Kevin's Watch

I'm struck by the irony of my choosing not to make a comment about someone needing to use more tact because, well, it didn't seem tactful.

Kaydene -- congrats on going back to school!

Jenn and Sorus -- you are both uber-fabulous and OD is lucky to have you.

CovenantJr wrote:

Seareach wrote:However, SoS is now starting to refuse to eat his dinner because he doesn't want to "get fat" (he's a fussy eater and sometimes getting him to eat a lot of different things is difficult at the best of times but....<sigh> I dunno). What do I do? Is it child psychologist time? I'm at my whits end here!

Punch him in the face.

When she sees this, you are going to be sooooo dead....

Murrin wrote:I'm struck by the irony of my choosing not to make a comment about someone needing to use more tact because, well, it didn't seem tactful.

An interesting position to be in, for sure, Murrin.

I will say, as someone who wouldn't know tact if it jumped up and bit me, I do appreciate it when my being tactless is pointed out to me. I usually fail to learn from it, and make the same errors over and over again, but at least if it is pointed out I can attempt to apologize to whomever I was tactless to and try to make it right...

Murrin wrote:I'm struck by the irony of my choosing not to make a comment about someone needing to use more tact because, well, it didn't seem tactful.

I hate that. I hate that when you restrain yourself from making a tactless comment, nobody ever knows that you've restrained yourself.

--A

i need to vent.

I HATE DRAMA I HATE HATE HATE IT I HATE DRAMA I JUST FREAKIN HATE IT I HATE HAVING TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE'S EMOTIONAL IMMATURITY AND I REALLY REALLY HATE IT WHEN OTHER PEOPLE DRAG YOU INTO THEIR NEUROSIS AND MAKE BIG STINKIN DRAMAS WHERE NO DAMN DRAMA NEEDS TO EXIST IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST LEARN TO COMMUNICATE WITHOUT ALL THE STINKIN FRIGGIN DRAMA.

it makes my stomach hurt.

Had a nice lunch with Lucimay. Sorry about your drama sweetling.

I feel sick. This is my own fault: my friend Fe and I consumed a whole slab of beer last night between the two of us. She then climbed a tree out the back of our house, and then ran down the road and climbed some big gum with me yelling (as softly as I could, coz it was 1am) "Get out of the f***ing tree Fe!" But, yeah: then we drank wine....urgh....

However, my brain did shut off that part of it that's really annoying and thinks far too much for a good 6 or so hours so that's a good thing! [wow...and I must be hungover: that's a terribly wordy sentence!]

lucimay wrote:i need to vent.

I HATE DRAMA I HATE HATE HATE IT I HATE DRAMA I JUST FREAKIN HATE IT I HATE HAVING TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE'S EMOTIONAL IMMATURITY AND I REALLY REALLY HATE IT WHEN OTHER PEOPLE DRAG YOU INTO THEIR NEUROSIS AND MAKE BIG STINKIN DRAMAS WHERE NO DAMN DRAMA NEEDS TO EXIST IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST LEARN TO COMMUNICATE WITHOUT ALL THE STINKIN FRIGGIN DRAMA.

it makes my stomach hurt.

Totally agree.

Cameraman Jenn wrote:Had a nice lunch with Lucimay. Sorry about your drama sweetling. Went into work to finish up something I left hanging and got an earful from my dps supervisor. The earful was not about my work performance, it was about my interaction with another coworker. The gist of it was that the other coworker's behavior was my fault for not discouraging it. When the hell did I go back to high school?

I'm trying to figure out who it is, but it's probably someone on my list of people who need to be whacked upside the head. You are NOT on that list, but you are invited to join Elfy and I ( Elfy) on our crusade.

I just redid all the piping under both of my kitchen sinks and the garbage disposal, it works perfectly, it doesn't clog any more, and it cost just 7.58!!! Apparently my idiot plumber used plumbing cement and some of that clogged it up and it caused on link (or "screw") to break-the guy at Home Depot said you only use washers and never cement or caulk for new PVC pipe.

Seareach wrote:my friend Fe and I consumed a whole slab of beer last night between the two of us.

... It comes in slabs?!?!

I had a similar thought. I suspect she means a case, maybe of tins, but am open to correction...

--A

case/deck/slab means 24 tins where I come from.

for some reason 'slab' would be used when you're also using it for a seat

i slept on it. i feel better. just because someone else goes down the drama road doesn't mean i have to.

lucimay wrote:i slept on it. i feel better. just because someone else goes down the drama road doesn't mean i have to.

too late

Menolly wrote:

Murrin wrote:I'm struck by the irony of my choosing not to make a comment about someone needing to use more tact because, well, it didn't seem tactful.

An interesting position to be in, for sure, Murrin.

I will say, as someone who wouldn't know tact if it jumped up and bit me, I do appreciate it when my being tactless is pointed out to me. I usually fail to learn from it, and make the same errors over and over again, but at least if it is pointed out I can attempt to apologize to whomever I was tactless to and try to make it right...

It's not about anything (or one) on these forums.

wayfriend wrote:

Seareach wrote:my friend Fe and I consumed a whole slab of beer last night between the two of us.

... It comes in slabs?!?!

I love that scene in LOTR!

But yeah, you guys are right: a slab is 24 beers (you can get slabs of cans and bottles here).

Sorus, count me in for the slap fest and I am glad to know I am not yet on your list. I pmed you about the details of the drama.

My PMs don't seem to be working - just checked email and I've had five notifications in the last week that a new PM has arrived, but I have not received any of them. Sooo.... anyone who has PM'd me recently, I'm not ignoring you.

I'll check your account...

edit: did, can't find anything wrong...

First week at new job (well, Monday was a bank holiday) completd. It went well. Still waiting for all the accesses to get set up, which could take a while. I think it's going to be a good match. Get paid on the 15th every month so my first full paycheck is seven weeks off. Ugh!

So, I feel good.