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[Carlos del Vaca]

Inev, what Jayelle said.  My only real regret from college is that I didn't do a semester abroad.  (I went to Germany for three weeks the summer after junior year, which was nice.)

Also, I'm pretty sure there are cute girls in France.

[wombat]

Does this board have one of those functions where you can block a certain person and never see what they post ever again? Because if Inev comes up with some neurotic reason not to go to France, I am going to need to use it.

[AugustWest]

Also, I'm pretty sure there are cute girls in France.

I have heard that they love to dance.  Also, that they do not wear under#####.

[Carlos del Vaca]

You mean like this?

[Drygioni]

France is fantastic.

You will regret it forever if you don't go, you may never get another chance. From an English bloke as well that is high praise.

In seriousness though: would you regret going more than you would not going? Use your instinct. Go with that, there's not much else you can do

[jay-ell]

If the trip costs less than the sum your parents offered you for travel, and needing money for school in the fall is making you consider not traveling, would your folks give you the difference between the actual trip expenses and the total amount offered to make up for not having a job this summer? 

Also, you could find work for a few weeks at a time.  Find a way you can fill in for other people who are going on vacation at different times.  House/pet-sit, mow lawns for vacationing people, babysit for a family whose regular sitter is away, or take over someone's paper route for a week.  It won't be steady, but you can do fairly well as a professional substitute if you put yourself out there. 

[lprkn]

Do as I command. Do it.

[Choop]

...storm out of a meeting instead of blowing up at the asshole who keeps interrupting me and dragging the conversation off-topic. yeah it's cute and fun and whatever on an internet message board but in a meeting at the office you do not interrupt a person speaking. and you do not do it again. and you do not do it four times in a row. but hey, i didn't have to have a chat with yon boss about my going off on a motherfucker, so at least there's a silver lining.

also: ...say goodbye to a cool guy who got the axe today for reasons currently unknown to me. it probably had something to do with the inhalation of smoke of a dried flower between the time of starting a work day and ending that same work day. with luck he'll learn from the pink slippage and cut down on the green.

[miles]

Does anybody else have layoffs coming up at work? My site alone just let go 60 people the other day, and rumor is next Wednesday another 10% to 15% (roughly 100 to 150 people) will get the axe. We also had significant layoffs last year. Working for a mutual fund/brokerage company, this doesn't come as a complete shock, but, fuck, you know?

[jaydub]

The reaper swept through my company twice last year.  Fortunately I've hung my star on the current Fortunate Son in the product portfolio, so provided I don't piss off the boss I'm probably good for a while.

[Choop]

we're not laying off, dude just got axed. in fact, we're hiring programmers and designers because we're kind of in a boom period right now.

strange, i know.


oh. today i confronted a dude that yelled at me last week. i fuck*ng hate confrontation but i've come to hate having a shitty work environment even more. the worst part of it: i walked in to his office, said "can we chat" he goes "yeah" i close the door and say "what's going on here" he says "nothing. other than you having a shit attitude." you see, this is the problem. i don't have one. he's reading me wrong because he doesn't understand what i say when i say it. UGH.

[AugustWest]

As a tax collector I figure I'm pretty safe.  I thought about becoming an undertaker, but I guess I'll stay where I am.

[jaydub]

Management:  This year, we'll be taking a creative approach to reductions in force.  Rather than laying off 1% of you, we'll merely cut 1% of your weight from you.  You, sir - you look like you weigh about 260.  We'll be taking your liver.

Asherdan: My what?

Management: Your liver.  Its a large, er, glandular organ in your abdomen.

Asherdan: Yeah, I know what it is, but....I'm using it!

Management: What's this then, hmm?

Asherdan: My organ donor card?

Management:  Need we say more?

Asherdan:  Listen! I can't give it to you now. It says, "in the event of death".

Management:  No one who has ever had their liver taken out by us has survived.

[theinevitable]

I am having a really weird conversation with this girl that is making me realize the true meaning of irony.

i don't like irony. it sucks.

but it is nice to have weird, over-a-year-later closure.

funny how satisfying a nice, normal, grown-up style conversation can be.

[Choop]

funny how satisfying a nice, normal, grown-up style conversation can be.

i'm having a lot of these and they're not fun but they are indeed satisfying. i had an epiphany last week which led to the confrontation i todayimgonnablogged about above: my behavior in the office directly influences other peoples' behavior toward myself, and the reason i'm having difficulty getting along with people is that they see in me certain difficulties. my side project this week and to be continued is to mend the bad working relationships i have and amend my behavior to prevent more from occuring. this involves much adult conversation, and i am horrible with confrontation so it's an extreme challenge for me. it involves more than no tears, which is too many. i need to take my heart off my sleeve and hide it away a bit.