Toasts, OT and I rarely comment so I feel bad leaning on everyone for emotional support, but I could use some words of...sympathy? encouragement? recommendations for ways to improve in the future? I had an early morning phone call with a potential grant funder (I work at a university) and my first answer to their question a jumble of nonsense words because I did not know how to answer what they were asking and my brain froze up. This happens sometimes. I think I recovered through my follow up answers but I can't stop thinking about how ridiculous I sounded and how I probably screwed up the opportunity. Like I said, I've done this before. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to prevent brain freeze, anxiety, and the resulting lack of verbal fluency? Thanks!
Go to the Franklin Institute!
Oh and also! I realized that Antoinette was 49 when she had Rachel, which, while possible, is kind of remarkable in the sense that you'd think someone would have remarked on it? And for some reason that bothered me. Also, calling her Muvva. Ugh. Why did that annoy me so much.
Yeah, I just finished Fates and Furies and on the whole didn't like it, unfortunately. The writing just didn't click with me. But I did think the Furies part was the more interesting part of the book. Also, just like Sara Davis, I didn't like the author's first book Monsters of Templeton either.
The job where our office was in the basement of the student union, just past the arcade. Every 3 minutes, all day every day, we would hear: "dance dance REVOLUTION!".
The job where the IT guy didn't like that my boss and I were located in the same room as a lot of his IT equipment, so one morning he had a tantrum and moved all of our stuff into the hallway. HR didn't care and said we needed to deal with it ourselves.
The job where my boss wanted to share a room at a conference even though there was money for both of us to have separate rooms, and then spent all night on the phone with her boyfriend who demanded to know "why she was whispering" and if there was someone else in the room. She also played spa music at a loud volume while I attempted to get some semblance of sleep.
Ok, this makes sense. I was initially pretty disappointed, but you're right, there are more tactical considerations at play here. I feel like my West Wing obsession has really prepared me for this real life situation.
Me too. I also tried watching Breaking Bad but I just couldn't bring myself to care. But, I love spy stuff! Why didn't I like the Americans?
Yeah, this whole thing is mind boggling. How could the EPA totally disregard the fact that protecting kids from lead poisoning is like a foundational part of their mission?
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