Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

Apply for everything, even shit you're 100% sure you don't meet any of the qualifications for. Put in your cover letter that you know you don't meet their specs but you're confident you have the ability to pick it up quickly and work beyond their expectations.

[Malacite]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

My problem is I've just been out of work for too long I think. That, or they see I worked for the govt. and think I'm over-qualified.

Which is a real fucking bitch and just perpetuates the cycle (and why I fucking hate my home town so much). Been looking for a new job since I lost my last one, but then it takes forever and no one wants to give me a chance and then if I'm lucky I get an interview (had like 2 in the last few years wtf...) but they go with someone else 'cause experience or w/e... I mean it's like OK, you I'm dead serious about working and want the job but you don't want to give me it because I been out of work for so long but I've been looking for work all that time so... what?

Fucking city, it's all about who you know (or blow).


As for something that makes me smile: Pusheen. Even on the shittiest days, a little Pusheen goes a long way ^_^

[Mezlo]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

That, or they see I worked for the govt. and think I'm over-qualified.

I scared someone at work by laughing so hard at this...

[cidbahamut]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

The funny thing is that this past week we've all been complaining about the fact that the other government group had to do the Windows 7 upgrade instead of our government group just doing it themselves. It's like people get tasked with the jobs they are least qualified to perform.

[Malacite]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

While I'm going insane from the unending tide of horrible problems plaguing me and what's left of my family, saw this little gem today;




^_^ kittehz! Lynx are awesome, and I love the wide ranging expressions on each of their furry little faces :D

[Firewind]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

So apparently pies are only a dessert thing in the US. I did not know this until I introduced some American colleagues over here to the concept of a meat pie.

Thee's actually a lot of kinds you can get here including Curry but I think they let out some pretty loud cheers when I told them you can get steak in a pie.

So basically I found out something I can easily bribe some colleagues with.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

There are pot pies, but I really don't know that many people who eat them.

But yeah, if you say pie here, it's generally understood to be a dessert item. And fuck, that sounds delicious right now.

[Mezlo]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

hair pie

[Malacite]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

hair pie

Still good :3

[Feba]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

Or pizza, depending on region.

Also, I used to have a pet lynx. They are pretty cool.

[Fliegar]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

I... Would love a pet Lynx. They look adorable as hell, but I assume they're quite a handful due to the whole 'wild cat' thing.

[Malacite]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

Also extremely illegal, lol.

But yeah I'd love to have a Canadian mountain lynx (used to have a baseball team named after 'em).




Stubby tail! If I'm not mistaken didn't Feba actually have one as a pet at one point until the cops came?

[Feba]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

there wasn't any law against it, it just pissed off the city, because lynx. Completely legal to own otherwise; I mean, it was domesticated, it's not like we just captured a lynx and took it in. Technically it was a siberian lynx, so I'm not sure if they even occur natively inside the US.

I don't remember the details too clearly, but I'm pretty sure it's more a matter of the city making our lives miserable than actually attempting to use the law. One of those "they're in the wrong, but you still pretty much have to go along with it" issues.

[DakAttack]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

You can import domesticated foxes from Russian for 9k:



Just kidding: http://imgur.com/account/favorites/3Bvyk

[Malacite]

Re: Little things that make you smile - the anti-peeve thread.

Owl Bunny? WTF?!