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OFFTOP 10.13.08 Garfield Edition

Nolamarinergirl1_tiny by NOLAmarinergirl on

I'm not usually one for a case of the Mondays, but it's only 8.49am and I'm already set to climb back into bed and hide from the world.  I couldn't wake up with my first alarm and then the second did not sing at the appropriate time.  My shuffle was dead, forcing me to listen to thumping baselines as I scooted along.  Water from residents oversoaking their balcony plants drenched me as I rode through the French Quarter.  Upon opening my scooter seat, I found that red beans and rice had leaked all over my bag (including my new 80-count box of tea).  As I hustled to make the six block walk, a cop stopped me to lecture me about riding on the sidewalk, causing me to clutch my dripping bag to my almost-new fleece, which will cause me to smell like chipotle for the rest of the day.  And then, upon checking my email, yay--two new job rejections!

 

Please, give me some good news, or at least tell me of your worst Monday horror stories.

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Not only is it Monday, which is bad in and of itself...

it is also Columbus Day doubling the shittiness.

All I can say is that, not unlike Janette Rankin who famously chimed “I love my country but I cannot vote for war”, I myself love my Phillies but I cannot root for Joe Blanton.

Cuba Si! Yanqi No!

by Patrick517 on Oct 13, 2008 12:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't have any Monday stories...

everyday is the same to me. Most of the time I don’t know what day of the week it is until I check LL and see the OFFTOP. I haven’t figured out if this is awesome or sad.

by brayden04 on Oct 13, 2008 7:53 AM PDT   0 recs

Sometimes it sucks

Like today when I read the Sunday train schedule and got on the wrong train for 30 minutes. I was busy reading a book I had just bought. Luckily my teammate says, “I can’t believe we’re still underground.” Then I realized it wasn’t Sunday :(

by brayden04 on Oct 13, 2008 8:01 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Uhhhhh...good news?

I don’t have any BAD news, but I’m afraid I can’t offer much good news – except to offer the quite possibly naïve assertion that the worst may, in fact, be behind you; that you’ve front-loaded all the crap from today into one hour and now it’s smooth sailing.

And honestly, job rejections are OK – at least you heard something. In my last bout with unemployment, I sent out about two to three resumes a day for about four weeks, and got exactly ONE response – the rest just vanished.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 7:57 AM PDT   0 recs

The tea has been saved.

Inside the box were eight individually wrapped cellophane packages.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 8:10 AM PDT   0 recs

See? The worst is probably over.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:11 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

oh and by the way nola

nice color scheme.

(I don’t really know what color scheme you’re referring to but I like to obey the tags when possible)

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:16 AM PDT   0 recs

It goes with the sc tag.

But thank you for obeying the tags.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 8:19 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm sick, it sucks

except the part where I’m in the OTFPOTD from my bed

by seattlebruin on Oct 13, 2008 10:52 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Somehow, I have no tea at home

I just realized this about ten minutes ago

by seattlebruin on Oct 13, 2008 11:01 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sucks.

My box at work is a little stale-ish, but I’m just finishing T2, and about to grab T3 before lunch. Seems to be de-fogging my brain a little bit…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Oct 13, 2008 11:08 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You know what's incredibly annoying

is riding your bike to work and forgetting to pack work socks. So now I’ve got the dress shirt, black trousers, black shoes, and white socks combo going. sah-weeeeeeeet.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:21 AM PDT   0 recs

As well you should.

Macy’s opens in a half hour, and I will be there when the doors open. This is unacceptable.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:25 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The realization that I forgot socks hit me halfway to work

but since “halfway to work” means “at the bottom of a really big damn hill that I don’t want to ride up again” I just kept going.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:30 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It's the look of Elvis Costello

but he never did it with dress trousers and wing tips. He was more of a jeans/docs kinda guy.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:29 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

So that Poltergeist DirecTV commercial

has the funniest disclaimer ever. At the bottom of the screen, when all the crazy ghost rays start flying out of the TV, in small print it says “NOT INTENDED TO DEPICT ACTUAL VIEWING EXPERIENCE”.

Which is disappointing, because I really thought DirecTV would be my source for supernatural portals; now I gotta find another one.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:47 AM PDT   0 recs

I'm sick of how often it's getting shown.

Companies need to learn that after about 10 viewings of the same ad within a 2-day period, I will hate whatever they are selling. Geico does a brilliant job of mixing it up.

by Matthew on Oct 13, 2008 9:44 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm pretty tired of it too

The concept is great, but rotate them around a bit. The Geico ads are just unbelievably odd.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 9:45 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs