Let's think about tomorrow!

The oracle of the internet has spoken, and here's the recommended clothing:
long black skirt
black socks (yeah, you gotta wear socks)
black v-neck of some description
a scarf (probably turquoise)
hair wrangling equipment
dig around in the box o'shoes to see if there's something fun you can bring along that might work

Laundry has been done. All the things are clean, except the ones which were stuffed in the depths of the laundry cart until too late.
Talking to Kat is yay. Yay talking to Kat!
Do email Darkside, eh?

Coffee is a yes only if you remember your lactose pills (remember your lactose pills) (okay I stuffed some in the purse)
you'll be happier with a nuked burrito than a sausage muffin

Order of operations:
Ask Helpdesk about post-migration tags first, because that's just typing a thing into a form.
Set up Outlook and the other bits second, because that's wrangling time and you'll be in the queue.
Cling tightly to your Thunderbird backup and unplug the ethernet cable third, after sobbing hysterically to your manager.
$PROGRAM remains a verb, and it will indeed be verbing me mightily.

FISHBRICK.

This is one of the things where you possibly had to be there, but. So I'd just fucked off to the mail room in another building because mine was out of envelopes, and on my way back I swung by lb's office. lb was a zombie. I came back around and encountered the Renaissance Man's erstwhile teammate, and then the Renaissance Man came forth from his office. A conversation started up (as it often does).

Now, a note about the Renaissance Man's sense of humor. He has often described it as "one step below", in that however low you have set the conversational tone, he will one-down you. If you have two people engaged in a game of one-downsmanship, things can get pretty grotesque pretty fast. I consider the theme of my particular sense of humor the ability to catch the theme and merrily go along with it. Sometimes this is in the spirit of rowing an already swiftly moving boat, and sometimes in the spirit of the martial artist who notices their opponent's fist traveling in an arc leading to the ground, and helpfully assists that arc to its inevitable completion.

The combination of these two conversational styles can get bizarre. Throughout the exchange, we were both giggling; I had become punchy enough to start crying laughing at a few points. The third party didn't really have much to say on the topic, but was enjoying the exchange with the same apparent appreciation as one might have for a spontaneous standup comedy act.


Being me, I recounted this to those of the usual suspects who hadn't been there; because it was that sort of conversation, I went for #adventuresofstnono rather than #cupcake. Then I shared with sithjawa, who also had horrifying and/or enlightening commentary. Several denizens of #adventuresofstnono who I don't know that well have been nicknamed.


azurelunatic: lb: so on the way back to my cube I encountered the Renaissance Man, and we started from "lb is a zombie today because Comcast" and wound up at "See you later, I'm going to go hot-glue some anchovies to a brick."


[00:36] sithjawa: I WAS WONDERING HOW THATHAPPENED
[00:36] sithjawa: BECAuSE ANCHOVIES
[00:36] sithjawa: are squishy
[00:36] azurelunatic: yes
[00:36] sithjawa: and also ferment
[00:36] azurelunatic: such ferment
[00:36] azurelunatic: so squish
[00:36] azurelunatic: wow
[00:37] sithjawa: very anchoview
[00:37] sithjawa: ..... anchovies. anchoview is the name of the overlook above the chili farm.
[00:37] azurelunatic: ... of course it is

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My tweets

• Wed, 15:38: "See you later, I'm going to go hot-glue anchovies to a brick" is the sort of statement that just begs for context. #adventuresofstnono
• Wed, 18:09: Email shenanigans commencing!
• Wed, 19:24: Yep, it is my friend's team that is using the chat program made famous on jerkcity.
• Wed, 19:25: Brokered peace via lab sharing.
• Thu, 01:42: Today one of my floor neighbors complimented me on my cheerful lights and bright hairties. My monitor sticky says I am the happiest rainbow.
• Thu, 11:24: Aha, chicken wire behind stucco. Home sweet Faraday cage. #construction #intermittentbanging