So... block party this weekend. :-D Really excited that everyone thought Isaac's idea was brilliant! I hope it goes well- so far one apartment (Isaac and Jacki) is going to be pretty chill, with wine and cheese-type hanging out, one (Nick and Bryon) is going to be a dance party [no promises as to their taste in dance music, people], and Barbie and ( Read more... )

Let the strange syllables of panic continue, as my return to work has not been smooth. Have I told you guys about the boat metaphor we use at work? Basically, the boat metaphor was a stroke of brilliance on my part that turned normally boring team updates into an entertaining and creative part of our weekly meetings. Or so I claimed at my appraisal ( Read more... )

ACK! My two best friends in the world will be married in a week! Eep! Gawk! Meep! *more exclamations of surprise and horror*! I'm really rather freaked out that both Amy and Susan will be married women in 6 days. I would feel left out if I had the desire to get married right now. As it is, I just feel a little left behind, in the sense that they ( Read more... )

The below is an e-mail from the recently retired B-stone president ( Read more... )

Hi all,

I'm still alive.

Informing you of that (in case you were worried) is pretty much the only reason I'm posting instead of continuing with the status quo of reading about your lives from the shadows of Internet anonymity.

So I'm going to give a 30 second summary of my life- are you ready? (Note: in order for this to be a 30 second summary ( Read more... )

Three months before her 24th wedding anniversary, my mother started planning for her 25th. She told my sisters and I that she wants her four daughters to sing four-part harmony at the big 25th anniversary party. Unfortunately, we have to pick the song. Anyone have suggestions?

Awesome, Rebecca! I've picked out the people who were entered into the 'Best Costume' contest at my party.
drathena's Halloween party:

aliwilliams dressed as Avril Lavigne riding a rabbit.

anyway413 dressed as Optimus Prime, though it looked more like a Level 5 sorcerer.

cossar gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as a second baseman for ( Read more... )

And today I convinced my last hold-out ed office to use an online initiative we've been pushing. I'm the first one on our team to talk all of mine into it! Quite the professional high at the moment.

Last week I had my six-month review and my probationary period ended. Basically, my boss told me I was doing fine and checked off little boxes in an official form that HR gave her and that she claims doesn't apply to us. It has such items as "Safety - Consider awareness of and adherence to ergonomics and safety practices and procedures." It seems ( Read more... )

That title had a basis, but it won't make it into this post (yeah, I'm a tease). It's from a great essay by Ursula Le Guin ("Introducing Myself"). Been reading a lot lately- just finished Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky (will go on to The Brothers Karamatov before long) and starting on Le Guin's The Left Hand of DarknessAlso finished woodburning ( Read more... )