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    Saturday - went to town for a few drinks and met a really cool girl. She was repeating over and over that she recognizes me from somewhere... And at some point it clicked - I was one of her clients in the perfume shop she works in. She said she really liked me then and even checked me in the store's database, lol.

    So, we had a really great time, talked for hours. But... She said that it sucks that we didn't met earlier as she already has something going on with another dude - nothing serious, they just talk and they plan to see each other this week? Something like that. She just wanted to be honest with that shit.

    We exchanged numbers. I'm not planning to force myself, but it kinda fucking sucks because I really dig her and that other dude shit is so fucking unnecessary. Oh well.

    • dude, you're upset about honesty? if you like her, be the better option. i mean that long term, not manipulate her to fuck her.imbecile
    • quit being a baby, dick. ;Dimbecile
    • Naah, I'm fine with honesty, I'm just upset about the unfortunate timing.
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    • I'm not a type of person that will force himself into this, so I'm just here, waiting for her to text me
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  • Nairn4

    Went to a BBQ yesterday, took along the usual assortment of booze and meats and stuff. I realise that on the way there we'll pass by the shop where I get my Kimchi from, so I pop in and get a jar.

    Get to the BBQ and put it on the table then open it up and I'm the only cunt who has any. Noticing the type of people that were there (one person aside, none of them are people I know) I mention that it's vegan kimchi - still no fucking buyers.

    At the end of the food, the table's getting cleared up and I hazard another try to get people to have some - no dice. Seeing so much stuff just getting hoyed into the bin, I make a point of mentioning that the kimchi should be refrigerated, then just go and do it myself. When I get back home, I realise I didn't mention to my friend that she should open the jar every day or so to let gases expel.

    What's the point?

    That jar of kimchi is not going to get eaten, I can fucking tell. It's probably already been binned.

    I'm so sorry, my little friend. I let us both down.

    • Kimchi is not for everyone, sure isn't for mespl33nidoru
    • YOU'RE WRONG!
      .
      :)
      Was just the 1st time I've wanted to bring food BACK from a BBQ
      Nairn
    • Now the other guests are probably texting each other, “who was that annoying kimchi guy. God he wouldn’t shut up about his kimchi. Mr kimchi kimchi kimchi”
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    • Given that I only once mentioned it, in its being Vegan-friendly, probably not,Nairn
    • I mean, fair enough - you guys can moan about it, given I've mentioned it an entire two times here on QBN.Nairn
    • I had Kimchi once.

      Once.
      DRIFTMONKEY
    • It's 20:08 the next day and I'm at work and slightly miserable and i could really do with that jar of barely-touched kimchi.
      I'm so sorry, little friend.
      Nairn
    • What is it yous guys don't like about the kimchi? sourness? saltiness? spiciness? fishiness? I can't stand the fishiness, so I can only do the vegan shitNairn
  • Nairn0

    By the way - if you're the sort of person who turns up to a 'bring food along' BBQ with a tupperware tub with four fucking 'shroomdogs' in, do us all a favour and choke yourself on a courgette.

    • duly notedhans_glib
    • I wanted to try one, but cheapo and her partner ate them in no time. I can't stand people who bring stuff Just For Themselves to do's like that.Nairn
    • Especially as she seemed to quite enjoy the halloumi we'd brought along.Nairn
    • Man, that kind of behaviour is unacceptable. I would have wiped raw sausage on the rims of their glasses/beer bottles. There's just no need for that shit.Morning_star
    • That's just bad manners. And a big mushroom on the BBQ is delicious. Shroomdogs is blackface for food.MrT
  • Beeswax1

    I worked on this slide deck until 2am last night.
    Today she sent it back for a minor update and I found that all the boxes have these diamond effects and all the text has shadows

    I was busy with something and had to fix it all in a rush. I may have been a little harsh on her, why try to educate right? But still pissed that she thinks it's a viewpoint. Viewpoint of a 50yo lady stuck in 90s.

    • I mean in fairness... they are both viewpoints.ben_
    • Pick your battles, man.
      It's just a PPT presentation.
      Continuity
    • Having said that, I feel your pain accutely.Continuity
    • You did need to educate her but was a little harsh in the tone :)microkorg
    • A bit harshstoplying
    • I understand your frustrations, maybe do a basic style guide to stop it from creeping up again.sinjun
    • Ouch. Props to Penny for maintaining her composure when you likened her work to something from the 90's hahahaSteveJobs
    • Should have just increased the shadowing and added more gloss to the boxes, a few sparkles / lens flares too. She'd soon for it more toned down.shapesalad
  • Nairn0

    I really want to have a line in my invoices that says "fart-arsery".

  • Continuity2

    Last week, I signed up to be a creative mentor for a sort of video AMA set up by the head of strategy at one of the big network ad agencies, whereby they pair up strategic planners with creatives, and the strategy people ask the questions.

    My session is this afternoon. I'm actually fucking terrified I'll have absolutely nothing of value to say to this kid that they didn't already learn in school or on the job, and I'll have both wasted her time and shown myself to be an absolute fraud in this business.

    Ugh.

    • relax - you know far more than you think.hans_glib
    • if in doubt, just flash your willy.Nairn
    • You undoubtedly know more than you think you do, and probably more than most planners about the real world. Good luck.ben_
    • Imposter Syndrome is real. You’ll be great, though. When it doubt, remember that the fallback answer to every question is “Well, it depends.”
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    • I’ve felt like a fraud every time I’ve spoken in public or as a consultant. And every single time I’m like “oh shit that was easy, I’m better than I think”
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    • Just use big words, people love jargon.Maaku
    • Thanks, lads.
      Well, in the end, it went well. She messaged the guy who organised it that the talk 'made her day' on LinkedIn.
      Continuity
    • So you did flash her your willy?Nairn
  • ben_3

    Had an absolute gong show with work last week that bled into the weekend and yesterday. Covid has really revealed the people who can and cannot stay focused throughout a project. We're down 2 CD's, an ACD and 4 Designers but somehow keep pumping out he same amount of work (apparently the cost cuttings only impact our department). I went for a ride last night where I decided to turn off the nav, take a few blind turns and ended up on my bike for close to 6hrs - got home at 1am feeling destroyed, but refreshed. Wake up this morning to more work chaos - I'm leaving the creative department at the end of the month to head up our XD strategy department and couldn't be happier.

    • Congrats on the move !Gnash
    • ben_ where do you work at?fate
  • jagara1

    Here in Denmark, it's 25°C. I'm wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Going swimming in mid-september. Rare... L8R, bitches.


  • Nairn0

    Phwoar, I'm 103% Pure Man today - bought myself a jigsaw for prepping material for The Machine. Should have years ago!

    Except.. my workshop/studio is all about girly-man materials and my main working area is absolutely and totally unsuited for jigsawing 6' wide pieces of plywood. Clearly I've not thought this through.

    I had thought I could just get a load of polystyrene blocks to elevate sheets enough above the work surface so that it doesn't cut through it. That's it. That was my solution. Any of you who know anything about woodworking can probably already see how terrible an idea this was (to be fair, I conceived it when I was drunk last night, when I ordered the jigsaw).

    Cutting is a knife-edge between getting a good cutrate so it cuts smoothly and then absolutely not and the sheet vibrating like a sinewave spastic on bathsalts.

    If you don't hear from me in a while, I've cut at least one finger off.

    Need to work out how to use my array of clamps to bind to the work surface.. going to be tricky.

    • Maybe you should have bought a benchtop bandsaw instead.face_melter
    • They're a lot more expensive, and a lot messier. I'll make this work, just the 'solution' I have now will inevitably lead to pain and horror.Nairn
    • I'd also still have the sacrifice-sheet / elevation problem, *and* need to totally clear the relevant work surface. I can sort of ad hoc it with a jigsaw.Nairn
    • Only worry is if your studio is really clean and you don't have extraction is the dust.
      Jigsaw is always handy to have though.
      PhanLo
    • Ah, sorry - I was thinking you meant a plunge saw.
      re: Bandsaw - I meant 6 foot, not 6 inches.
      Nairn
    • My studio is rarely 'very clean' but it's not the sort of place I can have a shit ton of ply and MDF dust settling on. Jigsaw has a vacuum attachment so :\Nairn
    • Vibration will be an issue with thinner materials. Even 1/4 ply while shake like crazyGnash
    • yeah. that's exactly it - most everything I need to prep is 6mm and under

      WOBBLE WOBBLE BYE BYE THUMB
      Nairn
  • mg331

    Been watching a lot of Viva La Bam and episodes of the Jackass TV show the past few days. It's been years since I watched either but they're both just as hilarious now as they were back then.

    Laughs are in such short supply these days... both of those shows are proving to be a fantastic distraction.

  • imbecile6

    I found some old flash projects, then wondered if I could export them at a higher resolution. looks like it shouldn't be a problem. when I checked one of the files, it says I modified it 16 years from now. neat.

    • What version of flash is it?!Nairn
    • CS5.5imbecile
    • Flashforlife.swfPhanLo
    • Back before moms were on the internet, eh boys?

      : )
      ideaist
    • back when we wanted to experiment and make something new or cool to share 24/7imbecile
    • Not missing the days of Directer. CMD+B to keyframe? ewwjaylarson
    • 2037 is the end of the Ancient Unix Calendar foretold by the Ancient Eunichs
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    • Back when qbn was newstoday and actually sensible and relevant and not full of boobs, bums and trash NSFW....shapesalad
  • imbecile2

    I don't know who got this for me, it wasn't one of you, definitely not sted. I have just received an etched stainless steel mug from BMW. (I'm pretty sure it was my girlfriend.) It has my two favorite things... Official box with BMW part number (80 28 2 446 015) and parts stock sticker... like this mug was in a parts bin next to a brake rotor or something. :D

    • *flutters eyelids*i_monk
    • Is it broken yet?ben_
    • ooh that looks far better than most of the BMW merch. good choice keep that girl :D
      may it serve you for long long years.
      I mean the mug
      sted
    • lol @ all the notes!imbecile
    • Lol @stedOBBTKN
    • Has it got twelve turbos and a huge grille?Longcopylover
    • Um. Cool.jagara
    • https://www.autoguid…grafician
  • grafician0

    Need to update my portfolio...with CASE STUDIES ugh!

    Don't really get the need for other ppl in the industry to see "process" from us, it's like they still think we're just "artsy people" and need to justify everything we do visually, you know?

    "I don't do wireframes and personas for a freakin' button Karen, I just make it blue!"

    • Yup, people don't want to see just pretty pictures any more, they want to see case studies of your process, findings, pitfalls, outcomes etc.microkorg
    • Had to do the same last year. Whilst it was a pain in the ass I found it made me think about these projects more indepth in this waymicrokorg
    • ..so actually made it easier for me to talk about them in interviews - in the way that an interviewer wanted to hear about them not just me talking aboutmicrokorg
    • the 'design'. Also for the interviewer it helps whittle out folks with 'fake' portfolios full of nice artwork and concepts that they had little involvement in.microkorg
    • Ever hire anyone? You need to see process so you know a person can analyze and talk about their work in an intelligent way.
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    • It shows they can reproduce good work. More importantly, talking about your work in meaningful ways is half the job.
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    • @nb I only care about the final work, don't care about people fetishes with design process. I could also write a book about the BS in the design industry rngrafician
    • @micro interviewer who? Donna from HR with no experience judging creative work?grafician
  • stoplying2

    Just returned from a socially-distanced dentist appointment where they give your teeth a cleaning with only the METAL DEATH PICK for a solid 20 minutes. The woman was not very precise in her targeting and managed to stab my gums enough to cause me to squirm in the chair. "Are you alright?" "Uh yeah"
    Then dropped the car off at mechanic about a noise. "Oh that'll be $1300 sir, it's your bushing bearings and pads and rotors." "Uh yeah okay"

    • Might as well head to your proctologist nextSteveJobs
    • Fuck dentistsscarabin
    • keef are oberakegi_monk
    • fuck auto mechanicsmonospaced
    • Date a dentist nurse, sell your car and buy a bicycle, problems solvedOBBTKN
    • Dentist client pays me 5k a month, I love the dentist!canoe
    • Uh bushings bearings pad and rotors all at the same time.... Either your car is not maintained or getting full replacement for labor gimmick
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    • However it would be cheap if on all axles and wheels....something not quite right
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  • kingsteven1

    When I was out last night the kids came back and had another go at the street sign (under the cover of darkness this time), noticed it was more concave this morning, my poor wee neighbour in her 70s was telling me she saw them. The whole thing is kinda daft and feel bad for teenagers in general these days but won't somebody think of the Lindas!

    • next time: manage to take a photo of those cunts and put out a poster on what's left of that sign.sted
    • yeah, i mean the sign has still not been defeated :D so they may be back. i saw spaghetti boy in his school uniform earlier and he made a noise to his mateskingsteven
    • like "oh fuck, it's the witcher"... closing the net hahahkingsteven
    • Apply axel grease/anti climb paint on the back of sign.. mess up their clothes.Phrenological
    • Smear dog poo poo on the sign and post. Vomit at the foot of it. Problemo solved.shapesalad
  • zarkonite1

    @imbecile

    Funny you posted your mug, I also got a German-motor-company-themed-liqu... Weeiiiiird.

  • imbecile5

    I came across an illustrator with a piece I wanted a print of. Looked around, found her store had shut down. I emailed last night requesting permission to produce a print along with an offer to pay a fee for doing so. She wrote me back stating she had recently found a few pieces leftover from the print run in 2018 and offered to sell me one of those, hand signed. Of course I said yes. Glad I asked.

  • shellie15

    I lost my job two weeks ago. Since then, I've attended two online conferences; I've been taking tons of e-coffees, networking, and lining up freelance gigs that should bear fruit in a few weeks or a month.

    One of my best friends is leaving his staff Sr. Producer role at one agency for a staff Exec Producer role at another and put me forward to replace him. I have an interview on Friday with his boss, and I'm feeling good about it. She reached out to me in July for a freelance gig, but I wasn't available full time -- I was employed at the time. So, I already know they were considering me for jobs in the recent past. I know what they'll pay, but my biggest concern is insurance. Usually, I'd push for freelance, but, I'm anxious about insurance coverage during this pandemic, having some paid vacation time just I get laid off again (they'll have to pay that out), etc. They are going to let the lease lapse on one of their bigger office -- a pandemic driven decision because working from home is looking like a more permanent situation, at least for next year, and then they'll probably move in 2022. Their other office isn't set up for full-time work with everyone -- maybe occasional meetings once that's a safe activity. It's mostly a studio for shooting commercials and the live-action production staff that works on set. So, one thing I can count on is that working from home for 2021 is guaranteed. I hope I get this job. And I think I'll find out soon. Ideally, I'd like to overlap with my friend for his last week, which is at the end of the month, to pass off his projects.

    • Good luck, hope you land on your feet with thisdee-dubs
    • Good Luck!zarkonite
    • Money Marge is saying you'll get this, best of luck girl!grafician
    • Yeah, shoots are weird right now. New things are coming for the conditions. I think you are going to be solid :)toemaas
    • fuck, good luck shellz!moldero
    • Good luck! I’m sure you’ll kill the interviewGnash
    • Break a leg. The insanity of 2020 is finding a new way to navigate literally everything all over again.garbage
    • HR generally pays a freelancer 70% of their hourly rate. So in determining your rate, keep in mind the FT salary or your expected FT salary, then calculate yourinstrmntl
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    Who buys white sweatshirts and pants?

  • ********
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    How hard is it to get a job these days? I see people online talking about unemployment running out yet not seeming to look for jobs.

    • Depends on what kind of job you want.. My ex works in the airline industry and is on a shoogly peg re that.Phrenological
    • Lots of work for delivery drivers/ pickers at the large supermarkets tho'Phrenological