good things come to those who wait ;)

[floatingleaf]

Good news at work today. The long-promised raises were finally approved. I got 4% - which is certainly more than I expected, since the typical annual raise at our company tends to be around 1-2% (ridiculous, I know, but they offer good benefits). And, of course, due to the economic crisis we haven't had any since 2008. So it does make a difference. Besides, the boss clearly implied that not everyone on my team got this much (she said she wished that were the case, but it wasn't possible). So it appears I somehow deserved it, despite my less-than-stellar performance on certain projects (*cough* phone calls *cough*). Which is certainly good to know.

Maybe - just maybe - my bank account balance will stop going DOWN now. Right on time, too, since it wasn't that far from hitting bottom... *sigh*

In other random news, Viggo TOTALLY looks like Freud these days. It's damn disturbing, actually. I'm all for actors submerging themselves in their characters etc.... but he is barely recognizable. He's wearing CONTACTS, for Pete's sake! The famous Icy Blue Gaze is gone!... The bohemian messy hair is gone, the scar on the upper lip is gone, he looks all prim and ELDERLY and just... yikes! Where is my Viggo???... *freaks out* ;P

Comments

[illuins-lair.livejournal.com]

% doesn´t really tell me anything conceptual but I congratulate you on the raise of salary! I wish you would have a little more to live with and spend on things you like.

Of course you deserved it - what are u talking about?? You are always better than you think to think of yourself! And braver. And more beautiful. But in the end I´m just a swedish girl somewhere over the ocean who talks about concepts of beauty while having blonde hair, right..? And so, I rest my case, wishing I had a pinata to hit. In celebration of the celebration that you indeed deserve so_much_more of everything without even knowing it.

*ignores Freud until Viggo comes back*

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

I´m just a swedish girl somewhere over the ocean who talks about concepts of beauty while having blonde hair

LOL!!! There's nothing wrong with blond hair - it makes me think of gorgeous elves and heroic shield-maidens of Rohan, you know.;)

you indeed deserve so_much_more of everything without even knowing it

Thank you so much for saying that. <333

[illuins-lair.livejournal.com]

makes me think of gorgeous elves and heroic shield-maidens of Rohan
*znerkkk*
I wish I could believe u..

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, see???... You lecture me on being able to accept compliments, but when it comes to yourself, you're suddenly all too modest. Where is that shameless "falling in love with yourself" talk now?...;P

[illuins-lair.livejournal.com]

I am but flawed, dear. Sparkly, but flawed.

I am trying to stick to "falling in love with yourself" which is basically the challenge of us all in the very end of the beginning. And because I believe in it as an unguarded form of basic strengh.

Not always success in the area, though. And the shieldmaiden-image contains a bit of incurable pain (life-as-an-art and all that), down to the very sparkly veins of a pale morning without spring. I am trying to pass the invisible line. But thank you, I am grateful and humble in the pain´s embrace, all the same.

(Mirror; calleth you - cometh I.)

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

Th shieldmaiden is your protective armor, isn't she?... The shape you take to face the toughest times in life?... She must be scarred and bruised, then - and yet, beautiful as only the truly courageous can be. <33333

[illuins-lair.livejournal.com]

It may be so, yes. I invite the Shieldmaiden!issue to challenge me... and it rarely does. Why??

[illuins-lair.livejournal.com]

yes.. she is...
I know.. I need to morph into somethinng conceptional, I guess..
Shieldmaiden in all her glory, damnit - I´d fuck her if I had the chance

She must be scarred and bruised, then - and yet, beautiful as only the truly courageous can be. <33333
Omg; you´re trying to seduce moi, are u not..?