WTF do I have to do to get some attention around here, be JimmyJazz?

[liberalhistorian]

I come back from traveling to Rapid City, SD, for my job interview, to find an email offering me the position. I post about getting the job and get a grand total of TWO responses, one of which was because I kicked the thread, before it sank like the Titanic to the bottom of the cold, dark, thread ocean. I make some other posts and am totally ignored.

Here I am, getting ready to make the biggest move of my life, 1,500 miles away from home, friends, family, everything that's familiar, and having to leave my son behind with my parents for several months, and I'm getting no responses from my family here! Geezus, what do I have to do, be JimmyJazz? She'd post about something like watching the paint in her garden dry and you guys would be falling all over yourselves to keep her thread going!

Sheesh, and I thought you guys were above that kind of blatant favoritism! And after all the entertainment I've given you over the years, too. You better go get me a large pepperoni pizza and some Reese's Cups to make it up to me! :evilgrin: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[ret5hd]

1. HEY! liberalhistorian!!!...

if you see jimmyjazz could you have 'im contact me?

[jswordy]

3. 'im's a HER! LOL.

[yvr girl]

2. Posting naked would help

I'm just saying.

[liberalhistorian]

6. LOL! I'm sure that would help,

but I'm afraid both the camera and computer would crack pretty badly!

[Sydnie]

4. Congratulations on your new job

Sorry, I don't have any candy nor pizza, just good wishes of great luck. :)

[Blue-Jay]

5. Here's the secret:

JimmyJazz PMs pictures of her boobs to everyone who replies to her threads.

[liberalhistorian]

AHA, so THAT'S her secret!

Of course, I'm sure I'm a bit more "endowed" than her, considering that I'm a natural 44DD (no kidding!).

[JimmyJazz]

19. I do NOT send pictures of my boobs to people!

I send pictures of my ass :P

[micrometer_50]

7. Here's how what I hear after most of my posts:

[liberalhistorian]

11. Did someone just

post something? :evilgrin:

[jswordy]

8. Rapid City? I interviewed at the paper there once.

I have friends at Pine Ridge Rez, and at Keystone. It is an interesting but a wild frontier kinda place. Love to hear your impressions once you get there. The paper offered me the job, but the pay was lots less than I was making already, so...that was that.

Pop me a PM on it. Love to hear about it. If they had offered more $$$, I'd have jumped at it.

[liberalhistorian]

13. I lived in Aberdeen, SD, for five years as a

child and that's when we started vacationing in the Black Hills every year. I'm forty, so we've been going there for 35 years or so. So, I'm quite familiar with the area and have always loved it and wanted to live there and have a job there. And I'm also excited because it's working with the Sioux on reservations, something else I've always wanted to do. To me, it's the greatest, most beautiful area on earth.

[jswordy]

15. Like I say, I would love to hear about it in a PM.

My friends are Lakota. That's great for you!

[BlueJazz]

9. If you would show us a little bit of Leg..

..once in awhile...

I didn't see your thread but if I had seen it I would have wished you all the best and told you my "Good Vibes" would be with you.. :)

[johnnie]

10. I didn't see it

First off, congrats on the new job! I'm sure you are excited, but that's quite a move.
I don't have any Reese's cups or any pizza...sorry. :(
We'll miss ya here in the big "O", it was great meeting you at the meet up. I hope all goes well. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Hey there, liberalhistorian!

Let me make up for my previous neglect of you! Come on, sit down in your favorite chair, and let me get you something to drink! What'll it be? Wine, beer, coffee, what? You let me know, and it's yours! How about I call for that pizza now, or do you want it later? Oh, and here's the Reese's Cups; I brought those from home...I love them too!

Hope you feel better now! Oh, and BTW, CONGRATULATIONS on that terrific new job! I really hope that you love it and have a very smooth transition...

:grouphug:


:yourock:

[liberalhistorian]

16. LOL, thanks!

All that sounds good, how about some white zinfandel to drink along with the pizza? :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. You got it! I love that wine also...lol

I'll be right over with it...all nicely chilled too!

:toast: :toast:

[DancingBear]

14. I didn't know - honest!

I never saw your post, but here is a heartfelt "GOOD LUCK" from the DancingBear family!

If I could ask, what does the position entail? I know you were doing paralegal work in Ohio at one time - is it something along those lines??

[liberalhistorian]

18. It's a paralegal position with

a legal services agency that works with native americans on the South Dakota reservations. I know the most about the Lakota Sioux, and have always wanted to work on South Dakota reservations. As hard as it will be to leave home, friends and family and everything that's familiar, and to leave my son behind for awhile, to move 1,500 miles away. I've been waiting a long time for this opportunity, though, and I just cannot pass it up.

[DancingBear]

38. Ah, I can feel the karma from here

I know you've been through a lot recently, so we are so glad that your roses are starting to bloom again.

May this position be everything you wish for, and a thousand things more.

[liberalhistorian]

43. Thanks! And yes, it does seem

to me like it was karma, the way it happened. It was certainly the easiest time I've ever had getting a job. No fifty-page application to fill out, no 40-year background check where they even want your medical records, etc., etc. I had the interview on a Wednesday, got back home to Ohio on Monday night, and found an email already waiting for me offering me the position.

I've always wanted a job out there because I've always wanted to live out there. It's amazing how peaceful I feel about it, knowing me, I'd normally be panicking and backtracking by now, especially with that kind of life-changing move. It must have been meant to happen.

[Amaya]

17. Hey LH!

Been to Rapid City many times. Did you get to see the Black Hills?

:bounce:

[liberalhistorian]

22. Yes, I did, actually,

I've been vacationing there with my family for nearly 35 years, it's my favorite spot on earth. It was the first time I've been there this early in the year, and by myself, though. That was interesting.

[WI_DEM]

20. Thanks for the reminder, I got to go post on JJ's latest thread!!

;)

[mike_c]

21. WOOOO HOOOOO....

Sorry-- didn't see the other post-- I just got back into town myself. CONGRATULATIONS! I was just about to PM you and ask how the interview went. That is such good news!

Oh JimmyJazz, I am so happy for you.... :evilgrin:

[liberalhistorian]

26. Ooooohh, I'm really gonna

get you for that one, Bob-uh, I'm sorry, Mike! :evilgrin:

Thanks, Mike, I was gonna PM you later tonight. I was really surprised when I got the offer, btw, I thought they were going to go for a local or native american candidate.

[mike_c]

30. lol-- seriously, that's wonderful news....

Here's to you: :toast:

[billyskank]

23. Hey, congratulations on the job!

I just landed a new job myself. :toast:

[liberalhistorian]

29. Congrats on your job!

What kind of job did you get and where?

[billyskank]

54. Analyst programmer

in Wellingborough, not that you'll know where that is, but it's close enough to my home that I don't have to move. It's unqualified good news. :)

[leftofthedial]

24. it's hard to offer congratulations for a job in Rapid City SD

My granny always told me if you can't say something nice . . .

Seriously, conratulations!

[swag]

25. JimmyJazz is an anagram of JizzyJamm

"President George Bush" is an anagram of "US Hopes End. Big Regret."

[Misunderestimator]

27. Hey there....

Did you know that there's another site where a poster is claiming she's you, from here? Is she you? Do you know about it?

[liberalhistorian]

32. Check your

inbox.

[Misunderestimator]

35. Thanks for the note.

:hi:

[JimmyJazz]

34. You must mean that place where

MrScorpio is being completely trashed even though they don't believe in bashing the troops. That place?

[Misunderestimator]

36. ...

:shrug: ;)

[DS1]

44. Yep, that would be the place

It's like DU's own private Festivus, only without the steel pole and feats of strength.

Aka, the airing of greivances. :eyes:

[Misunderestimator]

50. True....

[BikeWriter]

31. Excuse me? Did you notice which way JimmyJazz went?

Good luck on your move! :)

[Bunny]

33. Wow, great news!

I missed your earlier thread. That's quite a change you'll be making. How do you think your folks will hold up with you gone? You and your son have been living with them for many years, if I recall. Well, congrats and best wishes! :thumbsup:

[liberalhistorian]

37. Yes, we've been living with them since

my son was born, he's now fourteen. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a type of high-functioning autism, so they've really been a help with him. My mom is actually pretty exited, and she's the one who insisted that I go out for the interview when I got the letter saying when it was scheduled.

[Bunny]

40. That's good news. At least they won't guilt trip you about

your choice. It really sounds exciting!

[DS1]

39. Well, I suppose you could run back over to that other site

[liberalhistorian]

41. I didn't realize I needed

daddy's permission from here to post on any other site on the web, thanks for clearing that up for me. :eyes:

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[liberalhistorian]

46. I'm the staunchest Dem you'll ever know,

and have always been and always will be a die-hard liberal. I've caught a lot of shit there for that, too. Everyone is perfectly clear that I'm a LIBERAL, you can especially check my Kent State arguments there. That doesn't mean I agree 100% with every single thing ever said here and unfortunately, we're not always permitted to express such disagreement here. I'd get into specifics, but there are certain subjects here that have been "shut down", so to speak, so I can't do that, then, can I?

[JimmyJazz]

48. So you've stood up to the people who are trashing MrScorpio and

others and told them that they are the lowest of the low :shrug: I love what a few of them had to say about me and my current problems.

That's what you did, right? Because if not, your silence would indicate agreement.

[liberalhistorian]

51. No, of course I don't agree

with that, if you'll recall, I have defended you there. PM me where they're trashing MrScorpio and I'll take a look.

[JimmyJazz]

52. There are too many threads to even begin to do that.

Go take a look yourself.

[DS1]

49. Disagreement and talking shit are two entirely different things

You're not going to weasel your way out with the tired slippery slope argument. Aside from the odd cult, no community expects 100% agreement.

Obviously you can do whatever you want, yet why you'd expect a warm reception is beyond me.

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[faithnotgreed]

45. lh - i didnt see your post or i would have said congratulations

i remember your post before you left for the trip/job interview

doesnt it feel great to have something hopeful like this happen?
very warm wishes

[liberalhistorian]

47. Yes, it sure does!

I really didn't think it would happen, either, and I've always wanted to live out there.

[Moderator]

56. Lock

Too many personal attacks