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azurelunatic) wrote2016-01-19 01:38 am
azurelunatic) wrote2016-01-19 01:38 am
Netflix and root beer
Word count on the new project: 1743, not including notes. (There are a lot of notes.)
I finally managed to call Darkside at a convenient time yesterday, and we wound up talking for approximately the expected length of time (2 hours). Today I met up with R for lunch and to talk conference-running. I'm going to run some numbers and get back to her.
Since we'd met up in Palo Alto, I dropped by work for some of the hauling-stuff-to-car which wouldn't benefit from helpful commentary from teammates. (Since the effect of said helpful commentary is generally me crying on Purple, I felt I had made an excellent choice.) I then called Purple to see if he was up for anything fun, given that I was ostensibly in the area.
He was not up for "out" particularly; I proposed that since what I was seeking was company, one of the traditions that Darkside and I had maintained was frozen pizza and terrible movies. He was amenable, so I picked up a frozen pizza and a package of spinach (know thy favorite software engineer) and only got slightly lost on the way to his place. (When you're coming from a nearby main drag, the wrong turn before does not have a stoplight. The correct turn does. This means "fun" trying to get back out onto the main drag and down the street due to our friend the left turn.) He was unsure of the gate code, but I was able to "shark in" after someone.
We proceeded to settle in to his infamous couch to watch things. I've had Black Mirror recommended from several trustworthy directions, so I went for that first. Apparently my limit there is 2 consecutive episodes. We mutually agreed upon Black Books to follow that up.
People who are allowed to call me "milady", a very short list:
* Purple
I would be pleased if this were to become a regular thing.
I finally managed to call Darkside at a convenient time yesterday, and we wound up talking for approximately the expected length of time (2 hours). Today I met up with R for lunch and to talk conference-running. I'm going to run some numbers and get back to her.
Since we'd met up in Palo Alto, I dropped by work for some of the hauling-stuff-to-car which wouldn't benefit from helpful commentary from teammates. (Since the effect of said helpful commentary is generally me crying on Purple, I felt I had made an excellent choice.) I then called Purple to see if he was up for anything fun, given that I was ostensibly in the area.
He was not up for "out" particularly; I proposed that since what I was seeking was company, one of the traditions that Darkside and I had maintained was frozen pizza and terrible movies. He was amenable, so I picked up a frozen pizza and a package of spinach (know thy favorite software engineer) and only got slightly lost on the way to his place. (When you're coming from a nearby main drag, the wrong turn before does not have a stoplight. The correct turn does. This means "fun" trying to get back out onto the main drag and down the street due to our friend the left turn.) He was unsure of the gate code, but I was able to "shark in" after someone.
We proceeded to settle in to his infamous couch to watch things. I've had Black Mirror recommended from several trustworthy directions, so I went for that first. Apparently my limit there is 2 consecutive episodes. We mutually agreed upon Black Books to follow that up.
People who are allowed to call me "milady", a very short list:
* Purple
I would be pleased if this were to become a regular thing.
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Aha, I get it now - Purple is clearly a covername for Popeye.
And out of curiosity, what's your root beer of choice?
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Purple has Opinions on salads. I'm not sure what he would do with a can of spinach; perhaps if he needed a window propped open?
I haven't really had the exposure to form strong preferences on root beers, but Purple had http://reedsinc.com/product/virgils-root-beer/ and it was good enough to justify the carbohydrates.
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How awful do the shows/movies have to be to qualify for the watching?
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* I associate it strongly with the sort of bro who sea-lions.
* "lady" is a gender-marker that I don't particularly subscribe to, despite presenting fairly femme on some axes (though, hilariously, one of the people at work appears to "sir" me reflexively, which I find super endearing.)
* my is also interesting. My reaction to possessiveness is ... mixed.
But if Purple elects to address me thus, he is allowed.
I can't always predict how I'll react in any given situation, but you're not on the (rather long) list of people who are definitely not allowed to address me thus in person.
I would very much like it if Purple decided that (nearly) every week should have a Netflix & root beer evening that included me.
I don't think there's a minimum awfulness quotient, but there's no particularly high quality bar either.
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You're on the rather smaller list of people who would be allowed to test, to see how it works out, should they be so inclined.
Purple was on the latter list until he surprised both of us by channeling his inner renfest denizen while handing over a bottle of root beer. Subsequently he was promoted to that smallest list of them all.