Open Bar: ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

I woke up full of rage, hate, and resentment, as is fairly typical this time of year when I have to do a bunch of COMPLETELY POINTLESS BULLSHIT like buy a fucking dead tree and stick it in my living room, and then somehow scrape together enough cash to buy the children some kind of non-shitty presents to put under it.

STUPIDEST FUCKING TRADITION EVER. FFS.

Oh, and then of course I didn't want to be the one asshole in my mom group to not do Secret Santa, so I spent money I don't have to buy some nice bullshit and now I have to spend more money I don't have to ship it.

Ah yes. The money thing. Where everyone deserves your cash in the form for MORE STUFF because TV internet 'tradition' says so. It is a fucking stupid thing. The designation of ONE SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR when THIS ONE THING should happen. Along with all these bizarre now mostly meaningless symbols being slathered all over everything. The rest of the year - fuck everyone.

[trippinprincezz13]

I am back. It has been a stupid and annoying few weeks during which the internet/network connection on my computer at work was not working, causing me to use the back-up computer which is horribly slow by midday and has a hard time doing more than one thing at once. So I have not been around. And while, hanging out on PD is not part of my job description, I need to be connected to the network to print and scan, the former being something I do all day. And frequently research stuff online too. And all my files are on this computer. So it's been a lot of going back and forth and slooowww, and while I was still able to get my work done, it was a lot less efficiently, which is frustrating, especially when it's relatively out of my control. But, back in business for now.

First world problems and all that.

The point of the story being, hello everyone.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

I am back. It has been a stupid and annoying few weeks during which the internet/network connection on my computer at work was not working, causing me to use the back-up computer which is horribly slow by midday and has a hard time doing more than one thing at once. So I have not been around. And while, hanging out on PD is not part of my job description, I need to be connected to the network to print and scan, the former being something I do all day. And frequently research stuff online too. And all my files are on this computer. So it's been a lot of going back and forth and slooowww, and while I was still able to get my work done, it was a lot less efficiently, which is frustrating, especially when it's relatively out of my control. But, back in business for now.

First world problems and all that.

The point of the story being, hello everyone.

Hallo! Welcome back.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I am back. It has been a stupid and annoying few weeks during which the internet/network connection on my computer at work was not working, causing me to use the back-up computer which is horribly slow by midday and has a hard time doing more than one thing at once. So I have not been around. And while, hanging out on PD is not part of my job description, I need to be connected to the network to print and scan, the former being something I do all day. And frequently research stuff online too. And all my files are on this computer. So it's been a lot of going back and forth and slooowww, and while I was still able to get my work done, it was a lot less efficiently, which is frustrating, especially when it's relatively out of my control. But, back in business for now.

First world problems and all that.

The point of the story being, hello everyone.

HELLO TPZ!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh that's fucking AWESOME. As Red Tape Guy showed us, the death of getting anything done is making sure to follow ALL the rules to a T.

I am Red Tape Guy now.

Forever.

This makes me absurdly happy. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I woke up full of rage, hate, and resentment, as is fairly typical this time of year when I have to do a bunch of COMPLETELY POINTLESS BULLSHIT like buy a fucking dead tree and stick it in my living room, and then somehow scrape together enough cash to buy the children some kind of non-shitty presents to put under it.

STUPIDEST FUCKING TRADITION EVER. FFS.

Oh, and then of course I didn't want to be the one asshole in my mom group to not do Secret Santa, so I spent money I don't have to buy some nice bullshit and now I have to spend more money I don't have to ship it.

Ah yes. The money thing. Where everyone deserves your cash in the form for MORE STUFF because TV internet 'tradition' says so. It is a fucking stupid thing. The designation of ONE SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR when THIS ONE THING should happen. Along with all these bizarre now mostly meaningless symbols being slathered all over everything. The rest of the year - fuck everyone.

My favorite part of this is, we're all broke-ass single moms, and the idea is that we all "deserve something nice" at this time of year, because we all do so much for other people. The part where the logic breaks down is that if I wasn't spending $15 plus $6 shipping to send something nice to someone else, I would have $21 to spend on something nice for myself. I mean, I feel like it would have made more sense to just buy everyone a goddamn Amazon gift card or some shit.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

I woke up full of rage, hate, and resentment, as is fairly typical this time of year when I have to do a bunch of COMPLETELY POINTLESS BULLSHIT like buy a fucking dead tree and stick it in my living room, and then somehow scrape together enough cash to buy the children some kind of non-shitty presents to put under it.

STUPIDEST FUCKING TRADITION EVER. FFS.

Oh, and then of course I didn't want to be the one asshole in my mom group to not do Secret Santa, so I spent money I don't have to buy some nice bullshit and now I have to spend more money I don't have to ship it.

Ah yes. The money thing. Where everyone deserves your cash in the form for MORE STUFF because TV internet 'tradition' says so. It is a fucking stupid thing. The designation of ONE SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR when THIS ONE THING should happen. Along with all these bizarre now mostly meaningless symbols being slathered all over everything. The rest of the year - fuck everyone.

My favorite part of this is, we're all broke-ass single moms, and the idea is that we all "deserve something nice" at this time of year, because we all do so much for other people. The part where the logic breaks down is that if I wasn't spending $15 plus $6 shipping to send something nice to someone else, I would have $21 to spend on something nice for myself. I mean, I feel like it would have made more sense to just buy everyone a goddamn Amazon gift card or some shit.

Yeah, that's how a group of friends and I are working it. We each buy ourselves one yarn thing, one candy thing, and one something extra thing. And then share pics of our things and why/what we picked. Everyone is much happier with this sort of swap, this year.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I woke up full of rage, hate, and resentment, as is fairly typical this time of year when I have to do a bunch of COMPLETELY POINTLESS BULLSHIT like buy a fucking dead tree and stick it in my living room, and then somehow scrape together enough cash to buy the children some kind of non-shitty presents to put under it.

STUPIDEST FUCKING TRADITION EVER. FFS.

Oh, and then of course I didn't want to be the one asshole in my mom group to not do Secret Santa, so I spent money I don't have to buy some nice bullshit and now I have to spend more money I don't have to ship it.

Ah yes. The money thing. Where everyone deserves your cash in the form for MORE STUFF because TV internet 'tradition' says so. It is a fucking stupid thing. The designation of ONE SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR when THIS ONE THING should happen. Along with all these bizarre now mostly meaningless symbols being slathered all over everything. The rest of the year - fuck everyone.

My favorite part of this is, we're all broke-ass single moms, and the idea is that we all "deserve something nice" at this time of year, because we all do so much for other people. The part where the logic breaks down is that if I wasn't spending $15 plus $6 shipping to send something nice to someone else, I would have $21 to spend on something nice for myself. I mean, I feel like it would have made more sense to just buy everyone a goddamn Amazon gift card or some shit.

Yeah, that's how a group of friends and I are working it. We each buy ourselves one yarn thing, one candy thing, and one something extra thing. And then share pics of our things and why/what we picked. Everyone is much happier with this sort of swap, this year.

That is a VERY good idea.

I could have used that $21 to get myself something I would really have appreciated, like a flu shot.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I will probably end up receiving something absolutely twatty like bath salts and lipgloss.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

One of the children ate my fucking pizza.

[Junkenstein]

One of the children ate my fucking pizza.

Eat the child. Discipline must be maintained at all costs.

[LMNO]

It will be easier to do, once you have the bath salts.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

One of the children ate my fucking pizza.

That right there is a war-starter. No one touches the fucking pizza.

[Suu]

Just finished my Latin exam.

Has Roger infected the whole Tucson on purpose yet?

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

It will be easier to do, once you have the bath salts.

Beautiful, LMNO.