students to read the forum and propagate the "Joe Hocking is old as shit" and "Joe Hocking will be engaged and never married until the heat death of the universe" memes among the class SO BAD

DEAR BLOG THREAD I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT MY OWN LIFE BECAUSE APPARENTLY I SPEND ALL MY TIME ON THE FORUM ANYWAY? (actually not true, I've managed to get temp work two days in a row this week, and maybe some more next week! Aw yeah looks like someone is going to be able to pay his rent this month awwww yeeeah

[BrittanyMarie]

... it bothers me that someone I've met in real life and know vaguely might read my online posts...

this happened to liz and me. she saw me on the elevator and i was like 'um yes this is nice okaybye' because i am weird but then we hung at shearwater i think and that was rad

ALSO, since this is the Blog Thread
my boyfriend's cat has diabetes and she is being converted to new insulin and since he has to work at the comedy club tonight, i am watching her. i have to give her an insulin shot and make sure nothing catastrophic happens. while i'm glad he trusts me to do this, i am paranoid as fuck. plus she's a fatty fat fat so i can hear her make weird noises in the other room so i go to look, and she is just trying in vain to lick her butt. cats! also last night while we were doin' it she decided hey that looks like fun or something and started snuggling against him (she does this 99% of all the time) and he pushed her away! i felt a little bad for her because i didn't really notice but then again i was In The Zone so i dunno!

[Liz]

Yeah we ran into each other in the elevator of my dorm and I was all "okayyyyy I know you from somewhere what the hell" and we both went "QC FORUMS" and then we probably became Facebook friends? Then we hung out and now we are friends and shit.

Hooray!

[Papersatan]

So I've been at my new job for almost a month now and I am feeling good about it.  Mind you the job is folding sweaters, and it is seasonal, but I was still pretty nervous about it.  For one thing I have never worked clothing before and was seriously doubting my ability to fold a sweater nicely.  It turns out I am very good at it; I can quickly fold sweaters into neat piles of the exact same size.  I mean, it is not like it is a crucial life skill and, hopefully, I will not need this skill later in my life, but it is nice to be good at what you are begin paid for.  The other reason I was nervous about my job is that I am a supervisor.  This means I have a team that works under me.  This is the first job I have ever had where I am actually responsible for other workers.  I have only had my team for a week, but they seem to be working out alright.  There is one girl who is useless, but I'm pretty sure she will have quit by the end of the week, and there is a guy who has to be watched or he wanders off, but I guess I can deal with that. 
I am over qualified for this job and my feet hurt the worst every night, but I am still happy with the situation.  I have a job, it doesn't pay terribly (9.25 and hour), they have no problem with my hair and it feels good to work again, instead of just mooching off of Stephen. 

[BrittanyMarie]

cat update: i went into the room where her insulin is kept and she pranced over to me and started snuggling. i got the insulin and the needle out and she sat down and waited patiently for me*. i got it, but i know i wasn't as good as adam is at it because she kinda acted like it hurt but then she jumped up in my lap and was purring and kneading like "thank you brittany!" and now she's eating so that's really good! i didn't kill her! yaaaaaaaaaaay!


*she does this for him too; she is the best cat ever to have to stab with a needle. my cat wembley would have shredded up my hands if i came near him with a needle i think.

[Lines]

Tonight my character in my weekly D&D game got turned into a dude. Like...permanently. (Unless I happen to find a very highly skilled cleric, which is nigh impossible in our setting.) This is going to be fun.

[JD]

Okay I am making a graphic novel for my final project. This will be challenging.

[Eris]

I just realised I don't blog nearly as much when I don't have an awful job to complain about!

Hello! I started my new job last week and it has been pretty good. I was so nervous I felt ill for about a week, then I messed something up and didn't get fired so I have been feeling better. We all went out for christmas/farewell drinks (one girl has gone to india and probably won't come back to work afterwards) and it was lots of fun! Everyone there seems very nice. It gets a bit boring, and I have to call one of the managers about taking time off over christmas which I am avoiding doing, but other than that it is pretty neat. I am ultimately not making as much money as I used to, seeing as I have had a few short shifts and now pay tax, but it also means that some days I only have to work for three hours, and most nights of the week  get to spend with ben. Also, whenever I go and get coffee from Citrus (if the bosses aren't there I get food also and don't have to pay. when they are there the girls give me a discount anyway) the bosses never talk to me, or even look in my direction; it is hilarious and exactly what I hoped would happen.

The positives definitely outweigh the negatives. So happy now.

[squawk]

I am cross faded enough to just randomly post this

GUYS i recorded in the bathroom a couple nights ago! it sounded amazing. i'm glad i have a neat ol recording sanctuary, even though there is no lock on the door. i will just put a note on the door. natural reverb. i'm just playing my favorite song of mine, badly, but my god, 2:05, listen to that second if nothing else
http://www.box.net/shared/eqrr6lotj0

[Patrick]

Fuck Anna, you've developed a shitload musically since the last time I heard you

Please for the love of fuck come up here and record shit with me

[squawk]

DUuuuuuuuude one time i saw you in berkeley! but i didn't say anything because you were with a lady and i was also with friends and it would've been weird
and the only reason i'm admitting thisr gith now is because i am crossed
so
yeah
i am down though!

[Barmymoo]

Yeah we ran into each other in the elevator of my dorm and I was all "okayyyyy I know you from somewhere what the hell" and we both went "QC FORUMS" and then we probably became Facebook friends? Then we hung out and now we are friends and shit.

Hooray!

No this is the acceptable way to allow real life and forum life to cross over! It is where someone like in your lectures or whatever joins the forums and then goes "oh look you're that girl from lectures" that it is weird!

In less than an hour I'll have officially left my uni for the year. My room is all packed up and my mum is loading it into the car as we speak, and I am leaving.

[Patrick]

Oh dude Anna, you don't have to be so shy next time! I understand why you were though. Anyway, totally PMing you. I know an ex-forumite (Kabir, a.k.a. pecoae) in Berkeley. Friend of Eugene's, and he is also musical. And incredibly talented at it. I am SO PMing you.

[allison]

Yeah we ran into each other in the elevator of my dorm and I was all "okayyyyy I know you from somewhere what the hell" and we both went "QC FORUMS" and then we probably became Facebook friends? Then we hung out and now we are friends and shit.

Hooray!

No this is the acceptable way to allow real life and forum life to cross over! It is where someone like in your lectures or whatever joins the forums and then goes "oh look you're that girl from lectures" that it is weird!

Julia saw me in a Burger King once but didn't say anything because I think we were both with Boyfriends. That would have been a little strange, too, because I didn't think at that time that anyone on here would recognize me in real life!

[Metope]

I saw that guy Jens once, which was pretty uncomfortable. I moved to the other side of the dinner table so I wouldn't have too look at him anymore, problem solved!

[jhocking]

Julia saw me in a Burger King once but didn't say anything because I think we were both with Boyfriends.

That and neither of you wanted the forum to know you were in Burger King.

[Hairy Joe Bob]

At once?

Bizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz nizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

[Elizzybeth]

GUYS i recorded in the bathroom a couple nights ago! it sounded amazing. i'm glad i have a neat ol recording sanctuary, even though there is no lock on the door. i will just put a note on the door. natural reverb. i'm just playing my favorite song of mine, badly, but my god, 2:05, listen to that second if nothing else
http://www.box.net/shared/eqrr6lotj0

Anna, this is really, really good.

[David_Dovey]

Yeah holy crap Anna, holy crap.