The Frying Pan

naturally they wont be asking the same questions again if they alrady spoke to you and if they do, then its not that bad to recycle a little of what you said before

Cindy

@Jay I know. ;)

Jay

no need to worry. if you made it past the first 3 rounds, they already know how great you are ;)

but i totally understand that anxious feeling between each interview

Cindy

I guess I'm just anxious. I want to feel like I've got it, but that will make it much worse if I don't get it.

Jay

3:22 PM

a tiny bit like after a first date

where you really like that person you are dating but unsure if they liek you back

Cindy

@Jay Yes. And I really need it.

It's been 11 months now.

Jay

@Cindy yea and that really amps up that anxiety.

a bit like needing to get laid after a 11 month dry spell

(Im sorry, lol i'm making everything about sex today)

I promise i'll tone it down... for now

Cindy

That's okay. The biggest difference is that if I have a dry spell I can still pay my bills.

Anubian Noob

I think that analogy still holds

Jay

we are all slaves to money.

Cindy

3:26 PM

@AnubianNoob It does.

Jay

and money is a human construct... we created our own slavers

Anubian Noob

That might be the dirtiest thing I've ever heard Cindy say

Jay

@AnubianNoob Just because you call her mom doesnt mean shes not a human with human needs :P

Cindy

Moms are human, too.

Anubian Noob

haha I am aware

It was an observation

Cindy

3:28 PM

Just ragging you. :)

Jay

Mom's are just the birthing vessel where we burst forth into existence.

lol jk

Faheem Mitha

Hello everyone.

I see the Young Things are hard at it.

Cindy

@FaheemMitha Hello.

Faheem Mitha

Hi @Cindy. How goes it?

Oh, I see. More interview frustration.

Cindy

@FaheemMitha Same as always. How about you?

Faheem Mitha

3:31 PM

@Cindy Trying to buy a new TV remote. My life is really exciting.

Our old one seems to be dead. And it's much easier to buy a new one than try to repair the old.

I actually don't really watch the TV, but others do.

Cindy

I keep it on for background noise mostly.

Faheem Mitha

@Cindy Daytime soaps? I think that's what they're made for.

Cindy

My kitty likes it, though. I don't even know if there are any daytime soaps left. I heard of a lot of them being cancelled.

Anubian Noob

Do you have a picture of your cat?

Jay

"You slept my Johnny? How could you? You are my sister!!!! slap"

"He's mine! He loves me more!!!"

Faheem Mitha

3:36 PM

@Cindy Daytime soaps are an inevitability of life. Like death, taxes, laundry, and dirty dishes.

Cindy

@AnubianNoob I'll have to check. She looks very much like my avatar.

Faheem Mitha

@Cindy I second the cat pic request. Everyone loves a good kitty pic.

It's what the net was made for.

@Jay Huh?

Jay

@FaheemMitha Daytime soap dialogue

Cindy

I'll check on the pic. If I don't have one handy I'll take one. (Later when she's awake.)

Faheem Mitha

@Jay I hope it's not quite as bad as that.

Jay

3:39 PM

@FaheemMitha you have too high hopes

Faheem Mitha

@Cindy Do you have multiple cats?

Cindy

@FaheemMitha No, just the one.

Faheem Mitha

@Cindy Ok. What is his/her name?

Cindy

@FaheemMitha Someone down the street moved and left her and she adopted us about 8 or 9 years ago. Her name is Patchwork. But we call her Patchy Cat.

Faheem Mitha

@Cindy Oh, I see. So two names. Dumb question, but do you have to register cats in the US?

Jay

3:42 PM

@Cindy sour patch cat

Anubian Noob

@Cindy hahaha "she adopted us"

Faheem Mitha

@Cindy are you one of those people who believes that cats own people rather than the other way around?

Don't ask your cat. We all know what she thinks.

Well, I bought the new remote. It was very exciting. I may need a moment to recover.

Cindy

@FaheemMitha Don't know about elsewhere, but here they are supposed to be registered and must have current rabies vaccinations. The rabies thing surprised me because I didn't know that indoor cats had to get them. I had to got to 'kitty cat court' over that.

Faheem Mitha

@Cindy 'kitty cat court'? What is that?

Jay

a court in which a cat is the judge

Cindy

3:46 PM

@FaheemMitha What I called it when I got a ticket for no rabies vaccination and had to go to court for it.

Faheem Mitha

@Cindy Oh, you went to a real court?

Cindy

@FaheemMitha Yep.

Jay

oh patchy look what did did

Faheem Mitha

Blimey.

@Jay "look what you did"?

Cindy

Anyway, good to see you guys. I must go for a bit as I have a few errands to run. Be good! :)

Anubian Noob

3:54 PM

See ya!

Faheem Mitha

@Cindy I think the standard response to that is "not if we can help it".

Jay

Grabbed a quesadilla and veggie beef soup

Faheem Mitha

@Jay Is it good?

Jay

much better than i was expecting

Faheem Mitha

@Jay Are you at work? Cafeteria?

Jay

4:05 PM

yes

Faheem Mitha

Ok.

Jay

4:17 PM

Oh shit, i totally just decimated like 33% of my month's data plan

installed hearthstone on my phone and just saw that it was 750mb

Faheem Mitha

@Jay You should use wifi, probably.

Anubian Noob

haha

Faheem Mitha

I actually don't have a data plan.

Anubian Noob

You play hearthstone?

Jay

@AnubianNoob once in a while

but its been months so my decks are probably super outdated

Anubian Noob

4:20 PM

Highest rank?

Jay

i have no idea what any of the cards do

Anubian Noob

Esp with the grand tourney expansion

Jay

ermm at one point i think i got to rank 5

Anubian Noob

That was ridiculous

Jay

never got to legends

Anubian Noob

4:21 PM

that's p good

13 or smth is my best soo...

5/2 ice rager

2 overload 1 3/4 totem golem

3 cost 3/2 battlecry summon a random totem

Jay

thats pretty awesome

though i dont play much shaman

Anubian Noob

The new cards are just way better

Jay

sigh... im not sure if i want to grind for the new cards? and i definitely dont want to spend money

oh wow, i only had one meeting today and it got rescheduled for next week

@AnubianNoob how much does the 5/2 cost?

Anubian Noob

Same as the magma rager, 3

Jay

oh i see. but magma rager is 5/1

Anubian Noob

4:25 PM

Yeah, it's a direct power increase

Jay

those bastards

to be fair i dont think ive ever used a magma rager outside of a arena deck

Anubian Noob

haha yeah

Jay

whats your highest arena wins?

i got to 12 wins once.

Anubian Noob

like 5 or smth

I don't even have very many cards

Jay

and the pack i got as reward had a legendary in it. probably unrelated but still

it had malygos in it

Anubian Noob

4:27 PM

sylvanas, thaurissan and al-akir are my only legendaries

Jay

im not sure i remember what tharissan or al-akir is

are they new?

ah ok nvm looked them up

al-akir is lackluster

sylvanas is really good in certain situations

and thaurissan is also very situational

whats your favorite class(es)

i like playing aggressive so hunter was at one point my favorite but a bunch of hunter cards got nerfed

so its not as strong anymore

and i havent played in so long i dont really know what i like anymore

i liked playing mage with lots of secrets

Anubian Noob

rush hunter was still good

You could climb to 12ish before people could counterplay it

Rogue and shaman

Jay

@AnubianNoob rogue was always my weakest

hows the meta nowadays. is it still mid-game oriented or has to rotated to late-game or early-game

Jay

5:00 PM

NerubianNoob

ermm Egg

Anubian Noob

5:34 PM

haha

sorry went out to get lunch

@Jay I built a really nice (for the cards I have) rogue deck so I've been going with it

And when grand tourney came out I grabbed a couple of packs and got some nice shaman cards

Jay

oh i see

i have been playing long enough to have a pretty decent collection of cards

Faheem Mitha

6:39 PM

I'm currently engaging in a strange and quintessentially 21st century activity. Deleting browser tabs. I have too many open.

Jay

ah yes, way too many people have the terrible habit of having way too many tabs open and then complain that their computer is slow

Anubian Noob

I'm a dynamic gc

I don't have large numbers of tabs open

I close as I go

I have too few

Faheem Mitha

@AnubianNoob you da man.

Jay

cool my headset just arrived

Anubian Noob

What headset?

Jay

6:48 PM

now i can attend conference calls and still do other things

Faheem Mitha

What kind of headset?

Jay

plantronics supraplus hw251n noise canceling headset for deskphones

Faheem Mitha

@Jay Is it good?

Jay

unfortunately i dont have any more calls today so i dont know

ill find out tomorrow

its relatively comfortable

Anubian Noob

haha

Do you have a lot of calls?

Jay

6:52 PM

sometimes

everyone should update their profile picture with real pictures

Anubian Noob

agreed

Jay

show me your beautiful faces!

i think ive only seen @Cerberus and @rumtscho faces

Anubian Noob

We should do a frying pan video call haha

Jay

@AnubianNoob erm... i think thats going too far

lol

Anubian Noob

frying pan meetup

frying pan retreat

haha

Cerberus

6:59 PM

Frying pan religious sect.

Jay

if you set something like that up. itll just be me and you who show up. i highly doubt anyone else would

Cerberus

With everyone locked in a building to do the sect leader's bidding.

Jay

@Cerberus lol what are you evening going on about

Cerberus

I thought we were planning the Frying Pan's logical conclusion.

Anubian Noob

It's not the end. It's a new beginning

Jay

7:04 PM

lol

who would be the leader

Anubian Noob

Jolene, duh

Jay

7:22 PM

My "I'm judging you" face

Anubian Noob

What's your "I'm being judged" face?

Jay

and naturally im wearing pink today

Anubian Noob

(that's a really good face btw)

Jay

lol thats a weird compliment

Anubian Noob

I know

Jay

7:26 PM

lol im taking weird selfies right now

i hope my manager doesnt walk pass

my lopsided smile

usually means, i'm mildly amused, but not enough to fully smile

my pouting face which doubles as "Stop judging me" face

and with that, ill stop posting more facial expressions

tomorrow is only a half day and i just asked my manager to work from home tomorrow

woooo

awww man i guess my face scared everyone away. Im all alone in here

Faheem Mitha

7:51 PM

@Jay That first pic looks like a cubicle, but there are screens behind you. Are there other people in there with you?

Jay

those are my computer screens

if you look closely you can see the SA chat

Faheem Mitha

@Jay Ah, yes, that just occurred to me. Sorry. So, it's your cubicle?

Jay

yes

pretty standard cubicle

Faheem Mitha

Ok.

Jay

i would estimate 8'x12'

Faheem Mitha

7:54 PM

Do you get a lot of noise from around you? I'd hate to work in a cubicle. Regular offices are bad enough.

Jay

@FaheemMitha no its pretty quiet here

especially since im at the corner

Faheem Mitha

@Jay Oh. That's good.

Jay

@FaheemMitha and sometiems if someone nearby is on a conference call, i just put on my headset and listen to music

Faheem Mitha

Ok.

Jay

but for the most part its silent except for random keyboard typing and mouse click sounds

Faheem Mitha

8:00 PM

@Jay Even those can be quite annoying.

I'm fairly sensitive to noise, unfortunately.

Has anyone here ever read the (quite famous) SF story "Surface Tension"?

Jay

8:26 PM

oh boy its almost 4:30

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