Smashing Pumpkins Debut At Number 2 On Billboard

[xneverwherex]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
  *ahem* there are more than a few females on the board.  

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you, lily and bags would be it in the last more than 2-3 years.  That's not a good number. [/b]

cant forget kurosawa either, but she may have been here for awhile. there is megs also. dont know when any of them have joined. there are possibly others who dont post regularly but are still around. just a feeling i have, but i didnt keep track of which women joined when.

[miss pretentious]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
  you should have seen the look on everyones face when i showed up at theboard meet-up post pumpkins. you'd think a female had never lasted on the board for more than a week or something.

Sweetie, you have a long way to go before you reach Jaguar status - she's like a faculty member around here.
 
 But yeah, we have a lot of research fellows (people who are really only here for the music) who are females, but rarely a female student who lasts through freshman year or so. [/b]

well considering i've only even lived/been in the area for about a year. i'm ok with all this...

[vansmack]

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
  cant forget kurosawa either, but she may have been here for awhile. there is megs also.

They are who I was referring to in my "research fellow" type - they really are only here for the music and rarely participate in the off-topic banter that this board, on occasion of course, can get into.  They are good for a drink/hanging out after the show though.
 
 I forgot about Random Citizen though.  I'm pretty sure that's a girl and I'm pretty sure she's been on the board for a while.
 
 And jadetree - if she ever comes back my world will be complete.  She was my first board love....

[xneverwherex]

yup youre mostly right. but some of them have 'real'     jobs... and cant post here. naturally working at a lawfirm gives me way too much free time.. figures.    :roll:
 
 and more importantly, they are great people to hang out with at/during the shows! (imo)

[vansmack]

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
   but some of them have 'real'        jobs... and cant post here.  

It wasn't a knock at all.  Sometimes I wish I had their willpower.  
 
 I have considered asking employers to block the site just to see what I would do all day.

[xneverwherex]

LOL - think youd be able to do it? yesterday i was so busy it was rather nice that i had no time to  refresh the screen. and i know it wasnt a knock, was just teasing (more like pointing out that we both waste too much time). ironically we're both in the same area of work.
 
 was talking to an assoc yesterday about what kind of work he was doing - and i rolled my eyes, and said a nice thank you that i wasnt a lawyer     (dont worry i know they dont all do the same thing, but if i had his work id shoot myself)

[vansmack]

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
  LOL - think youd be able to do it?  

I think the real question is, could you guys handle it?  I doubt you'd even notice....
 
 I actually do a good job of doing my work first, but, as you know, I work for a university and it's summer time - there is NOTHING going on right now!  Faculty and students are gone, and the staff is all on vacation.  All of my staff have families so I let them take their vacation first because their schedules are tougher to arrange.  Therefore, I'm sitting in my office with nobody in the suite and am basically here just in case something happens, with a few small tasks...it leaves a lot of time for me to use the board to pass time.
 
 As for the lawyer thing, I never regret getting the degree and I certainly never regret not working for a firm.  I could do without the debt, but the degree helped me get here so I'm ok with it.  I feel for those that regret the workload, but it's their life and they need to get control of it.

[walkonby]

this question is off topic, but i didn't want to start a thread based just on it.  i bought a cd from someone off ebay who claimed it was sealed and brand new.  i got it; it is sealed and brand new looking, but there it is a cut in the plastic of the case's side.  what ever does that mean?  it is bad, such as it's not really a true release from the label, or is it just a harmless retailer's mark.

[miss pretentious]

this is why i enjoy the freedom my job allows me. if i'm at my desk, i'm online and can easily check the board/best week ever/myspace/pop candy/whatever the hell else while i'm writing. it is a multi-tasker's heaven.
 
 the hours can suck, as i am about to head to a meeting right now. but meh...

[xneverwherex]

Originally posted by walkonby:
  this question is off topic, but i didn't want to start a thread based just on it.  i bought a cd from someone off ebay who claimed it was sealed and brand new.  i got it; it is sealed and brand new looking, but there it is a cut in the plastic of the case's side.  what ever does that mean?  it is bad, such as it's not really a true release from the label, or is it just a harmless retailer's mark.

if i recall correctly, those are usually promo cds that are put out by the label, and usually arent supposed to be re-sold. i have a ton of them, but got them for insanely cheap ie $1 or so. a friend works in radio, and his company gets cds like that all the time. i often wondered how many times, the employees took a whole bunch of the cds they didnt like and re-sold them. he assured me that never happened  

[vansmack]

Originally posted by walkonby:
  there it is a cut in the plastic of the case's side.  what ever does that mean?  

This may not be your case, but at Amoeba, they cut the case for CD's that they bought from customers that look new but that they purchased as used.  
 
 If you don't have the receipt when trying to get a cash/credit refund for a CD you claim is new, they will buy it back as used for less money, cut it so that it can't be sold as new (it would be fraud to sell as new), then put it in the used bins.  I buy a lot of these as they tend to be brand new CDs.  Think along the lines of junkees stealing CDs from retail outlets and trying to get cash - at least that's my guess for folks that do this in the Haight.

[SalParadise]

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
   

Originally posted by vansmack:
     

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
  But you're, as the hipsters say, spot on.  
 
 ....
 
  Do you bill by the post or by the hour?       :p    

First, I don't know when "spot on" became a hipster thing - the English have been saying it for years.  You can't watch a football match without a commentator saying "the ref was spot on with that call"....but I digress.
 
 And that piece of advice is on the house.  I hope others in what someone, I think it was nkotb, called the "Freshman Class" of the board listen as well.  It's great having you all here and I really enjoy a lot of what you have to offer, and in time you'll do a better job of understanding when someone's taking the piss out of you because they're bored (or are simply trolling) and not take them seriously. [/b]

I must say, I've THOROUGHLY enjoyed the posting storm that is vansmack.  [/b]

vansmack is for the children.
 
 just want to throw out, i'm kinda glad SP reunited if only for some of the entertaining reading on here as of late. between dude challenging other dude to a fight, the one girl putting other dude on blast.... good stuff.