Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1877540)

Seems like Cali folk still uses it. Whatever Dude uses it all the time too. I first heard it from him and now Frown is saying it too. I don't hear it on the east coast.

Originally Posted by grindy (Post 1877648)

I refer my well-off, consumerist friends as yuppies all the time.

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1877650)

Refer them to who? It's nice of you to be looking out for someone else's business.

Originally Posted by grindy (Post 1877653)

I forgot the "to" but apart from that:
Doesn't "refer to" also mean the same as to call somebody something?
Genuinely unsure ATM.

Originally Posted by Goofle (Post 1877627)

Had my appraisal today for the main security company I work for and it went really well. Becoming a permanent member of staff at one venue and the students union. Will be working many gigs including Slowdive, Godspeed You Black Emperor, DJ Shadow, Grizzly Bear and Joey Bada$$ in the next few months alone.

Good thing is that all the work is from about 7/8pm, so I can easily fit in another part/full time job during the days, or at least do something more useful with my time.

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1877553)

TH is cool as **** I'm in

Originally Posted by Goofle (Post 1877630)

Cheers bro. I'll try and turn my experiences into a journal or something. Really should have done it during the events season.

Originally Posted by LoathsomePete (Post 1877652)

I pulled out a fairly decently sized clump of earwax out of my left ear this morning along with a spider.

Good times.

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1877704)

Today I had a 6am-9am shift at work. When I first saw the schedule I was like wtf why should I even get out of bed for this? But as the day approached I warmed to the idea of an easy day followed by a long bout of day drinking. So 8am comes around, and I can taste the beer, but then my manager walks up and tells me that TWO people have called out, both people who work my position, and so now he needs me to work till 2pm.

I can do an 8-hour shift. But holy **** did I not want to do one on an hour's notice. After a while of hating everything I settled into a groove and it was alright I guess. But **** that, **** this, **** all of those as well. And we were busy. And hella short-handed. But at least I was working with a bantering crew so it wasn't just a mind-numbing slog.

At least I got 5 extra hours that are now over and I don't have to go back till 9am tomorrow. SO MALT LIQUOR ALL DAY ERRY DAY!!!



You're ****ing gross.

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1877753)

You lazy ****. Most people work an eight-hour day. I used to work 8AM to 6PM or even later. Kids these days.... :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1877755)

Cool, you have an 8 hour shift that starts in five minutes. See you there.

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1877753)

You lazy ****. Most people work an eight-hour day. I used to work 8AM to 6PM or even later. Kids these days.... :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1877789)

I'm not particularly thrilled by 8-hour shifts but I can do them. I just don't like having them sprung on me.

Originally Posted by Justthefacts (Post 1877802)

Yeah and people have death sprung on them too and you don't see them complaining do you?

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1877825)

Not unless you're Jennifer Love Hewitt I guess.

Originally Posted by Justthefacts (Post 1877836)

I'll always know what you did last summer.

Originally Posted by Mindfulness (Post 1877807)

did a lot today, felt weak though a bit :/ not sure if im getting enough
veggies and fruits .been feeling more positive lately ;) going to drink
more water and just eat a apple. forgot to get vitamins but ill get them.
worked on the project that im doing a bit but didnt get that far :/ Now
im just online, going to bed soon because its already 6pm :/ Hope yall
had the day you wanted to have. summers over:( falls here, there was
a bunch of leaves outside this morning

Originally Posted by Mindfulness (Post 1877807)

did a lot today, felt weak though a bit :/ not sure if im getting enough
veggies and fruits .been feeling more positive lately ;) going to drink
more water and just eat a apple. forgot to get vitamins but ill get them.
worked on the project that im doing a bit but didnt get that far :/ Now
im just online, going to bed soon because its already 6pm :/ Hope yall
had the day you wanted to have. summers over:( falls here, there was
a bunch of leaves outside this morning

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1877841)

Proof that I was right! 84-year-old lady!!! :tramp: Who the **** goes to bed at six in the evening??

Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1877843)

Not even. 84 year old ladies at least wait til Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune is over. So 8pm.

Originally Posted by Paedantic Basterd (Post 1877922)

Is it okay to ask someone who is currently undergoing chemotherapy for a recommendation letter? How the **** do you start that email? Am I a huge piece of ****? The recommendation is essential to the job I desperately need, however, and there's nobody else I can ask to write it. **** me, I hate asking people for anything. I'm so uncomfortable I could turn inside out.

Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 1877924)

Uhhh yeah.

Originally Posted by Paedantic Basterd (Post 1877925)

I mean, the person in question is a professor and academic supervisor so writing recommendation letters is a common part of life, but still. I feel like I can't ask for it.

I really, really need a ****ing job though. I haven't had steady work since April. So far this year I have barely managed to make ends meet via:

Editing student papers
Ghost writing grant applications
Wedding photography
Food photography that was paid partially in wine
Unloading 200,000 cucumbers off a transport truck that overturned in a ditch
Editing medical legal documents
Dwindling part-time research assistance

And soon I'm going to have a dry bank account. I must have applied for 50 jobs this year and I can't even get an interview. **** me.

Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 1877926)

You're over thinking it he shouldn't mind.

Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 1877918)

I have been awake since 11 in the morning yesterday I don't know why I can't sleep. I also worked two 8 hour shifts like a real man, tossing kegs of beer around for each of those days.

Originally Posted by Paedantic Basterd (Post 1877922)

Is it okay to ask someone who is currently undergoing chemotherapy for a recommendation letter? How the **** do you start that email? Am I a huge piece of ****? The recommendation is essential to the job I desperately need, however, and there's nobody else I can ask to write it. **** me, I hate asking people for anything. I'm so uncomfortable I could turn inside out.

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1877932)

Was so drunk last night that I woke up with a sideways screen. How the ****?

Originally Posted by Paedantic Basterd (Post 1877925)

I mean, the person in question is a professor and academic supervisor so writing recommendation letters is a common part of life, but still. I feel like I can't ask for it.

I really, really need a ****ing job though. I haven't had steady work since April. So far this year I have barely managed to make ends meet via:

Editing student papers
Ghost writing grant applications
Wedding photography
Food photography that was paid partially in wine
Unloading 200,000 cucumbers off a transport truck that overturned in a ditch
Editing medical legal documents
Dwindling part-time research assistance

And soon I'm going to have a dry bank account. I must have applied for 50 jobs this year and I can't even get an interview. **** me.

Originally Posted by LoathsomePete (Post 1878025)

I think you're overthinking this.

Originally Posted by pete

I can understand and empathize with your desire to not be seen as candid and being aware of the emotional stress your former professor must be going through in this very hard time in their life, but that's not your burden to bear. You have to look out for your own future, and if a letter of recommendation will help you stand out from the crowd and give you a leg up I think you need to take it. You're not being selfish and you're not hurting anyone by asking.

Just do it.