I LOVE it when that happens.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I love it when I have the Lounge of Tomorrow all big and completely filling up my entire computer screen. And I especially love it when it's filling up my entire computer screen and I turn around just as the Executive Director (my boss' boss) walks behind me.

"Oh, hi Sil!" I smile brightly.

"Hi, Audra. How are you?"

"Working hard, sir. Working very, very hard!!!! Especially after that three-day weekend. Lots to catch up on, and you know me, the early bird gets the leftover pizza pie. I really missed working here over the weekend, you know? I just feel so damned grown up, all job having and being responsible doing my job! Hey, come over here a minute and look at this FABULOUS dress designed by Zac Posen. Do you think your wife would like it, 'cause I"m feeling generous today!"

Actually, I just said, "Good. Good."

And he just said, "That's good."

And, come to think of it, sometimes I walk past his window when he's working at his computer, and I can tell he's not exactly working.

Still, I just LOVE it when I'm caught slacking by el Mucho Grande Jefe. LOVE IT.

What do you love?

[wendybeth]

Reading about you getting busted at work! ;)

I love a truly spontaneous kiss from the Girl- not just one when she is trying to get something. Of course, I know the time is nigh when I'll be happy for whatever I get, no matter the motivation.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I love it when my mom freaks out while on vacation. Like freaking out that we'll miss the courtesy shuttle to the airport (which runs every 5 minutes) while grabbing some food after dropping of our rental car two hours before our flight. Or yells at my dad for missing a turn because he was too busy paying attention to mundane things like not losing control of the car on an icy road.

[BarTopDancer]

LMAO Audra! You should see the panic IMs that go out when the COO comes in our office (seperate from the main office).

[MickeyD]

I should really turn my avatars off. Someone was in my office the other day, and I had forgotten to minimize LoT, and she said, "hey, that's you!" Oops.

[SacTown Chronic]

I love it when you call me Big Poppa.

[Claire]

I should really turn my avatars off. Someone was in my office the other day, and I had forgotten to minimize LoT, and she said, "hey, that's you!" Oops.

Okay, that is FUNNY stuff. :D Nerdliness in action!

Last night after a party....my sister was telling me about her fiance researching online some islands that they're going to "hop" to when they're in Jamaica this summer. Apparently...he found some travel internet bulletin boards to read and ask questions at.

So my sister doesn't know that I have posted thousands and THOUSANDS of posts on online bulletin boards. Has no clue. She says, "He told me that you wouldn't believe the internet geeks who would bend over backwards to help you out on these bulletins board things! He's taking their advice with a grain of salt...because come on. Who ARE these people?"

:rolleyes: Soooo.......that was my opportunity to come clean. To tell her that I'm one of those internet geeks. I'm one of THOSE people. I post and post. I tell people what I'm eating, what I'm wearing. I post about things I want, things I have. I post about my kids, my husband, my family......and sometimes about her. This was my big chance to come clean. To tell my dirty little secret.

But I just smiled, raised my eyebrows, nodded and calmly drank my cosmo. And then tried to figure out how I was going to explain my July trip to her. :D

[MerryPrankster]

But I just smiled, raised my eyebrows, nodded and calmly drank my cosmo.

Smart choice -- smile, nod and sip. :)

I wonder what she would think about your last trip report (which I thoroughly enjoyed, btw)? :eek:

[Claire]

I wonder what she would think about your last trip report (which I thoroughly enjoyed, btw)? :eek:

Yes, that was the cruel irony. :o I'm one of them and then some. ;)

[wendybeth]

Claire-

It might be fun to find out where they are posting and their usernames. Then, you go to that site and register. When you run across an inquiry by them, just say something like "Well, I'm just an internet geek and take what I say with a grain of salt, but..."

:D

[MerryPrankster]

Yes, that was the cruel irony. :o I'm one of them and then some. ;)

I get the irony. I just wanted to point it out. ;) :D

[Not Afraid]

Claire-

It might be fun to find out where they are posting and their usernames. Then, you go to that site and register. When you run across an inquiry by them, just say something like "Well, I'm just an internet geek and take what I say with a grain of salt, but..."

:D

Hehehehehehe. Cruel AND beautiful!

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Reading about you getting busted at work! ;)

I love a truly spontaneous kiss from the Girl- not just one when she is trying to get something. Of course, I know the time is nigh when I'll be happy for whatever I get, no matter the motivation.

Ah man, I still suck up to my parents when I want something. I'm not sure that you were coniving and selfish when you were little, you ever grow out of it unless something monumental happens to make you a better person.

I think a lot of people are still waiting for something monumental to happen to me. Especially my 'rents.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I love it when you call me Big Poppa.

Afternoon, Big Poopa.

[BarTopDancer]

Every time I read this thread I see I LOVE it when a PLAN comes together!!!!!!!!!

I still suck up to my parnets when I want something. I'm just much more obvious about it now. Daddy, I'm your favorite daughter... [him]you're my only daughter... :D

[blueerica]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAA!!

OK, that's big laughs for this afternoon! I totally relate to ALL OF THE ABOVE!!

I love it when I'm trying to make a story that's tied into the boards, or anything internet related, make sense to my grandma, or basically, anyone about 2 generations above me.

[MickeyD]

I love it when I'm looking all over the place for something, all over my office, all through my horribly messy desk, only to find it hours later.....filed in the folder right where it should be. :rolleyes:

[tracilicious]

That reminds me of the time when I was working as an events coordinator for a bookstore. I was using the art supplies to make a card for michael because I was bored for the last half hour of the day. So the owner of the entire chain walks in and asks how I'm doing. My response was, "Good. Just using office supplies for personal reasons." Smooth. :rolleyes: Thankfully he was really cool about it and just said, "Eh. It happens." Then sat down and asked me what changes I thought the store needed. Very cool of him.

Claire, I am totally a closet poster. No one in my life except for Michael knows I'm a message board geek. No one. I'm sure they would all think I'm a freak of the worst kind if they found out. :p

[blueerica]

I love it when I'm at the dental office, working away... people keep walking behind me.. I mean. I'm looking up things pertinent to dentistry when I'm on LoT, right?


Right?


Right?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I love it when I mention something on the tech side that I think has reached enough of a mainstream that I can put it into conversations and some old person has no clue what I'm talking about.

Today a coworker said "What's TiVo?" :eek: I and another coworker (and old one to boot) explained to her how it works and her eyes got big. What cave does this lady live in??

She then asked me if she could resell her 6 year old Gateway. "It looks just like that" she said, pointing to an old monitor on our desk. Not the computer, just the monitor.

She's not an idiot either. It's just that all this stuff is like Japanese to her. I spend a lot of time giving her careful explanations of why the library's computer system does what it does, but it just doesn't make sense to her.