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Yep, same. Mine's due next week, and eventually I have to do reviews for my entire team as well and that takes ages.

We'll see you there then?

Man, that's a vibe I miss.

You and me both pally ole pal.

I'm going

Oh wow, I never noticed this detail. Learned something new today.

Wait, why Esperanto?

I've seen a few people mention this movie on here and I was convinced I was the only one who saw it growing up. I also read the original Miyazawa story, but it was conspicuously lacking in gay cats.

I get those dreams too. Curious about this lost friend. Sometimes these types of dreams push to make positive changes in my life, but it's not always possible.

Remember: true professionals don't eat, drink, poop, pee, or sleep. Corporeal needs are bad for shareholder value. Stories like this are sobering and remind me that no matter how much of a corporate hell my own workplace has slowly transformed into it could always get worse.

Hey, grats!

lol, ok I hit a nerve apparently. I won't needle you about this further.

Yeah, but a quiche is 50 minutes and pasta is like 10, and it's stovetop. There's sauce to be prepped too.

I guess my thinking then is it shouldn’t be that big a deal if cooking time is missing. Are you putting on pasta and not watching it?

Yeah, it can range quite a lot depending on pasta thickness, composition, and drying method. But honestly, with pasta you probably want to be testing it for doneness and not just basing it on package time, especially if you're pulling it out earlier than al dente to finish cooking in the sauce.

oh hell yes

Would normally be down, but haven't touched PT yet.

Welcome, welcome. You're in my general vicinty, sir.

Nothing gets me spiraling autistically in someone's general direction quicker than some weird etymology, orthography, or grammatical fact that they didn't know and couldn't possibly make use of.

Consider me a sad girl for not being there but with you in spirit.

Man, that really is a shame. I loved this series back when it aired and was really looking forward to a sequel.

Oh gosh. What kind of injury was it? I'm dealing with de quervain's right now and it's awful.

Loss or wear and tear?

The only reason I even picked up and tried WoW during Dragonflight was because of these voices. Also, FFT is a great game, but it's not like I can only enjoy one or the other. They're doing different things, with different ideas, scopes, and pacing.

I'd always wanted to try Curling, but even as a Canadian I didn't have anywhere close to me growing up that offered it.

Home from Austin. Exhausted. Had a great time. Ate some good food. Pet some goats. Tried Curling for the first time (yes, in Austin).

I also suspect your experience with the player base isn't entirely representative. For example, most of the tribalism I hear comes from WoW players who have it in for 14. The people I tend to interact with in 14 want both games to be good, and point to WoW when there's a lesson to learn there.

I think it depends what's important to you and how you measure it. For a long time the player-driven in-game world in 14 was exceptionally strong due to player housing and lack of sharding. The raiding scene is also very good, but if that isn't your thing it's not going to score points for you.

Ugh, I'm headed there in a few days. Hope you better soon. Was hoping to run into you Saturday but I'm sure there'll be other chances.