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Argh. Just when I think life is settling down, I am informed that I have to arrange to move 22 people from one floor of my building to another by April 12. It's amazing to me how emotionally invested people get in their work spaces. How's life in FAWTLville?
G'morning,FAWTLIES, I hope the rest of you have a less headachey, congestion-filled day than I'm having.
Character sheet(s) is(are) updated. Still need to print them and put them in the gaming bag. Still waffling about multi-classing vs. sticking with straight paladin. Cupcakes are baked, frosted, and in their carrier. Birthday card for the son of our hosts (I can't believe he's already NINE!) is signed and in the gaming bag. Clothes are packed for the overnight stay, so I don't have to drive two hours home at midnight tonight. Pathfinder, here I come!
Everything is better Southern Style, just ask my northern born wife. ;)*gasp* you practice unsolicited southern style? Regimented northern style is clearly superior!!!*Unsolicited Southern Style LPM hug*Thank you. I've been very, very lucky. (I mean, getting a cancer diagnosis sucks, but compared to how bad this COULD have been, I'm fortunate beyond belief that the treatment and recovery has been as relatively simple as it has.)Congrats on the good diagnosis! I, however, embrace the power of 'AND'. I like northern and southern style. Hugs, of course.
So answer the door in the buff, using a cowboy hat to cover your family jewels and invite them in. Sends 'em scurrying off every time. ;) I once opened the door to a very nice young pair of Mormon boys in the buff and carrying a butcher knife and a dishtowel. They couldn't get away fast enough. (What? It was a hot day, I didn't have air-conditioning in that apartment, and I was drying dishes. I just happened to have the knife in my hand when the doorbell rang.)
I think if you're going past 20, there's never a better time to multiclass, especially with the availability of capstones prior. Sure your Paladin stuff that's level based will keep getting better, but you won't ever get any new tricks =) That's my internal conflict. New shinies vs building on the foundation I've already got. :) Oh well... I've leveled up her character sheet both ways, and will decide tomorrow which I want to use.
Excellent! Congratulations, and I hope the salary negotiations go well!
You are my only employee. We can't lose you.Thank you. I've been very, very lucky. (I mean, getting a cancer diagnosis sucks, but compared to how bad this COULD have been, I'm fortunate beyond belief that the treatment and recovery has been as relatively simple as it has.)Congrats on the good diagnosis! Oh, I'll be around for a while yet. :) Glad to hear that, Lindisty and best wishes for your future health Thanks, Aeglos! Great news. :D Yes, it is. And thank you. :)
Is it crazy for me to consider multi-classing Paladin 20/Cavalier 1 at this stage in my character's career? (Here's what her 20th level character sheet looks like.) My DM is giving us guidelines for continuing in our base classes, or we can multi-class or take a prestige class. Cavalier appeals to me mostly because it plays to my character's strengths already, and adds a teamwork component that I think would work well with our party's ranger. But I'm not sure it's worth it compared to the advancement of level-dependent paladin abilities I'd get if I took a 21st level of paladin.
Congrats on the good diagnosis! Thank you. I've been very, very lucky. (I mean, getting a cancer diagnosis sucks, but compared to how bad this COULD have been, I'm fortunate beyond belief that the treatment and recovery has been as relatively simple as it has.)
What a lovely day it's turning out to be! Detailed nattering::
Picked up my taxes from the accountant, and it looks like my refunds are enough to completely replenish my savings from the surgery-related expenditures I've had to make in recent months.
I'm cancer free, and my physical therapist said in my assessment this morning that my range of motion and strength are almost back to normal. I'm leveling up my paladin to 21st level today, and tomorrow night is Pathfinder gaming. And finally, it's only 15 days 'til Opening Day Baseball! I hope the rest of you are having a wonderful Friday too!
On the down side, I expect to receive my notification for furlough pretty soon. I've already heard of some people getting theirs. One day a week for 22 weeks. Luckily, as I've said before, the wife and I make enough to have saved a good bit. So it'll be a bit of a nuisance, but not much else - as long as certain people get their heaDs out of their asses. Oh, my sympathies. Commiseration from a fellow federal employee back here: Things are pretty tense around my workplace too, although it looks like (*knock on wood*) my program isn't slated for furloughs. We had enough vacancies at the beginning that we think we can make the cuts by abolishing vacant positions rather than putting existing employees on furlough. I hope things get better for your program soon!
which, naturally, I do nekkid.I'm glad to hear your health has improved. Since your absence was health related, I am obligated to restore you to your Haterade(tm) spokesmodel status at the same pay you had when you left. Of course you do. ;) And it sounds like I got back to resume my Haterade(TM) spokesmodel position just in time, since you seem to be in the midst of a cold/laryngitis at the moment. My sense of timing is impeccable.
Also...welcome back, Lindisty (and Studpuffin too)! Congrats on the new project, BT! Thanks! Welcome back yourself, and congratulations on the new publication!
WB Lindisty!
Thank you. It's good to see you back here, too. :)
Hi Aeglos, Orthos, Scintillae, Kajehase. Thanks for the quick welcome. :) You have been greatly missed. I've missed being around. I've had a rough winter, health-wise, but I think (*knock on wood*) the worst of it is behind me now, and I've finally got enough energy and focus to want to catch up on my online reading again. Although judging from some of the threads I'm seeing elsewhere in the forums, I think I'll stick here for a while and keep the rest of the boards hidden for the immediate future. :)
Hi everyone. It's been a long time since I've checked in. What's new?
Happy Birthday doc wu. :) +1 (Though I admit I'm a little weirded out by meeting--even online-- someone who shares my birthday. I don't think I've ever had that happen before.)
Hello FAWTLies! What a beautiful morning! Soon, I am off to get some much needed pampering in the form of a manicure and pedicure. And at long last, tonight I have the opportunity to watch Nationals baseball on my birthday!! (Better to have swept the series, but I'm happy to have baseball on my birthday no matter how it happened. :))
I have fifteen minutes before I go on leave for two weeks. I'm hoping nothing explodes between now and when I'm due to leave. (Of course, there are two meetings happening while I'm on leave that I have to call in for, but that's better than cancelling my vacation entirely, which I considered, given everything that's going on at work right now.)
G'morning, FAWTLies! How's your Friday? I'm not happy to be in the office on what should be my telework day, but on the up side, there is Pathfinder tonight. Campaign nattering ahoy: Our last session ended on a cliffhanger, with all but one member of the party dead in Hell, and the surviving member of the party fleeing the devils that killed the rest of us. The DM ran a solo for her between sessions, and we'll see if she managed to figure out how to get us back tonight. (I'm assuming she did, because we haven't been told to generate new characters.)
Pray tell, what valiant tactics brought glorious victory over invading sir A. Nony Mouse? Snap trap + peanut butter. And then long barbecue tongs and a trash bag for disposal of trap and mouse corpse altogether, because no way am I actually touching a dead mouse to remove it from the trap. And how much XP was it worth? I don't know, but I think I deserve a bonus due to the fact that this is the third one this week I've caught. The annual rodent invasion is the one thing I dislike about this time of year. :P
My fellow FAWTLies, we gather here today to offer a respectful disposal of our vanquished foe, A. Nony Mouse, member of the house of Rodentia. She fought a valiant battle, avoiding my traps and foraging in the kitchen for days, but at long last, her excursions into Kitchen Cabinetland are over. We must remain vigilant, however, for the armies of the House of Rodentia are legion.
It finally occurs to me that I should have anticipated a day of crapitude when the morning started with dead mouse disposal. :P Although I guess that's a signal that my war on rodentia is on a successful track...
My mistake, misread the original post. No worries. I know I was quibbling over a detail that would be meaningless to many folks.
I don't know if he's going to be okay-- he's in critical condition. She's devastated and not terribly coherent. I'm worried about both of them. (And, this is quibbling, but I wouldn't describe her as a friend-- she works for me. I like her, but professional connections and friendships are distinctly different relationships for me.)
Ugh. What a thoroughly crappy day. One of my employees just found out that her husband, who works for my library's parent agency, was seriously injured in a car accident while on official travel. Also, they're painting on the floor above mine, and the return air vents are dumping all the fumes right into our current workspace. And, on a purely selfish note, to add the cherry on top of the crap sundae, it's been raining all day which means tonight's baseball game is likely to be rained out. It will get better. Three and a half work days until vacation starts!
G'morning, FAWTLies! Seekrit message for FHDM:
Argh. Busy days. I fear that I may have to give up my annual Festival of Me in future years. Taking leave from work in October is just getting increasingly untenable. :P How's everybody?
Whatever genius in my library's parent agency decided that our performance evaluation cycle should run on the same calendar as our fiscal year deserves to be thumped on repeatedly with my Commemorative Cluebat (TM). Really, dealing with reams of paperwork and whiny employees while we're also trying to wrap up end of year budget issues and dealing with grumpy procurement people is SO not conducive to a positive work environment. Oh well, six workdays left until I go on leave for two weeks. I can cope 'til then.
It's like an ebony metronome! What a great name for a band! The Ebony Metronomes -- I'd go to that concert.
Umm... hi. Happy Tuesday, everybody!
What do you have in mind? I know of a few good places aroundabouts that might be able to set you up right, provided you don't mind paying shipping.do it! I have a good friend that always calls me a Valkrie. Maybe I should consider it. It might better if I were blond, though, instead of a redhead for that. Actually, I sew well enough to manage a bodice that should work (and may actually have one already that I can use from old SCA stuff). I'll need a chemise and/ overskirt, and the winged helmet, depending on the historical representation I'm going with. Oh, and some reasonable facsimile of a winged horse...
do it! I have a good friend that always calls me a Valkrie. Maybe I should consider it. It might better if I were blond, though, instead of a redhead for that. Last year's costume required a blonde wig, so I've got that covered. :) I'm more concerned about the headdress and clothes.
Glad to hear you at feeling better. Sucks tha you are a work, I was going to have mr Renner stop by and pour salts into your jacuzzi.. Maybe another time. Right-- I'll just be headed for the jacuzzi now...
It helps if you wear the helmet with the horns.That said, there are a lot more friendly ports along the way these days. Just be careful about washing up in Florida on a boat; the Coast Guard doesn't take kindly to that sort of thing.I guess they would treat pale-skinned, fair-haired, Germanic-language speaking Vikings much better than darker skinned, darker haired, Spanish-speaking Cubans. :\ This reminds me-- I need to start researching to see if my idea of a Valkryie costume for Halloween is workable.
Did you ever start the day wanting to smack the piss out of someone with a 2 x 4? Yes. Management by cluebat: I keep an autographed major league baseball bat, along with several other baseball mementos and souvenirs, in my office at work. My favorite reaction to it thus far has been the person who asked, "What? Do you subscribe to the Don Corleone school of management?"
Did you ever start the day wanting to smack the piss out of someone with a 2 x 4? Yes. [spoiler=Management by cluebat]I keep an autographed baseball bat in my office at work, along with several other baseball souvenirs and mementos. The best reaction to it I've gotten was when someone saw it for the first time and asked, "Do you subscribe to the Don Corleone school of management?"[/ooc]
No. Though I would love to be the blackest white blood cell in the city of Lindisty. Yeah, I'm feeling a little better today. Still stuffy, but normal 'fall allergy' level of stuffy rather than 'OMG give me a Hoover to suck the snot out of my sinuses before my head explodes!' stuffy. And I'm not alternating between fever and chills anymore, either, so that helps with my general state of well-being. I'll spare you my whining about work unless you really want to read it:
On the debit side of the ledger, though, I'm at the office instead of working from home today, which is kind of a bummer. (Especially since I have to participate in what are likely to be contentious meetings about our impending reorganization this afternoon. *grumble* They don't pay me anywhere near enough to put up with this crap, and won't even after I get the theoretical promotion that's supposed to come along with my position in our new, improved organizational structure.) But there will be beer, pool, baseball, and dinner with good friends tonight, so there's that to look forward to. :) How's everyone else today?
No. Though I would love to be the blackest white blood cell in the city of Lindisty. I... ummm.... Yeah, I got nothin', but I laughed! :)
G'morning FAWTLies. I hope your Thursday is less full of snot than mine is going to be. :P
Stupid cold. Thanks for the supportive comments yesterday, folks. The power was out at my house for a while last night (tornadoes and severe thunderstorms, yay), so I didn't have a chance to respond 'til now.
I would flog you, but you would enjoy it way too much. What, have you been reading my diary? ;) P.S. - If they are true friends, then they will forgive you. You could try treating them to something nice. I have heard that bribery sometimes works wonders. Yeah, the person in question is a pretty forgiving sort, which I appreciate immensely. It's self-forgiveness that I'm having an issue with at the moment. :P
Frak, but I hate it when I'm inadvertently a jerk to people I care about. (Apologies made and accepted, but I still feel lousy about it, and probably will for a while.)
Yeesh, that's frightening. I'm glad no one was hurt, and I hope the damage to your car is easily repairable.
I would do it for a living if I could. Jury duty, that is. I spent an entire month on Grand Jury Duty earlier this year. On the up side, we just had to determine whether there was enough evidence to go forward with a trial. On the downside, it was the Grand Jury that dealt primarily with sex crimes (though we did have a few other types of crimes-- theft, homicide, burglary, straight up assault). Mostly, though, it was a month of listening to women and children talk about the horrible things men have done to them. The world looked like a truly ugly place during that time. (And this comes from someone who has, at various points in the past, devoted a lot of volunteer hours to victims' advocacy groups, rape crisis centers, and domestic violence crisis centers. This was worse.)
Would you prefer it if I'd said I was engaging in omphaloskepsis? (Admittedly, I was using 'navel-gazing' more colloquially, but it's really a thing!)
do yo dislike society and prefer individuals? That's a possibility. That describes it pretty accurately. Ramblings of the navel-gazing variety: I'm an extreme introvert. Being around people is very tiring for me, and the number of people with whom I have close friendships and regular social interaction is VERY small. I tend to be really uncomfortable around strangers unless there's some built-in structure to the interaction. I almost never hang out in public places by myself. (Though I do spend a lot of time in bars with a small group of close friends.)
That said, I don't dislike people in general. And I don't like being alone all the time. Days when I start thinking everyone else in the world is a jerk really ought to be a cue to me that I need some solitary time to recharge. Either that or my blood-sugar is low and I need to eat something.
Ever have one of those days when it feels like the world is filled with idiots and jerks? (Not that those are mutually exclusive categories, mind you.) (And no, this is not a normal mindset for me. I'm not a particularly social person, but I don't usually dislike humanity in general. :P)
Re-reading David Weber's Off Armageddon Reef (and the rest of the Safehold series) in preparation for the new book coming out this month.
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