AWWW

While at the Editors show, I received this entirely charming text message:

“I just watched a Microsoft computer security lead run a gallon of gasoline onto a fire with a leaf blower. Wish you were here. :)”

I don’t know why I’m flattered that someone was thinking of me while watching an explosive mixture of fire and stupidity, but there you have it.

25 Comments AWWW

  1. dear_amaranth February 9, 2010 at 12:11 am

    TOTALLY flattering. “You’re pretty” is so overrated.

    1. admin February 9, 2010 at 12:22 am

      When I get ‘You’re pretty’, it always seems to be an insincere come-on as part of the “I am desperate to get laid” routine.

      1. scearley February 9, 2010 at 1:48 am

        I’ll make sure I preface it with “I’m not desperate to get laid, but” when I tell you.

        1. scearley February 9, 2010 at 1:51 am

          on second thought, it might be better with a suffix, rather than a clarifying prefix.

          e.g.
          “You’re pretty. Shut up and take it like a man.”

          1. admin February 9, 2010 at 1:53 am

            I like that one much better!

  2. madamecacoon February 9, 2010 at 12:13 am

    That reminds me of this picture Chris sent me last week. This was also done by a Microsoft Employee:

    1. admin February 9, 2010 at 12:21 am

      HAHAHAHA I am so not surprised that was an MS employee. I dated a guy who worked there who was brilliantly booksmart and so very utterly scatterbrained and (dare I say it?) retarded when it came to anything outside of his area of focus.

      1. madamecacoon February 9, 2010 at 12:25 am

        That pretty much sounds like the people I support. Heaven forbid you work in a non-technical department but are still expected to know how to use a computer at Microsoft.

        1. admin February 9, 2010 at 12:48 am

          I’m guessing it’s a department-specific thing, but specifically the engineers I’ve known there completely understand technical problems but are utterly at a loss when it comes to how people work or common sense situations.

          1. madamecacoon February 9, 2010 at 12:50 am

            I wish the engineers in my department could understand technical problems.

            39 work days left and I’m out of here. Each one is more agonizing than the last.

          2. admin February 9, 2010 at 12:59 am

            Do you have something else lined up when this wraps up?

          3. madamecacoon February 9, 2010 at 1:05 am

            I’m going back to school full time. Last time my contract ended I was unemployed for 7 months and I am NOT going through that again.

            I’ve got a dumb loan that will pay all my expenses in the likely event I won’t qualify for unemployment because I’m in school, and while I’ll be looking for part-time employment, I WILL NOT work in food service or retail ever again. I don’t really expect to find anything outside of the work study I may or may not qualify for according to a very informative letter I received on Saturday.

            I’m probably screwing myself over, but I’d be screwed over with or without making this decision, and school is at least enjoyable for me.

          4. admin February 9, 2010 at 1:09 am

            What’s your email? I’ve got a tip on something that’s part-time that might be up your alley.

    2. frogger414 February 9, 2010 at 12:57 am

      OMG Awesome!

  3. frogger414 February 9, 2010 at 12:56 am

    Hey lady, what is your email address?

    1. frogger414 February 9, 2010 at 12:58 am

      kickass, thanky 🙂

  4. echoeversky February 9, 2010 at 1:34 am

    !

    HAWT!

    Its all about mindshare.. and if there’s fire, and he’s thinking of you, I think thats a good thing.

    E.

    1. admin February 9, 2010 at 10:09 pm

      Re: !

      With as often as he messages me, I’m pretty sure I’ve got a fair amount of mindshare as it is.

      1. echoeversky February 9, 2010 at 10:54 pm

        Re: !

        WIN WITH YOUR ROBOTIC CHOP OF JUSTICE!

        His mindshare on a pike or you fail.

        ok enough spazziness.. Im off to do dishes. >wanders off<

  5. poetrix618 February 9, 2010 at 12:30 am

    That person burns for you, I guess.

    1. admin February 9, 2010 at 12:44 am

      I feel it’s important to add that if anyone thinks of me while they’re getting a burning sensation in their pants area, it’s absolutely 100% not my fault.

    2. scearley February 9, 2010 at 1:49 am

      i hate you for putting that song in my head.

  6. morlith February 9, 2010 at 3:51 pm

    Solid proof that people think of you when awesomeness abounds.

    Woohoo!!

    1. admin February 9, 2010 at 10:09 pm

      Or when stupidity abounds. Either one.

      1. morlith February 10, 2010 at 2:15 am

        There are times when those two things can happen at the same time. 😉

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