Tag: work

Doodles

Staff Meeting Doodle

Shelly

Staff Meeting Doodle
gel ink in steno pad
9 x 6 inches

The bottom right hand corner is new. I’ve posted the rest of the individual doodles before, I think, but not all of them together. And I almost didn’t post them now, because I had a problem with my scanner. You’d think that HP would be able to pre-load its own drivers and software on its machines, but nooooo, that would be too easy. My old drivers were incompatible with the 64-bit version of Vista, so I had to go a-hunting for new ones. I had a moment of panic, because the only drivers I could find by searching HP’s website were for XP and Windows 2000, neither of which would have been helpful.

I managed to find the correct page for Vista drivers for my scanner model, via a posting to a random message board. Thankfully, there was a direct link to the HP page I needed, because I was unable to find it by searching their website. What a pain in the ass! But at least I was able to (finally!) get the right drivers, and more importantly, I don’t have to go buy a new scanner.

Crankypantsing, Photography

Progress

Shelly

My studio/office is, if not exactly clean, then tidy. I’ve sorted and either put away or thrown away everything that was sitting out. There are still piles and stacks of stuff, but not as many, and the ones that are left are things I’m currently working on. Like, The Wall o’ Basquills.

I also managed to reduce the large stack of Post-Its to three back-to-back pieces. I don’t know why I take so many notes on Post-Its. A woman at work got huffy with me for “wasting” them on notes. WTF?! Um, what the hell else are they for? Granted, most of the notes I take on them don’t end up stuck to anything, but sometimes they do, and it’s nice to have the option of sticking-and-filing them away instead of having to rewrite everything on a proper piece of paper. And anyway, what difference does it make whether I write on a note pad or a Post-It?

And speaking of progress, I have finally managed to get all my files migrated to the new computer, my back-up drive cleaned up and re-formatted, and then everything copied back to that drive, just to be on the safe side. I expected compatibility problems with some of my software, since the new OS is 64 bit instead of 32. The only one, though, was my genealogy program. A) The author has packed up shop, and the program is no longer being distributed or supported (I don’t know if the unlock key will actually work if the program cannot contact the mother ship), and B) the program just plain won’t run on the new machine. Hrmf. So I’m going to have to come up with a Plan B. Unfortunately, most of the programs I’ve tried have done really unattractive things with some of the custom data fields. Not unexpected, but a total pain in the ass nonetheless.

Anyway, where the hell did my weekend go?! I’m not at all ready to go back to work tomorrow.

Crankypantsing

How Old Are You? Part II

Shelly

Remember when Coworker A demonstrated her inability to gauge other people’s ages? At the time, she thought I was old enough to have parents in assisted living communities. Um, no, my mom is a few years younger than Coworker A.

Anyway, yesterday she launched into a tale of how it was her 31st wedding anniversary. I congratulated her. Then she asked me if I was 31 years old. How on earth did she get from Point A to Point B? Not to mention that A) it’s kind of rude to ask someone else how old they are, and B) she’s already asked me how old I am. Multiple times!

Miss Noseypants is both nosy and forgetful.

Photography

Water and Ice

Shelly

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Ice on Windows

The condensation is back on the windows at work, only this time, because it’s been below zero, the windows that don’t have radiators beneath them are frozen. On some of the windows, there are frozen drips, and on others, pebbly ice crystals. It was very pretty, with the sun shining through the ice.

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Condensation on Window

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Ice on Window

These are the two windows in my cubicle. They are obviously adjacent to each other, but the left one has a radiator under it, so it didn’t freeze.

Crankypantsing

Delayed Nosypantsing

Shelly

Coworker A asked me if it was supposed to snow tonight. I looked at Weather.com and gave her the newest forecast. Then, about an hour later, Coworker B informed me that her weather forecaster of choice said something entirely different. Why on earth should I care? I wasn’t the one who wanted to know whether or not it was going to snow, and the person who did want to know left over an hour ago. And besides which, who on earth waits an hour to poke their nose into someone else’s conversation?

WTF?

Photography

African Violet

Shelly

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My boss’ boss has the cubicle next to mine. When she was out for the holiday break, she asked me to water her plants. I warned her that I have The Black Thumb of Dqqm, but she was not impressed. Apparently her African violet wasn’t impressed, either, because it DID NOT DIE! In fact, it started blooming it’s silly little head off.