cheetara: hi joe
me:: hello
cheetara: como estas?
cheetara: you are no longer blocking me?
me:: if i was blocking you, you wouldn't be talking to me, would you?
cheetara: cranky today?
me:: no more than usual. got a call must be brusque
cheetara: what's the word on company
cheetara: signed off at 2:57:15 PM.
cheetara: signed on at 2:59:53 PM.
me:: no final word on company yet, some interest from potential buyers, no indication if said buyers would keep us running or shut us down & keep the brand or what...
me:: much uncertainty
cheetara: sorry
cheetara: 2 friends of mine have been laid off in the past week
cheetara: I'm hoping to stop it there
cheetara: in your instance, however, you have survived layoff rounds
cheetara: and you have general company uncertainty
cheetara: one friend just got laid off from his second dot com
me:: that's pretty much it, yes
me:: one dot-com layoff should really be the limit
cheetara: well ... his bad for then going to a second one doing a similar thing for a similar job for a similar market
cheetara: I would say "tant pis" but he just had his third child
cheetara: which makes me feel sorry for him
cheetara: on the other hand, no one ever told him to go and have 3 children
cheetara: so how long will jupiter uncertainty carry on for?
me:: probably not beyond the end of the month
me:: they should know who's buying what parts of the co.
cheetara: if and who and what
me:: best scenario for job stability seems to be if a financial firm buys the co (like a vc sitting on tons of $$) believing we can actually maek it profitable.
cheetara: maek?
cheetara: is this dutch, danish, swedish or finnish?
me:: it's an obscure malay word, it means "invoke the gods of commerce and offer a blood sacrifice for an economic miracle"
cheetara: a malay ... would have never guessed malay
me:: you used 'tant pis', it was only fair... :)
cheetara: lol
cheetara: I like having friends that I can say "tant pis" to
cheetara: and what is the likelihood of the best scenario coming to pass?
me:: hard to say.
me:: i think they'll sell us to our worst enemy if they offer the most $$
cheetara: the cardassians?
me:: the forresterians.
me:: even worse
cheetara: the borg?
me:: Wolfram & Hart
cheetara: not them ... oh no!!!!!!!!!!! my blood is curdling
me:: but you're already going to defect to their side, what with Law School and all.
cheetara: I'm going to be one of the good guys
cheetara: did I tell you I got into Stanford
me:: congrats. everyone says they're going to be a good guy, then "well, i've got to do corporate, but only until i repay my loans,' then They've Got Your Soul.
cheetara: yeah, but I'll have no loans
me:: oh, yeah, forgot, rich girl
me:: ver lucky
me:: save the world, then.
cheetara: :-p
cheetara: maybe I'll get a scholarship
cheetara: I sent out my NYU scholarship application today
me:: great, accomplishments important.
me:: you know, I e-mailed C.'s aol acct 1.5 wks ago about meeting her to give her the mailbox key, and she never wrote back
cheetara: hmmm
cheetara: maybe you should try her work account, she checks that more frequently
me:: yeah, oh well, will probably just wait til we meet and give you both keys
cheetara: yep
cheetara: would you be ok for an annual meeting on march 18
me:: actually i probably can't make that--jupiter's media conference, must to shmooze with clients in the evening.
cheetara: hmmmmmmmm
cheetara: what would work for you in March starting 18th onwards
me:: depends on if i go on vacation or not. right now, 25th march would be fine, i think. if i go on vacation, i'll leave right after the media conference. looking at airfares tonight, will decide then.
cheetara: no 25th march is shashi tharoor reading
cheetara: where will you go on vacation?
cheetara: maybe I'll keep it to the 18th then
me:: most likely uk
cheetara: in march?
me:: london oxford bath edinburgh is the itinerary i've got in mind
cheetara: well it's always gloomy I guess
cheetara: I've never been to edinburgh ... dying to go actually
me:: cheaper in march too. only prob is it's holy week, and i imagine uk kind of shuts down...
me:: at least on good fri and easter
cheetara: yes
cheetara: so do you mean to tell me the oscars are being held on easter sunday
me:: thought oscars were 24th could be wrong
me:: christ is risen, let's see who wins best supporting actor.
me:: amen
cheetara: lol
cheetara: well this calls for some research
cheetara: Sunday March 24th at 8 pm
cheetara: easter is march 31st
cheetara: so the oscars are on palm sunday
cheetara: do you feel better for this knowledge?
me:: i knew it already, remember?
me:: i feel just the same
cheetara: oh ... I thought easter was the 24th ... that's where I was confused
me:: oh
cheetara: so you're saying oscars on 24th didn't help me
me:: yeah, it feels like Lent has an extra week in it or something this year
cheetara: yeah ... I thought 40 days from feb 12 would take us to march 24th
cheetara: isn't lent 40 days?
me:: poor josh hartnett :)
cheetara: who is josh hartnett? everyone keeps referring to him ... I don't know who he is!!!!!!!!!!!
me:: only the hottest and most ubiquitous young actor around.
me:: he's in like everything. black hawk down...
cheetara: ok what else?
me:: my reference was to "40 days and 40 nights" a movie premised on the idea that it'd be impossible for a guy to give up sex for lent.
me:: in theaters now.
cheetara: oh ... I haven't seen any of the previews for that ... all I hear is people saying to me that it sounds like a stupid movie
me:: pearl harbor
me:: '0'
me:: remarkably stupid movie
cheetara: ok ... so question ... lent ... usually 40 days right?
me:: virgin suicides
me:: what am I, Catholic now?
cheetara: does sound remarkably stupid
me:: lent is supposed to be 40 days.
me:: i don't get why it's longer this year
cheetara: well ... maybe you know ... because I'm feeling turned upside down ... as I calculated easter on 40 days from ash wednesday which gets us to march 24 and now everywhere easter is on the 31st ... and I'm just really confused about it ok
cheetara: so I thought easter <--- 24 because Feb 13 + 40 = March 24 = same day as oscars
cheetara: this has me done in completely
me:: so you had some plan for the 31st that's ruined due to it being easter?
cheetara: no I'm just more confused about it
cheetara: ok ... just called someone who is as confused
cheetara: ok lent starts on ash wednesday
cheetara: lent ends with easter
cheetara: and lent is 40 days
me:: i'm asking a catholic coworker
cheetara: what is missing?
me:: and checking out the pope's annual lenten message.
me:: Vatican Lenten Greeting
me:: I GOT IT!
me:: WOO HOO!
me:: I'M SMART!
me:: though it makes no sense
cheetara: ok ... I'm waiting
me:: it's 40 days but you don't count the sundays!
me:: it's 40 non-sunday days, AND 7 sundays
me:: Mardi Gras History
me:: a brief history of mardi gras
cheetara: I have never heard of such a thing ever
cheetara: and I was raised catholic
cheetara: and what ... jesus was in the desert and was only counting monday-saturday
cheetara: and on a separate tablet counting sundays?
me:: he got to go to the oasis and par--tay on sundays
cheetara: that's just plain stupid
cheetara: so lent is 47 days ... out of control
me:: you're not taking this very well at all
cheetara: well if it is REALLY 47 days ... then what are they doing walking around saying it is 40 days ... and basing it on Jesus's time in the desert ... and who counts like that anyway
me:: lol
me:: got a 2000 calendar? you should check last year
me:: maybe they just made it up
cheetara: I'm looking
cheetara: I found a 1999 calendar
cheetara: which doesn't have ash wednesday
cheetara: can't find a calendar that has ash wednesday listed
cheetara: or mardi gras
cheetara: ok 1995
me:: what about that fancy leather expensive leather book you bought?
me:: it's GOT to list previous ash wednesdays, no?
me:: :)
cheetara: don't have itwith me I'm not at home right now
cheetara: ok in 1995 ... 47 days
cheetara: this is just mind-blowing
me:: you learned something new.
me:: tell all your friends!
cheetara: it's 40 days to palm sunday
cheetara: oh.............
cheetara: he comes back on palm sunday
cheetara: palm palm palm
cheetara: hangs out with his buddies
cheetara: has a last supper, judas you'll betray me
cheetara: crucified, entombed, resurrected
cheetara: so lent is 47 days ...
cheetara: but he was in the desert 40 days
cheetara: but I still feel misled
cheetara: heavy heavy stuff wouldn't you say?
me:: shakes one to one's very soul.
cheetara: hey I'm taking off
me:: bye
cheetara: bye ... later
cheetara: signed off at 4:44:21 PM.