Thursday

[clevermanka]

I do not remember these actually appearing on Zhao Yunlan but ngl it's a good look. Weeping for the merch I'll never have access to. I would read THE FUCK out of this. There's no way this wasn't an ass-grab.

Men in uniform do not do it for me, but y'all support my smoking kink and I don't judge. The fit of this uniform, however, has my full approval. I appreciate how The Rebel is feeding those of us with a thing for guns, too.

Fanart: A lot to love here (and some Trapped love by the same artist!). Zhao Yunlan with guandao.  "Can you believe we made it out of that alive?" Soft pink. Monsterfucker. Zhao Yunlan with big snek.

I gave up on my search for a pair of black shoes, found a pair of my old fave style on eBay that were in good shape and bought them for $100 less than the pair I kind of liked at the local store. Sorry, local store! Maybe y'all will have something with your fall styles that appeals to me. I still need a pair of casual gray boots, so...

Had my online meeting with the HR person this morning and everything's ready for me to start tomorrow. This all seemed to happen very very fast and I'm incredibly fortunate and grateful that my job search didn't take nearly as long as I expected it to. My small little corner of life on this planet is getting better. Thank you all for sticking with me during the last rough patch.

One annoyance though, because there's always something, right? Someone decided it would be cute to submit my info to a host of services and now I have people calling, texting, and emailing me for a variety of services. Moving companies, disability products, house residing, Mormon and Scientology mailings, the list goes on and on. I've probably gotten close to 50 calls/texts and maybe 20 emails in the past week. It's annoying and slightly creepy (they have my full legal name as well as my online/fandom name, phone number, address, and email) but also I feel bad for the people calling. Such a waste of their time. They're never robo-calls and the people are always hugely apologetic. I feel bad for them. Except the Mormons and Scientologists because fuck them.

This week's dump on cm.net.

Comments

[kimboo_york]

That TOTALLY was an ass grab!!! 100%!!!

I'm so glad the job thing is moving forward so quickly for you! Yay!

[clevermanka]

One. Hundred. Percent.

I'm glad, too! Unnerved but VERY happy!

[shipperslist]

Yay for tomorrow and new shoes!

And holy shit that info submission. Ew ew eww. That's so fucking creepy and scary.

[clevermanka]

So glad I found them since it appears Danskos isn't making that design anymore.

And yeaaaaah. The info thing is super fucking creepy.

[moodsong]

That sounds like hostile action

[clevermanka]

I had the same thought.

[yaaurens]

Oh that is terrifying, that they have so much info! Can you add your number to the Do Not Call list, see if that at least slows down some of the calls?

Good luck with the job start tomorrow!

[clevermanka]

I am on the DNC list, but these aren't pulling my info from a database. They're all (so far) people who've been given my information directly. It's pretty gross.

[yaaurens]

Ew. At least they're being nice about it. But that is gross and scary for sure.

[trobadora]

What the hell, that sounds awful about submitting your info! *hugs*

[clevermanka]

Thanks. It's just... idk, such a petty thing to do? People are sad and often shitty.

[umadoshi]

found a pair of my old fave style on eBay that were in good shape and bought them for $100 less than the pair I kind of liked at the local store

AMAZING. *^^*

Someone decided it would be cute to submit my info to a host of services

That, on the other hand, is absolutely vile. *glowers at whoever pulled that shit*

[clevermanka]

Everything's coming up roses! (except for the information stuff ofc)

I have to say, though, it's been kind of reassuring how nice everyone on the other line has been about it. Kinda cool to get that reminder that humanity isn't 100% assholery just because someone is being a douchebag.

[roseconnelly]

Good luck on your start day tomorrow!

[clevermanka]

Thank you, bb!

[wrote_and_writ]

What the fuck, that is so creepy and invasive!

[clevermanka]

Yeahhhh.

[oracne]

Is it possible to just not answer your phone unless you recognize the number? If it's someone from new job, they will leave a message. If unwanted services leave a message, you can then block those numbers.

[clevermanka]

Oh, absolutely, and honestly that's what I usually do. But they keep calling back. When I answer and ask them to take me off their call list they do so.

For some reason my phone doesn't alert me to calls from blocked numbers but it still lets them leave me a voice mail??? I have no idea. My relationship with technology is... interesting.

[tinny]

Men in uniform do not do it for me, but y'all support my smoking kink and I don't judge.

Heee. Thank you for sharing everything. <3


50 calls/texts and maybe 20 emails

Ugh, oh noes. I hope it'll stop soon.

[clevermanka]

MORMONS CAME TO MY DOOR YESTERDAY. I am NOT HAPPY.

[redheadfae]

On annoyances, you hit that birthday milestone, it only gets worse from here.
Or, you got on a "just moved in" list, which is what happened with my dad (I'm still pissed at the realtor, because I suspect the breach came from a connection there). I now get crap in the mail EVERY DAY for him, and I was sure that shit would end when he moved.

[clevermanka]

I'm pretty sure this is/was malicious, though, not just getting signed up for random mailings. Scientologists and Mormons don't generally cold-call people. Someone signed me up for these.

[redheadfae]

Yuck. How childish.