Good Morning, 2010! The Princess' Diary Intarwebs Edition

[Hunter Sopko]

It also says they're going to be horrible parents, just FYI.

True, but it means they'll be horrible parents in spectacularly amazing ways, though.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

I suppose. Being able to run 65% of all wealth in to the ground is pretty impressive.

[Grefter]

I suppose. Being able to run 65% of all wealth in to the ground is pretty impressive.

Can't be any worse than most people in power anyway.

I give money at weddings.  I have trended towards inappropriately large amounts previously for close familly friends.  I care nothing for this.  Here is a couple of hundred dollars.  I could use it but what the fuck is wrong with you people you just got married.  Edit - I am bad at saying what I mean to say tonight.  I mean give what you want to and can get away with LD.  From my experience Money may be fleeting but it is incredibly useful to a young couple.  Given modern dating cycles chances are they have been living together for a while and don't need nearly as much extra shit as they are going to get given as token standard wedding gifts.  Money goes a long way to living.

[AndrewRogue]

I'm developing sleep problems and my appetite is all over the place. Hurrah.

[Cotigo]

I'm developing sleep problems and my appetite is all over the place. Hurrah.

Still doing night audit?  If so and you're not maintaining that sleeping pattern on your days off, that would be why.  Shit wreaks havoc on your circadian rhythm.  And if you are, then it's likely adjusting.  Or you're a pussy.  Choose one.

[OblivionKnight]

I'm developing sleep problems and my appetite is all over the place. Hurrah.

Or you're a pussy. 

Chosen!

[AndrewRogue]

Yeah. Started as, for a couple weeks...

Tues/Wed: 7am-3pm
Thurs/Fri: 11pm-7am
Saturday: 3pm-11pm
Sun/Mon: Off.

For the last three weeks has been...

Tuesday: 7am-3pm
Wed/Thurs/Fri: 11pm-7am
Saturday: 3pm-11pm
Sun/Mon: Off.

So yeah. My sleep is slightly irregular.

[Idun]

Only ever been to one wedding. Didn't buy them anything. But as far as gift giving is concerned, I prefer to give gifts not on registries. That way, they can't return them - at least at stores I shop at. That's my largest peeve about gift giving, especially if they fucking listed it as something they wanted. It'll be stuck with them until they drop it off on someone else. Either way, I'm a trinket gift giver anyway. I haven't upped my game to wedding quality yet.

[Lady Door]

I am 99% sure I am going to go with a money gift. I only feel a little weird about this. It's not because I'm giving money, but because I'm giving money to a banker. But, whatever. My cousin knows I just graduated college last year with a liberal arts degree. Also,  I figure if I can't give a truly meaningful gift, I can at least give a gift that I feel can become meaningful for them.

I'd rather give $100 of anything you want! than $100 worth of towels.

(Re: mechs and guns. I can't wait until they have kids, because I just know they are going to be the awesome parents who would strongly consider something like a Battlemech Baby Cruiser. And then? THEN I will be the coolest cousin ever with the coolest gift ever, because how could I not capitalize on such a golden moment?)

[Tonfa]

Distant Worlds II concert in Stockholm happened past Saturday. It was pretty mindblowing! Not only was the music great, but they did some fun things with syncing the video screen with it. The crowd was really into it too, just about being louder than the orchestra when the time for applause came. And you can't beat Nobuo Uematsu joining the choir for One-Winged Angel.

J-E-N-O-V-A was a particular favorite of mine, you wouldn't think it'd work so well with a philharmonic orchestra. Of course, FFVII Main Theme is nearly unbeatable and then there was Man with the Machine Gun and Don't Be Afraid and Fisherman's Horizon and Liberi Fatali and To Zanarkand and Dear Friends and Vamo Alla Flamenco and Terra and well you get the point. The only low point would be Melodies of Life, which in addition to being mediocre to begin with suffered from the vocalist starting off pretty rough. Did get better by Suteki Da Ne, though. I'm also pretty much contractually obligated to be a fan of Dancing Mad now too (despite one slip-up by the organ player). Damned Swedes.

We were sitting pretty close to where the guy on the upper level filmed his videos, somewhat closer by to the stage, so had a great view too. Absolutely nothing to complain about, A+++ would go again despite having to endure Stockholm.

[NotMiki]

A+++ would go again despite having to endure Stockholm.

Who knows, if you spend enough time there, you might learn to appreciate the city's perspective.

[Talaysen]

Don't Be Afraid

Where's the link.  :|

[Grefter]

Urgh rotating shifts.  I don't think a psychologist has ever considered them a good idea.  They are horrible HR moves and stink of compromise "Its okay you get to have a regular life one third of the time!" Ignoring that it horribly destroys your sleeping patterns which is a huge part in fucking up your life style, your human interactions and ruining your immune system for various reasons (straight up unhealthy AND the increased stress from the situation!).  It is bad enough on a week to week basis, it being that all over the place in one week is horribe human resourcing.  If you are going to do rotating shifts you do it month by month and even then I question the value of it.  Get staff that are prepared to work those times all the time and get a proper night manager.

[Cotigo]

Yeah. Started as, for a couple weeks...

Tues/Wed: 7am-3pm
Thurs/Fri: 11pm-7am
Saturday: 3pm-11pm
Sun/Mon: Off.

For the last three weeks has been...

Tuesday: 7am-3pm
Wed/Thurs/Fri: 11pm-7am
Saturday: 3pm-11pm
Sun/Mon: Off.

So yeah. My sleep is slightly irregular.

Oh god.  And I thought 11-7 Wednesday through Saturday and 3-11 Sunday was bad.  Well, it is, but not as bad as that.  Having to work all 3 shifts?  Eff. That.  I totally sympathize that your Saturdays are completely shitty, at least.

[Lady Door]

The manager in charge of scheduling is terrible at scheduling. I have to assume part of it is struggling to pay for the staff (and the owner is a little bit crazy), but they have, I think, 4 or 5 employees to cover 7 days of those 3 shifts. I am not even sure if they're all full-time.

Andrew mentioned yesterday that the other manager kind of jokingly prodded at him for being tired yesterday, to which he made the predictable "Well, can you blame me?" comment. Cue the scheduling manager getting tetchy and defensive, and the one who prodded getting worried that he'll quit over the schedule. NO, REALLY?

It really, really sucks to need a job.

[metroid composite]

Just landed in Vancouver.  I'll be staying here a couple of days waiting for my new Visa to arrive before I fly to Georgia.

[Yoshiken]

Dcotors are good at two things: telling you shit you already know, and referring you to other doctors. I should apparently be getting a letter with another appointment time/date in a few days.

In other, slightly better news, I found a job in games design that was asking for no previous experience and only two A-Levels at C or above - I have 2 Cs and a D, so going for it. Put together a huuuuge portfolio on Powerpoint and my CVs all about games and organisation stuff. Needless to say:

Application for Games Designer - Online
Thank you for your application. We will be in contact shortly.

Only problem is that it's a good four hours from here - that means I'll be moving away from all family, friends, my girlfriend... I'm also gonna be relying on family to provide enough money for me to live there until I get my first set of wages. Kinda worried about it, but spoke to my dad about the job, and he said it's worth applying for and then worrying about all of that if I actually get the job, so... yeah. Codemasters, here we come?

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Actual dialogue at my job:

* Hello-DojimathedralWaddleDee pokes Boss2. You're definitely going to kill me for this, man, but has anyone mentioned your hair looks suspiciously like He-Man's?
<Boss1> The observation's pretty pertinent!
<Boss2> um. >_>
* Boss2 pulls out a vuvuzela sound.
* Hello-DojimathedralWaddleDee ...
* Hello-DojimathedralWaddleDee >___>

My work's unbalanced.

EDIT: Also, PSP's here! Yay!

[Lady Door]

Sent in my resume for a job I really, really, really want. Crossing my fingers, toes, etc.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Within this age range, usually getting better jobs gets easier once you've gotten enough experience on your first notable job. G'luck, girl.

[Cotigo]

God, people, we live in the fucking desert.  You know what that means?  MEANS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WATER.  And, more importantly, thanks to Albuquerque's fairly rapid expansion, the underground water supply is dwindling pretty damn quickly.  So, while I completely understand that cleaning things sometimes requires a lot of water, and that the gum outside of the building needs to be removed and can only really be removed with a power sprayer... do we really have to waste gallons of water spraying down the fucking outside walls?  Yes, they're covered in dirt.  Guess what, a fucking week later they'll be covered in dirt again regardless of whether or not we clean them.  Just let them stay dirty.  They're brown for a goddamn reason.

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EDIT:  Good luck, Ashley.  What gee-orb is it, out of curiosity?

[Lady Door]

My problem is not really my qualification so much as it is my relative experience -- emphasis on relative.

NaNoWriMo's parent organization, Office of Letters and Light, is hiring a Community Liaison, the person who coordinates with the Municipal Liaisons, works the PR, that sort of thing. So while I'm pretty awesome for the job's requirements and then some (she says modestly), there are probably hundreds of people applying for it.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

NEW GUN.

[Lady Door]

Obsessively refreshing email. It makes me nervous not to get a response -- not even an automatic response -- after dealing with the email issues we've been having at work. I'm mainly waiting for an interview request (*crosses fingers*), but a simple confirmation would be really nice too.

Also, Rob: What kind? Why? (Perhaps the second question is silly...)

EDITED: @*#($#&@ OH MY GOD THEY CALLED ME!!!

[superaielman]

Awesome, Ashley. Hope you get it!

Back in the US myself. Vacation was awesome, Scotland is amazingly pretty, etc. Need to sleep then post allt he pictures I took.