Merry Christmas, one and all! I have a date! :D But before I go get ready, I found something cool in my copy of Neil Gaiman's The Books of Magic that I thought I'd share! Sorry about the poor quality of the scan, I'm still trying to figure out how to do this.

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oh nooooooooo ;_;

Three days of feeling fine, and then I wake up this morning with a sore throat...This isn't fair.

But on the brighter side, I almost have everyone's Christmas card ready to go out. ^^; I'm sorry if they arrive late! I really should have done this last week, but I was feeling too awful to think of it. Sorry!

I know I've left this unforgivably late, but if anyone would like a Christmas card from me, they should send me a pm with their mailing address BEFORE Tuesday. <3 Happy Holidays guys!

I am getting so tired of the taste of cough drops and Dayquil. I swear it gets nastier with every dose. On the other hand, it does seem to be working -- in the sense that I was able to eat an actual meal today, rather than living on orange juice, bananas, and whatever other soft food I could painfully choke down. Freakin' cold.

And my manager, jesus christ. I don't even know what he's thinking, but he effectively doubled everyone's workload in the bakery. We were already struggling, but now...I had to stay two hours past the scheduled end of my shift just to get everything done. I missed the last bus home, and had to hitch a ride with one of my coworkers! I don't even. What the hell is this shit? I'm scared to even complain about it, because it could get me fired if he takes it wrong.

I guess I'll have to try the store manager again. Last time he said he was going to get back to me on my issues, but never did. Getting brushed off sucks, but I have to try something. This is intolerable.

I beat the Elite Four in Pokemon Pearl! :D

...And that's all I managed to accomplish today. ^^; I was planning to go to the library and comic book store, but after waking up with a sore throat this morning...going out into the cold didn't seem like the greatest idea. Or at least not when I have work tomorrow.

I just checked the shift calendar over at damned...It looks like Dayshift 46'll begin on the 12th, assuming there aren't any delays. Thank god; I've been missing that game like crazy. XD I think the hiatus was good for me, but still. It'll be good to play Bart again.

Phish, how have things been going on your end? Are you still on hiatus?

I'm really thankful for my friends. ^^ You're an amazing group of people, and I'm seriously grateful for the way you put up with my nonsense, my frequent periods of silence, and my even more frequent fits of angst. I'm truly blessed to know you all.

Guess who rolled a natural one on his saving throw vs. divinity today? :D

Oh for goodness sake. ><

WHY, DC? Why do you have to bring back one of your most hated characters? Is there anybody who will be happy to see Superboy Prime, also known as Spasticwhine Emopants, back in action?

Please let him get destroyed quickly.

On a positive note, after a string of mediocre issues (and one EXCELLENT issue that had nothing to do with the main plot, and featured the title characters for all of two panels) Gotham Sirens is finally picking back up. After narrowly escaping death at the hands of the Joker twice, Selena and Ivy finally persuade Harley that if she's serious about giving up her Mister J, she has to accept the fact that there's no way he's going to let her go. It's time to put him down.

Only then it turns out that it wasn't the real Joker sending those whacky, tommy gun-wielding henchmen and exploding cars after them, it was some midget with a raging mancrush on the Joker (and an equally raging hatred for Harley). Apparently this guy used to be Jack's sidekick or something? Anyway, he dumps Ivy and Selena into a hyena pit, and gets ready to kill Harley once and for all while she's still struggling to free herself from the roots Ivy used to restrain her when she hesitated over killing the Joker. All in all, a very exciting issue.

It also raises some interesting questions. It was mentioned in a past issue that the Joker hasn't done the whole whacky violence thing in ages, and here Harley mentions that the one and only time he took her for a ride in the Jokercar, he seemed embarrassed by it, and shot a bunch of guys who made fun of it. I'm not entirely sure what to make of the idea of Joker who actually outgrew the sillier jokes, but I can't wait to see where they go with. I also wonder if the real Mister J's been keeping an eye on his imposter while the imposter kept an eye on Harley. Will the real McCoy be showing up next issue? Who knows!

Apropos of nothing, has anyone else ever read Stephen King's Carrie? Did anyone ever get the impression that Sue had gotten pregnant, and that being forced to telepathically experience Carrie's rage and death made her miscarry?

It's been quite a few years since I read the book, but it seems to fit all the facts from what I recall.

Oh my gooooood, I miss damned so much. Thread-stalking just isn't the same when I'm not playing too.

And I really miss playing Blitzwing, too. I know I don't have time to play him, but I still really miss him. And I feel so BAD for Lugnut right now. XD; He needs his wingmate back.

Let's see...something to talk about that won't be completely nonsensical to everyone but two or three people...

Today was kind of a weird day at work. Shelanda came back, apparently completely recovered from her time in the hospital -- but she didn't show up for her shift today. Apparently she didn't even call in. Despite that, my shift was actually fairly stress-free...We're out of the plastic cases we use for pastries and stuff, so I didn't have to worry about any of that, just packaging the bread Margaret baked before I came in. (Poor Margaret, meanwhile, had a very stressful shift, as she had to do Shelanda's work and her own duties, until I came in.) That'll change by tomorrow, though; the assistant manager said he's going to call one of the other stores in town and get some plastic cases from them. So tomorrow I'll be back to juggling enough work for two people again! Joys.

And am I doing with my surprising surplus of energy tonight? Washing dishes. They kind of...piled up over the past couples days. ^^;;; Sorry about that, Kris!

um...not sure what else I've got to talk about. How are you guys doing? I miss socializing. ^^; Not that I'll probably get any of it this time either, since you know by this time tomorrow I'll be back to the usual state of burned out listlessness, but hey, at least I'm still trying!

EDIT: Oh, and looking over the comments to my last post (thank you so much for all your support! even though I didn't have the energy to respond, I still read them all, and they helped. A lot) several of you suggested I go to someone higher up the food chain and tell them what's going on. The thing, that would be the store manager, and I'm pretty sure he already knows all about it. He was there for the chewing out session, and he's toured the bakery enough times to know how understaffed we are. So I can only assume he approves of how he assistant manager treated me. And considered that I'm already running the risk of being fired if I step out of line again...Much as I hate to say it, I think this is one of those times when I just have to buckle down and live with it.

I'm going to get yelled at for something tomorrow, I just know it. Either it'll be not packaging all the bread baked today (I had to choose between packaging that last rack, or breaking out enough bread for tomorrow, and baking takes longer than packaging -- and even so, I had to stay twenty minutes late) or not mopping the floor (second verse, same as the first. I didn't have enough time)

I'm trying my best to be quick and efficient, but there limits to how quickly I can do things and still do them right. This is the part that really gets to me -- it's not the workload itself, it's the pressure. I don't like getting yelled at, least of all for things that aren't my fault. :(

There have been few people in my life I've wanted to haul off and hit more than that girl.

No, not the one who was making my life hell before she landed herself in the hospital (though I hear she's coming back next week). The other one. The one who won't shut her trap.

I'm sorry your brother's in jail, honey, but I've heard this story at least fifteen times now! And is it really the kind of thing to share with random customers? Have you no shame?

And you may think you "busted" your supervisor or whatever, but I heard that conversation, and as far as I could tell? You got your whiny bitch ass handed to you. So shut up, and get to work already. You're at least half of the reason why nothing gets done properly in the deli.

And how somebody who lives with a black guy can sound as racist as you do, I have no idea.

...

A Jack Napier icon would be so awesome right about now.

Darn it Tim, how am I supposed to send you feel-better hugs if you're not on AIM? You're really letting me down here, buddy.

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Should I put Impulse on hiatus for Dayshift 45?

In other news, huge numbers of apologies to everyone who commented on my last post, and never got a reply. I actually really did want to talk about the subjects raised (and still do, because they were really interesting) I just couldn't pull together the energy. I'm really sorry. Please don't hate me. ;_;

Got home in a seriously bad mood because my manager's an idiot who DOES NOT GET that working in the deli will prevent me from finishing all my work in the bakery (and then reprimands me for pointing this out) but I just can't sustain a bad mood after spending an hour talking about this: http://community.livejournal.com/noscans_daily/182354.html#comments

Original post is about minorities in comics. I brought up my desire to see transgendered characters. Lots of people chimed in, and apparently I need to read Runaways, but only the first two volumes because the later writers suck (Joss Whedon, why did you do that? D: )

It'd be interesting to write a fic in which a FtM OC superhero gets into a debate with Wonder Woman over whether or not being trans makes him a misogynist. I think I'd need to create a second trans OC, though...there's the second Pied Piper, but I can't imagine him getting into a situation where he'd actually talk to Wonder Woman, much less about something like that. Plus his fic is set thirty years in the future, and I don't know if Diana would even still be around by then. Is it canon that she's immortal?

I'd also like to make a trans character more like the Question, but there's already a third Question in that 'verse, and it's Tim Drake. Would it be pushing it to say his sidekick is trans? Hm...

Hey, everyone who shares my f-list with alanahikarichan. I got a call from her earlier that her internet's down, so if you could pass that along to any other mutual friends you share with her, I'm sure she would appreciate it.

You know, I'm almost, almost glad I was socialized female, as it means I would rather drop dead with a fork in my eye than say things like this: http://community.livejournal.com/sf_drama/2520061.html

Oh, boo freaking hoo. A series that was created by guys, marketed at guys, and is still largely supported BY GUYS, has also attracted a number of girls that enjoy using the characters to write about romance and feelings. Yes, I can totally see how that ruins the whole thing for you. NOT! Shut up and stay out of the slash communities; it's not like they aren't CLEARLY MARKED or anything!

I like to think that, even if I had been born with all my proper equipment, I'd still realize just how stupid assholery like this sounds.

Alicia, Tim, and Kes --

DAYSHIFT 45 EVENT!

Are any of you thinking about participating? Does anyone have any objections if I sign Bart up? :D

So...anyone else a little worried about the state of Abe and Kroenen's relationship over at abe_kroenen? It seems like they spend all their time fighting these days. Not that their relationship was ever really a paragon of emotional stability, but ever since Kroenen took advantage of the relationship to infiltrate the BPRD it's gotten a lot worse.

Of course, break ups happen, they're a normal part of life and all, but when one of the participants is an knife-happy clockwork Nazi with a lengthy and colorful history of overreactions...I hope Abe's going to be okay.