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

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

hai

mookie why are you still up? ps i just got home! good to see you tonight!

ned, you will be proud that i paid about $15 in fines yesterday because it was my own damn fault for not renewing or returning sooner. sad thing is the books didn't even give me any useful information for the paper i was writing.

Ah well, it happens. And yes I am proud!

el tomboto is happy today.

give me a minute.

beer at 11am!! still happy wtf somebody do something reprehensibly stupid please

http://www.oskarblues.com/images/OldChubCanGlass.jpg
om nom nom nom

yesterday's achewood (when did he start updating on fridays again?) is very very haw

Happiness is good and all. Hey, I need to drop you a line re: end of June so I can steal your beer plot recording and crash space details.

sure. have you heard of this fucking thing, I think you say, is called an e-mail? you have it? you clikcly clikc and it says a message to your friend.

I am just a simple unfrozen caveman library attendant.

oh I have only heard it about in the recently, but use it a lot to send message, sometimes is better than even telephone.

STOP THROWING YOUR TWENTY-CENT WORDS AROUND

LOLZ YOU GUIZE

i am here, waiting for things to happen. things that may happen include:

1. attractive girl coming round for misbehaviours.
2. attractive girl coming round for misbehaviours.
3. nothing. resign self to watching Monty Python by self.
4. calling sister to see if she has any entertainment to offfer.
5. i don't have a five.

envious of tombotobeeroclock

I keep waiting to grow weary of drinking beer one of these days, but it never seems to happen.

wow there is a party going on in our back patio and i just looked out to see amps and a drum kit set up. loud, probably crappy neighborband playing is not going to be pleasing to my hangover.

Go read the ILE EVIL GUIDE DOG thread. It will not help your hangover but it is awesome.

wau!

oh god this band sucks so much harder than expected!!!

person with no experience buying booze for party tonight ordered KEG OF FAT TIRE because she was unaware of expected cost of kegs :D :D :D

Jeez you guys have been busy while I was gone; I'll have to load the whole xx000 pages!

Okay, so guess who got the patient who coded ten minutes before her shift started this morning? It was an interesting day...

"FAT TIRE" sounds really ominous

Suspiciously like "flat tire..."

YOUR FATHER OWNS LIKKER STORES HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS THINGS