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[evile]

Jun. 29, 2005

 

 

evile: hola chica :)
SkyeDS: que tal? como estas?
evile: heh. OK. you?
SkyeDS: well nuff considerin
evile: are your work computers still goofy?
SkyeDS: the intern thankfully is very techsavvy
evile: cool. I'm glad he's not totally useless :P
SkyeDS: I edited the registry, then he reinstalled WP, the printer
SkyeDS: back to square one, he got the printer working for Hugh which
KEPT it from working for me
SkyeDS: so we downloaded generic drivers from the net rather than
using the ones on the install CD and everybody's happy now
evile: well, awesome. :)
SkyeDS: trillian shut down
evile: what fun.
SkyeDS: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&item=4390742868&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1



SkyeDS: got that for $20 cheaper than something not quite as period
looking at Walmart
SkyeDS: delivered to my office
evile: cool :)
SkyeDS: I really like a lot of their stuff
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: they have periodlike white and green, a very nice white hex,
and a lovely blue european round gazebo
SkyeDS: I was very tempted by the round one, it looks more Romany to
me because of the "bender" top
evile: yeah.
SkyeDS: we have money now, no reason not to buy another one
eventually anyway
evile: *nod*
evile: ooh. airfare & hotel to Cancun for $621, Sept. 3-7.
SkyeDS: that must be good
evile: *nod*
evile: usually I find air fare to cancun for a bit over $400. So
airfare plus hotel for 600 is pretty awesome.
SkyeDS: sounds like a nice week vacation
SkyeDS: War pretty much blows our week vacation
evile: *nod*
evile: yup...you only have so much time & $ to spend, it's tough to
make choices sometimes.
evile: oh yay. Z finally took me off her LJ firends list.
SkyeDS: Z Helene...?
evile: no. Z/ladystorm. One of Terriblelynne's friends.
SkyeDS: I've seen her posts around
evile: her offspring is odious.
SkyeDS: lol @ bring your Coggins with you.
SkyeDS: "it's one of our requirements"
SkyeDS: well duh, it's *required* by STATE LAW that I have Coggins
every time I leave my property
SkyeDS: anybody who has to be told to have their Coggins with them
when they go somewhere shouldn't be hauling in the first place
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: sorry...I'm having temporary tourettes
evile: that's OK. sounds like one of those things every horse person
knows, but maybe someone organizing their first public event
wouldn't .
SkyeDS: Raven himself is considered by some of the rennies to be nuts
(a "cult leader" he's been called)
SkyeDS: the second in command (Athos) seems to have his shit together
evile: never met or heard of either of them, as far as I know.
SkyeDS: me neither, just impressions from what have been told, and
correspondence
evile: I would trust your own impressions more than any third
party 'he said she said' type thing.
SkyeDS: "I don't care if the revisions are done or not, save it and
print it RIGHT NOW!" yes sir. <done> "There are still mistakes in
here!" .... I told you I wasn't finished yet....
SkyeDS: <rolls eyes>
SkyeDS: and why does it take me more than two days to correct 12
pages? because you keep making insertions into my day. Which is your
privilege, and that's fine. But it does slow projects in progress
down.
evile: I would bet that 90% of the shit other people say about Lord
Raven derive from them having sour grapes/jealousy that someone else
had the gumption to start a faire.
evile: those who can,do. Those who can't sit on the sidelines and
make bitchy nasty negative little whiney comments.
SkyeDS: given my personal situation I take the word "cult" when other
people use it with a grain of salt until I've done my own research
evile: exactly.
SkyeDS: anyway I've liked dealing with Athos so far and my only
correspondence with Raven has been that he extended a deadline two
weeks, so so far it's all good
evile: *nod*
evile: I'm excited/worried about poly dinner tonight. The restaurant
was my suggestion. I hope it's OK.
SkyeDS: where goin?
evile: La Palapa.
SkyeDS: never been there
evile: It's right near our house, but I hadn't been there either.
Then I went with Sweetie and Jaime a few weeks ago and I really liked it.
Meets all the stated poly dinner criteria & has vegeterian options on
the menu.
SkyeDS: I've seen it
SkyeDS: what are the poly dinner criteria just curious - parking I
know, vegetarian I know, handicap accessible obviously
evile: parking & ability to seat a large group.
evile: as seen in every first wednesday's info/announcement.
SkyeDS: all common sense then
evile: you would think.
evile: vegetarian/handicapped are courteous, too, but not stated in
the requirement. Most places have to be handicapped accessible,per
ADA, anyway, right?
SkyeDS: I'm sure some are more Hfriendly than others
SkyeDS: like Terriblelynne's complaint about Opal Divine
evile: Opals downstairs is accessible, but since it's in a historic
building, there wasn't any way to make th eupstairs work. BUT, the
restrooms, kitche, bar, seating, etc. are all downstairs, so I guess
they are technically within ADA guidelines. Too bad if the PNO people
want to be on the upstairs outside patio.
evile: supposedly the new Opal's is even better than the original. We
may end up switching the GWNN munch to that location.
SkyeDS: I think she's more upset with everyone deciding to meet
upstairs as a rather thoughtless sort of thing
evile: *nod* I agree.
evile: at least with poly dinner, if there's one bad dinner location,
there are 3+ more chances a month to connect w/people.
SkyeDS: I miss the Dog & Duck nights <shrug>
evile: pno classic still goes on there, I am pretty sure.
evile: I'm really looking forward to this weekend. Friday is the
monthly bellydance show at Casa de Luz. Saturday is Otter Chaos.
Sunday is toobin or hippie hollow. and looks like Monday is a nice
low key gathering at Elaine's (no [brother A] & co.)
SkyeDS: I would have liked to have gone to Otter Chaos, but SA, GT
and Tyler back to back just too much
SkyeDS: the [brother A] front seems to have been quiet lately...I'm sure I'm
missing something - I usually am
evile: I've been respecting your stated boundary + trying very hard
to distance myself from A, as well.
SkyeDS: how goes it?
evile: so far so good.
SkyeDS: not a single peep from them on the machine since the last
blow up over Paulie
evile: good.
evile: It really is very freeing to realize that being sad over
things you can't help, fix, or change 1) doesn't help the person
you're sad for and 2) doesn't help you.
evile: Nor does being happy in your own life & loves add or diminish
sadness in others. My happiness does not mock anyone else's pain,
it's my own, and I deserve it.
SkyeDS: there are a number of people in both our acquaintances who
would do well to realize that
evile: yup
SkyeDS: I will be so glad when he leaves
SkyeDS: he makes my head hurt when he gets like this
evile: *hugs* I'm sorry you have to deal with that.
SkyeDS: thankee kindly for the hugs...I suppose relative to most
lawyers it isn't as bad as it could be in terms of frequency or
duration
SkyeDS: maybe that's why it makes my head hurt on these rare
occasions.
evile: *nod* from what I understand cool lawyers are the exception
rather htan the rule.
SkyeDS: I would be interested in what JLaw says with regards
evile: she works at a firm with mostly cool lawyers, but there's,
like, 3, who always make her life a living hell when she has to work
with them.
evile: her last gig was with 3 attorneys, 1 was cool, 1 was never
there, 1 was a total prick.
SkyeDS: every once in a while I look at positions outside of
law...kind of wistful yearning window shopping
evile: *nod*
evile: well, it's finally time to go. Time really drags when you're
not busy.
*hugs* hang in there, girly!