Random thoughts due to sleep deprivation caused scatter-brainedness

[taerowyn]

And yes, that title makes sense in my head.

When my dad got his new laptop he gave me his old wireless ethernet card for my laptop. Being able to be online anywhere is bad. I just sit in my room and surf*. or sit in my bowl chair and surf*, or curl up in bed and surf*. There is such thing as too much accessiblity.

My hair has gotten really, really long. It's never been this long. When it's straight (aka wet) it's down to the small of my back. Sometimes it's annoying as all hell and then sometimes I like it, so many ways to play with it. Part of me wants to go back to just shoulder length but part of me doesn't want to cut it until...well until something changes. It's kind of like I'm growing it out as long as I'm in this purgatory so that when I go to enter the next chapter in my life I can make a drastic and sudden physical change to mark it. Does that make sense? I know, I'm strange, but if you hadn't figured that out yet...

When you eat clementines it leaves this weird, shiny, scaly-looking stuff on your fingers. What is that?

Office Christmas dinner this Friday. Each person gets to invite a guest. Now this is when I hate being single. This will be my third office function where I've faced this dilemma. So far I've brought a married, female friend and a single brother. I can't bring any male friends because all my close male friends are either married and highly sensitive to people's perceptions of impropriety (try saying that five times fast) or thousands of miles away. So, single female friend it is. And I KNOW that one coworker (three guesses who, first two don't count) well make the wrong assumption right away. Fun, fun. I don't know which would be worse, having to argue "we're just friends, neither of us lean that way" or to just go it alone and deal with all the concerned sympathy and plans to matchmake for me. Yes, my boss has threatened to do that before. Can that count as harrassment?

*see "veg in front of computer" of previous entry

Comments

[lots42.livejournal.com]

damn, your office is full of some tight-asses.

I saw, take a female friend, plan ahead, have a drink beforehand and when the prissy 'can't mind her own business' cow-orker (not a typo) says something, give your friend a big smack on the lips.

And yes, if the boss' non-work behavior is making you uncomfortable and he doesn't stop after you complain, that is harrasment and any sane person willa gree you do not have to put up with it.

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[taerowyn.livejournal.com]

It's a thought but this is a VERY small office (three fulltime employees two part-time and one consultant) and I'd have to deal with her for at least anouther 6 months. I mean the woman listens to Dr. Laura. AH!!!!! Thankfully she doesn't expect me to listen to it as well and only puts it on when she's working in another part of the office.

I'm just inviting a female friend and we'll see what happens.

As far as the boss, it was only once and was light-hearted in intent. No harassment really. Had he continued I definitely would have told him to stop. I get that crap enough from friends, I really don't need it at work. Just one more of my boss' endearing traits (endearing/aggravating as all hell...whatever).

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

You need a female friend who will pretend to be more than friends with you (also, try to drop the word "threesome" in casual conversation). Then, when questioned about it the next working day, you can just say, "Oh, we just wanted to get a reaction out of people." And smile sweetly.

[skunk237.livejournal.com]

"I can't bring any male friends because all my close male friends are either married and highly sensitive to people's perceptions of impropriety (try saying that five times fast) or thousands of miles away."

i'm not a "close" male friend, but i am off this Friday and would be willing to be your pseudo-date (unless, of course, you'd rather bring a close female friend...if so, no worries). i'm clean-cut-when-i-wanna-be and i don't offend easily (especially around people i don't know). also, knowing that i have very little tact, i would keep my trap shut as much as possible. i always wanted to be an actor for a day. email me if you're interested in my offer!

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[taerowyn.livejournal.com]

Actually invited a friend last night and confirmed and all.

It's amazing how quickly peoples' schedules clear up when a free dinner at The Catacombs is available.

Thanks for the offer though!

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[skunk237.livejournal.com]

*snaps finger* shucks!