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WOOHOO Fish! Congrats!
Uhhh...yeah. The commute was FANtastic today. Remember when we all met up for lunch Lise, and how drenched I looked. Yeah. I really enjoyed putting on the wet socks to ride home. But I'm here, going to have a nice cup of green tea and some dinner. I was a good, non-fair-weather commuter today. Enjoying a rerun of the Daily Show/Colbert. Then off to snoozeland.Quote:
It's raining here.
That pie would be a nice dessert. :D
Oh, beta. I am so sorry you were out in that today. The first really chilly rain of the season. Didn't look too windy, just unrelentingly wet. Maybe a clean pair of socks in a ziplock bag in the Timbuk2 from now on, what say you? Wet socks SUCK. Rest up.Quote:
Originally Posted by betagirl
oh, beta, you are a brave woman. I am more than content to be a fair weather cyclist.
fish, so cool. congrats. what are we going to call fishjr and fishstick now?
Hey - Hang on a minute - that's OUR money isn't it? Don't you work for the feds? ;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by fishdr
Although, maybe more federal dollars spent on cycling clothes would be a good thing, in the long run, instead of implements of destruction and what-not...
Spent the weekend in Sonoma drinking lots and lots of wine. Mmm...restocked wine cabinet.
NOOO! Just was informed that we're all changing schedules after the 'new guy' decided he'd had it and went for a lower paying job just to get out of here.
Long story short, I'm back to 44 hr weeks here, 52 combined with the other job. Makes me really wish I liked either of them.
B*tchcakes! SAVE me!
Ok... I'm being a hill slug on Team Transition. Time to really work (more?) on getting my resume and butt out there. Got one call back. I need to set up an interview...
Go Kit Go! Go Kit Go! Go Kit Go! Go Kit Go! Go Kit Go! :D
Do it! Looking for jobs might be a huge pain in the rear end, but it's worth the stress just to feel how you will when you realize you never, ever have to go back to the place that made you so miserable.
kit you just might have to move to BFE to find a good job. i moved to BFE and found TWO good jobs.
on that note, i would like to thank all of you for paying your taxes so that i could buy bike stuff. :D
Congratulations FishyBee!!! (Be Fishy?)
Have fun shopping! (I want an electron microscope and a centrifuge and a microtome and...)
So, will you get lots of free honey?
It would taste mighty good on blackberry pie!
Um... I'm relatively close to BFE, but not as close as you are. ;)
Anyway, I got an email today for an interview tomorrow- I've got to reschedule it because I have work. If I can't reschedule... gosh, I'm feeling sorta sick. ;)
AAAAH!!! EEEEK! I don't have a thing to wear! AAAH!EEEK! My hair! My spikes! EEEK!!!
oh oh! i need some honey!Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
~cough, cough~ Is that you, Kit? I think you should take tomorrow off! Wash the hair, blow dry it down, and go for the interview. Or are the spikes actually bits of metal sticking out of your person? Well, those can be temporarily toned down, too. Good luck.
I am so glad to know my tax dollars go to support you alls' bike habits. And here I thought I was raining destruction on Bagdad and New Orleans. I feel better.
the spikes...
when I wear my hair down, it's so fine and mousy and short that it looks... er... I mean it makes me look... um.
*whispers*I look like a little boy.
I'll probably ask DGF for her advice, then totally disregard it, as usual. :rolleyes:
The 1/2 inch plugs have 1/2 inch flesh-toned silicone plugs that fit in them nicely and discreetly. Tongue pierce will be removed, septum flipped up, and because this isn't that sort of job, they won't see any of the other ones!
now I've gotta go research my interviewing info. *panic!*
Easy kit, easy. You'll look lovely. Will you wear spikes if you get the job? Like, every day? Then, wear spikes to the interview.
(not, I repeat, NOT a baseball cap!)
So, I take it you cut off yer nun's hair? I've still got mine. See? No, you can't, cuz my awkward nun hair is HIDDEN!!! Moo-heheh!
http://www.brightroom.com/view_user_...photos&BIB=307
Actually, it looks like I'm searching the water for my missing boobs.
And the hot pink is sooooo fetching, dontcha think?
And here's Commutermobile and I, having a lovely time. I seem to have located my boobs again, and the wind located it's way up my skirt.
http://www.brightroom.com/view_user_...photos&BIB=307
ok don't know what kind of adivce GF would give you but when my hair was short, and i mean whoa man short, this is what i would do:
part it off to the side about and inch and put a bobby pin or a cute little barrett (i know not tough girl here, but hear me out. we're going to get you a good job) on the side that has more hair. so if you part it on the left, pin it on the right. follow me here? then take some gel and scrunch the back of your hair so that it has texture but not super spikey. or blowdry it to give it some body. kinda like the picture but add a little pin to it.
knotted you crack me up.
Knotted- Yeah, the red spikes are back, but the red's mostly grown out, so I'm going to re-henna it again. The spikes are sorta growing out, so I can get away with what Chick is suggesting, if I'm determined. Not enough for a bobby pin, but if I get it while it's wet, it *should* stay that way.
Those pics are nice- I <3 your biceps. :D Sadly, though, no amount of searching anywhere is going to find my missing boobs. ;)
Chick- Thanks for the help. That's actually probably what DGF is going to do to me, if I don't do it to myself. I'd wear the spikes to the interview, but I'm afraid to breathe or sneeze wrong.
Ahh...the drama of "hire me hair". ;) not that I have any experience with this...who, me??
Take note: this is the ONE thing in life that will have me looking at my wardrobe and saying those words I tease DGF about SO much:
"I don't have anything to wear!!!"
gel will be your bestfriend in that hairstyle. trust me.
you'll find something to wear. i'm sure of it. and you'll knock some socks off!
Fish dear-congrats \0/ \0/
(that's supposed to be me happy...^ )
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some roses for you
Kit-good luck kiddo...I agree with Lise...tell the boss your dr thinks you have some strange illness(grlbikerswithfunkyhairinwashington-say that quickly and you could shorten it to frighten them) and needs to do some tests...
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(I'm not an artist and it will take me forever to download more smileys so let's make do with these)
So did ya have a funky day kids??? Tell the crazy one...
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I sneezed this morning and something popped in my upper back. Made me freeze for a minute until things calmed down. Now it's just a little sore.
I never have back problems. Does this mean I'm getting old? :D
I just slept funny.....that must be it.
Yes - I get lots of honey.
Yes - I am spending your money (indirectly) but on equipment to help make bees more disease resistant. And, uh, bike clothes - well that comes from the salary which also indirectly comes from you, but it IS money well spent. ;)
I was thinking this morning about what I'll call the kids here. Pupae just isn't going to cut it.
Beta - wet socks do not sound like fun!
CC - thanks for the roses! :)
Kit - I totally agree that you need to call in sick and go to that interview! Good luck with the interview hair. That is always a challenge.
Now - I get to shop :) This is going to be a fun day!
Later ladies!
Age... fun, isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by betagirl
Beta...you're not getting old....:) I'm sure as you mentioned, it's probably just from sleeping funny...
Are you off to work dear? How long is your commute? How are the squirrels??? I'd send you cool things to hear in the morning like a kookabura but not sure how to catch one...
I feel so lonely when i come here at night...you ladies are asleep...
Oh...excitement...spring is closer...it's light at 530pm!!!!! It's getting a bit warmer...it was 20+ today...cool...
NOt so cool is the thought of commuting home in 30c...(new post idea for the commuting section)
I had a freaky moment today with a rather large crow sitting on a bike ramp railing I was walking up on my way to work..He was cawwwing right beside me & we both looked at eachother and caught eyes...weird....I think you had to be there...
I'm off to bed, good night ladies and have a great day.
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Thanks :D I'm not commuting today. I have odd hours since I'm in grad school. My commute is 10 miles each way, takes me about 40 minutes or so depending on the timing of the lights. The squirrels are good. There's one that likes to eat from my bird feeder and runs down the fence toward our back gate when I come in from my ride home. Scares the sh*t out of me.Quote:
Beta...you're not getting old.... I'm sure as you mentioned, it's probably just from sleeping funny...
Are you off to work dear? How long is your commute? How are the squirrels??? I'd send you cool things to hear in the morning like a kookabura but not sure how to catch one...
I went to Australia when I was in 8th grade (1989). I remember the sounds of the kookabura. I'm currently watching my cat get all worked up about some sparrow's on the neighbor's roof. The houses here are pretty close together, so he's totally freaking out. Wonder what he'd do if a kookabura was out there.
Kookaburra seets een the ol' gum tree-ee...Quote:
Originally Posted by betagirl
come on girls from Down Unduh - join in
Merry merry keeng of the bush eez he-ee
Larf kookaburra, larf kookaburra
come on - where are yuz? Do I have to sing solo?
(Nice of me to use the "original language " ie Australian pronunciation innit?)
I missed this! Congratulations! I'm so happy for you! Bees - we sure do have a love/hate relationship with them, don't we? Keep those little pollinators chugging along for us, OK?Quote:
Originally Posted by fishdr
Well, I have to change the offer I made of my first born son a few pages back.
He now has a job (parttime) with the Tacoma Symphony as 3rd horn (that's his favorite part, the bass) so he is no longer unemployed. So perhaps he is now a better catch? please send detailed resumes to me.. hey, he's even thinking of buying a car!!
Congrats fishddr on the job, please NO MORE KILLER BEES. I think you guys just have to teach the italian honeybees how to wash better..
and Kitsune, good luck on the job interview. I hope the interviewer is younger than me because most people my age get their eyes crossed when we see piercings (and we can see those "flesh colored inserts" in the ears.)
Fact of the matter is, unless they are an idiot, your resume and presence should speak for itself.
Beta, about that back, you need to get back to your CORE exercises; but hopefully a good night will fix it. The same has happened to me.
Today was the first wet-ish commute we've had.
It is so strange hearing from our crazycanuck about the days getting lighter, while today I was spooked because it was so dark when i was getting ready to leave the house for work. I have a great light on my forehead (on my helmet) but the darn thing isn't strong enough to show me the small stones
on the road and other hidden hazards.
i know that song! my stepmom had an australian theme that she teaches her 1st and 2nd graders all about austraila. thats one of the songs she teaches them. now i'm going to have that song stuck in my head for the rest of the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by margo49
yeah, we learned that in school too, several decades ago.
It made Australia sound so romantic.
There's a post up in Open, called We Need Your Help, about somebody's kid that wants to win a contest for receiving the most postcards. If you're interested in helping.
Nanci
yeah, i saw it. i'm going to go home and see if i can find the seattle one i've been saving.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
Good Lord. :eek: as it were. Is this another of your little psychological assessment tools, beta? Like the freaky monkey children on bikes movie? Hmmmm, I notice that you *are* back in school....:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by betagirl
I had put those freaky monkey kids out of my mind. Thanks so much Lise for bringing them back. Really.
i'm sorry but i have to ask..... freaky monkey kids?
oh no, you asked....
Noooo, fish, think sooothing thoughts of electron microscopes and sexy beekeeper outfits...you want to shop...shopping....Quote:
Originally Posted by fishdr