Imponderables: The Giving Season by nvghostrider

Glad I can't see her working so I can still whine. It makes work slightly more bearable if I complain about it.

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008 6:51 AM

It is a fight to calm her down sometime. But at least she can sit and watch a movie.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008 9:44 AM

ROTFLMAO... I look like a wimp next to the man who walks 9 miles with a friend, then moves heavy furniture, then works on fixing a car, then collects materials for decoys.

yup training ( well in theory training..more like repetitive information and mutual agreement meeting)

NV I promise the whirlwind will not happen tomorrow. I'm picking up an alarm clock( ours is ineffective due to bizzare random power outages)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008 10:28 AM

I don't know how some people pull this stuff off. A friend of mine does this at least twice a month where she takes an insanely long lunch. She topped her own record today with a 3 hour and 37 minute lunch. She went to an appointment with a financial planner. The thing is she doesn't make up the time she just leaves at her normal time. How does she never get reprimanded from her manager?

She has to search really hard to find someone she doesn't look like a wimp next to :-P

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008 10:39 AM

Wow I have no idea how she doesn't get reprimanded..

makes me feel all work ethic-y:)

Ok back to "training"

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008 11:08 AM

Yeah she has no work ethic at all. Kinda ticks me off on days like this. Other times I can just shrug it off.

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008 1:14 PM

I ended taking a little extra time at lunck to mail christmas cards and to shut my eyes for five minutes.

Of course I had other work related business so I got to write out that time and the trip back.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:37 AM

Yuck! It got cold today! It was in the 70s yesterday and today 34. Ugh. Had to scrape ice off the car.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:21 AM

Its like that here. Not quite 70 but still warm in the day (half the week) and not too far below freezing at night.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:01 AM

It's kind of crisp and fall like.. really hoping for Christmas we will get snow

Ok here's a ponder... does it still feel like Christmas if it isn't snowy??

I'd say still a bit Christmas due to activities, but it really needs snow for the full effect

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:13 AM

It is so hit and miss here that a white Christmas is a treat reserved to every 3 to 5 years.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:18 AM

I'm guessing it depends on where you grew up. Since I was born in CA and my first 7 Christmases had no snow I don't mind no snow at all. In fact I sorta prefer it. No snow usually means warmer. I like warm way more than I like cold.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:08 PM

KELKHIL

Shovels out his keyboard so he can type)
I would prefer a green Christmas over a white one personally. That is the treat in these parts.

Some men just wanna watch the world burn

Zombie Killing, Ninja in Training Kelkhil
The Shirtless Forsaken

Member of the Coalition for HK - Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:38 PM

Bah humbug you lot... white Christmas!!

Ok back out and about... sigh I miss being here.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, December 11, 2008 5:48 AM

Where is everybody? It's way too slow in here.

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Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:21 AM

I'm here, just not much to say. Wondering where all the Ponderers went.

Trying to break in a new shirt. It seems to fit fine but bunches slightly on the shoulders making points where the seems meet.

I love the color though (gray).

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

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Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:36 AM

I have a gray shirt that is worn 90% on Monday's to reflect my mood of another work week starting.

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Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:13 AM

I loved my crimson shirt/khaki pants Fridays but since the tribe came up with some stupid anti-gang shit I am denied.

DENIED!

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

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Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:12 AM

Note to all ponderers: if you like to microwave fish for lunch please go home for lunch. Stinking up an entire office is just plain gross.

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Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:23 AM

I think I would also have to go with no snow. Growing up in Oregon it was always fun when it did end up snowing -- I remember one year when I was the last of the kids up, helping my parents wrap presents late on Christmas Eve, when we looked outside and realized it had been snowing for awhile. It snowed pretty heavy through the night, and was a nice surprise for my siblings on Christmas morning.

Now that I'm an adult though, I can see all the downsides of snow too. Hubby grew up in Wyoming, and is quite glad to live in a place where we get snow about once every 100 years. In fact, I had gone nearly a decade without even seeing snow, until I went to Utah for my brother's wedding last January. I don't handle the cold well, I tend to be less dexterous in the winter anyway, so if I can avoid being out in snow/sleet/ice, I'm much happier. We fly into Austin on Christmas Eve every year, so if it wants to start snowing after that I'm fine with it, since we won't leave the house for a few days anyway. I would rather have a white Christmas than a warm (75 degrees+) Christmas, but 45 and and cloudy is fine with me too.

So how is everyone's Christmas shopping going? I'm getting close to done, though I need to get a couple of things for hubby still. It's his birthday today though, so I've been focused on that. It's weird, his birthday has always been two weeks before Christmas (duh), but each year it feels like that's a shorter and shorter time period...

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:29 AM

I have a few things to cap off shopping for someone (don't know who

) and there is a few things for the family I still have to find. I'm trying real hard not to buy any toys for the kids but there are some truly awesome things at the local ranch supply/hardware store that kids just love. As a plus I drew the department boss for the secret Santa dealy and there is always something for her to bich about so my gift, regardless of how cool, will probably suck.

I do still have some money left over from the inlaws gift cash so some of it will have to go for ME gifts.

YAY ME!

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

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Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:19 PM

It just better go for NV gifts.. that's what it's for:)

Yay for no more training

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Sunday, December 14, 2008 4:21 AM

YAY!!

*bumps thread*

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Sunday, December 14, 2008 7:49 AM

morning all:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Sunday, December 14, 2008 4:36 PM

evenin' all ;)

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Monday, December 15, 2008 6:44 AM

Monday. Um, hooray?

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

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Monday, December 15, 2008 7:52 AM

ok well I got the snow I wanted... it's nice at our house, but the 1.5 hour commute to work I could have done without

Ok so ponder... when is it a good idea to tattle?

For example you find out your boss has secretly asked co-workers to forward all the emails that get sent from your department.. do you tell her boss or just ignore it?

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Monday, December 15, 2008 8:14 AM

Put the boots to her!

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

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Monday, December 15, 2008 9:42 AM

....what, does she think someone in her department's trying to plot against her or something? wtf? How'd u find out, MsA?

it's a tough call.

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Monday, December 15, 2008 9:46 AM

one of the people she'd asked to spy on us was uncomfortable and told me... she's kind of a micro manager and all she has in her life is her job. No pets, no friends, no significant other, nothing...so she spends 24/7 focused on work and she makes the rest of us nuts

ok I so want to be home. Bored to death and not much to do plus huge storm still snowing...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Monday, December 15, 2008 9:54 AM

yeah i'd be uncomfortable too >< i'd be like "why is it so important for you to know?"

ew, i hate people like that *makes a face* tell her to get a dog XD no, scratch that, she'd be better off with a cat. or two.

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Monday, December 15, 2008 11:04 AM

Hey all. Stopped by here to say hi and got sidetracked by another fucking "fan-made Firefly MMOG" thread, which finally prompted me to come of the closet and say what I do for a living. I design MMOGs for a living, and have for a very long time. The number of people who think they can somehow do a better job than the professionals drives me batty, and this particular topic just hit me in the wrong mood.

Every other time I've talked about my professional career online, I've been mobbed by questions and request, so if I disappear for awhile that's why. All my work is still under very strict NDAs, which is another reason I just avoid talking about it, but seriously these people need to shut up and sit down.

Sigh, anyway. I went to the company Christmas party on Friday, and somehow managed to get my dress completed in time. I know a couple of people were taking pictures at the party but I haven't seen any of me yet. If nothing else I'll put the dress back on and take pictures myself and post them here, if anyone is still interested.

And now I am off to do a bit more Christmas shopping. I had the perfect gift picked out for hubby, and then found out that my parents already bought him something similar. Sigh, it just really isn't my day today.

Oh and MsA, I would totally tell her boss. That shit is unacceptable. But then I'm in a bad mood, so maybe don't trust my opinion right now.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Monday, December 15, 2008 12:23 PM

HUGS CK I'd love to see a pic. I know you looked amazing

Now tell me what a MMOG is...'cause I have no idea

I know NDA ( non disclosure agreement) but the rest is gibberish

So no disappearing.. if you get mobbed hide in ehre and we'll beat them down for you

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Monday, December 15, 2008 1:02 PM

Lol MsA, MMOG = massively multiplayer online game. Like World of Warcraft or Everquest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_game

I'll see what I can do about getting a picture of the dress.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Monday, December 15, 2008 2:19 PM

ok, so thats MMOG, but ive seen ads on sites for other games like that, but they have a weird abbreviation like MMPORG or MMRPG. pretty sure its MMPORG but i cant find the ad cuz theyre random so >< if it exists, what does it stand for? it kills me every time i see it :P lol

just wondrin, since the subject was up ><

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Monday, December 15, 2008 2:27 PM

MMORPG = massively multiplayer online role playing game. Basically thousands or millions of people all playing a never ending game of Dungeons and Dragons together online. MMOG is used as a less role playing specific acronym, or to include other massively multiplayer games, like RTS (real time strategy), FPS (first person shooter), simulations, sports, etc. I've worked with the guy who coined the term MMOG/MMORPG back in the mid 90s.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Monday, December 15, 2008 2:37 PM

Interwebz: It's not just for pron anymore.

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Monday, December 15, 2008 5:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee: MMORPG = massively multiplayer online role playing game

thankies!!! ^_^ so like WoW :P awesome.

NV: lolz. was it ever *just* for pron?

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:47 AM

Well, that and to bitch about movies.

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
-Loretta Lynn

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:59 AM

oh ok that makes sense... HUGS CK that's cool. Sorry really not a gamer. I can barely manage the easy level on lego Starwars for wii

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 8:33 AM

i'm more an FPS fan, theyre the only kind of game i'm really any good at XD dont online game like the rest of my friends do :\ theyre all addicted to WoW lolz

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:47 AM

Wow it's been quiet in here recently. Where did everyone else go? Have people left for vacation already?

FLT, I'm totally jealous on the FPS front. Like a lot of women, FPSs make me terribly nauseous. Some of the less jerky ones I can play for about a half an hour before I start to get motion sick, but others like Portal (which I *really* wanted to play!) made me sick just glancing at hubby's screen while he played. Sigh. I've heard you can train your brain out of the motion sickness, but it takes a lot of time and consistency, both things that I'm typically short on.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:50 AM

and the gibberish continues...

HUGs CK and FLT

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:16 PM

*hugs MsA* its okay MsA. i know very little jibberish anyways :P

Quote:
Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee: FLT, I'm totally jealous on the FPS front. Like a lot of women, FPSs make me terribly nauseous. Some of the less jerky ones I can play for about a half an hour before I start to get motion sick, but others like Portal (which I *really* wanted to play!) made me sick just glancing at hubby's screen while he played. Sigh. I've heard you can train your brain out of the motion sickness, but it takes a lot of time and consistency, both things that I'm typically short on.

lol, yeah, i'm one of those girls who likes to shoot things XD hence me being anxious about being twenty for the next ten months >< till i can get my permit

too bad about the motion sickness bit :\ sry to hear it. fortunately the only time i get motion sick is when i read in the car >< which is a bummer for me cuz on long trips i get bored and usually cure boredom by reading

ooooooooh yes, portal. i havent played but i've watched my boyfriend play. looks way hard, i'd probably get frustrated after ten minutes XD i'm assuming you've heard the credits song XD best credits song *ever*

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:55 PM

Yeah nothing else makes me motion sick, not even reading in the car. Just FPS games. :P

Just ran across this article: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/16/gotcha.boxes.onion/index.html Both funny and timely. ;)

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 1:14 PM

ok those are GREAT!!! I am so buying one to send my mom ( the ultimate in asking what gift you want and then never giving it to you)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:11 PM

ugh, so now im watching my eleven year old toy poodle try to sneak his way around my parents house (where he lives, family dog) after eating god knows how much chocolate out of a bag my mother left on the floor. he's been puking for about an hour and a half/two hours now, and wont stay in the kitchen where its easy to clean up. he keeps running to the carpet to puke and i have to chase him and drag him back to the kitchen to throw up there. im doing this while im trying to make dinner cuz neither of the rents are home, but he wont stay and is being a very bad boy about it.

so now i've tied him by his leash to the handle on the oven door, which is juuuuuuust far enough in the kitchen that he cant reach any carpeted surfaces @_@

he's currently standing at the extent of his leash by the nearest piece of carpet in the house (just baaaaaarely out of his reach, thankfully) and is making odd noises probably because his throat hurts and he still feels sick >< but the stubborn thing wont come back to give himself some slack on the leash. i feel sorry for the poor thing, but my god he's not cooperating @_@

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:51 AM

FLT chocolate is poisonous for dogs... you need to take him to the vet or he can suffer heart damage ...hugs

ok morning all.. so here's some fun. The IT people changed my email to the right name, but now I can't log in 'cause I don't have the password and won't until I get to work at about 3 pm today

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:02 AM