| From Twitterland |
[17 Jun 2009|10:02am] |
The other day a co-worker said something completely embarrassing and hilarious and unintentional that got me wondering the following, which I then posted to Twitter: Past tense of posting something on Twitter? Tweeted?
The results crack me up:
"Twittled"
"Twatted"
"I would have gone for twat, but they tell this has potential nasty connotations."
"Twote?"
"Twat"
"I'd need a ruling on whether "Twitter" is a regular or irregular -er verb. :-D"
"Twote."
"To Tweet: tweet, twat, twut. Looks like a regular English conjugation to me..."
"Tweeted! Although, I've always preferred to say I'm "twitting" on Twitter. It's just funnier."
"since it's derived from a name and not yet widespread, I say you could define it yourself. Also: xerox, google, kleenex"
"As a noun, I believe that "tweet" is the plural of "twoot.""
"That's a good question, anyway, we should invent if not !"
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[12 May 2009|01:58pm] |
Awesome quote on women in the games industry:
"I don't mean the industry needs more women that are appreciated because they can do what men do. It needs more women that are appreciated because they think in ways men don't do."
Sadly, I'm unsure to whom to attribute the quote. :(
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[12 May 2009|10:46am] |
Dear Week,
It's only Tuesday. Kindly stop sucking so hardcore.
Thanks bunches,
-me
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| I <3 my husband |
[08 May 2009|10:47am] |
I noticed that a complaint about the new Star Trek film (that Kurt will go see tomorrow) is that there's lens flare abuse. He replies with the following:
"Yeah, because, you know, when they camera crews flew out to Gamma Epsilon Four, and positioned themselves to get the shot of the Enterprise as it flew past the disabled Klingon Bird-Of-Prey, they just couldn't get all three of the trinary system's stars out of the frame... yeah, they just had to go with the lens flare and hope it looked ok in the end. /shrug"
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| Oh, and drinks too |
[19 Feb 2009|08:53am] |
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Anyone have any favourite hang-out bars in San Francisco?
I've been told specifically to avoid dance clubs and that rock n' roll rules. Other than that, we're pretty open to discussion. Hobson's Choice comes to mind, but not being a drinker I don't know of anything fun out of my neighborhood. Part of me wants to suggest something in the Castro, because it's so very San Francisco, but I wouldn't know where is good.
Help?
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| Attn foodies (who know San Francisco) |
[19 Feb 2009|08:11am] |
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Hey there,
Anyone have any really yummy restaurant recommendations for a friend of mine coming in to San Francisco from out of town? I'm thinking really tasty Chinese food, awesome sushi, or maybe something to die for in the Mission. Or anything else that might be sort of unique to SF and the SF atmosphere.
Darren, Poppy, I'm hoping you have ideas.
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| What the heck is wrong with me? |
[03 Feb 2009|02:43pm] |
Yes, I did it. I finally got so bored waiting for stuff from other people (in between periods of complete "MOGMOGMOG! Must have this done NOW! EEEEEEEe!) that I started a Twitter account.
I think I've officially gone out of my skull.
@mistressmousey, for anyone interested - though I promise I will rarely have anything useful to share.
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| Jobs open? |
[15 Jan 2009|12:43pm] |
Hey all. I'm sick of my friends across the world and in tons of industries losing their jobs. I'm a recruiter, but only for one company & one industry, so I can't place them all (though I'd LOVE to).
Does anyone here work at any companies, anywhere (games or not), who are actually hiring folks instead of letting them go? (Yeah, I know I could go look at Craigslist, but I'm trying to be a little more selective and just go for places where I know people who can speak to the strengths/weaknesses of their employers.)
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| Yay! Silliness! Oh, and the usual request for the jobless to bug me for games work. :) |
[22 Dec 2008|11:30am] |
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"My Little Black Angel" |
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I've decided it can't be a bad thing when I set up for the work day and year Laibach's "Life is Life" bellowing from the Web Tech pod a few cubes away. Of course, those guys have also taken on nick-names from the Mad Max films, so I should expect such 'team building' goodness. :)
In other news, I'm now very seriously in need of finding a few sr. gameplay programmers (though hopefully I'll only need 2 by the end of the year). I'm talking top notch programmers - like, we've turned down technical directors for our sr. gameplay programmer position we're so insanely hig-quality-bar.
Also top of the priority list is a super-senior, top level (think "Executive") Producer to help out another studio with whom we're friends.
Any info you can provide would be insanely helpful (not just for the companies and the potential hires, but also because everyone I place means extra job security). And if you want to send anyone my way or have questions about the position, feel free to send me an email michelle -at- snafu -dawt- org.
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| Game dev jobs! |
[09 Dec 2008|02:51pm] |
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Okay, between all the studios that are recently shut down or about to shut down, or who are swearing up and down that they're not shutting down (but let's be realistic now), there have got to be a few veteran game dev peeps out there in need of work.
In particular, I'm on the hunt for Sr. Gameplay Programmers, but I also have good connections to hook up a producer, level designer, systems designer, and CS Dev support person. Apologies to anyone looking to enter into the games industry, but right now I only know of openings that are senior (or very strong mid).
Please help me to do my job (and maybe land a new one for yourself).
Oh, and feel free to pass the word along to friends you know who might be interested.
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[19 Nov 2008|02:58pm] |
The ex-...
Like, the person whom I left over 10 years ago...
The reason I occasionally call what I have now "life 2.0"...
The person who used to leave paid events (like WonderCon) if he found out I was in the same room, years after we had broken up...
Just wrote me a nice, harmless note on Facebook.
Either the sky is about to fall, or it's a herald of the Apocalypse, or enough time has passed that we're all growing up and stuff. (I can't possibly be that old yet, can I? Eek!)
Any way, it wasn't a bad thing, and we're not about to be buddies, but it was kinda cool - and VERY unexpected.
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| reputation? |
[16 Oct 2008|11:20am] |
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Yesterday at work I was told to purchase the domain: deli.rio.us
I think my co-workers are trying to tell me something.
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| Fun with typos |
[03 Oct 2008|04:27pm] |
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I very nearly sent out an email with the title "Reverence Request". Clearly it's getting late on a Friday.
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| craft connundrum |
[25 Aug 2008|03:08pm] |
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Cocteau Twins - Alice |
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Alright, which one of you snuck into my house in the last week and hid my coloured safety pins?
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| the mind boggles |
[22 Aug 2008|12:57pm] |
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Now, I'm not saying such a thing is possible, but if it is (just maybe) I think maybe I might have too many Cocteau Twins cds.
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| Pointless complaining about stupid breakfast cereal marketing morons |
[18 Aug 2008|09:33am] |
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I realize it's been well over 15 years since I've had Lucky Charms, and that there are marketing decisions made in this world that will never make any sense to me; but can anyone tell me what numbnut at General Mills decided that the current "charms" are good?
Perhaps I'm just being nostalgic (or crotchety), but I remember the whole "pink hearts, orange stars, yellow moons, green clovers and new blue diamonds" thing as being pretty neat. You would pick out all these marshmallow blobs and they were all easily identifiable and yummy. I was dubious when they added "purple horseshoes" because they were often squished in processing and broke into little bits - but at least they were still obviously purple horseshoes.
I'm looking at a box now. The packaging always idealizes the stuff inside, picking out marshmallow shapes that look the most like the things they're supposed to represent. I still can't figure out what one of them is - make that two, although I think I get what they're *trying* to be. Pink hearts remain unchanged, but I couldn't find any in the box. :/ Then there are these things with orange & white that look something like bleached flans, only I suspect they're supposed to be shooting stars. I really can't tell. It makes no sense. Weird yellow blob with a slightly orangey blob at one end is probably supposed to be a pot of gold, though even the idealized version of it looks like a malformed and sickly pineapple. There's another slightly darker pink blob that's kind of fish shaped. I'd think it was some sort of ball, but they're consistently oblong. A balloon? What kind of "lucky charm" is that? The green hat with a darker green clover on it is obnoxious. By itself, the clover was easily identifiable. The mixing of the two colours leads to some weird effects when the marshmallows are somewhat squashed during processing. Looks like a green tooth with a nasty green cavity or something. I see moons are now blue, which I kind of like. And they've kept purple horseshoes. There are also these things that are supposed to represent rainbows, with only 3 colours, that don't actually maintain any bow-like shape through processing.
And Kurt just asked me if they still had whales. Whales? meh.
It's probably a good thing I pretty much only eat Cheerios.
(This post brought to you by person who woke up too early, couldn't go back to sleep, tried to start work early, and then discovered she can't really do any until her boss gets in and tells her what work there is to do today.)
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| whaaaaaaa!! |
[14 Aug 2008|01:51pm] |
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the obnoxious hum of trucks going past |
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Man, I had forgotten how time consuming (and somewhat tedious) it can be to piece together even the simplest block quilt. Sheesh.
Also, a note to friends: If you're really my friends, you'll stop having babies for just a little bit. I think it's lovely that you're all expanding your families, but don't you think you could stagger yourselves just the tiniest bit? 4 babies in 3 weeks is a bit much - especially when you consider that there are 3 more on the way before February is out. I mean, I've only got so much free time to work on crafty things, and dag nabbit, I will get my 2006 photo album done before Christmas. Mucho thanks!
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| Trust is... |
[11 Aug 2008|04:13pm] |
... handing your husband the clippers, hearing him say "you know I've never actually used these things before", and then telling him, "I know" and having him cut your hair any way.
Just wish Allistair was more trusting. Nicked his head slightly when he jerked to avoid the buzzing. No wonder we only do this a few times a year. Sheesh.
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