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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

All That Icks


It may surprise some people, but Geek Girl does not have a totally awesome librarian job, or a fun and creative tech savvy business to run. Oh, no. Geek Girl is an average, everyday college student Office Monkey like many other college students out there. Sometimes, my Job asks me to do ridiculous stuff. Sometimes my Job asks me to do pointless crap. Sometimes, my Job asks me to do things that require my own judgment. Today was one of THOSE days. We got in some new mouse pads; sleeker, thinner, less mushy. They looked more sanitary, too, not at all like the spongy ones we're currently using that probably soak up any number of bacterium and other icky stuff from the hundreds of people that use our computers. Well, we got in these nice, new mouse pads, but there were only five. So, Boss Lady asked me to go around and dispose of the worst used old ones and replace them with the newer ones. My issue? All of them looked truly disgusting and used to me. So I threw away the first five I came across, and replaced those. Seriously, any employer should be happy to have me, because not only did I throw away five science-project-worthy petri dishes, I also did it in a pleasing straight line that draws the eye to the sleek lines of our mouse pads, and not to the ugly clunkers we call "computers."

On a cooler note: they finally figured out what to name Pluto and similar planets, although I can't say whether they should call ALL of them "Plutoid'.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Bittersweet

I don't know if it's just me, or if others feel that same sense of loss when they beat a game or finish a good book. You look forward to its ending because you want to have that closure, but then you're left with nothing more to do. I always go through this bittersweet feeling because I read constantly. I've actually found a way to shorten the feeling, too: keep yourself stocked in books. If you're reading one, you better have at least two others to choose from when you complete the first. It's not so easy with games. They're more expensive. The entire time I played DreamFall I couldn't wait for the next chapter to unfold, but as soon as I completed it, I sighed and wished it could have lasted longer. *sigh*