| I Am Not Dead Yet! |
Well close but not yet.
YOU MAY WANT TO SKIP THIS. NO ONE NEEDS TO READ IT BUT I THINK I NEEDED TO TYPE IT.
Friday I worked, now get this, 21 hours straight. Man that is just insane. Add to this I only got 3 hours sleep the night before (my fault but still).
There was a problem with one of the processors that I look after at 4:30 in the morning. When I looked at it a turtle could run faster than it was running. So rather than try and reboot and wait an hour for it to shut down, I forced it down. I saw an error on it coming back up but chose to ignore it and hope all would be well. What do I get for my due diligence? A user said I need this out now, everyone is waiting. Unfortunately I semi blew up at the user, something I would never have done if I was not so tired. Now I apologized to the user and will be doing so at least once again but I feel bad this happened. The good news is I have never been able to get anyones help with this processor. I think management might listen a little more now.
Now to add to this all dayer, after I woke up on Saturday at the crack of noon I discover we had an ice storm and it looked like I best shovel it rather then wait for it to melt. Two hours later I was a very tired individual. I am getting so old. I just do not bounce back like I used to.
IT IS SAFE TO COME BACK. HOW ABOUT SOMETHING MORE HAPPY...
Well even though this seems to be aimed at someone in college and it has been a while since I have seen anything college other than graduation ceremonies or sporting events ... I can so identify with some of these. I especially love the last one, go to sleep for a few hours and get a fresh start. That is what got me into trouble to begin with! But you know, my new local coffee house did just open and it is open 24 hours a day...
How about one more...
101 Ways To Annoy People
1. Sing the Batman theme incessantly.
2. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sensual massage."
3. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
4. Learn Morse code, and have conversations with friends in public consisting entirely of "Beeeep Bip Bip Beeep Bip..."
5. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
6. Amuse yourself for endless hours by hooking a camcorder to your TV and then pointing it at the screen. <
7. Speak only in a "robot" voice.
8. Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.
9. Start each meal by conspicuously licking all your food, and announce that this is so no one will "swipe your grub".
10. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 98 copies.
11. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
12. Sniffle incessantly.
13. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles.
14. Name your dog "Dog."
15. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
16. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think."
17. Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training."
18. Declare your apartment an independent nation, and sue your neighbors upstairs for "violating your airspace".
19. Forget the punchline to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a "real hoot."
20. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with Lysol.
21. Practice making fax and modem noises.
22. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc:" them to your boss.
23. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
24. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance.
25. Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard, and tell the neighbors you are a "spider person."
26. Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with the prophesy."
27. Wear a special hip holster for your remote control.
28. Do not add any inflection to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences with the impression that you'll be saying more any moment.
29. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears.
30. Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
31. Give a play-by-play account of a persons every action in a nasal Howard Cosell voice.
32. Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
33. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
34. Drum on every available surface.
35. Staple papers in the middle of the page.
36. Ask 1-800 operators for dates.
37. Produce a rental video consisting entirely of dire FBI copyright warnings.
38. Sew anti-theft detector strips
into peoples backpacks.
39. Hide dairy products in inaccessible places.
40. Write the surprise ending to a novel on its first page.
41. Set alarms for random times.
42. Order a side of pork rinds with your filet mignon.
43. Instead of Gallo, serve Night Train next Thanksgiving.
44. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a "croaking" noise.
45. Honk and wave to strangers.
46. Dress only in clothes colored Hunters Orange.
47. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.
48. Tape pieces of "Sweating to the Oldies" over climactic parts of rental movies.
49. Wear your pants backwards.
50. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints by the cash register.
51. Begin all your sentences with "ooh la la!"
52. ONLY TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
53. only type in lowercase.
54. dont use any punctuation either
55. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
56. Pay for your dinner with pennies.
57. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes.
58. Repeat everything someone says, as a question.
59. Write "X - BURIED TREASURE" in random spots on all of someone's roadmaps.
60. Inform everyone you meet of your personal Kennedy assassination/UFO/ O.J Simpson conspiracy theories.
61. Repeat the following conversation a dozen times: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, its gone now."
62. Light road flares on a birthday cake.
63. Wander around a restaurant, asking other diners for their parsley.
64. Leave tips in Bolivian currency.
65. Demand that everyone address you as "Conquistador."
66. At the laundromat, use one dryer for each of your socks.
67. When Christmas caroling, sing "Jingle Bells, Batman smells" until physically restrained.
68. Wear a cape that says "Magnificent One."
69. As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
70. Stand over someone's shoulder, mumbling, as they read.
71. Pretend your computer's mouse is a CB radio, and talk to it.
72. Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "no, wait, I messed it up," and repeat.
73. Drive half a block.
74. Inform others that they exist only in your imagination.
75. Ask people what gender they are.
76. Lick the filling out of all the Oreos, and place the cookie parts back.
77. Cultivate a Norwegian accent. If Norwegian, affect a Southern drawl.
78. Routinely handcuff yourself to furniture, informing the curious that you don't want to fall off "in case the big one comes".
79. Deliberately hum songs that will remain lodged in co-workers brains, such as "Feliz Navidad", the Archies "Sugar" or the Mr. Rogers theme song.
80. While making presentations, occasionally bob your head. like a parakeet.
81. Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day.
82. Leave your Christmas lights up and lit until September.
83. Change your name to "AaJohn Aaaaasmith" for the great glory of being first in the phone book. Claim it's a Hawaiian name, and demand that people pronounce each "a."
84. Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
85. Chew on pens that you've borrowed.
86. Wear a LOT of cologne.
87. Listen to 33rpm records at 45rpm speed, and claim the faster speed is necessary because of your "superior mental processing."
88. Sing along at the opera.
89. Mow your lawn with scissors.
90. At a golf tournament, chant "swing-batabatabata-suhWING-batter!"
91. Ask the waitress for an extra seat for your "imaginary friend."
92. Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
93. Ask your co-workers mysterious questions, and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something
about "psychological profiles."
94. Stare at static on the TV and claim you can see a "magic picture."
95. Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times.
96. Never make eye contact.
97. Never break eye contact.
98. Construct elaborate "crop circles" in your front lawn.
99. Construct your own pretend "tricorder," and "scan" people with it, announcing the results.
100. Make appointments for the 31st of September.
101. Invite lots of people to other people's parties.
May I personally say that I took number 11 one step further. In one of my stupid college days (you would think I would know better) we took packets of mustard, I think it was, and placed them in a paper cup and stomped it. You see that would focus the projectile. Let me just say the dry cleaning bill was not fun to pay. Number 23 is just not nice. I kinda like number 99. I think it has possibilities but then I always did like Star Trek.
Have a great week everyone.
YOU MAY WANT TO SKIP THIS. NO ONE NEEDS TO READ IT BUT I THINK I NEEDED TO TYPE IT.
Friday I worked, now get this, 21 hours straight. Man that is just insane. Add to this I only got 3 hours sleep the night before (my fault but still).
There was a problem with one of the processors that I look after at 4:30 in the morning. When I looked at it a turtle could run faster than it was running. So rather than try and reboot and wait an hour for it to shut down, I forced it down. I saw an error on it coming back up but chose to ignore it and hope all would be well. What do I get for my due diligence? A user said I need this out now, everyone is waiting. Unfortunately I semi blew up at the user, something I would never have done if I was not so tired. Now I apologized to the user and will be doing so at least once again but I feel bad this happened. The good news is I have never been able to get anyones help with this processor. I think management might listen a little more now.
Now to add to this all dayer, after I woke up on Saturday at the crack of noon I discover we had an ice storm and it looked like I best shovel it rather then wait for it to melt. Two hours later I was a very tired individual. I am getting so old. I just do not bounce back like I used to.
IT IS SAFE TO COME BACK. HOW ABOUT SOMETHING MORE HAPPY...
Lies your brain tells you at 3 AM on Monday
3:00 - Coffee? Check. Now I'll just let the caffeine sink in and get to work...
3:01 - This is a perfect time to text my ex-girlfriend!
3:07 - I'm not saving all my work until the last minute next weekend.
3:10 - CollegeHumor updates late-night sometimes, right? I should look into that.
3:11 - Man I'm starving. Cheese doesn't go bad, right?
3:12 - Right?
3:17 - If I keep hitting the "refresh" button, something will eventually update on facebook.
3:40 - K, time to work.
3:40 and 30 seconds - Lisa still loves me I know it... I'm texting her again.
3:42 - Checking out Lisa's facebook pics can't hurt.
3:43 - Whoa, what does this "In a relationship with Ryan Pellico mean?"
3:58 - 3:58, if I masturbate my head will be totally cleared up... Gotta be quiet though.
3:59 - Whew! Now I'm pretty tired, that was record time. I'll just set my alarm extra early and do it in the morning. I'll feel so much more refreshed at 7 AM. You, sir, are a genius.
Well even though this seems to be aimed at someone in college and it has been a while since I have seen anything college other than graduation ceremonies or sporting events ... I can so identify with some of these. I especially love the last one, go to sleep for a few hours and get a fresh start. That is what got me into trouble to begin with! But you know, my new local coffee house did just open and it is open 24 hours a day...
How about one more...
101 Ways To Annoy People
1. Sing the Batman theme incessantly.
2. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sensual massage."
3. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
4. Learn Morse code, and have conversations with friends in public consisting entirely of "Beeeep Bip Bip Beeep Bip..."
5. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
6. Amuse yourself for endless hours by hooking a camcorder to your TV and then pointing it at the screen. <
7. Speak only in a "robot" voice.
8. Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.
9. Start each meal by conspicuously licking all your food, and announce that this is so no one will "swipe your grub".
10. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 98 copies.
11. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
12. Sniffle incessantly.
13. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles.
14. Name your dog "Dog."
15. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
16. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think."
17. Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training."
18. Declare your apartment an independent nation, and sue your neighbors upstairs for "violating your airspace".
19. Forget the punchline to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a "real hoot."
20. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with Lysol.
21. Practice making fax and modem noises.
22. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc:" them to your boss.
23. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
24. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance.
25. Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard, and tell the neighbors you are a "spider person."
26. Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with the prophesy."
27. Wear a special hip holster for your remote control.
28. Do not add any inflection to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences with the impression that you'll be saying more any moment.
29. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears.
30. Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
31. Give a play-by-play account of a persons every action in a nasal Howard Cosell voice.
32. Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
33. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
34. Drum on every available surface.
35. Staple papers in the middle of the page.
36. Ask 1-800 operators for dates.
37. Produce a rental video consisting entirely of dire FBI copyright warnings.
38. Sew anti-theft detector strips
into peoples backpacks.
39. Hide dairy products in inaccessible places.
40. Write the surprise ending to a novel on its first page.
41. Set alarms for random times.
42. Order a side of pork rinds with your filet mignon.
43. Instead of Gallo, serve Night Train next Thanksgiving.
44. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a "croaking" noise.
45. Honk and wave to strangers.
46. Dress only in clothes colored Hunters Orange.
47. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.
48. Tape pieces of "Sweating to the Oldies" over climactic parts of rental movies.
49. Wear your pants backwards.
50. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints by the cash register.
51. Begin all your sentences with "ooh la la!"
52. ONLY TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
53. only type in lowercase.
54. dont use any punctuation either
55. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
56. Pay for your dinner with pennies.
57. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes.
58. Repeat everything someone says, as a question.
59. Write "X - BURIED TREASURE" in random spots on all of someone's roadmaps.
60. Inform everyone you meet of your personal Kennedy assassination/UFO/ O.J Simpson conspiracy theories.
61. Repeat the following conversation a dozen times: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, its gone now."
62. Light road flares on a birthday cake.
63. Wander around a restaurant, asking other diners for their parsley.
64. Leave tips in Bolivian currency.
65. Demand that everyone address you as "Conquistador."
66. At the laundromat, use one dryer for each of your socks.
67. When Christmas caroling, sing "Jingle Bells, Batman smells" until physically restrained.
68. Wear a cape that says "Magnificent One."
69. As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
70. Stand over someone's shoulder, mumbling, as they read.
71. Pretend your computer's mouse is a CB radio, and talk to it.
72. Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "no, wait, I messed it up," and repeat.
73. Drive half a block.
74. Inform others that they exist only in your imagination.
75. Ask people what gender they are.
76. Lick the filling out of all the Oreos, and place the cookie parts back.
77. Cultivate a Norwegian accent. If Norwegian, affect a Southern drawl.
78. Routinely handcuff yourself to furniture, informing the curious that you don't want to fall off "in case the big one comes".
79. Deliberately hum songs that will remain lodged in co-workers brains, such as "Feliz Navidad", the Archies "Sugar" or the Mr. Rogers theme song.
80. While making presentations, occasionally bob your head. like a parakeet.
81. Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day.
82. Leave your Christmas lights up and lit until September.
83. Change your name to "AaJohn Aaaaasmith" for the great glory of being first in the phone book. Claim it's a Hawaiian name, and demand that people pronounce each "a."
84. Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
85. Chew on pens that you've borrowed.
86. Wear a LOT of cologne.
87. Listen to 33rpm records at 45rpm speed, and claim the faster speed is necessary because of your "superior mental processing."
88. Sing along at the opera.
89. Mow your lawn with scissors.
90. At a golf tournament, chant "swing-batabatabata-suhWING-batter!"
91. Ask the waitress for an extra seat for your "imaginary friend."
92. Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
93. Ask your co-workers mysterious questions, and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something
about "psychological profiles."
94. Stare at static on the TV and claim you can see a "magic picture."
95. Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times.
96. Never make eye contact.
97. Never break eye contact.
98. Construct elaborate "crop circles" in your front lawn.
99. Construct your own pretend "tricorder," and "scan" people with it, announcing the results.
100. Make appointments for the 31st of September.
101. Invite lots of people to other people's parties.
May I personally say that I took number 11 one step further. In one of my stupid college days (you would think I would know better) we took packets of mustard, I think it was, and placed them in a paper cup and stomped it. You see that would focus the projectile. Let me just say the dry cleaning bill was not fun to pay. Number 23 is just not nice. I kinda like number 99. I think it has possibilities but then I always did like Star Trek.
Have a great week everyone.
Posted by barman at 6:58 AM::
you're a tired boy. go crawl in bed and get some sleep
Good, Bryan! I’m gad you’re still alive!
You will, of course, post and let us know if you do die, won’t you?
[:-(
Thanks Lime, that sounds so good right about now. I think I am finally getting over it however. Do yourself a favor, don't ever get old. Stay young forever. I get the feeling that will be no problem for you.
Will do Nick. Actually, funny thing... I have had thoughts about that very thing asking people to post something for me if anything happened. How sad but I was being thoughtful, right?
Wow lookit how you started out all tired and crabby and by the end you were a bit more cheery!
Bryan you are like a ray of sunshine, always bright always postive.
Have a fun day and get some sleep ok?
21 hours? How DO you do it? That's a long time man...get some rest ;o)
Man, you must be exhausted still. I laughed out loud at the 101 ways.
I do 19 so often, can I have your parsly?
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