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That was such a cool article to read. Their description of you as having a "forthright manner" seems dead-on from my online interactions with you, it made me laugh.
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When I posted the article on facebook one of my friends just quoted the "forthright manner" part because she also found it apt. I guess your personality shows through online!?!?!?!!!!
"Randall" refilling the water glass with "vigilant regularity" was another dead-on observation. He didn't like the "bearlike" comparison especially when I told him what a "bear" means in gay culture. (Still not sure if that's what the author meant by "bearlike" but I like making fun of him).
"Randall" refilling the water glass with "vigilant regularity" was another dead-on observation. He didn't like the "bearlike" comparison especially when I told him what a "bear" means in gay culture. (Still not sure if that's what the author meant by "bearlike" but I like making fun of him).
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I GOT A NEW JOB I GOT A NEW JOB I GOT A NEW FREAKING JOB
After hating working at Petco since I transferred to my current store two and a half years ago, I finally got off my ass to look for a job -- and I just got hired on at a cat-exclusive vet office. The place is huge and GORGEOUS - 7 full time vets, tons of techs and nurses, a full time staff, a shop just full of cat stuff, and NOTHING BUT CATS.
Working with cats. Every day. All day.
I feel like I wasn't even looking for my dream job and found it anyway.
After hating working at Petco since I transferred to my current store two and a half years ago, I finally got off my ass to look for a job -- and I just got hired on at a cat-exclusive vet office. The place is huge and GORGEOUS - 7 full time vets, tons of techs and nurses, a full time staff, a shop just full of cat stuff, and NOTHING BUT CATS.
Working with cats. Every day. All day.
I feel like I wasn't even looking for my dream job and found it anyway.
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Congrats Jessi!! So excited for you!!!
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Holy crap I remember you posting AGES ago about how much your work sucked!!! That's such amazing news, congrats!!!
What are your duties? And please don't say playing with kittens 8 hours a day or I will explode with jealousy.
What are your duties? And please don't say playing with kittens 8 hours a day or I will explode with jealousy.
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I've been reading your cryptic posts and hoping it would be something like this, but I didn't imagine that it would be so awesome. Cats! A life of cats!
So very happy for you. Also, amused at your slightly more diplomatic wording on FB vs your very honest wording here ;0)
So very happy for you. Also, amused at your slightly more diplomatic wording on FB vs your very honest wording here ;0)
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Ha, E, I have to be a bit polite where co-workers can see it ;) Note to self: do not friend people you work with at new job on Facebook.
Madge, not QUITE as awesome as playing with cats 8 hours a day, but that will be part of it. I will be starting with some work at the front counter - generic receptionist type stuff! But I'll also be working as the second manager to the retail side of it - because this clinic has a huge store with NOTHING BUT CAT STUFF as well. As far as playing with cats all day - they love the fact that I have a trained cat that can come to work with me and meet other people and show off her skills. So I'll be also doing cat training classes at the clinic with Cairo! THAT is the coolest part to me. My cat gets to come to work with me sometimes. That's awesome |D
Madge, not QUITE as awesome as playing with cats 8 hours a day, but that will be part of it. I will be starting with some work at the front counter - generic receptionist type stuff! But I'll also be working as the second manager to the retail side of it - because this clinic has a huge store with NOTHING BUT CAT STUFF as well. As far as playing with cats all day - they love the fact that I have a trained cat that can come to work with me and meet other people and show off her skills. So I'll be also doing cat training classes at the clinic with Cairo! THAT is the coolest part to me. My cat gets to come to work with me sometimes. That's awesome |D
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Oh wow! That's pretty damn cool. What's your cat trained to do?
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Cairo knows sit, down, sit up/sit pretty (begging on command, basically! But she knows she can't reach for my hand or the treat until i tell her to), "spin" left and "twirl" right, and she can walk on a leash c:
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Oh congrats on the new job Jessi! A life of cats, you are the envy of the forum
I read the article Madge. Kudos to the writer it was very well written and, I thought, non judgemental. How did they approach you?
My achievement is that I finally met EofS and her husband! We had a lovely meeting actually at cycling distance from my home (cycling for me, the British/German delegation arrived by car). Mostly because I had to be somewhere in the evening. (And then it turned out that all of my scheduling was for nothing because I had to be in a totally different city and then I nearly didn't make it because somebody pushed a wrong button and the entire train station had to be evacuated... because, why not?)
But it was lovely but has left me a bit sad that I missed the London meeting and slightly jealous because I don't think any of my friends would throw a lego wedding
(And it also left me with some sunburn, because that's what happens when I spend time next to a river for a few hours.)
I read the article Madge. Kudos to the writer it was very well written and, I thought, non judgemental. How did they approach you?
My achievement is that I finally met EofS and her husband! We had a lovely meeting actually at cycling distance from my home (cycling for me, the British/German delegation arrived by car). Mostly because I had to be somewhere in the evening. (And then it turned out that all of my scheduling was for nothing because I had to be in a totally different city and then I nearly didn't make it because somebody pushed a wrong button and the entire train station had to be evacuated... because, why not?)
But it was lovely but has left me a bit sad that I missed the London meeting and slightly jealous because I don't think any of my friends would throw a lego wedding
(And it also left me with some sunburn, because that's what happens when I spend time next to a river for a few hours.)
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I've got my finger on the pulse of the polyamory groups in Perth and someone emailed one of them asking if they knew anyone who'd be willing to be interviewed for an article. I volunteered us and then this ended up happening! (Since then I've realised that maybe I should try submitting my story to those trashy "women's magazines" that tell "amazing stories" of peoples' lives - i.e. reddit in magazine form - and get the $200 prize that a lot of them offer for the same)
I'm sad I didn't get to see you in London, Marah! We had a great time and EofS was lovely (everybody was so I guess that's not saying much???).
I still fantasise about the brownies that Pret sells. If anyone wants to do a snack exchange I might be willing to post whatever australian treats you like in exchange for some of those brownies......
Jessi - you have a very impressive cat/training ability! I was impressed last night when I opened the front door and said our foster cat's name and she came running inside, but I think that's more because she wanted to come inside than anything else....
I'm sad I didn't get to see you in London, Marah! We had a great time and EofS was lovely (everybody was so I guess that's not saying much???).
I still fantasise about the brownies that Pret sells. If anyone wants to do a snack exchange I might be willing to post whatever australian treats you like in exchange for some of those brownies......
Jessi - you have a very impressive cat/training ability! I was impressed last night when I opened the front door and said our foster cat's name and she came running inside, but I think that's more because she wanted to come inside than anything else....
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I'm not quite sure what this qualifies as other than mildly amusing. I've pretty much been sinking my time into Team Fortress 2 on Steam, and I've even gotten up the nerve to use voice chat. Aside from the random people commenting that I sound either "omg so gay" or like a preteen boy or both, it's been fun. So this guy ended up on my friend list somehow. Our few conversations have been silly, but appropriate to the ridiculous nature of the game. But, last night he starts in on this. This is our longest and last conversation to date. He's been blocked. I thought you guys might get a giggle from it. I'm the one in pink.
http://imgur.com/a/j68q5
http://imgur.com/a/j68q5
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Wow Huggles, you are so much more polite than I'd be in that situation. That's why I rarely talk to people when I play games anymore. There are too many rude people and I could never handle anything as well as you did, I'd just get really angry and turn the game off, or ignore them forever and hope they'll go away.
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I get to go see Randall Monroe on his What if? book tour next week! Tickets have been sold out for ages, but a friend ended up with conflicting events that night and gave me his set (well, I bought him dinner and drinks in trade). I'm pretty excited.
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So, I was just in hospital for two nights! Here's my story:
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