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Alyssum's fantastic travel discoveries, largely-cranky edition:
To be followed soon by the fun&adventure version, after I've gotten a few contiguous hours of sleep. 
I now own shorts for the first time in probably 10 years. Wacky. Apparently yoga has me in good enough shape that I no longer look like a chubby-kneed kid in them. Yeah, cause people are looking at me going "Hmm, she's cute, but...those knees, geez, put 'em away!!"
So tell me, what's the most inane flaw you focus on, on yourself?
So tell me, what's the most inane flaw you focus on, on yourself?
This time of year reminds me of what it was like being a florist. There were two things that always amused me:
1) Guys who had been trained "red roses for valentine's day" - they always turned a few shades of pale when you asked them "would you like baby's breath"? TOO MANY QUESTIONS!!
2) People who got grumpy about the prices, saying we hiked the them for the holiday. Okay, think about this for a moment. February...is winter. Flowers, not so much a winter thing. Then there's the shipping and storage, and pay for the hordes of temps that're necessary to deal with the sheer, overwhelming volume that happens in the space of about 2 days.
1) Guys who had been trained "red roses for valentine's day" - they always turned a few shades of pale when you asked them "would you like baby's breath"? TOO MANY QUESTIONS!!
2) People who got grumpy about the prices, saying we hiked the them for the holiday. Okay, think about this for a moment. February...is winter. Flowers, not so much a winter thing. Then there's the shipping and storage, and pay for the hordes of temps that're necessary to deal with the sheer, overwhelming volume that happens in the space of about 2 days.
Wait, have people who were grey gone black? What the hell is that about?
Suddenly I feel like one way or another this year will be monumental. It's so strange looking, from the cusp of the year, at where I was and where I could be a year from now. I'm proud of myself for the work I've done, I see I have some more work left before me... No matter how things go, my life will probably be pretty drastically different in the next year.
Suddenly I feel like one way or another this year will be monumental. It's so strange looking, from the cusp of the year, at where I was and where I could be a year from now. I'm proud of myself for the work I've done, I see I have some more work left before me... No matter how things go, my life will probably be pretty drastically different in the next year.
Woo, I'm off to Seattle tomorrow! Excitement, adventure, secretive meetings!
Update: I've been having some deeply weird, vivid dreams lately, which are giving me a way-too-disturbing view into my subconcious.
There was the one the other day where a friend's happy-sack was on my desk. Detatchable gonads. I picked it up to get it out of the way of a coworker I was training, so I wouldn't have to explain why it was there. Why was it there? I never did figure that out.
There was one last night where I dreamt I covered my berries with two half-sleeves of My Little Ponies. It was like an accident - oh wait, I had other really cool tattoos under there that are gone now? Shit! I'll have to put my berries somewhere else. How sad.
Update: I've been having some deeply weird, vivid dreams lately, which are giving me a way-too-disturbing view into my subconcious.
There was the one the other day where a friend's happy-sack was on my desk. Detatchable gonads. I picked it up to get it out of the way of a coworker I was training, so I wouldn't have to explain why it was there. Why was it there? I never did figure that out.
There was one last night where I dreamt I covered my berries with two half-sleeves of My Little Ponies. It was like an accident - oh wait, I had other really cool tattoos under there that are gone now? Shit! I'll have to put my berries somewhere else. How sad.
It's not officially a company xmas party till you've had more booze than you intended, and have kissed someone at least mildly inappropriate.
In this case it was the hot, female cousin of my long-time coworker.
God bless free booze and single female coworkers.
In this case it was the hot, female cousin of my long-time coworker.
God bless free booze and single female coworkers.
Wanna make a group of hot 24-30 year-old women swoon?
Describe a guy as someone who'll help out with the laundry, unprompted, when his girlfriend is stressed and busy.
Hawt.
Describe a guy as someone who'll help out with the laundry, unprompted, when his girlfriend is stressed and busy.
Hawt.
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