doing alright.
still at the office at the moment. wisdom teeth are lots of fun to get out, aren't they? i looked like a bloated chipmunk who'd been orally raped.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Sat 11 Jul 2009, 6:55, archived)

aha yeah they're a scream.
I was looking very Sigrid Thornton-slash-chipmunk for a few days. Now I'm just back to chipmunk. It's very noticeable because my face is fairly angular normally, and I'm all puffy.

What're you doing in the office? sticking googly eyes to everything?
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 11 Jul 2009, 6:57, archived)

heh, no.
that'd be fun. actually still working.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Sat 11 Jul 2009, 6:58, archived)

working? as in actual work?
WTF man - you're on b3ta! Procrastinate! that's what it's for!
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 11 Jul 2009, 7:00, archived)

can do both, believe it or not...
waiting for a few stories to come in, then have to edit and slap into the paper.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Sat 11 Jul 2009, 7:01, archived)

are you a journo then?

(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 11 Jul 2009, 7:02, archived)

bingo...
i work in the sports department.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Sat 11 Jul 2009, 7:03, archived)

Nice.
I'd like to be a journo but at the same time I wouldn't. I love writing but not for deadlines. And so much of the news seems to be about pain and misery and suffering. If I'm going to write I want to write something happy!
Is it a major paper you work for?
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 11 Jul 2009, 7:05, archived)

deadline writing...
is a skill that not everyone has. i've seen brilliant writers who churn out drivel when they're forced to work quickly.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Sat 11 Jul 2009, 7:14, archived)

See I can do it, I can do it really really well,
I just hate it. Give me thirty minutes and a opinion topic or a topic with basic info and I can churn out about 800 words. I do this really well for exams in school - I just really dislike it - and don't see the point in writing like that when it takes all the pleasure out.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 11 Jul 2009, 7:19, archived)