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[I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #259941] Mi, 26 April 2006 07:57
Stacie Hanes  
Welcome to Planet Stacie. Here are today's headlines:

There is a lovely, smart, very tall young lady I met last Thursday, whom I'd
like to date; however, although she's newly single, she's content to remain
so, and also moving out of state in a few weeks. We may still go for a
coffee because she's quite interesting to talk to, but there's nothing
there. Pity, as I was quite taken with her.

Today I learned that I have been awarded a summer teaching fellowship, one
of only four. The "we're very impressed" boilerplate was a nice boost after
the "no, thank you" from Mlle J. And the pay will be nice; now that I live
alone, not getting paid for three months during the summer is an unappealing
prospect. Of course, it means working and being at school during the summer,
which still seems like an unnatural perversion. I'll be done with my
coursework, but I'll probably take the offered course in the Harlem
Renaissance, because the department will pay for it as part of the award,
the grad. coordinator said it would be good to have, and--let's face it--I'm
that kind of person.

I need to be in a bigger city, I think. I am frustrated by the apparent
absence of educated women within, oh, 10 years of my age in either
direction. There just don't seem to be any. Or everyone's paired off. Or
just broke up with someone. The young lady I mentioned earlier was the first
I've met that I really wanted to sit and talk with.

One of the composition program coordinators asked me to go participate in a
panel in New York next March. That's very flattering, as I am in the
literature program--they're impressed with my work using technology in the
classroom. I had to make sure it didn't conflict with another conference I
attend every year, but I jumped at the chance. People like me will have
little choice but to look for hybrid jobs, y'know. . . . Anyway, doesn't
conflict, so no problem. I'm going to have a busy month, though. I may very
well have to fly straight from Ft. Lauderdale to New York. <sigh> I hope it
pays off; I'll be one of the most composition-qualified people in the
literature program, which I just pray makes me a marketable job candidate.
It already paid off in a satisfying funny moment, actually: Pam, the
professor who asked me to go to the conference, asked "have you ever written
a proposal or presented before?" Hehe, yes, like about 8 of them . . .
started as an undergrad, got a division in one organization, running for
office in another. . . . All of which I actually do for the joy of it; if
you ask me, the conferences are the payoff for the paperwork involved in
teaching. So I can't say I dislike the work, because I love it, but there's
still a sense that if this isn't what will get me some kind of consideration
on the job market, please shoot me, because sometimes it's all a bit much.

I've been alternating the good and bad; that was supposed to be a good one,
but I think I may have got sidetracked halfway through.

I may be changing my exam concentrations a bit, which is annoying, but
perhaps for the best. I was planning to have 19th century British novel as
my major area, and sf & Queer Theory as my two minor areas. Well. It turns
out that the only QT professor on campus is none other than my Marx
professor. He's a nice fellow, but I think that we just don't see things the
same way. We talked about doing an exam, and I told him, flat-out, that I
thought he and I would make a disastrously bad exam team. So the graduate
studies coordinator suggested that I do 19th C, early 20th C (British) and
sf/fantasy. That doesn't bother me. It's possible that the theory wasn't a
good fit for my portfolio anyway.

Getting a dissertation committee together is like herding cats. DEAD cats.
Dead BLACK cats in a coal cellar at midnight on a moonless night. My
director is in TIBET this summer, for the love of god. He didn't tell me he
was going to TIBET.

I bought a DVD of "Shaun of the Dead" and found it hilarious.

--
Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
Speaker-To-Students,
AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion & AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED
"If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible
warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #259964 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 11:20
David Chapman  
From the Collected Witterings of Stacie Hanes, volume 23:

> I bought a DVD of "Shaun of the Dead" and found it hilarious.

But ... but Stacie, there are no child-beatings or abortions in it! Why
would you want to discuss it here?

--
If life gives you lemmings, jump off a cliff.
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #259989 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 14:00
Kar98  
On 2006-04-26 00:57:03 -0500, "Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> said:

> I am frustrated by the apparent absence of educated women within, oh,
> 10 years of my age in either direction.

Arghraghah. That's all I'm saying on the topic of educated women +/-10
years of my age; local availibility thereof.

> I may be changing my exam concentrations a bit, which is annoying, but
> perhaps for the best. I was planning to have 19th century British novel
> as my major area, and sf & Queer Theory as my two minor areas.

OK, that's a little cliché, isn't it? Kinda like
"Pseudo-PostExistentialism and Dialectic Materialism in East German
soap operas".

> Getting a dissertation committee together is like herding cats. DEAD
> cats. Dead BLACK cats in a coal cellar at midnight on a moonless night.
> My director is in TIBET this summer, for the love of god.

Oh yeah, that's like Disneyland for the Intelligentsia. Gotta go to Tibet.

> I bought a DVD of "Shaun of the Dead" and found it hilarious.

Try "Dead and Breakfast" then :)
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260004 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 15:27
Stacie Hanes  
René wrote:
> On 2006-04-26 00:57:03 -0500, "Stacie Hanes"
> <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> said:
>> I am frustrated by the apparent absence of educated women within,
>> oh, 10 years of my age in either direction.
>
> Arghraghah. That's all I'm saying on the topic of educated women
> +/-10 years of my age; local availibility thereof.

Phooey. Also, they have to like girls.

>> I may be changing my exam concentrations a bit, which is annoying,
>> but perhaps for the best. I was planning to have 19th century
>> British novel as my major area, and sf & Queer Theory as my two
>> minor areas.
>
> OK, that's a little cliché, isn't it? Kinda like
> "Pseudo-PostExistentialism and Dialectic Materialism in East German
> soap operas".

I may have turn turn you into a frog for that. Bearing in mind that I have
spent the last 5 years or so of my life on this, jokes along the lines of
"oh, wouldn't <foo> be better" tend to be received with lighthearted
homicidal mania. ;-)

But basically, those are my interests. The new arrangement isn't much of a
sacrifice, though.


>> I bought a DVD of "Shaun of the Dead" and found it hilarious.
>
> Try "Dead and Breakfast" then :)

Thankee.

--
Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260011 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 16:08
Kar98  
On 2006-04-26 08:27:07 -0500, "Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> said:

> René wrote:
>> On 2006-04-26 00:57:03 -0500, "Stacie Hanes"
>> <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> said:
>>> I am frustrated by the apparent absence of educated women within,
>>> oh, 10 years of my age in either direction.
>>
>> Arghraghah. That's all I'm saying on the topic of educated women
>> +/-10 years of my age; local availibility thereof.
>
> Phooey. Also, they have to like girls.

That's kind of besides the point. If they could legally marry other
girls, and run away with half their stuff after a few years, they
wouldn't mind that either. One of the more frequent roadside billboards
'round here advertises reversals of vasectomies. That should give you a
hint or two.

>>> I may be changing my exam concentrations a bit, which is annoying,
>>> but perhaps for the best. I was planning to have 19th century
>>> British novel as my major area, and sf & Queer Theory as my two
>>> minor areas.
>>
>> OK, that's a little cliché, isn't it? Kinda like
>> "Pseudo-PostExistentialism and Dialectic Materialism in East German
>> soap operas".
>
> I may have turn turn you into a frog for that. Bearing in mind that I
> have spent the last 5 years or so of my life on this, jokes along the
> lines of "oh, wouldn't <foo> be better" tend to be received with
> lighthearted homicidal mania. ;-)

I'm not saying <foo> would be better, I just wouldn't want to compete
with all the others that already plied those grounds.
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260029 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 16:47
Stacie Hanes  
René wrote:
> On 2006-04-26 08:27:07 -0500, "Stacie Hanes"
> <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> said:

>>>> I may be changing my exam concentrations a bit, which is
>>>> annoying, but perhaps for the best. I was planning to have 19th
>>>> century British novel as my major area, and sf & Queer Theory as
>>>> my two minor areas.

> I'm not saying <foo> would be better, I just wouldn't want to
> compete with all the others that already plied those grounds.

I don't, exactly. The job market in English Studies is pretty tight no
matter what you specialize in, and it's just plain too late for me to be a
geologist, even if I were so inclined. :-/

--
Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260032 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 16:52
Orjan Westin  
Stacie Hanes wrote:
> René wrote:
>> On 2006-04-26 08:27:07 -0500, "Stacie Hanes"
>> <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> said:
>
>>>>> I may be changing my exam concentrations a bit, which is
>>>>> annoying, but perhaps for the best. I was planning to have 19th
>>>>> century British novel as my major area, and sf & Queer Theory as
>>>>> my two minor areas.
>
>> I'm not saying <foo> would be better, I just wouldn't want to
>> compete with all the others that already plied those grounds.
>
> I don't, exactly. The job market in English Studies is pretty tight no
> matter what you specialize in, and it's just plain too late for me to
> be a geologist, even if I were so inclined. :-/

And that's set in stone, right?

Orjan
--
The Tale of Westala and Villtin
http://tale.cunobaros.com/
Fiction, Thoughts and Software
http://www.cunobaros.com/
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260045 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 18:54
Puck  
David Chapman wrote:
> From the Collected Witterings of Stacie Hanes, volume 23:
>
>> I bought a DVD of "Shaun of the Dead" and found it hilarious.
>
> But ... but Stacie, there are no child-beatings or abortions in it!
> Why would you want to discuss it here?

Terry Pratchett's work seems to leave those areas pretty much alone as well.
We should see if we can't get him to rectify that. I think it would have to
be a Susan book.

Shaun of the Dead is hysterical. "ZomRomCom" indeed.
--
Puck (onstage): I am that merry wanderer of the night!
Peaseblossom (in audience): "I am that merry wanderer of the night",
indeed! "I am that
giggling-dangerous-totally-bloody-psychotic-menace-to-life and limb,
more like." -Neil Gaiman
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260053 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 19:32
Stacie Hanes  
Orjan Westin wrote:
> Stacie Hanes wrote:

>> it's just plain too
>> late for me to be a geologist, even if I were so inclined. :-/
>
> And that's set in stone, right?

You're reaching the "no punishment too horrible" phase, you know that,
right? :-P

--
Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own(verrry long post) [message #260076 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 21:32
Philippa Cowderoy  
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Stacie Hanes wrote:

> Orjan Westin wrote:
> > Stacie Hanes wrote:
>
> >> it's just plain too
> >> late for me to be a geologist, even if I were so inclined. :-/
> >
> > And that's set in stone, right?
>
> You're reaching the "no punishment too horrible" phase, you know that,
> right? :-P
>

An example of disciplined humour?

--
flippa [at] flippac.org

Ivanova is always right.
I will listen to Ivanova.
I will not ignore Ivanova's recomendations.
Ivanova is God.
And, if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out!
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own(verrry long post) [message #260077 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 21:33
Philippa Cowderoy  
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Stacie Hanes wrote:

> Today I learned that I have been awarded a summer teaching fellowship, one
> of only four. The "we're very impressed" boilerplate was a nice boost after
> the "no, thank you" from Mlle J. And the pay will be nice; now that I live
> alone, not getting paid for three months during the summer is an unappealing
> prospect. Of course, it means working and being at school during the summer,
> which still seems like an unnatural perversion.

Will you still be making the con and so forth?

--
flippa [at] flippac.org

Society does not owe people jobs.
Society owes it to itself to find people jobs.
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260081 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 21:52
Stacie Hanes  
Philippa Cowderoy wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Stacie Hanes wrote:
>
>> Today I learned that I have been awarded a summer teaching
>> fellowship, one of only four. The "we're very impressed"
>> boilerplate was a nice boost after the "no, thank you" from Mlle
>> J. And the pay will be nice; now that I live alone, not getting
>> paid for three months during the summer is an unappealing
>> prospect. Of course, it means working and being at school during
>> the summer, which still seems like an unnatural perversion.
>
> Will you still be making the con and so forth?

Oh, yes. My ticket is bought and everything. I made sure there was no
conflict before applying. The summre session lets out about a week before I
have to leave.

--
Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260137 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 23:30
Thomas Zahr  
Stacie Hanes posted:

> Orjan Westin wrote:
>> Stacie Hanes wrote:
>
>>> it's just plain too
>>> late for me to be a geologist, even if I were so
>>> inclined. :-/
>>
>> And that's set in stone, right?
>
> You're reaching the "no punishment too horrible" phase, you
> know that, right? :-P
>

Have him stalked by a pride of roses.

--
Ciao

Thomas =:-)
<out of sig error>
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260153 ] Do, 27 April 2006 00:29
FiX01  
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:57:03 GMT, "Stacie Hanes"
<house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

>Welcome to Planet Stacie. Here are today's headlines:
[...]
>Today I learned that I have been awarded a summer teaching fellowship, one
>of only four. The "we're very impressed" boilerplate was a nice boost after
>the "no, thank you" from Mlle J. And the pay will be nice;

Dancing rodents!


>Of course, it means working and being at school during the summer,
>which still seems like an unnatural perversion.

Naaaah, working during the summer isn't a perversion. Look at me,
pure, innocent and working throughout summer so that I can go to
Mongolia during fall ;-P

>I need to be in a bigger city, I think. I am frustrated by the apparent
>absence of educated women within, oh, 10 years of my age in either
>direction. There just don't seem to be any. Or everyone's paired off. Or
>just broke up with someone. The young lady I mentioned earlier was the first
>I've met that I really wanted to sit and talk with.

I must move to a smaller town, I know... unfortunately, the job
offering I found that matched my desires _perfectly_[1] has been
closed before I could find enough time to finish writing my
candidature... Aaaaargh!

[...]
> So I can't say I dislike the work, because I love it, but there's
>still a sense that if this isn't what will get me some kind of consideration
>on the job market, please shoot me, because sometimes it's all a bit much.

Not that I'd want you to get shot, but I've found that the only
alternative was either to work for fun or for profit/empoyability
outside my company on the kind of jobs I like doing...

>Getting a dissertation committee together is like herding cats. DEAD cats.
>Dead BLACK cats in a coal cellar at midnight on a moonless night. My
>director is in TIBET this summer, for the love of god. He didn't tell me he
>was going to TIBET.

Tibet... again, a destination I'll go to when I've leanrt to manage
working and keeping in shape at the same time...

FiX

[1] and that's the first time in the last five years I've found a job
offer that _really_ made me want to try applying. What? Me, picky?
Naaah O:-)
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260154 ] Do, 27 April 2006 00:32
FiX01  
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:00:45 GMT, René <Kar98 [at] The-Coalition.US> wrote:

>On 2006-04-26 00:57:03 -0500, "Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> said:
>
>> I am frustrated by the apparent absence of educated women within, oh,
>> 10 years of my age in either direction.

>Arghraghah. That's all I'm saying on the topic of educated women +/-10
>years of my age; local availibility thereof.

Argharghargh. That's all I'm saying on the topic of educated
wome...errr... <sound of feet shuffling>

Must be strong. Must not send the po

FiX
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260185 ] Do, 27 April 2006 01:04
Stacie Hanes  
FiX wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:57:03 GMT, "Stacie Hanes"
> <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

> [...]
>> So I can't say I dislike the work, because I love it, but there's
>> still a sense that if this isn't what will get me some kind of
>> consideration on the job market, please shoot me, because
>> sometimes it's all a bit much.
>
> Not that I'd want you to get shot, but I've found that the only
> alternative was either to work for fun or for profit/empoyability
> outside my company on the kind of jobs I like doing...

I love my job, all of it. Conferences, teaching, the whole thing. I'm just
tired and a bit under the weather.

And I'm sort of wishing that I had someone on my arm when the good stuff
happens, you know?



--
Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260193 ] Do, 27 April 2006 01:18
FiX01  
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:04:22 GMT, "Stacie Hanes"
<house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

>FiX wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:57:03 GMT, "Stacie Hanes"
>> <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

>> [...]
>>> So I can't say I dislike the work, because I love it, but there's
>>> still a sense that if this isn't what will get me some kind of
>>> consideration on the job market, please shoot me, because
>>> sometimes it's all a bit much.

>> Not that I'd want you to get shot, but I've found that the only
>> alternative was either to work for fun or for profit/empoyability
>> outside my company on the kind of jobs I like doing...

>I love my job, all of it. Conferences, teaching, the whole thing. I'm just
>tired and a bit under the weather.

I know the feeling ;-)

>And I'm sort of wishing that I had someone on my arm when the good stuff
>happens, you know?

AAMOF, I don't. Apart from having been single quite a sizable number
of years lately, I'm also very much a loner and quite simply _need_ to
have a *lot* of time by myself. Having more personalities around than
mine[1] for a sizable amount of time make me feel a little bit
oppressed: if it wasn't for the fact that wine _needs_ to be shared,
I'd be a pretty good hermit ;-P

FiX

[1] Of course, having at least three persons sharing the same body[2]
at all time may explain why I need a lot of personal space ;-P
[2] no, not the same mind[3]
[3] what is a mind, anyway?
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260215 ] Do, 27 April 2006 04:20
Kar98  
On 2006-04-26 18:04:22 -0500, "Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> said:

> I love my job, all of it. Conferences, teaching, the whole thing. I'm
> just tired and a bit under the weather.
>
> And I'm sort of wishing that I had someone on my arm when the good
> stuff happens, you know?

It's really handy to have skills in multiple fields. Like, if I don't
feel like interacting with life customers, I can slither off and do Web
sites, or paint, or play with my chainsaw :)
Oh yeah, I forgot, it also helps to be self-employed.
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260216 ] Do, 27 April 2006 04:23
Stacie Hanes  
René wrote:
> On 2006-04-26 18:04:22 -0500, "Stacie Hanes"
> <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> said:
>> I love my job, all of it. Conferences, teaching, the whole thing.
>> I'm just tired and a bit under the weather.
>>
>> And I'm sort of wishing that I had someone on my arm when the good
>> stuff happens, you know?
>
> It's really handy to have skills in multiple fields. Like, if I
> don't feel like interacting with life customers, I can slither off and do
> Web sites, or paint, or play with my chainsaw :)
> Oh yeah, I forgot, it also helps to be self-employed.

All valuable wisdom. What it has to do with my cold <aahh-CHOO> or
recruiting me a girlfriend, I am not entirely sure.

But thank you. ;-)

--
Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260217 ] Do, 27 April 2006 04:32
Kar98  
On 2006-04-26 21:23:42 -0500, "Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> said:

> René wrote:
>> On 2006-04-26 18:04:22 -0500, "Stacie Hanes"
>> <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> said:
>>> I love my job, all of it. Conferences, teaching, the whole thing.
>>> I'm just tired and a bit under the weather.
>>>
>>> And I'm sort of wishing that I had someone on my arm when the good
>>> stuff happens, you know?
>>
>> It's really handy to have skills in multiple fields. Like, if I
>> don't feel like interacting with life customers, I can slither off and do
>> Web sites, or paint, or play with my chainsaw :)
>> Oh yeah, I forgot, it also helps to be self-employed.
>
> All valuable wisdom. What it has to do with my cold <aahh-CHOO> or
> recruiting me a girlfriend, I am not entirely sure.
>
> But thank you. ;-)

You were supposed to take the hint, and either buy a PowerBook, a
chainsaw or an easle, put on a wifebeater, and work in the front yard,
in the sunshine, with whatever tool you picked. Geez, do I have to
spell out everything? ;)
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260218 ] Do, 27 April 2006 04:40
Stacie Hanes  
René wrote:

> You were supposed to . . . buy a . . . chainsaw

Hmmmm, chainsaw . . . .

It's a little off my usual style, but I might be able to have fun with a
chainsaw.

<ponders>

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Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260224 ] Do, 27 April 2006 05:40
raymond larsson  
In article <6KL3g.3549$DT5.20 [at] newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>, Stacie
Hanes says...

> I don't, exactly. The job market in English Studies is pretty tight no
> matter what you specialize in, and it's just plain too late for me to be a
> geologist, even if I were so inclined. :-/

or syncline or anticlined either, I suppose.
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260242 ] Do, 27 April 2006 10:21
Mixu Lauronen  
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:54:42 +0300, Puck <Kormos.4 [at] osu.edu> wrote:

>> But ... but Stacie, there are no child-beatings or abortions in it!
>> Why would you want to discuss it here?
>
> Terry Pratchett's work seems to leave those areas pretty much alone as
> well.
> We should see if we can't get him to rectify that. I think it would have
> to be a Susan book.
>
Or the Witches. Granny would be very, very upset about those things.
And maybe Daeth? "I LIKE CHILDREN. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE FULLY
DEVELOPED."
--
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Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260386 ] Do, 27 April 2006 18:15
Andrew Nevill  
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:23:42 GMT, "Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com>
wrote:


>
>All valuable wisdom. What it has to do with my cold <aahh-CHOO> or

Here' some Honey & Lemon and a blanket to snuggle in

>recruiting me a girlfriend, I am not entirely sure.

Can't help you there. *shrug*
I am the world's worst person for advising on how to get a girlfriend :-(

Anyway Congratulations on all the Good Stuff and I hope the Bad Stuff sorts
itself out.


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Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260410 ] Do, 27 April 2006 17:15
Thomas Zahr  
Stacie Hanes posted:

> Rene wrote:
>> On 2006-04-26 18:04:22 -0500, "Stacie Hanes"
>> <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> said:
>>> I love my job, all of it. Conferences, teaching, the
>>> whole thing. I'm just tired and a bit under the weather.
>>>
>>> And I'm sort of wishing that I had someone on my arm when
>>> the good stuff happens, you know?
>>
>> It's really handy to have skills in multiple fields. Like,
>> if I don't feel like interacting with life customers, I
>> can slither off and do Web sites, or paint, or play with
>> my chainsaw :) Oh yeah, I forgot, it also helps to be
>> self-employed.
>
> All valuable wisdom. What it has to do with my cold
> <aahh-CHOO> or recruiting me a girlfriend, I am not
> entirely sure.
>
> But thank you. ;-)
>

I thougt that was where the chainsaw came in.

--
Ciao

Thomas =:-)
<sometimes RL is such a drag>
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260418 ] Do, 27 April 2006 21:03
Brian Wakeling  
In a speech called dbr1521g71u7mg9lsvqq7q2rsquoq9hllc [at] 4ax.com,
Andrew Nevill uttered thus:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:23:42 GMT, "Stacie Hanes"
> <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > All valuable wisdom. What it has to do with my cold <aahh-CHOO> or
>
> Here' some Honey & Lemon and a blanket to snuggle in
>
> > recruiting me a girlfriend, I am not entirely sure.
>
> Can't help you there. *shrug*
> I am the world's worst person for advising on how to get a
> girlfriend :-(

No, actually, that would be me :-((

> Anyway Congratulations on all the Good Stuff and I hope the Bad
> Stuff sorts itself out.

From me too.

--
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Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260474 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 01:14
David Chapman  
From the Collected Witterings of Puck, volume 23:
> David Chapman wrote:
>> From the Collected Witterings of Stacie Hanes, volume 23:
>>
>>> I bought a DVD of "Shaun of the Dead" and found it hilarious.
>>
>> But ... but Stacie, there are no child-beatings or abortions in it!
>> Why would you want to discuss it here?
>
> Terry Pratchett's work seems to leave those areas pretty much alone as
> well.

Beg to differ. There's been at least one child-*murderer* in the Discworld
stories.

--
If life gives you lemmings, jump off a cliff.
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own [message #260481 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 01:58
Arthur Hagen  
On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 00:14 +0100, David Chapman wrote:
> From the Collected Witterings of Puck, volume 23:
> >
> > Terry Pratchett's work seems to leave those areas pretty much alone as
> > well.
>
> Beg to differ. There's been at least one child-*murderer* in the Discworld
> stories.

Black Aliss, or Sgt. Redrum^WJackrum?

Regards,
--
*Art
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own(verrry long post) [message #260483 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 02:27
Stacie Hanes  
Arthur Hagen wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 00:14 +0100, David Chapman wrote:
>> From the Collected Witterings of Puck, volume 23:
>>>
>>> Terry Pratchett's work seems to leave those areas pretty much
>>> alone as well.
>>
>> Beg to differ. There's been at least one child-*murderer* in the
>> Discworld stories.
>
> Black Aliss, or Sgt. Redrum^WJackrum?

No, the man at the beginning of Carpe Jugulum whom Granny directs to be
hanged.

--
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AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own(verrry long post) [message #260484 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 02:52
news0604  
Stacie Hanes wrote:
> No, the man at the beginning of Carpe Jugulum whom Granny directs to be
> hanged.
>
I *think* Arthur knew that...

Michael
Stacie and Chainsaws... [message #260485 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 03:18
Shmoe  
"Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ZaW3g.1402$Vn.518 [at] newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> René wrote:
>
> > You were supposed to . . . buy a . . . chainsaw
>
> Hmmmm, chainsaw . . . .
>
> It's a little off my usual style, but I might be able to have fun with a
> chainsaw.
>
> <ponders>
>
> --
> Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
> AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
> Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
> AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
> just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
>

Dear Gods, what have you done, Rene???
Re: Stacie and Chainsaws... [message #260488 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 05:47
Kar98  
On 2006-04-27 20:18:24 -0500, "Shmoe" <packersrock [at] earthlink.net> said:

>
> "Stacie Hanes" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ZaW3g.1402$Vn.518 [at] newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> René wrote:
>>
>>> You were supposed to . . . buy a . . . chainsaw
>>
>> Hmmmm, chainsaw . . . .
>>
>> It's a little off my usual style, but I might be able to have fun with a
>> chainsaw.
>>
>> <ponders>
>>
>> --
>> Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
>> AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
>> Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
>> AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
>> just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
>>
>
> Dear Gods, what have you done, Rene???

I love it when a plan comes together :)
Re: [I] Stacie and Chainsaws... [message #260561 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 14:03
sphira9343  
Ren=E9 wrote:
> On 2006-04-27 20:18:24 -0500, "Shmoe" <packersrock [at] earthlink.net> said:
> > "Stacie Hanes" wrote
> >> Ren=E9 wrote:

> >>> You were supposed to . . . buy a . . . chainsaw

> >> It's a little off my usual style, but I might be able to have fun with=
a
> >> chainsaw.
> >>
> >> <ponders>

> > Dear Gods, what have you done, Rene???

> I love it when a plan comes together :)

Now there's an image to help us all sleep soundly at night... *g*
CCA
Re: [I] Stacie and Chainsaws... [message #260578 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 16:13
Kar98  
On 2006-04-28 07:03:39 -0500, "CCA" <sphira9343 [at] aol.com> said:

> René wrote:
>> On 2006-04-27 20:18:24 -0500, "Shmoe" <packersrock [at] earthlink.net> said:
>>> "Stacie Hanes" wrote
>>>> René wrote:
>
>>>>> You were supposed to . . . buy a . . . chainsaw
>
>>>> It's a little off my usual style, but I might be able to have fun with
> a
>>>> chainsaw.
>>>>
>>>> <ponders>
>
>>> Dear Gods, what have you done, Rene???
>
>> I love it when a plan comes together :)
>
> Now there's an image to help us all sleep soundly at night... *g*
> CCA

Speaking of images, here's one of a chainsaw in TEAL..
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml05/05265.jpg
Re: [I] Stacie and Chainsaws... [message #260590 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 17:00
Orjan Westin  
René wrote:
> On 2006-04-28 07:03:39 -0500, "CCA" <sphira9343 [at] aol.com> said:
>
>>
>> Now there's an image to help us all sleep soundly at night... *g*

Is there an expression in English that amounts to "sawing logs", used to
talk about snoring?

> Speaking of images, here's one of a chainsaw in TEAL..
> http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml05/05265.jpg

Pah. Modern junk. My grandfather had a chainsaw in teal. It weighed
around 15kg and had a three-foot long blade. My brother and I
dismantled it and fitted it to a bike to make a motorcycle, though.

Orjan
--
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Re: [I] Stacie and Chainsaws... [message #260598 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 17:48
Stacie Hanes  
René wrote:
> On 2006-04-28 07:03:39 -0500, "CCA" <sphira9343 [at] aol.com> said:
>
>> René wrote:
>>> On 2006-04-27 20:18:24 -0500, "Shmoe" <packersrock [at] earthlink.net>
>>> said:
>>>> "Stacie Hanes" wrote
>>>>> René wrote:
>>
>>>>>> You were supposed to . . . buy a . . . chainsaw
>>
>>>>> It's a little off my usual style, but I might be able to have
>>>>> fun with
>> a
>>>>> chainsaw.
>>>>>
>>>>> <ponders>
>>
>>>> Dear Gods, what have you done, Rene???
>>
>>> I love it when a plan comes together :)
>>
>> Now there's an image to help us all sleep soundly at night... *g*
>> CCA
>
> Speaking of images, here's one of a chainsaw in TEAL..
> http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml05/05265.jpg

Ooooh! OOOOH!

PRETTY! :-D

I want that!!!

--
Stacie, 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse.
AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons, Bondage-happy predator,
Speaker-To-Students, AFPMistress to peachy ashie passion &
AFPDeliciousSnack to 8'FED "If you can't be a good example, you'll
just have to be a horrible warning." C. Aird, _His Burial Too_
Re: [I] Stacie and Chainsaws... [message #260603 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 18:13
Lister  
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:00:17 +0100, "Orjan Westin"
<nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:

>
>Pah. Modern junk. My grandfather had a chainsaw in teal. It weighed
>around 15kg and had a three-foot long blade. My brother and I
>dismantled it and fitted it to a bike to make a motorcycle, though.
>
>Orjan


And then you rode around cutting up other bikes and stuff, right? :)
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own(verrry long post) [message #260646 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 22:58
Diane L  
Arthur Hagen wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 00:14 +0100, David Chapman wrote:
>> From the Collected Witterings of Puck, volume 23:
>>>
>>> Terry Pratchett's work seems to leave those areas pretty much alone
>>> as well.
>>
>> Beg to differ. There's been at least one child-*murderer* in the
>> Discworld stories.
>
> Black Aliss, or Sgt. Redrum^WJackrum?

Black Aliss was a child murderee, surely?

Diane L.
Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260715 ] Sa, 29 April 2006 03:56
Ross  
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:23:42 GMT, Stacie Hanes wrote in
<OWV3g.1398$Vn.46 [at] newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>, seen in
alt.fan.pratchett:
> René wrote:
> > On 2006-04-26 18:04:22 -0500, "Stacie Hanes"
> > <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> said:
> >> I love my job, all of it. Conferences, teaching, the whole thing.
> >> I'm just tired and a bit under the weather.
> >>
> >> And I'm sort of wishing that I had someone on my arm when the good
> >> stuff happens, you know?
> >
> > It's really handy to have skills in multiple fields. Like, if I
> > don't feel like interacting with life customers, I can slither off and do
> > Web sites, or paint, or play with my chainsaw :)
> > Oh yeah, I forgot, it also helps to be self-employed.
>
> All valuable wisdom. What it has to do with my cold <aahh-CHOO> or

Bless you.


> recruiting me a girlfriend, I am not entirely sure.

Can't help with that one, either; I've still failed to work out how to
successfully recruit me a girlfriend.
--
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Re: [I] I'm Tired of the Other Threads, So I'm Starting My Own (verrry long post) [message #260783 ] Sa, 29 April 2006 14:46
David Chapman  
From the Collected Witterings of Ross, volume 23:
> I've still failed to work out how to
> successfully recruit me a girlfriend.

You can pick up a cheap one second-hand...

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