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[Assassin in Burgundy he/him]

43 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

Hm. For the first time in... 10 years?... my blood is (probably) no longer contaminated. I wonder whether I can donate blood already.

Um. How was it contaminated?

[Oversleep]

1 minute ago, Assassin in Burgundy said:

Um. How was it contaminated?

Oh, you know. The usual. Venom, radiation, toxic chemicals... at one point bad case of corrosive blood. Once I was putting up with gold circulatiing in my bloodstream. But usually it was because you can't donate blood if you were bitten by something in recent past.

Spoiler

Ten points for naming all references.

Truth is, I had been taking anti-allergy shots.

 

[Briar King]

3 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

I wanted to give blood in high school, but I was too skinny. 

Considering I'm now underweight enough that I'm trying to gain weight, and that it's been a losing battle so far, I don't think I'd be able to give blood now, either. :/

Do you like vanilla? If yes go to McD and order a large shake and a large fries a few times a week. Any flavor will do but man vanilla goes so good with fries.

[Kaymyth she/her]

8 hours ago, A Budgie said:

Woah, that's...woah.
I've thought about giving blood, but this is giving me doubts.

Please understand that my experience is highly atypical.  I have some screwball genetic things going on with me, and one of those things is that I have very small blood vessels.  My biggest mistake yesterday was in not advocating for myself sufficiently and allowing them to put an inexperienced person in charge of insertion.  Once she had the needle in badly it was a LOT harder to put into place than it would have been had someone highly skilled done it from the get-go.  Very few people have the problems that I do.

Honestly, if I had a less useful blood type, I probably wouldn't bother.  But I'm A positive; not a universal donor, but about a third of humanity has the same type.

3 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

I wanted to give blood in high school, but I was too skinny. 

Considering I'm now underweight enough that I'm trying to gain weight, and that it's been a losing battle so far, I don't think I'd be able to give blood now, either. :/

If I could give you some of my excess pounds, I totally would.

[Sunbird she/her]

I tried to donate blood once, but they turned me away because of one of the asthma medications I was taking. I've also had some trouble with blood draws in the past, but nothing as nightmarish as your experience, @Kaymyth.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

16 minutes ago, Kaymyth said:

If I could give you some of my excess pounds, I totally would.

Well, thanks.  

27 minutes ago, Briar King said:

Do you like vanilla? If yes go to McD and order a large shake and a large fries a few times a week. Any flavor will do but man vanilla goes so good with fries.

I'd rather not use a method that requires me to spend extra money.  Plus, I know that if I do gain a few pounds getting fries and a shake a few times a week, if I ever stop, then I'll lose the weight again straight away. My metabolism has always been absurdly quick, so I think it'll be better in the long run if I just add more protein and calories overall. 

[little wilson she/her]

I used to give blood as frequently as I could, since I don't have an aversion to needles and I'm a universal donor. Felt it was my obligation. And then I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and while the Red Cross doesn't say that people with autoimmune diseases can't or shouldn't give, I feel super sketched out giving someone the highly inflated antibodies in my blood. Now, whenever the Red Cross calls or emails me, I get irritated because I've told them multiple times that I can't give and to take me off their list, but they just don't listen. I want to give. I can't give, and reminding me of that won't endear me to them.

Anyway. Onto actual bad day stuff. I've been doing some data analysis at work. It's been really fun for me and also useful for the manager I've been working with. On Monday, she suggested I apply for a product manager position that's been open for a couple months in one of the other offices. She'd been thinking about recommending one of her friends for it, but decided I would be better. Told me to tailor my resume for it, send it to this one person and CC her and the exec of my office to the email (I've been helping the exec with the data analysis too). Usually, when I'm applying for jobs, it's really easy for me to look at a job description and the required skills and talk myself out of applying, because they're looking for a specific candidate and I don't fit the requirements, so there's no point in applying. But with this one, I had all the required skills in varying degrees, and based on what I know about it, I'm positive that I could do it, and that it would be a good learning and growth experience for me. So I applied. And I figured with references like a department manager and an executive of the company, I'd have a decent shot.

They got back with me today, saying that they're looking for someone who has previous product management experience (something the job description only listed as a plus), who's worked with software engineers, and I can't help but think that maybe that's why the position has been open for so long. They didn't even have me go in for an interview. I've been with the company for almost 4 years, I had quality references and proof that I'm the kind of candidate the description said they were looking for (a blend of business and tech savvy, where I've been the manager of a small business for over a year and I've doing the data analysis lately, with results) and the listed required skills--strong communication skills, pattern recognition, interpersonal skills, project prioritization, open-mindedness, etc. But because I had no product management experience and I'd never worked with software engineers, I'm scrapped. Thing is, both of those seem like they would be easily trainable, but some of those required skilled (like strong communication and interpersonal skills) aren't easily trainable. Why would you prioritize the easily trainable qualities over the ones you can't teach or train an adult to have? For a person who wants someone to be able to prioritize different tasks, he's surprisingly bad at it himself.

While I know that it's probably best this way, since clearly he doesn't know what he's doing, at the same time, I was kind of getting my hopes up a little. It's in a different office (one that's more professional than my current office by a magnitude of at least 10), it's doing something that's in the direction I want my career to go (I'd like to do more business/tech stuff, since I'm tired of the constant writing), and it paid double what I currently make. While I don't need the money since I'm recently debt-free (yay!), I'd still like it and put it to use. Mostly, though, I thought I'd have a decent shot with my work experience and those references. I thought for sure I'd get in for an interview. And it's really disappointing to not even get that.

[Briar King]

Get a crate of eggs. Pack of turkey and cheese and some fluffy bread. Hard fry the egg(I love having some yolk still runny) and sandwich it together. It's cheap and will last a bit.

[marsoupial they/them]

I'm still in immense pain from oral surgery, currently very gingerly eating some mashed potatoes.

*sigh*

[Orlion Blight he/him]

1 hour ago, bleeder said:

I'm still in immense pain from oral surgery, currently very gingerly eating some mashed potatoes.

*sigh*

Take your time, you'll heal up soon! 

Or your lower jaw will fall off... You know, like in that movie, The Fly? All depends on the terrible science done to your mouth, really 

[Briar King]

Wisdom teeth?

[A Budgie she/her]

3 hours ago, bleeder said:

I'm still in immense pain from oral surgery, currently very gingerly eating some mashed potatoes.

*sigh*

As someone who has braces I understand your pain. I was eating soft food for a week.
When I finally managed to eat a pie again, I felt so proud...

[marsoupial they/them]

*to the tune of Beethoven's 5th*

I am in pain,

I am in pain,

my wisdom teeth were taken out and I'm in pain, 

my gums were operated on and I'm in pain,

my cheeks are swollen, 

my cheeks are swollen, 

I need painkillers please

[Mistrunner]

On 2/9/2017 at 2:30 PM, bleeder said:

I'm still in immense pain from oral surgery, currently very gingerly eating some mashed potatoes.

*sigh*

If you continue not being able to eat solid food for a while, try sticking peanut butter in oatmeal or something similar. You'll need protein.

Maybe this balloon turtle I made will help. His name is Jeremy.

 

[marsoupial they/them]

19 minutes ago, Mistrunner said:

If you continue not being able to eat solid food for a while, try sticking peanut butter in oatmeal or something similar. You'll need protein.

Maybe this balloon turtle I made will help. His name is Jeremy.

 

I love him.

 

[Mistrunner]

8 minutes ago, bleeder said:

I love him.

 

And he loves you!

 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

14 minutes ago, Mistrunner said:

And he loves you!

 

ALL HAIL JEREMY, LORD OF THE SHARD!

[A Budgie she/her]

32 minutes ago, Mistrunner said:

And he loves you!

 

This is beautiful...
Also funny, because I know someone with the same name (I think I prefer the turtle though).

[StrikerEZ he/him]

Well, we just had our first simulated conversation test today. 

No creo que yo lo pase (I don't think I passed it).

[Briar King]

 rusting CLOUDS! I doubt I will be able to see the eclipse and Comet 45 P tonight... 

[Briar King]

2 hours ago, bleeder said:

*to the tune of Beethoven's 5th*

I am in pain,

I am in pain,

my wisdom teeth were taken out and I'm in pain, 

my gums were operated on and I'm in pain,

my cheeks are swollen, 

my cheeks are swollen, 

I need painkillers please

Don't drink through a straw for 3-4weeks!

prepare for stank breath as the holes fill back in. Carry a bottle of mouthwash.

[marsoupial they/them]

1 hour ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

ALL HAIL JEREMY, LORD OF THE SHARD!

ALL HAIL

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Bleh. 

It was one of those days where I got stuff done, but nothing I really wanted to get done, you know? Plus, I got some brain weaselly thoughts filtering through. Things like Are you really giving Bruce the best life he could have? You're almost 30 and have the dating experience of maybe a high school sophomore; you're not going to find anyone who wants someone like that. The book you're writing will sell 15 copies total. 

That sort of thing. 

[Shqueeves]

28 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Bleh. 

It was one of those days where I got stuff done, but nothing I really wanted to get done, you know? Plus, I got some brain weaselly thoughts filtering through. Things like Are you really giving Bruce the best life he could have? You're almost 30 and have the dating experience of maybe a high school sophomore; you're not going to find anyone who wants someone like that. The book you're writing will sell 15 copies total. 

That sort of thing. 

In response to your brain weasels, as long as your trying your best and Bruce is happy, he is having a wonderful life. You have more dating experience than most sophomores I know, and more than me, a junior. Don't worry about it. And who cares if your book only sells 15 copies. That's 15 more people who's lives you've touched.

You deserve to be happy. Prove your brain weasels wrong and succeed

[Mestiv he/him]

@TwiLyghtSansSparkles you don't need any experience if you meet the right person. You just need to meet a lot of people. Maybe use dating sites to try someone?