TO MOLLIFY LINGJACKSON OVERDRIVEBERT WHO IS THE SQUEAKY DESERT FIEND, POST ON THIS THREAD AND ONE OF YOUR FRIENDLY ITR MODS WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE WICKED AWESOME, AND POSSIBLY OFFER AN EFFUSIVE ST

hahaha Dan

GAH I WAS JUST SORTING LAUNDRY AND THERE WAS A CENTIPEDE IN THE HAMPER

*SHUDDER*

Did you send it to John?

I was sorely tempted, but it scurried away before I could get to it.

Also, I won't touch those fucking things, even to send them to John.

new cure single on itunes is great great great (& poppy)

See, the only reason I haven't bought it yet is because I want the physical copy.

So J031's going to be interviewed by a newspaper in Worcester for one of her upcoming gigs!

Wow!!!

Congratulations to her!!!

Hmm, did the thread title break?

Seemingly not.

Good try, however!

Apparently it really is magical.

Leaving for exciting night and Saturday of hospital stuff. Have good nights, all, and remember it is v. v. important that you sleep in for me tomorrow morning if at all possible!!!!

hey peeps after watching the imploexplosions going off all over ilx i just want you all to know that i think that you guys are the bees knees srsly

I am shockingly glad I spent all of today arguing about the cyberbullying case because after glancing through some of the other nonsense that was happening today... o_0

wait what did i miss?

and ditto what JJ said about all you guys

i missed this too because of studying. but at least i got a lot done and feel pretty good about theater final w/out reading half the plays this sem!

You probably don't want to know, but the whole "meta thread from a secret board got reposted to Ask Chaki" thing blew up again.

oh dear

sometimes i am mystified by interwebs ppl.

this is a good place

yo. this would probably be a good time to mention that i will permaban anybody who (not in jest) shitstirs in this neck of the woods, so yeah, warnings given, not that i expect any such situation from my fine compatriots.

LAST FUN BOARAD ON THE INTERNET IT IS OURS

I am shockingly glad I spent all of today arguing about the cyberbullying case because after glancing through some of the other nonsense that was happening today... o_0

Yeah, I thought that it was an interesting coincidence that Ned happened to revive that thread today...

ok so morbid curiosity got the best of me and i read that thread. all i'll say is: i'm glad all of you have stable personalities ^_^

in other news: jordan was telling me he just read an AMG review by the infamous ned raggett, and i mentioned to him that ned actually works at UC irvine - jordan went to grad school there, and he REMEMBERS ned helping him find books! everyone knows ned.

xpost to john: super glad to hear that, dude

wow, small world, etc. that's really funny!

who (not in jest) shitstirs in this neck of the woods

plz know that me&lingbert is all hijinx no seriousness

oh well yes duh no worries at all

BAN

oops wait, no

ohhh my other tiny bit of news: this gay couple that used to be regulars at my restaurant till about 5yrs ago came in last night - turns out that one of them is some kind of diplomat and has been stationed at the nz embassy in washington for the last few years. so anyway, they remembered me, we had a good chat, told them i'm off to the US... could be a useful person to know when i start sorting out residency shit next year. networking, people, networking!

excellent!!

yeah i don't think he'll be able/willing to do me any favours, but it would be good to be in contact with someone at my embassy who knows all the answers and is entirely familiar with the system.

exactly.

this is a good place

it is, i was about ready to quit ilx before i started posting here (not that i realistically would have) but i <3 itr. i like how people from all different parts of ilx ended up here, it's a good combination.

jordan went to grad school there, and he REMEMBERS ned helping him find books!

...wait a minute.

Okay I just got the WORST SCRAMBLE BOARD ever:

S N E O

B QuF F

R W M R

K D G L

SEVEN TOTAL POINTS ON THE BOARD

xpost to ned: yeah he said he once argued with you about paying his library fines

lol, that narrows it down

the real question is, 'did said librarian say 'rah!' when jordan finally agreed to pay the fine?'

Okay, see, the fact that I am pretty sure I know who this is makes this all the loopier. What a freakin' small world.

lol, that narrows it down

Hahah -- yeah, Dan is well aware about my vents re: grads and fines (since I was a grad and I NEVER accrued a library fine, I feel rather clear upon the point). Of which I will not say more here, beyond this amusement from some months ago:

Book: 2 hour loan.

Marked on spine: 2 hour loan.

Written on date due slip: 5:18 PM, as said book was checked out at 3:18 on the day in question.

Excuse: "I thought '5 18' meant month and day."

Me to self, directed at grad in question: "You are a moron."

i always argued my fines, because most of the time, people would relent (not ned). i didn't argue with a "this is unfair" technique. i just whined about how i didn't have enough money to pay the special collections fines, which can get real steep in a hurry. this worked better than you might imagine. then, i found a loophole... if you keep the book until you get billed for losing it, and then return it, the fines disappear and you only have to pay a restocking fee.

when justine told me ned was a librarian at UC irvine, i almost said, "wait... is he the guy with the swervedriver shirt?" but then i realized she'd have no way of knowing.

if you didn't have enough money, you should have returned them on time!!

clearly. but i was flakier than i am now (by a factor of five million) when i was in school there.

55 minutes ago? someone reassure me i didn't kill this thread.

You didn't kill the thread.

BTW, good night

i found a loophole... if you keep the book until you get billed for losing it, and then return it, the fines disappear and you only have to pay a restocking fee.

True enough -- billing policy has been changed to fix this and there's more work underway in general.

(And yes, I am the guy with about five Swervedriver shirts. Given the reunion I am now hip before my time. Or something!)

Anyway, a chance to tell a story of which I have always been perversely proud. This occurred about ten years back, I think, and I wasn't there when it happened, but accordingly to a coworker an exchange at the desk once went like this:

PATRON: "I'm protesting this fine!"

LIBRARY PERSON: "Okay...it's a reserve fine, you'll have to speak to Ned."

PATRON: "...is he that long-haired guy with glasses?"

LIBRARY PERSON: "Yes."

PATRON: "That guy scares me! I'll pay the fine."

shoot, i really should go to library school. this stuff is prompting all manner of nostalgia inside of me