Randomness

[blacknblue]

Migraines will do that sometimes.

[TPoptarts]

Ah the hypocrisy.

So like last night my friend took a walk on the beach with Puke Chick (whom we call "Hamster"... but not in a cute way ). And she told Hamster she's like here for the summer holiday going to a language school to learn English (she's from Austria). And then that stupid spoiled bitch Hamster starts like laughing at her saying her English is like the worst English she's ever heard and it would be impossible for her to improve, maybe a little bit in like 2-3 years.

Well first of all the thing is IMO my friend speaks very good English, well obviously not perfect but she has a good vocabulary and she's a great speller and she understands like pretty much everything, her grammar is like a little off sometimes, and sometimes it's like way off, but she asks to be corrected and she really makes an effort to learn and improve and personally I think she's doing great. (Accent doesn't count for anything because it's no indication of how fluent people are)

Second of all... like dude. Did that stupid Hamster ever listen to herself?? Like the thing is Hamster is originally from Japan, she's been living here for years though yet to me her English sounds no better than my friend's, even worse actually and like I talk to her and she asks me what's this word, what's that word, like seriously the other day I asked her "do you have the time?" and she goes like "I have time?" and I'm like "the time." And she's like "what time?" and I'm like "the time. Do you have the time?" and she's like "what I have? " and I'm like "dude, what's the time??" oh and yes she does still have a very thick accent too if that's what she based her "thorough analysis" of my friend's English on.

Well sometimes I just don't get people.

[evcake]

Some people are just rude.

[Emberchyld]

I just wanted everyone to know that I've just joined the 21st century and... *gasp* ordered broadband.

I don't know whether to be estatic or mournful (now I have no excuse if my boss wants me to work from home... eesh.)

[blacknblue]

(now I have no excuse if my boss wants me to work from home... eesh.)

Sure you do. It's called "It's my personal time dumbass. I am an employee, not a serf."

Besides, why tell them about it? What business is it of your employers what speed you use to access the internet at your own home?

[Mitchell]

What's this "personal time" you speak of?

Lucky you guys. I live at work.

[JadziaKathryn]

Yahoo has an interesting article on levitation at the micro level that almost sounds like something in Trek.

[TPoptarts]

Some people are just rude.

Yeah tell me about it I mean like seriously. Not saying my language skills are all that perfect or anything, because they're obviously not (hell I can barely spell my own name ) but I can honestly, and also objectively, tell you that Hamster's grammar is like totally off the grid. Like for example my friend asks her what a word means, and she goes like "this is mean ____", or like being asked to turn the lights off and her reply is "I turn off light eleven". That's the way she talks like all the time. Not really in any position to go run her mouth on other people. Hell why would anyone do this even if they had like the most perfect English skills in the entire frelling universe.

Like okay for comparison my English is like way better than Hamster's, and that's a fact just like her Japanese is way WAY better than mine. You don't see me like laughing or throwing insults at her or patronizing her because of that, or saying her English is worse than it actually is, or thinking I'm like a better more deserving person because I speak English better. Nor do I think I deserve to speak good English more than she does, or deserve to be an American more than she does. I think that's what it's really all about with her, like I think she thinks it's better to be an American, and that she deserves to be here more than others because she's like "better than everyone", though what the frell is her problem I mean it's not like her precious green card is threatened by tourists or other immigrants I think she wants to feel superior and that's why she likes to denigrate others because she knows she doesn't really have anything to show for herself.

Like today she was talking to me about like stuff that happened last night, she had a fight with my friend about when to turn the lights off etc, well and during the conversation I explained her like how sometimes I have to get up really early at like 3am for filming, and she goes like "filming, what are you filming" with that hateful look on her face, then I go like "I'm an actress" and she rolls her eyes and starts laughing like "you're an actress?? "

And so to throw it in her condescending bitchy face I actually started to list all my film/commercial/theater roles. Yeah baby. I might be a fat, ugly, short little slave but there's more talent in the dead skin under my toenails than in her entire body (including over-inflated ego). IMDB listed. Eat your pea-sized heart out Hamster (might wanna add a lot of sugar, it's really bitter )

[TPoptarts]

Oh and like today something broke and I had to fix it, then Obi goes like "she's a female MacGyver" in French... and I understood

[TSara]

(now I have no excuse if my boss wants me to work from home... eesh.)

Sure you do. It's called "It's my personal time dumbass. I am an employee, not a serf."

HAHAHAHAHAHAH




Thanks for the laugh....ok back to swearing at my GPS unit.

[Emberchyld]

(now I have no excuse if my boss wants me to work from home... eesh.)

Sure you do. It's called "It's my personal time dumbass. I am an employee, not a serf."

Besides, why tell them about it? What business is it of your employers what speed you use to access the internet at your own home?

Unfortunately corporate america owns my soul (cool job or no).

But I did tell one of my co-workers about it and she agreed that I just keep pretending that I have dial-up. Not too far a stretch, since the office knows I'm "text messaging impaired" and can be similarly handicapped with regards to other "technological advances"

And I'm planning on conveniently "losing" the key to my laptop dock lock , which will magically appear the next time that I need to go on a business trip...

[Emberchyld]

Thanks for the laugh....ok back to swearing at my GPS unit.

Poor GPS... of course, if you have the one with the Ozzy Osbourne voice program, it could swear back at you...

[Rigil Kent]

But I did tell one of my co-workers about it and she agreed that I just keep pretending that I have dial-up. Not too far a stretch, since the office knows I'm "text messaging impaired" and can be similarly handicapped with regards to other "technological advances"

Heh. That reminds me of when I was active duty Army, and my immediate supervisor started hinting that they needed someone to drive a 5 ton truck at battalion. I insisted that I had no idea how to drive a stick, so they got someone else. Not two days later, I drove my supervisor to the PX in my car at the time (an '85 Mustang) and he looked pointedly at the stickshift before chuckling.

Nobody wants to drive a 5 ton...

[TSara]

But I did tell one of my co-workers about it and she agreed that I just keep pretending that I have dial-up. Not too far a stretch, since the office knows I'm "text messaging impaired" and can be similarly handicapped with regards to other "technological advances"

Heh. That reminds me of when I was active duty Army, and my immediate supervisor started hinting that they needed someone to drive a 5 ton truck at battalion. I insisted that I had no idea how to drive a stick, so they got someone else. Not two days later, I drove my supervisor to the PX in my car at the time (an '85 Mustang) and he looked pointedly at the stickshift before chuckling.

Nobody wants to drive a 5 ton...

I used to hate to drive the 5 ton truck that our Comms Messaging system shelter was on.

So I completely agree!

[TSara]

Thanks for the laugh....ok back to swearing at my GPS unit.

Poor GPS... of course, if you have the one with the Ozzy Osbourne voice program, it could swear back at you...

I almost wish it did...that way it could understand how pissed off I am that it won't update.


*edit* After two days of fussing and cussing I am very happy to report that my new map updates are complete and working.

So.

YAY!