Me. And Them.

I'm really enjoying The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

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Over the years I've learned things about myself. One thing I've learned is that I'm a terrible employee. Do not hire me. I mean, unless you want something to get done. Otherwise you don't want me. I talk back. I'll make fun of your bad decisions. I won't really respect your authority and if I have any suspicion that you're incompetent I will... er... let you know.
I've learned these things about me.

One thing I've learned about me which does super-duper not apply to other people is that I don't need a deadline.

And to my detriment I will hit and not exceed a budget. (I've learned since that sometimes budgets are made arbitrarily with "There's only $200 for this" when in fact we need to spend ten times that and all the other departments will insist on that too.) So I don't even know when to argue for and against things as an employee.

But other people -- other people are different. Most people like and work toward deadlines.*

I cannot express how much this screen grab cracks me up.

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Anybody else notice that chlorine makes your skin really smooth? Just me? Okay then...

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This year's best album is Passages to Safety by Cavallo.

*I've almost never delivered a movie on time. But that's not a matter of doing a task on time. And... I'm working on it.