The Depths of Apathy

[Andara Bledin]

I have another pair of pink leopard print cat ears that are felt around card stock that I have attached to an Egyptian style beaded head covering that I need to replace.

I was wearing that one for the time I was an extra on CSI Vegas, but it was just too shiny, so I had to swap to a tiger-ear headband I had also brought with me.

^-.-^

[Jester]

the time I was an extra on CSI Vegas

Excuse me? Details?

[Jay 2K Winger]

Excuse me? Details?

Gonna guess Andara was on the "furry" episode.

[Jester]

Yeah, I figured that out too, was just wondering WHICH extra was Andara!

[tollbaby]

Oh lord, how I've missed Gravekeeper's updates

[Andara Bledin]

Yeah, I figured that out too, was just wondering WHICH extra was Andara!

You can't actually see me, quite, in the episode, although you can see my shadow in a bit during the stage show bit, and you can see the back of my head in another angle in the same scene. It was filmed in two stages, with the extras being shuffled around a lot. My boyfriend actually had his face filmed as part of a scene change, but that bit got edited out of the final cut.

I can, however, identify about 80% of the other actually furs that attended the taping. It was kind of a local event because one of the community is in the business and he was the one being consulted to make it closer to reality.

From what I understand, the scriptwriters used a bit from Vanity Fair (which focused on one tiny subset as opposed to the fandom at large) and a "sexpose" that aired on MTV that was produced by a man that's only ever done sex fetish stories, and seems to have a hard-on for weird stuff, and no regard for actual facts.

Needless to say, real furry cons are much less sensational than PAFcon (thank god it was plushies and furries and not furries and plushies ), though the rumor mill likes to churn out sensational stories that involve people who say they wish they'd actually been there, 'cause some of them sound like a lot of fun. Then there's things like the Man Show episode, which had to hire actresses to wear cat ears and pretend to be con-goers because most of the actual attendees wouldn't talk to them because the media hasn't exactly proven to be trustworthy.

^-.-^

[Caractacus_Potts]

I. Don’t. Care. I believe I explained my purpose and function here already.

I was attacked by a couple of dogs and one of them tore up my right hand (I'm a righty). I missed several days of work and I wound up coming into the office on a Saturday to catch up. A guy calls about an application he put in for the shop and I ask him to call back Monday and talk to J, the shop manager.

Not good enough. He insists that I take a message to let J know that he called about the application instead of calling back like I told him to. Even after I explain about my damaged hand and that writing is difficult he insists that I take a message because he really, really wants this job even though I told him talking to J Monday morning would be better than a note.

So...I take his message. I add a note of my own and leave it on J's desk. My note stated, "DO NOT HIRE! CAN NOT FOLLOW SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS!"

[Jester]

So...I take his message. I add a note of my own and leave it on J's desk. My note stated, "DO NOT HIRE! CAN NOT FOLLOW SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS!"

One of the basic rules of job hunting: Do Not Piss Off The Gatekeeper!

[Yarnil]

What? No.

Me: "Good evening, <blatantly a computer related company>"
SC: “Do you sell tiramisu?”
Me: “Pardon?”
SC: “Do you sell tiramisu pudding?”
Me: “….No.”
SC: “Are you sure?”
Me: “Quite sure, yes.”

That’s not really the sort of thing you could make a mistake about. I think I’d know damn well whether or not I sold pudding. Especially tiramisu. As I would be sampling my wares as we speak if that were case. Still, that is a rather bizarre follow up question on your end there. Granted, the entire idea of calling around to order pudding over the phone at 2am is somewhat bizarre to begin with. Never mind actually persisting with your line of questioning.

There is a restaurant where I live that sells Tiramisu...And delivers it till 2am . Want the telephone number in case he calls back?