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This Is The Phantom Lady · November 10, 2014 4:26 pm

I am so confused... ugh.

I have been contacted by an editor from an online magazine who wants to feature me in it... he read my profile somewhere and some of my other writings and seems to think I'd be a good asset for his magazine...

I am honestly so flattered, I wanted to be a journalist and I do love writing.

The problem? It's a naughty magazine... well it's classy, but still...

GAH.

Schmiezi · November 10, 2014 5:54 pm

Where's the problem?

This Is The Phantom Lady · November 10, 2014 5:56 pm

That I don't feel 100% comfortable being featured in a sex magazine...

Schmiezi · November 10, 2014 6:06 pm

Hm, guess I am too naughty to mind that. Couldn't you use some kind of nickname? I mean, it's a common thing in certain circles. LadyThis, MistressSomething... That way you could be in it without people knowing it's you.

besleybean · November 10, 2014 6:09 pm

Brilliant idea, Schmiezi.

Neferu · November 10, 2014 6:14 pm

It is a chance and maybe a springboard for a serious magazin.

This Is The Phantom Lady · November 10, 2014 7:07 pm

I'd be using an alias, without a doubt... the editor only know me by my nickname...

The thing is... while this isn't some p*rn magazine, it's more of a sex and dating thing... my problem lies with where this editor found me.

Some months ago I was doing some scary things for cash; most of it online and I was tearing myself down in the process... I was under the influene of a Master and well... It has been a really long way back to a normal life.

I guess I will give it a go, write one feature and see how I feel about that. Well who knows...

This Is The Phantom Lady · December 7, 2014 7:11 pm

Yup. I am done doing nice things for people...

I live in a student building, and last night when I tried to get to wash my clothes (which is hell, we have 2 machines for all the flats to share...) I had some leftover chocolates and candy canes from my movie night on Thursday... so I put it in a nice little plastic bowl and put a note on it saying "Please help yourself "... I didn't get to wash my clothes and had to come back this morning...

Finding the bowl completely gone and the note crumbled and left behind.

Yup. That's the last time I do that.

nakahara · December 7, 2014 7:37 pm

Hug to you, Phantom. It´s annoying when people do that.

I´m in a similar situation today. People asked me to supervise an important legal document they want to release soon. I already helped them with this in the past and gave them plenty of advice how to write this wretched thing. Then, when I opened the file to do the last formal control of the document, I met with the text that could equally be written by James Joyce - long stream of consciousness, absolutely nonsensical and uninteligible. The athor understands it so why should anybody else?

I think I would throttle the person responsible on Monday.

This Is The Phantom Lady · December 8, 2014 8:16 pm

I hope the responsible person survived... but GAH that is frustrating.

I have been thinking about putting up a note asking for the bowl back at least... but I just can't be bothered...

I had such a sweet experience at work today. My work has been hell lately and today was no exception. While I was trying to figure out one thing I have only been introduced to lately a co-worker came in and informed me I had to take over for her (she has a rude way of talking but she isn't aware).

But it turned out to be a great experience... we work with treating and researching childhood obesity at work, and part of what we do is performing condition tests on the kids where they have to run on a track in the basement and perform a jumping test too.
The youngest today was 7 years old... She ran like the wind and was just plain adorable. After she had finished running and I offered her some water she looked into my eyes and begged me to allow her to run the track once more.

I have never been prouder of any kid, ever. When I met her and was escorting her and the mum into the basement she grumpily told her mum "I don't want to run"

Davina · December 8, 2014 10:56 pm

Phantom, I would put a note exactly where you left the bowl saying:
When I wrote, help yourself, I didn't mean the bowl! Duh! If you ever want nice treats to be left out again for everyone return it.

besleybean · December 9, 2014 6:45 am

Love it!

Whisky · January 19, 2015 12:17 am

Oh, phantom, I just felt with you when I read that. I share my kitchen with many others and I get so annoyed when I put out sweet things and they don't even bother to clean the dish afterwards. I always clean the sweetie bowls of others and even dry them and put them in their cupboard, and I am still so naive to think everyone would do the same without even thinking about it. We're just lucky we've got manners some others lack :-)

Arrrg I cannot sleep because after I watched "Tatort" (famous german police series) I watched "Günter Jauch" (some kind of talk show) and now I'm totally wide awake because so many things in the talk show, or even about the talk show, upset me. I shouldn't think about it. But I'm in that kind of modus where "don't think about it" doesn't work. Politics and tough topics always boil me up to some very strange, angry-sad-motivated mood. I want to drink red wine and argue with some friends and then go out to make some damn better world right now please.
Next time I will just stop watching after "Tatort"!!

This Is The Phantom Lady · January 20, 2015 10:48 am

I hope you got some sleep, Whiskey! I hate when that happens!

And I must agree with you about manners!

During December I baked cookies and brought to work a few times (at least peple there actually said thank you) and every day since people have asked me if I'm ever going to bake again... I know I should be proud that they apparently liked my cookies so much, but... I don't know...

I'm home sick today... I lied to the doctors I work for and blamed my back but actually it's stress and if I have to deal with the posh, snotty secretary students today I just knew it wouldn't end pretty.
Sadly this just means I'll be even further behind on my work when I return tomorrow... I have a very important task, that no one else can do and I have lots of deadlines...

And those snotty secretary students (can I just highlight this isn't how I view students in general, on the contrary!! Most are a great asset.. just not these two brats). They expect me to be able to just throw it all away and help them so they can leave early every day, and not do the 'boring' stuff.

Tomorrow I will be chained to my desk (I'll even bring my own handcuffs if I have to) and not leave my chair to do a thing for them either.

kittykat · January 21, 2015 8:54 pm

So, I've been trying to track down a deerstalker in time for future Sherlock episodes. I found out about this fancy dress shop in Manchester that stocks Sherlock Holmes outfits, and sent them an email asking if they stock the hats. They just got back to me, and they do have them! Woot!

This Is The Phantom Lady · January 21, 2015 9:22 pm

Yay! Happy for you!

Getting my deerstalker was a nightmare... you can't buy them in Denmark for some reason. And no sellers would ship to Denmark... when I finally got it it was so cheap looking.
But at least it's a deerstalker.

kittykat · January 23, 2015 6:45 pm

Bought my new deerstalker today! Will post a pic later on

kittykat · January 23, 2015 9:57 pm

Alrighty, here we go!

nakahara · January 23, 2015 11:12 pm

It´s perfect!

kittykat · January 23, 2015 11:20 pm

^^ It wasn't expensive, either. Only £12!