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Hello all.
I.. took a "nap" at 9pm (I deserved it)... woke up... just now.
I missed all calls from my friends trying to drag me out. Oh well.
Going back to bed. Gnite.
Alty:... you're slipping. HChicky's mine and you know it.
Westy: sore loser :P
Synn: stop that.
I've been given a few reddies... my last one was ridiculous. Some snot nosed punk kid gave me a reddie without even reading my post! Gar.
Anyway, gnite.
Oh Sneezy, you do deserve that rest! Glad you took the time to replenish!
Night!
(Oh and nice job on the test!)
I have a feeling that we'll break 1500 either today or tomorrow. Should we try and speed up the process or try to savor it by slowly putting giant posts?
Not going to a class. I'm sure the motherly alty will be a little upset... will this make it better?
1. class has 160 students.
2. the prof is terrible. I usually just go for attendance sake and read the paper.
3. I have the 2nd highest grade in the class.
Hope that helps.
I'm going to sbucks this morning, grabbing midterm materials and going at it. Busy busy day ahead of me... class, work, apartment hunting, work, apartment hunting, dinner plans, apartment hunting, and cleaning the wreck that is my room.
Hope I find an apartment today!
Have a good'un.
Morning Everyone! Weren't you busy last night! Wow! And a new guy! Guy! Yay! :)
Aww Sneezy, see, you're just looking in the wrong city for an apt... Nashville. You've got to start looking up here.
M - here's your Jessica Rabbit kisses... silly boy... you get them on I'm! ;) But we'll keep that between us...
Yup, I think I'll be starting my next thread today - wondering if I should put it over in Active Members... or leave it in Other Member Discussions...
Oh, about "thread records"... you all DO realize that this thread hasn't even been going for a month! That's GOT to be some kind of record! 1500 in less than a month!
Yay, we might have a record. Synn, what do you think?
So HChicky, Synn doesn't like my Chocolate shop idea. I know that you've been thinking about a replacement for our little coffee shop, care to share? I don't want to be left unawares, otherwise I might not find you guys. Or is that the plan?:eek:
Lol... I'm kind of with Synn on that one... I mean, if I had seen a Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate one I may not click on it. I like chocolate, but you all know me... if its not Godiva or Toblerone... its not happening! :D
I was thinking something along the lines of Chicky's Cafe - What's your drink of choice? Same general idea, but maybe we'll get some of the non-coffee drinkers in here :) What you think?
Oh, Morning, Alty! :)
Morning to you too HChicky!
Chicky's Café, I like it.
We have less than 100 posts left. Sigh, I'll hate to see it go. I wonder who will be the last poster?
Its bittersweet...
Yes, I'll be sad to see it end, but look at the awesome times we've had in this thread! I mean really! Alty, you've initiated a war for my affections! That's something sweet! We've created the Historian - an amazing drink that anyone would be stupid not to like!
All in all, its been a great run - and we have a little more time! :)
So true. We have accomplished allot in a month.
Okay, seriously, if one more bunny toots there is going to be trouble. Which one of you three fuzzy bunnies tooted? They're all giving me a blank look. Hmmmm, maybe it was one of the dogs.:confused:
Next week is spring break for the kids, sigh, I hope I have my car back by then.
Stinky bunnies... Alty, you're too much. I'm off for more coffee! :)
Ditto for me. Three cups and counting and it's only 8 am. It's going to be a long day.
I got to work today with not a drop of coffee in my system... rough morning... I hate waking up... my alarm didn't go off... no coffee at home... no time to stop... rah...
I recently discovered Texas pecan coffee, I'm hooked! I buy it at our local H.E.B. grocery store as whole bean and grind it at the store. Now I'm trying to convince my husband that we need a new coffee pot that grinds the beans at home. Not much luck with that yet. When I go to Starbucks, it's the White chocolate mocha latte for me. Oh, and I use Carnation creamer from the refrigerator, no powdered creamer unless I absolutely have to.
MM... Texas Pecan coffee! Wow... that sounds positively delicious!
Yes, Grammy2, you've got to convince your hunny to get you a grinder. They're $20 at Walmart... really... you can't get better than freshly ground coffee in the morning. When you grind it and brew it right away, you lock in the flavor of the coffee oil and it makes your pot sooooo much better. :) Really :)
Have you tried putting a shot of hazelnut in your White Chocolate Mocha? It makes it nutty and yummy :)
Hi Grammy, welcome to the coffee shop. Texas pecan sound like heaven. Mmmmm, all I have today is regular old Folgers, it's the best part of waking up. ;)
If you need help convincing you hubby about the new coffee pot, let us talk to him. We all know how important coffee and coffee pots are, we might be able to give him a nudge.:D
Hey Alty - whatever happened with the troll from yesterday? He get kicked off?
I believe that he was banned.
I don't know. He did start another thread were his grammar improved dramatically, it was an amazing transformation. I haven't seen anything written by him today, but I'm sure he'll pop up somewhere, apparently he was quite busy yesterday writing posts under different usernames. I hope he's gone for good.
I've got to go do a bit of grocery shopping this morning before hubby leaves for work. His car is in the shop right now so he's using mine. That leaves me without a vehicle in the evening.
I'll talk to you later sweetie. Hold down the fort while I'm gone.
Haven't tried the hazelnut yet but I certainly will! I'll let you know when I do. My hubby would probably agree to the $20, it's the $150 Cuisenart (probably didn't spell that right) I can't get him to come around to, lol! I like it because of the grinder and the thermal pot that comes with it. Am I being to spoiled?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by HistorianChick
Oh yes, that is a divine machine. Wish I had one!
But the tiny little grinder is a good compromise.
Nope, not spoiled at all... just classy! :D
Thanks for the support! Folgers was my coffee of choice for years until I discovered the Texas Pecan flavor. I still like Folgers though.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Altenweg
Thanks for the compliment and I may just pick up the grinder until I can (maybe) get my dream coffee maker!Quote:
Originally Posted by HistorianChick
Lol.. you're welcome. I just know that I can't live without mine... its not an option for me! :)
I'm one of these people that order gourmet beans from Vermont and only drink said gourmet beans. Folgers is banned from my house. Funny though, a guy I used to date tried to "substitute" Folgers hazelnut for my Green Mountain Hazelnut one morning... Lets just say it didn't turn out in his favor... :D
(Ya hear that Sneezy? Don't try and substitute my coffee! The chocolate chip pancakes are divine and may send me into a state of mental bliss, but don't try and pull the wool over my eyes... I'm a gourmet girl all the way! ;) )
Once you've tried the finer coffees of life, nothing else will do! You should never have to compromise your right to the best coffee!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by HistorianChick
All right, all... I'm seriously ready to throw some major paperclips.
Anyone know where I can find colossal, king-size paperclips?
RAH!!
Coffee isn't even helping.
Where's my Sneezy, I need some of those Jessica Rabbit kisses...
Grrr...
Like they said in The Godfather, "In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns." Rah...
Ooooh... I can give back the paperclips you gave me this week!
Management is getting involved, and things are going to change, and right fast.
YAY! Woo-hoo! Booo-yah!! Way to go, Synn!
Can you come fix my problems??
Or can I just vaporize her?? :D
YOu guys are mean!! BUT I LIKE IT! :)
I am only on my second cup...
Had a water disaster and I am hoping my Christams deco's aren't ruined in the whole deal!
Just vaporize her.
Or become a witch, like me. I had fun with castings last night :)
LOL! Wow... I had better stay on your good side, huh? :D
I'm on my fifth cup o' coffee and first can of coke. It's that bad...
HChicky, you aren't drinking them at the same time are you?:)
Why not? I already have the twitches, why not compound them?? :D
I'm ill. Very ill. Wow...
I'm ready to pinch someone's head off... and sadly, that someone is one of our executive directors... grrr... ever since I broke up with her son (long time ago) she's had it in for me. I guess that goes to show you - never date the President's grandson...
Grrr...
I'm a white witch... I wasn't TOO mean.
I just set up a reflective spell.
So... the malice and backstabbing directed at me at work is now going to be reflected back at not only the person directing it at me, but at the person instigating it to begin with.
You can call it... giving Karma a shove.
Ooohhh... you're Willow! (Sorry... I'm a Buffy fan... )
"Giving Karma a shove"... I like that.
The funny thing with my "instigator"... it happens every other stinkin' month with her. I am the editor-in-chief of the bi-monthly magazine that is published by my company. Every issue has a World Watch portion and this woman is the one that submits the articles. EVERY ISSUE. I have to remind her EVERY month to submit her article. You'd think that she'd actually USE her day planner and schedule each month when she should begin the drafts of her submissions... but NO... I end up requesting the article by a certain date, waiting for the article, submitting the proposal to the President WITHOUT her article (because its never in on time), and I end up looking like I dropped the ball because her article isn't present. Did I mention that she's the daughter of the President? So, its always "Mommy, she's the problem..." RAH!!
Breathe, HC, breathe... drink the coffee/coke and just breathe...
Hello all. I have about 30 minutes before I have to run out again.
Hello HChicky my darlin. I'm here. Thinking of you all day. ;)
You dated the boss's son?! Oof. Bad form. My boss tried to set me up with one of her cousins... wasn't even going to attempt it. Either way, it ends, and no matter who ended it how, it'll always look bad from the boss's point of view.
I may take up on your offer of moving to Nashville. I can't find an apartment here in atl for less than a grand a month... add utilities and you got yourself $1300 a month. Hmm...
Welcome to the newcomer. I've never tried the cuisinart machine... I have my keurig :D
Make up her stuff one month. Write it in her style, and email it to her letting her know that you'll use THAT article if hers isn't in on time.
And make the article about stuff like... toilet use in 3rd world countries.
You have a keurig... Sneezy, my sweet... MOVE TO NASHVILLE!
Well, see, he is the President's grandson... he wasn't working here at the time... But yes... alas... I did. And rue the day!
I've tried that (writing my own piece in her style, that is. Its quite easy - she has horrid grammar!)... Sadly, it ends up being more of a headache... a temporary fix for a leaky dam... always comes crashing down around me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Synnen
But, I've vented and had my coffee so I'm good. :)
Well, since we're venting about stupid coworkers...
Sometime 2 years ago, I had worked on this project that took me about 6 months of prep time to run. I had one run at this project and if I failed, I would lose that 6 months of prep time. Things were going well except one day, I had a doc's appointment that I couldn't miss, so I asked my grad student worker to help me the next day. She's part of the project... so why not?
Her task was simple: take my tissue samples... put them in the freezer at 10am. That's it. Task was simple, yet crucial. If the tissue samples were not in the freezer by 10am... they would die... my project would be over.
She was given the task, asked if she could do it, then confirmed.
Next day, I woke up, texted AND e-mailed her reminding her to do so. She replied that she wouldn't forget... and told me not to worry.
I walk into the lab at 2pm... and where're my samples? Still sitting on the rotator.
I walk into her office. I look for her... she is nowhere to be found. I call her, no answer. I ask around... and the response I got was "She's not in yet..."
She saunters in around 330pm... with me looking at her like a deranged wolf... and then a light bulb goes in her head and she immediately starts apologizing:
Grad student on the verge of death: Oh my god, sneezy.. I'm so sorry! I completely forgot! Oh my god. I'm SOOO sorry!!
Me:... gsotvod, where were you?
Gsotvod: I had a hair appointment and next door they had a special for manicures...
Then she looks at me... deranged as usual...
And I pop. Completely. I lose it. I think the words "useless, worthless, incompetent" along with "how did you get into grad school" were mixed in there.
She cried. A lot.
Needless to say... she was fired (or she quit... who knows?) and I lost 6 months. Had to restart.
My rep around the lab's pretty solid. Whenever a student wants to volunteer to work, he/she's reminded "You probably don't want to work for sneezy...unless you're downright perfect...really"
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