Buzzkill of the Day
Stop being sick, everyone!
"Crud" is such an underrated word.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuugh.
I'm working on a Saturday and we don't have a sale this weekend.
Buzz buzz buzz kill kill kill.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
I was promised a sleep in. It's nearly 10am and I am not the one still in bed.
Hmpf.
Pepper, we have Blankies at our house. Even my little girl beagle Lily has a Blankies. We love the BLANKIES!!! I bought a leather, rectangular stool that has a lid with hinges. I have a sectional couch and it is the centerpiece of that and is full of ALL the BLANKIES! 
Whatever Whore!
Didn't have anything to eat for dinner, and the roommates were cooking when I got home, so I bought some Asian chicken noodles and no. Just no. Tasted bad, feels bad. Just bad.
My big toe hurts so much, I think it's an ingrowing toe nail, owweee.
Ouch!
My Dad had his 3-month check-up today. The doctors don't think that the cancer has come back but they can't be sure as there was a small lump just above where they made an incision in his bladder. So, another 3 months of waiting to see what happens. Annoying.
Can't they make sure instead of waiting another 3 months before checking again?
That's what I thought. It's frustrating, but my Dad was fairly okay about it all.
no news are at least not bad news.
my uncle's intestine cancer has returned and he can no longer walk. i must say i am kinda relieved that he doesn't want to see anyone. he looks so much like my father and he talks like him, it's like seeing my father die. 
You're right, Barbara.
And I'm really sorry about your uncle.
my uncle's intestine cancer has returned and he can no longer walk. i must say i am kinda relieved that he doesn't want to see anyone. he looks so much like my father and he talks like him, it's like seeing my father die. :(
Oh no, that's awful.
he´s still not willing to give up chain-smoking though. some people just won't learn.
Sorry, Pica. Hope he finds some comfort and rest.
Hattie I'm glad they think your dad's okay. Pica, sorry about your uncle. He really doesn't want to see anyone? I don't know how I'd be in that situation...
Had that pain a few times. Only worry if it persists. And puss. If there's puss.
My mom and I have been accidentally using the same toothbrush for two weeks.
Hah!
WooHoo Hahaa! 
I've done that for a few days with G. But not two weeks! hahah
What had happened was... she put a brand new toothbrush, still in the box, next to the sink. I saw it later and was like, "Ha! Finders keepers!" I didn't tell her that though. I thought it would be implied when I opened it and rubbed it all over the inside of my mouth.
She must be getting old and senile because she swears that SHE remembers opening it. She didn't though. She's crazy.
And I know you're thinking, "But Jessica, her dentist gave it to her, it was HER'S!" But new toothbrushes are like quarters or cookies or pens or boyfriends at a sorority house party... if you leave them unattended and someone takes them... you have no one to blame but yourself. Just go get another one, they give them away at the bank.
The more you explain it, the better that story gets.
I hooked up with this girl in Vegas once (Yeah, I know, all my stories start off like that)... Not Z's mom, btw... and in the morning I'm all, Oh can I take a shower?
She's in the bathroom, brushing her teeth, and calls out, "Yeah, do you need a toothbrush?"
Um. Probably. I don't really carry one around....
She opens the cupboard under the sink and goes, "What color do you like?"
I look over and she has a whole case of brand-new unopened toothbrushes under there.
My line of thought right then: "Oh, well, that's conven...How many guys does she have spend the night anyway?"
This is why we can't have nice things.
Maybe she just shopped at Costco?
That was very thoughtful of her to ask what color you would prefer.
I used the same brush again this morning because I forgot and we don't have any other new brushes in the house. Tomorrow I'm going to Sam's Club and buying a pallet of toothbrushes. Then I'll open and spit on every single one.
So this guy that I work with .. well, technically he is one of my superiors, I suppose. Anyway he pulls me into the showroom the other morning, shuts the door (even though there were only 2 other people in the office at the time) says something like 'did you tell anyone when you were hired that you were a designer?' I said no, wondering where he's going with this and he says 'well but you do call yourself a designer'. At this point I ask what exactly he's getting at and it turned out that he found my Behance profile with some of my drawings and things. I know I never accessed that site at work, so I know he had to have google searched for my full name to even find it. I said 'so you were spying on me?' and he said 'I spy on everyone' and 'I just wanted to find out more about you'
The whole situation is very weird. He showed my drawings to everyone in the office, and if it actually leads to me doing some illustrations for work things that's cool, but it was also sort of embarrassing. And I really don't like that he was googling my name. That isn't normal behaviour. The whole thing feels very innappropriate and I'm tempted to delete that particular page. I'm definitely glad that I haven't put my full name on anything else, and my facebook profile is completely private. I don't even really know what to do about it. I dunno if this is actually a buzzkill, but it's certainly left a bad taste in my mouth.
The whole situation is very weird. He showed my drawings to everyone in the office, and if it actually leads to me doing some illustrations for work things that's cool, but it was also sort of embarrassing. And I really don't like that he was googling my name. That isn't normal behaviour. The whole thing feels very innappropriate and I'm tempted to delete that particular page. I'm definitely glad that I haven't put my full name on anything else, and my facebook profile is completely private. I don't even really know what to do about it. I dunno if this is actually a buzzkill, but it's certainly left a bad taste in my mouth.
Ugh, that is weird and awful. That would totally creep me out. I definitely feel like it's a violation of your privacy in a way. It's like we put stuff out on the internet knowing it's out there for anyone to look at but when someone goes out of their way to find it and then takes that extra step to let you know that they did is just...i don't know, psychotic?
I know, and it was the way he did it, like this weird interrogation about what I had or hadn't told anyone before finally coming out with what he'd discovered. I already thought he was odd, and he's definitely an asshole to everyone the majority of the time, but this was next level weirdo behaviour.
Creepy creepy creep creep.
jesus. That is really creepy.
the creeepiest part is the pulling you aside to tell you about it part. I mean, I think we are all maybe guilty of googling someone or other in our life or past at least once or twice, just because it is out there... but to go out of the way to let the person know. That is a whole different scenario.
Maybe? possibly he wasn't meaning to be a creep but was just a bit interested in you then felt like a creep but at the same time was genuinely impressed with what he saw and wanted to let you know even if it made him come off as creepy... that is a far stretch for an excuse. Not trying to give him the benefit of the doubt here, but if there is one to give maybe it is somewhere in that blurry area.
At least you know to be on your guard with him now I suppose.
I would advise you to be forward with him about not appreciating it, that it made you uncomfortable and that you would like him to not continue, if he is interested in anything about you to come to you and you will share what you are comfortable sharing. maybe wait and see if it happens again and then be forward.
Also, that it is a work colleague should at least give you maybe a bit of leeway to make yourself clear about his actions being inappropriate?
Many employers google their employees these days and more and more do all the time.
It may seem creepy or weird but it's not going away any time soon
This is why we can't have nice things.
kit, it seems like everyone googles everyone these days.
I don't google people at work, because it never occurs to me. And frankly just not interested that much. Ever. No matter how cool I am with them.
But, I've been guilty of googling someone that asks me out or shows a great deal of interest in me.
He may think it's normal to do that to everyone he comes in contact with.
And Tuffy, I've always stocked up on toothbrushes, because my grandma taught me that's the polite thing to do for unexpected guests. When I took in that band for a week, I had a whole giant box of new toothbrushes, nice razors, shaving cream cans, etc. I love being prepared to make folks comfortable. It makes me feel all gangstar - yeah, that's right, I got toothbrushes and all that sh*t! Whatchu want?!
And that way you never run out.
Some women are taught to stock up, like that.
I love stock up on those kind of things, ya know, the things you use everyday. Toothbrush, toothpaste, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, etc. I'm not an extreme couponer, but I do use them and multiple ones so I can stock up on the everyday things. Last year I got 10 toothbrushes for free, except for the .70 cents I had to pay in tax. I also did my laundry for a year on $15 for detergent. I'm not so great with the food stuff, but toiletries, makeup and cleaning things, it's a go. And you're right, it does make you feel all Gangsta
Whatever Whore!
Yeah, that's how we got all that stuff, Winnie.
My husband used to be a couponer, like on the TLC show.
But still, I've always tried to have extra for guests, just in case.
One of our French teacher googled us when we were in freshman year, to see which highschools we came from and if we had done anything special with our lives.
I was thinking, Kit, that it was the employer googling their employee thing that people do all the time now apparently, but the way he handled it was REALLY creepy! Maybe make a note of this stuff in case he does anything more inappropriate?
I've done a bit of cleaning up online, deleted my profiles from websites where I once was a member (MySpace, LiveJournal). Lately I've felt sort of uncomfortable with how easy it is to find information about people online. I'm also removing my last name from different sites and trying to reduce what's out there about me, haha.
I know for sure my employer wouldn't google me, it probably wouldn't even cross her mind. Sorry it happened to you, Kit, it's very inappropriate.
Or you can just, like, steal an unopen one... thief.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Thing is, he's not really one of my bosses. He just likes to pretend that he is, and for some reason nobody ever tells him any different. He wasn't involved at all in my hiring - I would understand if they had checked up on me before I was hired but I've been here for 4 or 5 months now, so it doesn't really make sense. He's also done other weird things that I told him I felt were innappropriate for a work environment - like constant comments on the way I dress (he does this to a lot of the other women in the office too), and poking me in the ribs multiple times per day, which have since ceased, but I'm still pretty wary of him. I avoid him as much as possible and keep any conversations we have limited to work.
Urgh, he really does sound like the office creep.
Notify HR if the situation gets any weirder.
Yeah, I'm with Hattie.
Yeah i've been working to minimize my web presence as well. People are assholes.
I found a copy of A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin and Henry Miller on bookdepository and the shipping was free, but they don't accept Visa Electron. Fuck my life, I still have to wait for the right excuse to spend 20 bucks to get it from Amazon.
Yup. What Hattie and everyone said.
Why the heck would he think it's appropriate to poke or touch? Right, rhetorical.
Apropos of nothing at all.
Just when you think you don't feel it anymore, the heart can remind you - for old time's sake - what it means to be broken.
This is why we can't have nice things.
The walls between flats aren't that thick in my building. My next door neighbour thinks its really sexy to scream whilst having sex...at 5am. This has been happening quite a lot recently and it always sounds like she's faking it.
Oh my god! I just went to download the new Big Bang Theory and Community on Kick Ass Torrents and a page came up saying that site is now BANNED by Virgin Media. Fuck! So annoying! I have an IP thing so I can still use my other computer to download from there but come ON. Fucking Britain.
If we can't download our TV Shows illegally, how do they expect us to watch them!?
*gives everyone blankies*