Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

you missed a sunny, 80 degree day yesterday! though yes, the rain is back.

i'm gonna have a jeopardy viewing party (see upthread) at the blue banana in petworth april 12 from 6-9pm, in case anybody would like to FAP @ that

i will be at that iirc

sounds awesome. i love jeopardy!

I know you're not supposed to tell us, but you're really rich now Gov after multiple nights on Jeopardy, right???

i can't say, but by the blue banana let's just assume i mean "the blue banana on georgia ave, the entire 3600 block of which i now own"

lol

OK who else is likely to be on unplanned vacation due to government shutdown next week?

Note: I just got back from 2 weeks off.

TOMBOT will certainly be off--daria-g? You too?

Oh no wait maybe tombot won't be off because he has to keep the internets safe from terrorists like john williams, etc.

zs will be

I'm still waiting to hear if I'm "essential" or not

bf is essential. was told he'll get paid next week, but no one knows when he'll get paid after that :(
i will not be off. our company follows gov't for early closings, etc. - i think we should also follow it for not coming to work!

how is it that ZS lives in DC and I have never met him?

right?

I'm a gonna FIND HIM

i have also asked this

his gifs contain subliminal clues as to his whereabouts

he emailed me once about going to olive garden (lol) but it never happened. such a tease.

ZS is about the only thing that could get me to an Olive Garden

mookie when are you coming back to dc

we have jobs here with the federal govenOH WAIT

mookie plz come!

i'd like to . . . but who will feed my kitty?

you bring him, duh

yeah i'm off if there is LOLSHUTDOWN next week. i think the plan is we take leave time so we will still get paid, until you run out of leave. so i'd be ok for a week if it comes to that. if i knew it would be a full week i'd use the leave to skip town, maybe go to new york or something!

there isn't even an olive garden anywhere near, is there? i hope to not find out tbh

There's got to be an Olive Garden somewhere out in the Virginia suburbs. Like, it would destroy my whole idea of suburban places if there were not an Olive Garden.

(Google Maps says Falls Church & Vienna & Fairfax & Woodbridge &c &c &c)

I'm not gonna lie, I'm gonna be pretty jealous if everybody gets a pleasant week in spring off because the government is stupid, because I will not be off. I will be hanging out at Virginia Hospital Center, though, which is pretty clearly the nicest of the Hospital Centers.

i actually took a bunch of artists to one in like bailey's crossroadsish area last year.

it was a joke about his display name tbh. i don't want to go there.

no i didn't think you did, i figured it was some inside joke that i missed b/c of not reading many threads!

i would, however, like to visit an applebee's with nabisco

haha, just saw the last few days worth of posts! you know, we can all meet up at a non-olive garden location too! :)

I made way for an ambulance on the way home tonight while driving down the Leesburg Pike. I saw it further down outside the Olive Garden.

i would, however, like to visit an applebee's with nabisco

― mookieproof, Friday, April 8, 2011 3:59 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol

Daria

You can't take leave during a shutdown.

Daria and I are contractors and I imagine that she, like I, will be forced by her company to take vacation during the shutdown. Apparently only California has a law that prevents companies for forcing employees to use vacation instead of leave without pay.

btw guys wapo's going out guide is compiling deals for ~the furloughed~

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-gurus/post/deals_for_the_furloughed/2011/04/08/AFOLXh2C_blog.html?wprss=going-out-gurus

Just another manic Monday coming up. So unessential me (and my unessential administrative appeals judge) and my unessential co-workers get to go back to work Monday. And you contractors and other government workers too.

The budget agreement did include the riders re DC the House republicans included:

1. DC cannot use its own funds for abortion-related services for poor women

2. DC must use taxpayer money as vouchers to put some kids in religious Christian schools (despite any concerns re first amendment issues or that this is not the most efficient way to help all poor kids)

i, for one, can't wait to get back into the office and get back to my unessential tasks!

And I guess that free admission the Corcoran was promising to government workers in the event of a shutdown is gone now! I forget what's on exhibit there now anyway.

pretty sure 'in the event of a shutdown' is the key there.

Not to mention one free Z Burger per person per day during shutdown!

God help me if we have to go through the same rigmarole this week. I'm in operations and doing contingency planning for this stuff sucks.

I think they'll get the votes by Thursday

Just another day doing "unessential" work

Same, nothing essential to see here, carry on...

I posted this in the other DC thread (capital swamp) when I meant to post about it here, but does anyone want to do a little happy hour thing next week? Mondays or Wednesdays work best for me, maybe around 6:30 or so, downtown somewhere? would love to see ya'll.

lol @ gray getting arrested

also i impulse bought the banana whatever groupon the other day bc i recognized it as govern yourself accordingly's jeopardy spot so i will be there tomorrow.

i have to work a happy hour at the passenger next wed, you should come!
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awesome!

tehresa do you know al3x nich0ls at the passenger? she's a good pal

i really like jeopardy! i hope you win!

i do not know her because i have never been to the passenger before!

i have to work a happy hour at the passenger next wed, you should come!

sounds good to me! anyone else gonna come?

would love to meet some DC ilxors, but I'm working. Hope Jeopardy goes/went well though!