Author Topic: G'Morning 2012 - Buddy Bear Kopocalypse Edition (Read 54526 times)

Lady Door · « **Reply #25 on:** January 09, 2012, 12:23:19 AM »

Checkity check on #1 - just signed a lease on a place in Emeryville this afternoon.

Hooray!

Not the nicest area, but it's a tree-lined cul de sac and the people seem okay, plus the unit itself is okay. Duplex -- no one above or below us! yay! -- that is slightly larger than our current place, has 2 (small) bedrooms, and is cheaper. Plus is walking distance from my current place of work, so that saves me bus fare and time.

So not bad. Most importantly, it's a place to live. Now for the -moving- thing. Ugh.

Idun · « **Reply #26 on:** January 10, 2012, 12:43:18 AM »

Congrats. [:

Hey Captain K, every time I plug stuff in sockets in every part of my house, they spark. I keep hearing this okay, but I can't help but think it isn't. >_> I don't even know why it sparks!

Lady Door · « **Reply #27 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:44:03 PM »

Soooooo... The web person in my department just submitted her 2 weeks' notice. On the up side, I can pretty easily angle for a substantial job change (and pay raise). On the downside, I have no idea how receptive my CEO will be to that, and we are in the middle of a massive web upgrade that's going to be tricky to hand off.

Woof. As if this month wasn't shaping up to be busy and stressful already!

superaielman · « **Reply #28 on:** January 12, 2012, 12:25:10 AM »

If you're going to be stuck at that company, strongarm them for every penny you can.

OblivionKnight · « **Reply #29 on:** January 12, 2012, 01:10:04 AM »

Holy shit I read 20 applications over 6 hours and my brain hurts.

Lady Door · « **Reply #30 on:** January 12, 2012, 04:15:50 PM »

What are they applications for? School, residency, licensing...?

Captain K. · « **Reply #31 on:** January 12, 2012, 06:59:53 PM »

Quote from: Dunie on January 10, 2012, 12:43:18 AM

Hey Captain K, every time I plug stuff in sockets in every part of my house, they spark. I keep hearing this okay, but I can't help but think it isn't. >_> I don't even know why it sparks!

Well hopefully you're not dead by now because I rarely read this topic.

Hard to say without being there to see it. At a guess, I'd say the boxes your sockets sit in aren't grounded properly. Is it an old house? They didn't use grounding back in the day, so few old houses have that.

It probably isn't dangerous, but if it makes you uncomfortable have a local electrician look at it. The biggest area of concern would be the kitchen area where you plug in appliances. It shouldn't be terribly expensive for them to ground your kitchen plugs. Getting the whole house done would be a bit of work and best done during a remodel.

Idun · « **Reply #32 on:** January 12, 2012, 09:26:09 PM »

I'm not dead! I'll get my landlord on it. Hell, he's getting 2500+ per floor (3) every month for rent. It's an old house. I forget which year, but it's one of those big houses-turned tripledecker during waves of immigration. It happens EVERYWHERE. It's even more uncomfortable after a manicure, since my hands are extra soft and I get shocked turning switches on, plugging in my roommate's toaster, etc. Thanks. [: I wouldn't put my death on you. I'd probably put it on Superaielman.

OblivionKnight · « **Reply #33 on:** January 13, 2012, 12:46:01 AM »

Quote from: Lady Door on January 12, 2012, 04:15:50 PM

What are they applications for? School, residency, licensing...?

Residency. Read through about 300+ pages of paper, and am now calling people for interviews. It's fun to have power, but it's a lot of much work.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #34 on:** January 13, 2012, 06:14:04 PM »

Wisdom teeth on the right side have been removed! Went like clockwork, apparantly. Good times. Didn't take long at all to get over the sedative. Still numb from the local, so we'll see how this develops soon enough. At least I finally got to eat something, even if it was just a roll and some nutritional drink and some water. Having one side fully functioning should make this process a hell of a lot easier.

Idun · « **Reply #35 on:** January 13, 2012, 11:06:52 PM »

I doth believeth they should be in protest for a Clockwork Orange inside your mouth, jes?

Two coo' things today: public transportation romance, and a professor said yes to a date. Went out to purchase a thinking cap (lolnot), picked up some Chinese on the way, and can't wait for my meetup tomorrow! I'm excited!

ALSO, ARS LIBRI IS GOD SENT FROM HEAVEN. The #1 bookstore in the US for out-of-print art historical texts? I.. I.. I... überrachen!! es ist ehrfürchtig !! (AKA, took about two years to peruse several texts on German Artists, and could not find one listed on a directory someone printed for me, sadness -- BUT DID RUN INTO FAITH RINGGOLD'S OUT OF PRINT NARRATIVES, woaaah hawsie!!)

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #36 on:** January 14, 2012, 05:04:11 AM »

Friday the Thirteenth!

Plan: Watch a bunch of horror films with friends!

Actuality: Watched Anime Horror (High School of the Dead) and British Horror (a Sean of the Dead-like flick called Doghouse).

Success: 60%?

Idun · « **Reply #37 on:** January 15, 2012, 02:03:48 AM »

Lunch with a professor who is not my professor was AMAZING. Holy shit. It ended with us overanalyzing crazy offensive ads on Boylston, ended with him saying "I'mma tell all your professors you're applying to Yaaa~~~~ale."

NotMiki · « **Reply #38 on:** January 15, 2012, 03:55:11 AM »

Quote from: Dunie on January 15, 2012, 02:03:48 AM

Lunch with a professor who is not my professor was AMAZING. Holy shit. It ended with us overanalyzing crazy offensive ads on Boylston, ended with him saying "I'mma tell all your professors you're applying to Yaaa~~~~ale."

Idun · « **Reply #39 on:** January 17, 2012, 03:15:14 AM »

I'm not applying to Yale though. ): Well, that's too far of a projection at the moment.

In any case, the more comfortable I am, the more uncomfortable I feel. Maybe if I strike up a similar relationship with a female professor . . . okay, well I have. Ok. My feelings are irrational. I just need to grow up.

Idun · « **Reply #40 on:** January 18, 2012, 07:16:37 PM »

Yaaaaaay e-blackouts really went through (=

OblivionKnight · « **Reply #41 on:** January 18, 2012, 11:22:07 PM »

Things you don't want to hear physicians say in a hospital:

"Wait, Wikipedia is down? How can I double-check my diagnosis without it?"

superaielman · « **Reply #42 on:** January 19, 2012, 12:13:53 AM »

His google fu is WEAK.

Idun · « **Reply #43 on:** January 19, 2012, 04:28:50 AM »

Ahaha.

Spent three hours at the gym today. I've now set up a good schedule for Wednesdays (nights), Thurs, Fri (mornings) or Saturday (morning) if I need to interchange the latter two. I'm BUHNIN MAH FAT PACKETS.

Grefter · « **Reply #44 on:** January 19, 2012, 07:00:03 AM »

Isn't there a global/nationally run peer reviewed database for that? Swear I have seen my GP reference one before...

Edit - better or worse than WebMD OK?

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #45 on:** January 19, 2012, 07:13:30 AM »

Went and saw Les Miserables tonight. Great production. Even better than the Broadway revival I went to see a few years back.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #46 on:** January 19, 2012, 07:46:37 AM »

One good thing about people making New Years Resolutions to lose weight - now all of my friends want to work out with me... and they buy a bunch of expensive equipment/programs to share with me~

Started P90X with 3 of my friends and it's awesome! Though I -am- pretty sore now. Not all fun.

Idun · « **Reply #47 on:** January 19, 2012, 03:44:21 PM »

Tell me how that is! I'm getting back into the routine of running at my 'in shape pace' (I'm surprised I lasted the entire basic session on the treadmill + elliptical + extra stuff), but everyone mentions stuff about P90X. Also, bought some new running shoes, but I gather that's not important with P90X? OR IS IT?

Idun · « **Reply #48 on:** January 20, 2012, 10:13:32 PM »

Fucking UPS and its dumb signature fast-as-hell bullshit deliverer who rings the doorbell and jetsets at 60mph down tha av. Fuckin'.

Cotigo · « **Reply #49 on:** January 21, 2012, 02:17:01 PM »

I got a cat. It is basically the best cat.

I'm not supposed to have pets but I don't really care because I've found mouse droppings. If my bosses find out I'll just say I was borrowing a friend's cat until the mouse problem went away, then probably give the cat back. I figure nobody's really going to care though.

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