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Keta — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:06 +0000

once a year . . . that sounds about right. What is going on? A lot of the same I guess. I want to go film my eagles today, perfect clear blue winter sky, but I don't think its going to happen because I'm going snoeshowing tomorrow

(wait

snowshoeing. Although it looks kind of cooler the other way!)

with a friend of mine and can't really justify that much time away from work in one week. Especially after having been away in New York last week and in Victoria two weeks before that.

Big pile of boring work is diminishing, thankfully. I have a bunch of outreach and connecting to do with people from those conferences. I have to be in a certain frame of mind, "Hello, good to have met you. I am valuable, all the information you want is with me. I don't really have time to do this. Call me with questions and give me money, please."

repeat.

Each one customized, "It was nice sharing lunch with you on Day X" blah blah blah.

When will someone invent a really functional dictation tool for the computer so I could just say all this stuff out loud while, like, cooking or tidying up??

Keta tries to distract and make happy again

Almost Naughty

Nona — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:41:57 +0000

It's been over a year since the last post.
I almost deleted this thing a million times, but just couldn't because of all the great rants.
So, I thought it would be funny to take another semi-naughty photo since the theme has changed yet again.
Thankfully, I realized before I had my pants all the way off that it's not a good idea to be pantsless at work.
I knew I should have worn a skirt today.

Whooaaa..

froggy — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:31:58 +0000

Trippy. I forgot this place existed. On the agenda for the immediate future: bake a pie for Pi Day at work tomorrow.

Work rant 1

Owen — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:43:06 +0000

Hello BAN,

You are so lonely and desolate; my own little internet ghost town. Due to the low population numbers and relative isolation, this blog would be perfect for a chemical experiment that turns everyone into zombies. Also I could rave on about my work issues and hope that no one ever finds this. Ever.

Client sends me document version 1 to make two type changes. After sending the revised proof back to them, I was informed that document version 1 was actually six months out of date. Could I please update document version 1 to include content from document version 2?

Why yes, that would be easy, just provide me with the InDesign file for document version 2.

No? Oh.

For reasons that are completely lost on me, I instead got a scan of a highlighted photocopy of a fax of a print out of an InDesign file for document version 2. "Please update document version 1 to look like document version 2... with the two type changes we requested originally." A thirty second text change turned into an hour and half long transcription job to create document that already existed somewhere on someone's hard drive.

Imagine if you were a car mechanic and someone walked up to you with an oil pan and said "I took this off my engine and now my engine is leaking oil". That would be retarded. When something is working perfectly fine, why would you take it apart? YOU BROKE IT SHOWING ME THE THING THAT WORKED. YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE.

My new favourite video

Francesrosey — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:15:25 +0000

Tommy Ill - Come Home Mr. Ill from Brian Hainsworth on Vimeo.

Mango song, Funny texts, and Complaining.

Mandi — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:39:25 +0000

That kind of reminds me of the mango song, Fran.

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/mango/ <---- be aware, I don't think it ever stops. Pirates are included, however.

What really is cracking me up nowadays is http://www.textsfromlastnight.com

I'm super bitter right now because it's supposed to be summer. It's July, for chrissakes, and I am wearing a sweater to work every day otherwise I will freeze to death. I've been getting my warmth by using a tanning bed, and today the WHO told me that I was going to get cancer from doing so. I am moving to somewhere that isn't hell as soon as possible.

lol cat

Francesrosey — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:51:17 +0000

http://www.rathergood.com/lolcats

this makes me smile when I'm bored or in a blah mood.

I don’t like people.

Mandi — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:30:01 +0000

I am irritated when people make plans and then break them. Worse yet, I hate when people make plans and then do not call when they say they will. Leaving me sitting at home, having said no to others who have requested my company for the evening (and who, incidently, are now irrationally angry at me, considering I told them previously that I had tentative plans for the evening and could only do something if said plans fell through). So now I have no plans, an angry friend, and my previous sense of general happiness and well-being has given way to one of annoyance and anti-social tendencies. What a glorious way to start off the week.

Give me your advice

Pomeroy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:14:40 +0000

I am going to New York for the first time next Tuesday. What are things that I HAVE to do while I'm there? Are there things I should know?

Moving House

Nona — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:03:00 +0000

When I tell you that I will help you move, I mean just that.
I will help you move.
What I am not volunteering to do is help you pack your shit.

After we were done moving things, we moved animals.
Cats + Car = Me getting crapped on

You know.. my sisters have never helped me move.