Useless Conversation

[Yegolev]

I have memories as a child of my dad in his homemade anti-wasp suit attacking a hive with a blowtorch.

Wait, wait, wait.  You can't just toss this out there and then not elaborate.

Still leaning toward a late night dousing with gasoline + match.

I would expect that you would make far more headway without the match.  The heat isn't likely to do much except speed the evaporation of gasoline near the surface.

[RhyssaFireheart]

Still leaning toward a late night dousing with gasoline + match.

I would expect that you would make far more headway without the match.  The heat isn't likely to do much except speed the evaporation of gasoline near the surface.

But, but.. it would look COOL to have a huge fireball in the middle of the night like that!  Especially if you had to do it more than once and someone was set up with a camera to capture all the fiery glory!

[RhyssaFireheart]

Hang in there, Rhyssa. I was on the job hunt for a while too, and then suddenly I got one that interview I didn't expect, and then I got the offer I certainly didn't expect! Just remember, even if you think there must be a zillion other candidates, chances are, you're still in the top 5 percent of remotely viable candidates.

I know you're trying to break into a new field and all, which can be suuuuper frustrating since no one wants to take a risk, so that must be extra frustrating.

The way I made it through the months was just spend an hour each day, early in the morning, going through a search routine. After an hour, if I found nothing, I'd quit for the day and not think about it anymore. At first I had a hard time not feeling guilty for not looking ALL THE TIME, but my rational mind knew that realistically I had exhausted the reasonable options out there.

Anyways, probably stuff you'd heard a buncha times, so I hope it wasn't too annoying to hear again.

Nah, never annoying to hear again, at least not from folks who've been through it all before.  I do my concentrated searches late at night though, for some reason.  No idea why, but I really get into looking through all my search agents and double checking some other sites starting at about 10pm or so.  Then I send out resumes and go from there the next morning.

Paelos - I've heard that F@F and networking like that is really effective, but I need to really force myself to do that sort of thing.  It just feels so alien and "wrong" somehow to do that, even though I know it's more marketing yourself than being outright pushy.  I'm getting a bit better at it, especially since the husband keeps pointing out "what are they going to tell you, no?"

[Paelos]

You do have to get over the mental hurdle that it seems like you are obviously shilling for a job. That's a tough hurdle. However, most people in biz world don't mind taking 15 minutes for a quick meeting in the summertime because almost nobody is really busy. They don't mind a distraction to meet someone interesting that they maybe can use as a contact later. When you look at it that way you can use that knowledge to your advantage, whereas at the end of the year nobody would have any time to meet.

[Yegolev]

Still leaning toward a late night dousing with gasoline + match.

I would expect that you would make far more headway without the match.  The heat isn't likely to do much except speed the evaporation of gasoline near the surface.

But, but.. it would look COOL to have a huge fireball in the middle of the night like that!  Especially if you had to do it more than once and someone was set up with a camera to capture all the fiery glory!

Here, I would suggest some sort of sprayer and a lighter.  Have to be sure to get one which won't be dissolved by the gasoline, such as the typical windex-bottle.

[MuffinMan]

New Beavis & Butthead episodes coming.

I can't decide if this is a great day or the greatest day.

[Musashi]

Maybe this time he'll get his TP.

[Yegolev]

I like stuff that's cool.

[Minvaren]

Nicaragua!

[Soln]

are you threatening me?

[Cyrrex]

New Beavis & Butthead episodes coming.

I can't decide if this is a great day or the greatest day.

Awesome.  I like that they are going to stick to the same simple animation concept...because really, I think modernizing this thing too much would be a bad idea.

[WayAbvPar]

I can't wait!

[schild]

New Beavis & Butthead episodes coming.

I can't decide if this is a great day or the greatest day.

Greatestest.

[Mrbloodworth]

Why do I get the feeling that Beavis & Butthead are "sellouts" in this new show? Are they going to give up their metal back ground and start foaming at the mouth about avril lavigne or Usher now?

" the current generation of musicians and movies" 

[Lantyssa]

How else is MTV going to convince people who otherwise wouldn't be caught dead watching the latest Brittney wannabe to see their videos?  And they'll justify it to themselves by saying it's okay, because they're mocking them.

Brilliant, really.

[Miasma]

How else is MTV going to convince people who otherwise wouldn't be caught dead watching the latest Brittney wannabe to see their videos?  And they'll justify it to themselves by saying it's okay, because they're mocking them.

Brilliant, really.

Speaking of which I really didn't need to see her crotch tattoos on the cover of whatever magazine she is on at all the newsstands.  Oh wow I just a flashback to the Britney Spears thread.  I liked that thread.

[Nebu]

How else is MTV going to convince people who otherwise wouldn't be caught dead watching the latest Brittney wannabe to see their videos? 

MTV plays videos?  I thought they were just a reality channel. 

[Merusk]

Maybe it's a new direction they're trying to take the channel.  Just think, one that that "M" might stand for "Music" instead of "Moron."  Wouldn't that be silly?

[Musashi]

I'm sure they'll have metal in the new show, but not even they can bring it back from the dead.  They'll just rock out to metal for a couple bars and go back to giggling and farting during Lady Gaga while saying, "Boobies."  And you'll like it.

[RhyssaFireheart]

Once again, I'm ever so glad I live 300 miles from my family.  I love them all dearly but...

Younger brothers get into a fight while both picking up their sons from my mom's house.  End result, one at the ER to have his his hand stitched up, one in jail for assault.  *sigh*  And both jackasses fighting in front of their young (3-4 yr old) sons and upsetting them.  Dammit, why do they both have to be such idiots?  The oldest brother and I aren't like this, and all three of my brothers used to be good friends at one point in time.  Ugh.

[FatuousTwat]

Sounds like my dad's side of the family. When they were younger him and his elder brother tried to hang one of the younger brothers, and on a separate occasion shot him in the face with a broadhead.

I can kind of understand, the brother they did this to is a fucking asshole who would sell his own mother for a dollar.

[IainC]

I found a bat in the street this morning on my way to work. A bat rescue guy will come and collect it this evening if it makes it through the day. Currently it's in a shady place behind the office.

[Bunk]

It took me a second from the perspective to realize just how tiny that must be. Wow.

[Engels]

Yerk, those guys carry rabies sometimes. Careful about the front end.

[IainC]

He is very tiny no more than about 4-5cm long or so. When he opens his mouth, his teeth are maybe a quarter of a millimetre and almost certainly not big enough to pierce the skin. Anyway, he survived the day so I called the local bat-guy and he'll come to collect him later.

[Sky]

I just got Louis CK tickets, front row of the balcony (yay easy-to-guess presale password). Extremely happy.

[Der Helm]

He is very tiny no more than about 4-5cm long or so. When he opens his mouth, his teeth are maybe a quarter of a millimetre and almost certainly not big enough to pierce the skin.

From Wikipedia...

the number of recorded deaths from rabies has dropped from one hundred or more annually in the early twentieth century, to 1–2 per year, mostly caused by bat bites, which may go unnoticed by the victim and hence untreated

[Engels]

I just got Louis CK tickets, front row of the balcony (yay easy-to-guess presale password). Extremely happy

Very cool. Did you know that NPR's Terry Gross' program Fresh Air was taken off the air in Mississippi because of the interview with Louis CK?

[MuffinMan]

That reminds me I still need to order my Austin tickets. Hopefuly I can still get 4 seats in a row, don't know how long they've been on sale now.

[Minvaren]

On the way out the door to work today, noticed a loud hissing coming from my central A/C compressor.  Unit is 13 years old.  Expecting "replace it" to be what the tech says tomorrow...   

[Sky]

That reminds me I still need to order my Austin tickets. Hopefuly I can still get 4 seats in a row, don't know how long they've been on sale now.

The pre-sale password for the show up here was Word. Don't know if that helps, but fyi for anyone trying a presale.

[MuffinMan]

Nice. I almost PMed you for the password but it looks like they are regularly available here now.

[Yegolev]

Pools are a pain in the ass.

[Rasix]

Pools are a pain in the ass.

Seems like they would be.  I'm kind of glad we decided against a house that had a very nice but very large pool area.  It would have been a real chore to keep it maintained. 

Doesn't seem to matter anyhow as our house just isn't getting any offers.   I think our agent is going to fucking kill us when we just walk away from all of this in a month (maybe longer if the contingency offer get extended).  It seems like if you're unwilling to give away your house for a ridiculous loss, it just won't sell, especially with all of the people that are will to do this or have already been forclosed on.

I just want it to end, one way or another.

[MuffinMan]

Homicide a half-mile from my work today. Awesome stuff.