Just quickly popping in to say hello and thank you!
Those of you who voted for my poem on Angelic Dynamo last week will be pleased to hear (as I was) that it was selected for publication - it's the second one I've had published with them, so woo and yay for me!

On a less cheery note, I've had it confirmed today that I won't have a job in September as the teaching budget has been slashed. Bugger.

Right, back to writing and sending stuff off.

Toodle pip!
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 14:49, 39 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Congratulations

( WormuIus, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 14:50, Reply)

And commiserations.

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 13 Jul 2009, 14:52, Reply)

thumbs up/down,

(PsychoChomp, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 14:53, Reply)

My condolences

( WormuIus, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 14:54, Reply)

Hurrah!

( thealternativefact, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 14:55, Reply)

Boo

( thealternativefact, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 14:55, Reply)

You're booing at the good news and hurrahing at the bad news aren't you?
evil woman.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 14:57, Reply)

I'm not evil,
just permanently confused.
( thealternativefact, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 14:58, Reply)

It's how she rolls.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 14:58, Reply)

How rude.
*cuts down on beer*
( thealternativefact, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:00, Reply)

Rude? Me?
You must have me confused with somebody else.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:03, Reply)

No. You're unique.

( thealternativefact, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:04, Reply)

Are you sure?
I know we all look alike to you.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:05, Reply)

Now,
I wasn't going to comment on your midgetty status, but now you bring it up...no. You are even unique amongst your own kind.
( thealternativefact, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:07, Reply)

Midget? Racist.
We prefer to be called "The Wee Folk".
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:08, Reply)

"The Smell of Wee Folk" more like.

( thealternativefact, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:09, Reply)

Don't you dare make assumptions about me based on Captain V.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:19, Reply)

Oh I forgot about him.
Is he still about?
( thealternativefact, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:22, Reply)

No

( Captain V, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:27, Reply)

Thank fuck.
Annoying little bastard.
( thealternativefact, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:31, Reply)

Cunt
Amazingly I didn't do or say anything really stupid this weekend!
( Captain V, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:31, Reply)

LIES!
Online.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:32, Reply)

He means
"Comparatively, I didn't do or say anything really stupid this weekend!"
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:33, Reply)

It's true!
If everybody else was too drunk to remember anything I might have said or done then clearly I didn't say or do anything stupid.
( Captain V, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:35, Reply)

In most cases this would be true,
but in your case it's much safer to assume that you did, but no-one can remember.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:37, Reply)

I know he said something retarded
because I base all my assumptions on past behaviour.
/unforgiving
( thealternativefact, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:39, Reply)

:(
Oh, Bristol has midgets. I saw one at the weekend =D
( Captain V, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:40, Reply)

it wasn't a midget,
it was a child. And you were very very drunk at the time as you ran over to tell me you'd seen a midget, your face all lit up and shining with glee. And then I was disappointed.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:46, Reply)

There WAS a midget there
That child was not the midget I saw.
( Captain V, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:46, Reply)

I'm not in to golden showers thank you very much!
I did get wet at the weekend though :(
( Captain V, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:27, Reply)

I was clearly doing that first

( WormuIus, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:00, Reply)

Yes, dear Wormsy, of course you were.
*soothes*
( thealternativefact, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:01, Reply)

Congratulations!
But unlucky. Hope you can find something else.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 14:59, Reply)

Congratumiserations.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 14:59, Reply)

This sums it up perfectly
Here, have an English Degree.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:18, Reply)

Why thank you very much.
I foresee a bright future for myself in the "you're sad that you've broken up with him/her, but they were an asshole anyway" greetings card market.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:32, Reply)

I have one of those.
It says "Still, be thankful you didn't marry him" on it.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:34, Reply)

I suck at inventing things.
*returns to the drawing board*

Edit: Does your card have a picture of a really cute little kitten, peeking out of a sack in the middle of a river on it?
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:36, Reply)

No,
a picture of a girl with a large glass of wine.

I like the watery kitten idea better.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:44, Reply)