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13 December 2006
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! I AM A FOOLISH SPECKLET! F*CK!
I'M LEAVING IN 3.5 HOURS! I'M NOT DRESSED! I HAVEN'T TAKEN OUT THE TRASH! I HAVEN'T CLEANED OUT THE FRIDGE! I HAVEN'T FINISHED PACKING! TECHNICALLY I'M STILL AT "WORK". AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
It's definitely worth asking, speck. Ours has done it.
MY STUPID SISTERS HAVE DECIDED AT THE LAST MINUTE THAT THEY WANT TO GET MY DAD A WII FOR CHRISTMAS. BUT I ALREADY HAVE HIS PRESENT BOUGHT AND WRAPPED. "BUT WE CAN'T DO IT UNLESS YOU CHIP IN!" THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME THIS A MONTH AGO! FINE. FINE. I'LL GIVE YOU THE MONEY, BUT I'M NOT PUTTING IT ON MY CREDIT CARD. NO! YOU PEOPLE HAVEN'T PAID ME BACK FOR ANY OF THE "GROUP" PRESENTS WE BOUGHT. PLUS, I'M NOT RUNNING AROUND HELL AND CREATION TRYING TO FIND THE DAMN THING. HERE'S MY SHARE, IT'S YOUR BABY NOW. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. AND IF YOU CAN'T FIND ONE, I WANT MY MONEY BACK!
I AM COMING DOWN WITH A COLD. I AM TIRED. I SPENT A DAY AT AN OFF-SITE TEAM BUILD THAT STARTED OFF WITH SOUTH EAST TRAINS CANCELLING MY FIRST TRAIN, MAKING ME MISS MY CONNECTION AND THEREFORE HAVING TWO COLLEAGUES WAIT AROUND FOR ALMOST ONE HOUR FOR ME TO TURN UP BEFORE WE COULD SET OFF TO THE VENUE. I COULD HAVE PUT MY RUNNING GEAR ON AND, ER, RUN, TO MY COLLEAGUES QUICKER IF I'D HAVE KNOWN. ASSHATS.
ALSO I'VE HAD A DISCONCERTINGLY SMALL AMOUNT OF EMAIL TODAY AND I'M CONCERNED MY ISP'S SPAM FILTER MIGHT HAVE KILLED A LOAD OF LEGITIMATE EMAIL. FINALLY, FOR EVERY TIME MY MAIL APP BEEPS TO TELL ME I HAVE NEW MAIL, I GET MY HOPES UP THAT IT'S GOING TO BE FROM SOMEONE I REALLY WANT TO GET MAIL FROM. BUT IT'S ALWAYS STUFF FROM A MAILING LIST I'M ON, SPAM OR OTHER CRAP.
I AM TIRED OF WATCHING BIG COMPANIES PAD THEIR FUCKING BOTTOM LINES WITH RENT-A-TEMPS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT AND MAKING THE REAL EMPLOYEES DO THREE JOBS AT ONCE!
THERE'S SOMEONE AT THE TOP WHO'S GETTING A FUCKING HELL OF A LOT OF MONEY WHO ISN'T SUFFERING JACK SHIT!
I'M HIJACKING YOUR GODLESS GOLDEN PARACHUTE AND KNOCKING UP YOUR DAUGHTER, YOU FAT FUCK!
BLOODY HELL MATT DO YOU THINK YOU COULD SHOW SOME RESTRAINT ON THE THREAD CLOSE BUTTON. I HAD A NICE SCREEN SHOT OF YOUR ABORTED BALLOON IDEA READY TO GO AND YOU CLOSED THE THREAD BEFORE I COULD POST IT.
YOU SHOUT WITH YOUR CAPSLOCK ON. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. YOU MUST SHOUT WITH YOUR FINGER ON THE SHIFT KEY. IT MAKES IT FEEL ANGRIER. DON'T ASK ME HOW. GO ON, TRY IT.
MY SCHOOL NOW HAS MULTIPLE FORMS FOR EVERYTHING FROM REQUESTING SUPPLIES TO USING LAPTOPS TO MAKING COPIES TO GETTING BOOKS (IF THEY CAN FIND THE BOOKS IN THE DISASTER AREA THEY CALL A BOOKROOM), NOT TO MENTION A NEW TWENTY-FIVE POINT CHECKLIST IN CASE YOU DARE CONSIDER TAKING STUDENTS ON A FIELD TRIP (INCLUDING SECURING ALL FUNDING FOR THE TRIP... WTF?), ALL OF WHICH FORMS ARE PROMPTLY LOST OR IGNORED FOR WEEKS AT A TIME. I SURRENDER. I WILL SIMPLY NOT ASK ANYONE FOR ANYTHING AT MY SCHOOL EVER AGAIN. NOW AND THEN I CAN SNEAK INTO THE BOOKROOM MYSELF AND THAT'S ALL I REALLY NEED. I CAN BUY MY OWN CHALK.
On a nice note, one of my students gave me a cookie today. I was quite moved. And another did a rather fabulous cold reading as Jerry in Edward Albee's Zoo Story. If there are any agents out there, seriously, I'm tellin' ya, you should sign this young man.
TEACHERS CHOICE MONEY IS SUPPOSED TO COVER YOUR EXPENSES FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR.
NEVERMIND THAT THAT MONEY IS SPENT BEFORE LABOR DAY.
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO SAY TO AN AP: "TIME TO CATCH A CLUE TRAIN, I HAVE SPENT 3X MY TEACHERS CHOICE ALREADY SO JUST STFU AND GIVE ME THE CHALK/CHART PAPER/WHATEVER IT IS I REQUESTED." I HAVE WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
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