Notices by Zebulon (zebulonmysterioso@mas.to)

@BethanyBlack
They're listening: https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0209/1431364-oscars-to-honour-best-casting-from-2026/

Well that did not go swimmingly. A funny thing I'd forgotten about redundancy and that I've read in any number of posts from people in this position - actually telling you that you personally are being laid off always seems to be an afterthought.
When only those being laid off attend the meeting, it seems deliberately obtuse that we then have to be given a letter in order to read our fate, and that this fate is not ever spoken aloud.

On the bus to a meeting to see if I'm being made redundant.
I want to say "mixed feelings" but that really doesn't cover it.

The digital employment landscape doesn't seem like the world of opportunity it did back in 2004 (previous redundancy), especially not for a mostly despairing 50-sthg with zero confidence.
My only positive is that this time I've more savings than debt.

@BethanyBlack Just reading this has improved my day! Vicarious relief over here.

@BethanyBlack This outta be the voiceover for the opening credits of the A Team reboot.

@BethanyBlack
Stylin'!

@BethanyBlack Have you found an enzymatic cleaner that works? We have maybe a dozen new cushions, each representing a bottle that does not live up to its claims.

@BethanyBlack I fucking hate when that happens. The poor sods take an age to get over the invasion. It's so stressful for them.

@BethanyBlack That's what I'd hoped you'd say. Robber barons are alive and well.

@BethanyBlack Is that for streaming or for broadcast, or is that a silly question?

One of my greatest/worst cringe moments is when I remember bumping into Pete Postlethwaite in a bar in Belfast while in the middle of a conversation with a friend about Postlethwaite's acting. I disagreed with Mr P when he said it was a serendipity, and rebutted: "No, it's more of a real cool coincidence".

It was several years before I learned the definition of 'serendipity'.

I remembered all this while running this morning and recoiled so hard I stepped off the pavement into traffic.

@BethanyBlack If you're earning from insta vids then I will feel much less of a stalker following you there :)

@BethanyBlack My barber keeps suggesting this to me. In terms of sheer scunderment, is the modern equivalent of being offered 'something for the weekend'?