Category Archives: Kerfluffle
Five Things for Thursday, Feb 25th
1. I hate talking on the phone so much. I used to have a job where I did nothing but, doing software support. I’ll never be able to go back to it. Just hearing stories from Lady Aravan about the people she needs to deal with on a given day is enough to reassure me that, yes, I am incapable of dealing with people over the phone. I don’t even like calling a place for a take-out or delivery order.
Work Dialogue Trees
Sit Down (press A)
Access Laptop (press A)
Ignore E-mail (press A)
Co-Worker 1: Hi, Aravan, how are you today?
Options:
– Just great, Co-Worker 1, and how are you?
– Not bad, you?
– Fuck off.
Aravan: Fuck off.
Co-Worker 1: Someone’s having a case of the Mondays, I see. [ends]
Monday Morning
Yesterday, I was cruising the galaxy in the fastest, most advanced ship in the Alliance arsenal. Alien women were throwing themselves at my feet, I was being interviewed for the vids, I was interrupting every overheard conversation with an emphatic, “Is there something I can help you with?” I was charging around the corridors of powerful but corrupt corporations, colonies under attack, and research facilities filled with alien beings who wanted me dead, my rippling muscles surging under the heavy armor that shielded me from their attacks while they died under withering fire from my Spectre class assault rifle. Today? Not so much.
Five Things for Friday, February 19th
1. Oh, it’s Friday. Beautiful, awesome Friday. Monday is an eternity away as the weekend beckons. I made it another week!
2. Hands down, the five best Girl Scout cookies, in order from first to fifth: Samoas, Tagalongs (they used to have more peanut butter than they do now, and could have challenged for #1 if they still had the same amount), Thin Mints (especially when frozen), Lemon Cremes, Do-Si-Does (or however it’s spelled). Lady Aravan would actually reverse this list in its entirety, and make Shortbread #1. This, friends, is the key to a happy marriage: finding someone who values the cookies you don’t like more than you do, therefore leaving you more of the cookies that you do like. Oh, and communication.
Five Things for Wednesday, Feb 17th
1. My frazzled work-self is making it difficult for me to write. I can barely think of five things to talk about without making one of them a ranty bitchy screed that no one cares about. Of course, almost no one reads this anyway, so what’s the harm? I guess I’d prefer to talk and think about other things.
Five Things for Tuesday, February 16th
1. It took over an hour to get to work today. It was snowing. but there wasn’t any snow on the road. People were just driving incredibly badly, either WAY too slow or ridiculously recklessly, like the tool douchebag driving the wrong way down a one-way street and looking pissed that he couldn’t get by. I should have just driven into him.
Five Things for Monday, Feb 15
1. Valentine’s Day weekend was a lot of fun. Friday night Lady Aravan and I relaxed with a Dominick’s stromboli and calzone, Saturday we went to a Chinese New Year’s party, and Sunday we had company for dinner. As much as I looked forward to relaxing all weekend, every activity was a lot of fun and I enjoyed myself immensely.
Five Things for Friday, Feb 12th
1. I am in the mood for some good horror-based tabletop roleplaying. Lady Aravan’s VtDA game would be so much fun right now, with the dark nights and the cold wind blowing. I’d even run one, if I had the time or inclination to design one. I’ve been reading a Ravenloft source book, and even though I don’t really like D&D as a system and mood-setter, it does make me crave a good dark gaming session. Someday soon I’ll get started on my campaign, as soon as I finish editing the damn novel.
Five Things for Tuesday, Feb 2nd
1. Man, was yesterday a serious Monday, as in an epic “Case of the Mun-days.” I was dreaded Monday as soon as it got dark on Sunday, as was Lady Aravan, and boy howdy were our premonitions of impending suck correct. The best thing about today is that it isn’t yesterday.
Five Things for Tuesday, Jan. 26
1. I spent over 6 hours yesterday moving and/or assembling furniture yesterday. I still have more to do, which is alright, since I don’t mind doing it really. IKEA is the most wonderfulest furniture store ever, and putting their stuff together is generally really easy. The only piece that frightens me is the buffet. Lots o’ parts and heavy. I’m not as sore as I thought I’d be, which is a bonus.
Winter in Derenemyn 