Things that jerk my chain...

[The_Black_Knight]

My mom dropped me, she admits it. She even admits to drinking soda and working in front of one of those HUGE 80's computer monitor (giant magnet) all through pregnancy with me. :pSo, does that mean you can move small metal objects with your mind?

[Red Kittie Kat]

is that what a magnetic personality is?


:D

[CkretAjint]

I wish I could, that would be so freaking awesome! :(

[budafist]

This sounds awfully racist, but many of our taxi drivers here are doctors. Maybe you could find a taxi driver to look at your ankle Rueber?

It's terrible. We encourage people to come to our country to work - we have a shortage of doctors. But when they get here there are all sorts of things preventing them from getting a doctor job. Like their overseas qualifications don't count and they have to retrain etc. Gay!

[urstwile]

It's not just New Zealand, Buda. :(

[budafist]

Just had to check :(

[Virgo Nightingale]

So if I'm invited to a bridal shower and a wedding then it's best to take a registry gift to the shower and money to the wedding and if I'm invited only to a wedding then it would be more normal to give money than a registry item?
I just remembered that there is an alternative to the money-gift-at-the-wedding: find out where they are registered (if you weren't invited to the shower, you can ask the parents, their friends, the couple themselves) and have a gift delivered to them. I just got a gift in delivered from a cousin's family who I guess can't go to my shower on Sunday that I don't know about. :p

[Typically]

the smoke alarm in the stairway decided to beep at 330 this morning because it's battery was low. i've only changed the battery on this type of alarm once and its 330 am so im a little out of it trying to take the thing off the ceiling ( i have the alarms that are hardwired so if one goes off they all go off). so i'm pulling on the wire that's attached to it but was having difficultly because i had to depress to clips on the side duh :rolleyes:

so i finally get the thing off the ceiling and its still beeping and i can't get the battery door open. i just want to get back to bed so i put the thing downstairs and go back to bed. as im laying there trying to get back to sleep i hear the beep. ugh so i lay in bed thinking i'll just fall asleep...... nope not gonna happen. i go back downstairs and finally get the thing open and take the battery out and ahhhhhhh silence :D finally get back to bed and its about 4 am. i swear those things know what time it is and when they are going to beep like that!

[Red Kittie Kat]

aww man ... I wouldn't have been able to get back to sleep :(

[Bladez]

that's grounds for launching them out the window! Ever have one that goes off in the middle of the night, but by the time you get to it it's stopped? Rather than fight with it at that hour you go back to bed, just to have it start up again less than an hour later? That's fun too!

[WannaBrie]

I had one that kept beeping even after removing the battery (safety feature to tell you the battery is dead) I didn't have a battery at the time and I could'nt get it to stop. It stopped beeping after I smashed it to smithereens.

[Typically]

hahahaha yea smashing it would have been great but then i'd have to buy another one =] i will be buying a sleeve of 9 volt batteries today after work =] what else uses 9v batteries besides smoke alarms? smoke alarm companies must be in bed with battery companies

[Yossarian]

The only other common usage I can think of is alarm clock back-up batteries. I hardly ever have a good battery in my alarm clock though. It seems like they just don't last long in there.

[WannaBrie]

Once you have a 9 yr old boy, that phrase is obsolete. There are never enough batteries to power all the gadgets and toys mine has. Some of them even have special batteries. Liam has one toy that the battery was sold separately for $75!

[Typically]

what????? does the battery last for like 6 weeks without charging? a pencil doesn't need a battery =]

[Yossarian]

I've got an 18 month old boy. Most of his things are using AAA, AA, and C batteries. It's hard to buy anything that doesn't take batteries. He's got this music/sound playing rainforest gadget on the side of his crib and it goes through C batteries pretty regularly. I like it though, very soothing. When he outgrows it I might just put it beside MY bed. :)

[WannaBrie]

what????? does the battery last for like 6 weeks without charging? a pencil doesn't need a battery =]

Actually, its rechargeable, but no the charge only last like 45 mins, i think (not long when you are trying to entertain a youngun) But what really pissed me off was that it was "sold separately", I mean, WtF? It doesn't work without the battery! :mad:

[Typically]

lameeeeeee

[Kool]

People who don't title their threads with relevant information. "Help ME" or "Could you help me" or "A Little Help" tells me nothing. Briefly describe your problem so I know whether or not I can help you. Plus I'm old and I destroyed most of my memory brain cells in the 70s so I often can't remember if your "Help ME" thread is a new one or one I already looked at. http://koolsplace.com/images/angry031.gif

Also people who post links with no explanation of what they are. If it really is "Awesome" I probably already looked at it and don't want to waste time and RAM downloading some video I already watched at half an hour ago. http://koolsplace.com/images/angry039.gif


EDIT: The above rant was directed mostly at noobs. I read all the regulars threads anyway although a bit of description would still be nice.

[Red Kittie Kat]

****sneaks a big donut on Kools desk when he isn't looking and runs away****

[Yossarian]

He'll know it was you when he sees bits of glitter stuck to it. That stuff gets everywhere!

[budafist]

the smoke alarm in the stairway decided to beep at 330 this morning because it's battery was low. i've only changed the battery on this type of alarm once and its 330 am so im a little out of it trying to take the thing off the ceiling ( i have the alarms that are hardwired so if one goes off they all go off). so i'm pulling on the wire that's attached to it but was having difficultly because i had to depress to clips on the side duh :rolleyes:

so i finally get the thing off the ceiling and its still beeping and i can't get the battery door open. i just want to get back to bed so i put the thing downstairs and go back to bed. as im laying there trying to get back to sleep i hear the beep. ugh so i lay in bed thinking i'll just fall asleep...... nope not gonna happen. i go back downstairs and finally get the thing open and take the battery out and ahhhhhhh silence :D finally get back to bed and its about 4 am. i swear those things know what time it is and when they are going to beep like that!

Our fire alarm did the same thing the other day! Only I wasn't in that part of the house so I didn't hear it. It drove my flatmate crazy and it was in pieces on the dining room table when I got up.

[budafist]

Frustration! Stress!

We are moving house again soon so I've been calling and emailing agents to view properties. My fiance and I both work 8.30 to 5pm yet all the real estate agents I have dealt with so far do not work after hours or weekends. What gives? Most properties these days seem to go through agents instead of landlord. It sucks because if you get the property you have to pay the real estate agent a weeks rent for their service. So you would save a few hundred $ just by going direct through a landlord instead of through an agent.

We are further disadvantaged by the fact that it is school holidays so any students looking at the same places we are looking for can meet with agents at whatever time they require.

Do people prefer letting properties to people that don't have regular jobs?

Fingers crossed we find the place of our dreams through regular landlord and not through a real estate agent.

On the upside, I'm really excited that we are moving into our own place. This will be the first time we have every lived by ourselves. We normally have tenants/flatmates. Just want it to be over.

[Kool]

****sneaks a big donut on Kools desk when he isn't looking and runs away****

Noms said donut http://koolsplace.com/images/smileys/drool.gif

[garricks]

Wow buda, that sucks. I don't know how your rental agents compare to our REALTORS® (yeah, it's trademarked UC), but when I bought my house my agent worked his ass off for me. We looked at about 30 properties before I found this lovely bungalow. He met me after work, drove me around, and he was constantly faxing me listings.

Do you have to sign an agreement with the agent beforehand, or do the agents work for the rentors? If I was paying a week's rent I'd be pretty demanding that they meet my schedule!

[CkretAjint]

That really sucks Buda! Don't settle... I settled once cause I claimed I didn't care. Worst idea ever, I regretted it everyday.

[budafist]

Wow buda, that sucks. I don't know how your rental agents compare to our REALTORS® (yeah, it's trademarked UC), but when I bought my house my agent worked his ass off for me. We looked at about 30 properties before I found this lovely bungalow. He met me after work, drove me around, and he was constantly faxing me listings.

Do you have to sign an agreement with the agent beforehand, or do the agents work for the rentors? If I was paying a week's rent I'd be pretty demanding that they meet my schedule!

No agreements are signed (until you sign a lease) so I guess that would be one of the reasons why they don't work so hard for rental properties. An agent's money comes in through house sales, not rentals.

I think it would be different if we were buying a house because it would be thousands of dollars at stake so they would met you afterwork and drive you around etc.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Didn't you just move into a new place a few months ago? What happened?

[garricks]

You're right, buda, the seller and I both paid 3% of the sale price to the buying and selling agents. The selling agent was actually pissed off that I had hired a buyer's agent, because if I had come in alone she would have got the whole 6%. (Boo hoo for her...he did a great job for me!)

[budafist]

Didn't you just move into a new place a few months ago? What happened?

We moved in just over 4 months ago - so good memory!

We signed a 6 month lease on a 4 bedroom house. We actually moved in 1 month after we signed the lease since we still had a lease going on our old property. So in total, we will live here for 5 months.

What happened? Well, being a 4 bedroom house, we need to keep the other 3 rooms filled with tenants. This means we have to a lot of bill payments to deal with and chasing people up for money every week. One flatmate has never paid on time and when she pays, it's in bits and pieces. It gets old real fast. I pay her rent to cover it so that the landlord always gets paid on time and we don't get kicked out, but covering other people's rent gets old real fast. She's a friend of a friend so it's hard to kick her out for being crap with rent.

When our flatmates move out, we are faced with filling the room right on time or paying their portion of the rent. It's a lot of stress and we're over it.

All 3 of our flatmates are moving out before the 6 months is up so it would be silly for us to sign another 6 months when we don't know who is going to live with us.

We've lost a bit of money moving into this house - just because it's so big and costs a bit to keep running. So we've decided to quit and when the 6 month lease runs out next month, we are not renewing it.

It sucks because we moved in to do everyone else a favour. All 3 tenants we are currently living with have been living this house for a year but none of them wanted to lose the house but no one wanted to sign the lease either. So we stepped in and saved the house.

I believe in karma though so hopefully us saving their hides will work out positively in some mysterious way.

You're right, buda, the seller and I both paid 3% of the sale price to the buying and selling agents. The selling agent was actually pissed off that I had hired a buyer's agent, because if I had come in alone she would have got the whole 6%. (Boo hoo for her...he did a great job for me!)

Oh well, if agents both agents are set to make a % then they both work hard for you right? That's a good thing!

[garricks]

Ugh. I just got a registration form from the HR department typeset in THAT font. And I can't even really bitch about it to them. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.

[Bladez]

GAG!!! puke on it and and send it back!

[Virgo Nightingale]

Eat $10 worth of Taco Bell, drink a case of beer, have yourself some diarrhea, wipe your butt with it and send it back!!

[Typically]

Eat $10 worth of Taco Bell, drink a case of beer, have yourself some diarrhea, wipe your butt with it and send it back!!

mmmmmm taco bell

[BJMRGTIVR6]

Aren't most HR things set in THAT font??

We hate it when the HR will ask for posters and we design them only to have the following week get a memo they designed that looks like.....

[garricks]

It was a PDF. How do you attach puke and diarrhea to an e-mail? :p

[Typically]

photoshop!

[garricks]

:eek: Or I could re-set the form using buda's poop typeface! :p

[Virgo Nightingale]

It was a PDF. How do you attach puke and diarrhea to an e-mail? :p
Too bad we don't have smell-o-vision. I'm sure they'd be able to adapt that to attach horrifying smells through email. But then again, since my fiancé has this annoying habit of wanting to 'share' his flatulent odors with me (:rolleyes:), I'd even get assaulted while at work. Though I'd hope they'd set it so you'd have to open the attachment and not have those smells erupt from an embedded smell...

[DesignVHL]

this is from 2000...but remember reading about devices that would allow this to happen....

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04EFD91231F933A15757C0A9669C8B 63

http://digiscents.com/blog/

[Bladez]

Though I'd hope they'd set it so you'd have to open the attachment and not have those smells erupt from an embedded smell...

Especially if they were to send you 3 or 4 at a time....you'd get a gas bomb from Hell. 4 foul odours mixing together to form 1 noxious toxic cloud that kills even the roaches on the floor above.

[budafist]

:eek: Or I could re-set the form using buda's poop typeface! :p

Oh great, just coz I linked to it, now the poop typeface will be forever known as buda's poo typeface. :rolleyes:

[garricks]

Or I could re-set the form using the poop typeface buda found!

Better? :D ROFL

[Optimusdinkus]

Boss calls me at 3:50 am on a saturday says he is in a swiss airport and lost his tracking number for his flight....... and expects me to use the webmail to find the damn thing... its not there, apparently the other person who handled this didn't send it to the right address of which I have no idea. And I am probably not getting paid anymore for being on call like this.

Is it tactful to just say, Im out peace, you deal with the rest of your bullshit? because I really would like that =). Im in an assistanship position to an ass that aint organized at all. I have my own problems with organization, but he SHOULD be able to take care of himself FFS.:mad: :mad: :mad:

[MD]

DIABLO 3 (http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/)

There goes another year of my life...

[budafist]

Boss calls me at 3:50 am on a saturday says he is in a swiss airport and lost his tracking number for his flight....... and expects me to use the webmail to find the damn thing... its not there, apparently the other person who handled this didn't send it to the right address of which I have no idea. And I am probably not getting paid anymore for being on call like this.

Is it tactful to just say, Im out peace, you deal with the rest of your bullshit? because I really would like that =). Im in an assistanship position to an ass that aint organized at all. I have my own problems with organization, but he SHOULD be able to take care of himself FFS.:mad: :mad: :mad:

Some people never learn responsibility. Then there are others that just need their lifelines to fail a couple times so that they get the message. You could be that failed lifeline. As long as it doesn't cost you your job.

[budafist]

A client asked for a business card for their new bar and bistro. They asked for something fabulous.

My coworker gave her 3 options and he used Marker Felt and Comic Sans only.

[John G]

A client asked for a business card for their new bar and bistro. They asked for something fabulous.

My coworker gave her 3 options and he used Marker Felt and Comic Sans only.
Depending on how you look at it, the man could be a genius.

[budafist]

Well, it's not a bar and bistro for comic book enthusiasts or children.

[garricks]

A client asked for a business card for their new bar and bistro. They asked for something fabulous.

My coworker gave her 3 options and he used Marker Felt and Comic Sans only.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a249/garricks/BBU%20avatars/yikes.gif

Please tell me he used both on all three cards! That would make it perfect. :eek:

[budafist]

Sorry to disappoint you garricks. He's not that good.

[John G]

Look at it this way. You always want to measure your income by unit effort. If he can crap out 3 cards in 5 minutes with comic sans... and then manage to sell them and get paid... the man's certifiably a genius.

It's time to emulate.

Even more so if he's on salary and looked busy for 8 hours doing it.

[budafist]

I see your way of thinking there John, but...but...

He doesn't take 5 minutes to do these. He takes a while. He also gets paid by the hour no matter what he is doing.

[CkretAjint]

Girlfriends that totally blind side you and break up with you... )c':

[garricks]

Aw, dude. Sorry, Ckret. :(

[CkretAjint]

Yeah... REALLY sucks! :(

[budafist]

Oh no! that sucks! Ckret - here hold this. It might make you feel better.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/2352584609_49dd978c9a.jpg

Or if that doesn't work, try this:

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8011/holdferasecxc2.jpg

[Tea]

Girlfriends that totally blind side you and break up with you... )c':


Serious? That bites. Anything we can do for you?

[garricks]

Serious? That bites. Anything we can do for you?
Trip to HOOters, then booze and strippers. That's the only antidote.

[Tea]

Leave it to the older boy on the forum to come up with that! Oh, boy....go to your room garricks!:D :D :D

So, what happened Ckret? You didn't see this coming at all?

[CkretAjint]

Nope. Not at all. This is seriously a semi-truck out of left field right over home plate. Pretty much is just boils down to that she doesn't see us together long term (marriage). So it's better to break up sooner then later. *shrugs* In my mind, I could easily marry her. EASILY, without a second thought! :(

July 2 would be 1.5 years too.... heh

Booze and wings sounds good. I'll pass on the strippers, never been a fan of them.

[Tea]

Did you ask her? To marry you that is?

[garricks]

Tea, it was just a little 'standard guy response' joke. See Season 7(?) of "Friends," when Chandler gets dumped. :)

Man, Ckret, does she know what she's letting go? Apparently not.

Booze and wings it is! (The beers are just out of the shot)

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a249/garricks/GDF/wings_1.jpg

[Tea]

Tea, it was just a little 'standard guy response' joke. See Season 7(?) of "Friends," when Chandler gets dumped. :)

Man, Ckret, does she know what she's letting go? Apparently not.

Booze and wings it is! (The beers are just out of the shot)

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a249/garricks/GDF/wings_1.jpg


Oh, go figure...I'll have to start hanging out with the boys more!:eek:

[Red Kittie Kat]

Awww CA sorry darlin that does suck.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/smilies/a042.gif

[CkretAjint]

Did you ask her? To marry you that is?

No. I had no intension to for a while... She is still in school and I was waiting for her to get out. It would have been a long wait, but well worth it in my eyes. eyes on the prize! ;)

[Tea]

Well, drink some beer, eat some wings, ponder it all for a bit.

Do you think she would have said yes?

[CkretAjint]

Apparently not! :p

Pretty much is just boils down to that she doesn't see us together long term (marriage).


Sorry, feeling kind of bitter and sarcastic right now!

[Tea]

I don't blame you. Sometimes girls get impatient and they sort of get all goofy in their heads, you know? I don't have any other advice for you, but maybe she'll feel differently in a few days.

I just know how difficult these moments can be. I'm never much one to be in a relationship myself, but I still believe in the big L word.

[John G]

so she found someone else in class she wanted to date for a while. It's probably for all the wrong reasons too. Beware the eventual crawl back if it doesn't work out.

I'm an *******, cynic, pessimist though.

[CkretAjint]

so she found someone else in class she wanted to date for a while. It's probably for all the wrong reasons too. Beware the eventual crawl back if it doesn't work out.

Not true, she's not THAT girl... Please don't make her out to be like that.

[garricks]

Well, CA, the best advice I can give you is don't do anything rash like burning stuff she left at your place or like that. Just let it be and see what happens.

I know it sounds trite right now, but if it wasn't meant to be, it wasn't.

<--- Been there, lit the bonfire one day too soon.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Sorry to hear Ckret... :( (((HUGS)))

[frankster]

Sorry CA that smells of stinky butt. I hope you find someone much much more fantastic. In the mean time I hope you have some good mates to break your fall, take you out and cheer you up.

[urstwile]

Awww, Ckret, I'm so sorry to hear about this. :(

(((((((((Big Hugs)))))))))

[Tea]

How you doing today Ckret?

[reuber1]

That sucks Ckret.

[CkretAjint]

I'm alive. Came into work just to keep myself busy. I am one of those keep-themselves-busy-in-a-time-of-crisis people. *shrugs* Hopefully work keeps my mine off of things, but I doubt it. I still keep checking my email, waiting for my morning email from her. But I know it's not gonna show up. :(

Still doesn't feel real... boo!

[garricks]

Hang in there, buddy.

[CkretAjint]

Im alive! :)

Been through rough break ups before and survived, so that is kind of helping me knowing that in time things will be better. I just wanna know how long it'll take, I HATE waiting! :(

[Typically]

lame man! let it chill out a few days and see what happens. women can be irrational at times...... runs and hides

[CkretAjint]

...Women can be irrational at times...

This is true. The funny part is I am reading that book about irrational behavior that Broacher refereed me too! :p

[Tea]

This is true. The funny part is I am reading that book about irrational behavior that Broacher refereed me too! :p


That's interesting. What's it called?

On another note (and not to get your hopes up ), but often the really serious relationship breakups lead to the person you need to be with. It could be this same woman or could be someone completely different.

[CkretAjint]

It's called "Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior." It was mentioned in this thread (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37065&highlight=Irrational+Sway). I know, but it's not me that apparently isn't seeing the future clearly. ;) *shrugs* Life goes on, right?

[morea]

Things that jerk my chain...

harmlessly joking around, just being silly and having a good time, and being asked by a person I scarcely know, "Is that how a 30-year old behaves?"

[CkretAjint]

*straight faced look*

Yes.

:D

[morea]

I went that route, but it didn't get any better from there.

[Yossarian]

^^Yeah, the ones that have a little fun in their lives and haven't turned into grouchy old bastards.

[Virgo Nightingale]

This person should meet my fiancé. He wafts his farts at me, he's afraid of the basement at night, and he likes to be babied when he's sick. That's how a 33-year-old behaves. ;)

[Typically]

HAHA that's what you should have done mo! waft a fart at him and say no THIS is how a 30yr old behaves =]

[Virgo Nightingale]

If you're a non-profit organization and have limited funds for the design projects you give me, please be as specific as possible when you describe the look you want. When all you say is "Moulin Rouge theme, lots of reds and blacks", that may sound specific but it's not.

I based my illustrations and design theme on the old French pre-art deco posters (like Toulouse-Lautrec's Moulin Rouge posters), complete with can-can dancers and a red mill, and a font that, despite looking at and thinking "I'll never find a professional use for THAT" worked perfectly. So I send them over, and she replies, "No, I wanted a Moulin Rouge theme based more on this look" and forwards me posters from the Moulin Rouge movie with Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. :rolleyes:

I hope you realize that your money-strapped non-profit organization will still be paying for the time it takes me to redesign this.

[Typically]

ha don't you when they send an example after you've done the work?

[Kool]

I based my illustrations and design theme on the old French pre-art deco posters (like Toulouse-Lautrec's Moulin Rouge posters), complete with can-can dancers and a red mill, and a font that, despite looking at and thinking "I'll never find a professional use for THAT" worked perfectly. So I send them over, and she replies, "No, I wanted a Moulin Rouge theme based more on this look" and forwards me posters from the Moulin Rouge movie with Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. :rolleyes:

I hope you realize that your money-strapped non-profit organization will still be paying for the time it takes me to redesign this.

You should tack on an extra 20 bucks for wanting a theme based the worst move ever made too. http://koolsplace.com/images/smileys/PC.gif

[BJMRGTIVR6]

uh oh, i kinda liked that movie....well, more for the soundtrack.

I always lost when working for Non-profits. but felt good helping out...and I guess still do as I do design work for my church (for free too)

[garricks]

morea, you're as old as you feel. Sometimes I'm 14, sometimes I'm 60 (like this morning! :p ) Don't let them harsh your buzz!

Virgo, FWIW, when we did a Moulin Rouge theme a few years ago, we did exactly what you described and it was a huge hit.

Kool, I respectfully disagree with your assessment... I actually enjoyed it, and it led to the resurgence of musical movies like Chicago, Rent and Dreamgirls! :)

[Kool]

Yeah I know, lots of people liked it. For me though it was the only movie I've ever seen that I literally got up and walked out of. :p

[Virgo Nightingale]

I actually really liked the design I came up with, I'm upset she wasn't as excited about it. To each his/her own I guess. I just hope I can find a way to recycle at least some parts of the illustration. I'd hate for it to go to waste, paid for or not.

As for the movie: meh. I liked the concept, it was well done, but I thought it was a little schlocky.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Mo ... you should have quoted them my sig ;)

I love old grouches like that ... no wait I don't I was married to one :D

[CkretAjint]

...it was the only movie I've ever seen that I literally got up and walked out of. :p

I did that in AI. *shudders*

[reuber1]

I did it with Strange Wilderness. That movie was absolutely terrible, and someone had the gall to tell me it was actually funny.

[Red Kittie Kat]

See this is why I refuse to pay 20 bucks to go to the movies .. on top of the crying kid or the one that can't sit still that ALWAYS sits behind me ...

I'll wait till it comes out on PPV then I can lay in bed nak..... errm.. I can sit in the living room and drink 99 cent soda and popcorn. If I don't like it I can just switch it off and I'm only out 3 bucks lol :p


:D

[Typically]

I'll wait till it comes out on PPV then I can lay in bed nak..... errm..

what kinda movies you renting on PPV???? I don't think they show thosssse type of movie in the theater :D

[BJMRGTIVR6]

hey, I can vent here. even though i respond i usually don't vent but here goes:

I am starting to make over one of the brands owned by the company. it is slow but coming along fine. I had to change some codes to a current coupon and upon opening the file saw how ugly it is. There is no Style whatsoever. Ii decided to bring style and at least a partial rebrand to it (logos and colors have not been updated yet, more a presentation to the advertisements) and I gave emphasis to the Offer and kept the offer info & logo/web/phone smaller and more secondary information.....every designer and the Creative Manager likes it....the brand manager and assistant think there is too much white space and to spread the logo/phone/web out to fill the white spots.

I understand our ads need to be filled with product as we are selling products, not a brand per se, so white space in ads is not possible, but I actually made the logo larger on the new coupon and gave type hierarchy (not grammatically correct, i think) so it is a Quick visual read, not a confusing all copy at 14 pt in one typeface (bold).

[Tea]

And that's why we love you RKK!

I think Moulin Rouge artistically speaking, is a fabulous movie. The sets, the costumes, the style...yea it's a musical, but well done.

[Yossarian]

And movie night at Kittie's house just got a lot more popular. :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmaooo You guys :D

[frankster]

being asked by a person I scarcely know, "Is that how a 30-year old behaves?"

A sphincter says what.

[Kool]

See this is why I refuse to pay 20 bucks to go to the movies .. on top of the crying kid or the one that can't sit still that ALWAYS sits behind me ...

I'll wait till it comes out on PPV then I can lay in bed nak..... errm.. I can sit in the living room and drink 99 cent soda and popcorn. If I don't like it I can just switch it off and I'm only out 3 bucks lol :p


:D

Heh heh, that movie was actually the last time I set foot in a movie theater. With the big tvs and great sound systems now there really isn't any reason to go to a theater anymore.

[Red Kittie Kat]

absolutely agree 100% :D

[WannaBrie]

A sphincter says what.


Bwwwhahahahaaha!! perfect response! :D Now that's how a 30 yr old behaves!

[Bladez]

But every now and then a movie comes along that you just have to see in the right theater. i.e. Transformers or 300 seen in the IMAX...now THAT was worth the $20!!!

So, Kittie....I'm catching some movies on PPV tonight. Wanna come watch :D

[CkretAjint]

The Dark Knight... nuf' said! :D

[Bladez]

^ Can't. Freakin'. Wait!

[CkretAjint]

I know. I feel like a little girl waiting for this one to come out! *squirms*

[Bladez]

that's kinda disturbing....I'm more like a kid in a candy store. I don't know what little girls feel like.

Wait....that came out wrong....

[CkretAjint]

Lol! :d

[Typically]

that's kinda disturbing....I'm more like a kid in a candy store. I don't know what little girls feel like.

Wait....that came out wrong....

lol

[urstwile]

Yeah I know, lots of people liked it. For me though it was the only movie I've ever seen that I literally got up and walked out of. :p
I couldn't even make it past the first 20 minutes. Fortunately, it was on DVD. :D

[frankster]

Bwwwhahahahaaha!! perfect response! :D Now that's how a 30 yr old behaves!

Sweet! That makes me mature for my age! I won't be 30 until September. :D

[WannaBrie]

I know that I've walked out on a movie before, but it was so long ago I can't remember what it was. I was so pissed that I spent $3 to rent Grizzly Man, I turned it off after the first 15 mins. I mean, how stupid was that guy?

[urstwile]

I kinda liked Grizzly Man, but yeah, I can't disagree that the guy was definitely one fry short of a happy meal.

[Red Kittie Kat]

So, Kittie....I'm catching some movies on PPV tonight. Wanna come watch :D


Lemme check my calendar ....... nope, all clear ... what time should I expect you? :D

[budafist]

I've never walked out on a movie before but I have fallen asleep a few times!

[reuber1]

I remember the group of elderly folk who stormed out of Bad Santa at about the half hour mark. That was hilarious.

[budafist]

The last movie I went to when people walked out was 1408. I have to admit there were some freaky graphic bits in the beginning but the rest of the movie wasn't like that - more psychological.

[Virgo Nightingale]

I remember the group of elderly folk who stormed out of Bad Santa at about the half hour mark. That was hilarious.
Doesn't surprise me all that much... :D

I've never walked out on a movie, but... My fiancé and I had gotten a hotel room to stay in the night between a two-night run of Phish shows outside Philadelphia. The check out time was 11am. The parking lots didn't open until 3. Oops. We didn't know what to do for that whole time, there's only so long you can sit in a diner and eat. We happened to pass a movie theater so we figured we'd take in a lovely cinematic presentation. The only thing that was starting soon was League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. We slept pretty much the whole way through.

[garricks]

BJMR, been there, put up with that. :(

Frankster, you're wearing that ballerina outfit today, aren't you? :p

[frankster]

No Garricks, sorry, that one got chocolate milk on it and is being laundered. I have my wicked cool pirate bumblebee costume though. Here is a photo of my two year old on the rampage in it whilst my husband tries to make a phone call...

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/4412/june086pk5.jpg

It's not so bad when you are on the phone to your mum, but when it's the American Embassy in London it does kind of jerk your chain a bit ;)

[budafist]

She is precious!

[frankster]

Pardon me buda??!??? It's a bit loud here.

[garricks]

Frankster, that pic makes me laugh! :D The look on hubby's face is priceless! And little one is pricelessly oblivious to it all. (Sorry for the bold, just wanted to make sure you heard. :)

[budafist]

I said...

She is precious!!!!!

Better?

[frankster]

Lol Buda! Don't you just love it when you are trying to tell someone something in a loud place and the moment you resort to shouting what you were going to say, it miraculously becomes quiet and you are left shouting "I HAVE TO GO PEE!!!" to a room full of horrified people that remain silent long enough for you to go bright red, point at the door and say "so I'll be going now".

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmao I love it!!! A bee Pirate :D

Poor Daddy plugging his ear :p

[budafist]

Lol Buda! Don't you just love it when you are trying to tell someone something in a loud place and the moment you resort to shouting what you were going to say, it miraculously becomes quiet and you are left shouting "I HAVE TO GO PEE!!!" to a room full of horrified people that remain silent long enough for you to go bright red, point at the door and say "so I'll be going now".

I'm generally a softspoken, quiet person. Except when I get on the booze. So yeah, this happens often. :D

[Bladez]

Lemme check my calendar ....... nope, all clear ... what time should I expect you? :D

Sorry Kittie, I got distracted. Stupid ass mag pies have decided to build a nest in the tree just outside my bedroom window. I ended up spending some time hanging out on my patio with my pellet gun waiting for the little b*****ds to show up again. Instead they decided to spend the day in the tree across the field where I couldn't shoot them without risking hitting a window. I think they know and they're taunting me. But I'm ready for them once they go off a 4am, like they do every pancaking morning!

[Red Kittie Kat]

Yikes .. that could get annoying fast ;)

[NTLemon]

My morning summed up in an IM conversation:

Chromatomic: There was a mishap this morning
sqbeak: mishap?
Chromatomic: yeah it was like exxon-valdez crossed with maple syrup
sqbeak: no idea what you're talking about
Chromatomic: you know what exxon-valdez was right?
sqbeak: what does it have to do with maple syrup?
sqbeak: or this morning?
Chromatomic: Well imagine a catastrophe on the scale of exxon valdez only it involves me making waffles and the syrup is like the oil spill.
sqbeak: lol
Chromatomic: I went to grab the butter and the syrup
Chromatomic: and grabbing the butter knocked over the syrup which landed on the bottom of the fridge. Everything was fine but soon the crew... er I... would realize the fatal mistake
Chromatomic: so I pick up the syrup make my way over to the waffles and then notice my feet were wet... and then sticky
Chromatomic: I look down and the entire bottle of syrup has pored out through the bottom which must have broken completely open
Chromatomic: and there is syrup all over the floor and down my pantleg and in the grout and underneath the cabinets
Chromatomic: and on the floor mats
Chromatomic: and on the counter
Chromatomic: and I quickly whipped it into the sink but at that point the damage was already done
sqbeak: lol
sqbeak: that's funny
sqbeak: going to be sticky walking through the kitchen for like a week
Chromatomic: Yeah I spent like two and a half hours cleaning
Chromatomic: it stained the grout too
sqbeak: nice one
sqbeak: thomas keller you are not
Chromatomic: I smell like cleaner :(
sqbeak: lol

[Typically]

hahahaha was it you that had the exxon like mishap??

[Virgo Nightingale]

D'oh! That's a pretty awful thing to get all over the kitchen. I dropped a bottle of olive oil once and I thought I was going to kill myself before I could get the floor cleaned to the point that it wasn't shiny and slippery anymore.

[Bladez]

wow....that SUX! At least it didn't get tracked onto the carpet.

[Typically]

all you need is a dog and they woudl have that floor clean in about 5 mins :D

[CkretAjint]

True. But when it comes out the OTHER end of the dog when your at work, you'll spend all night cleaning THAT! :eek:

[Typically]

yea i'd rather smell maple syrup than labrador butt syrup i guess

[CkretAjint]

Me too! At least with syrup you can suck the top layer off the floor with a straw. :)

[frankster]

Lol, Labrador butt syrup.

[Bladez]

Me too! At least with syrup you can suck the top layer off the floor with a straw. :)

Well, realistically, you can do that with labrador butt syrup too....It prolly just doesn't taste very good....and I can't imagine it's very healthy.

Wow....I actually made myself sick with this one....

[Mynock]

My job.

[cnic]

Sorry to hear that Mynock.

[NTLemon]

Yeah it was me that had the mishap... On a more positive note I was able to clean some of the syrup up with the waffles... Well the syrup on the counter-top anyway.

[budafist]

Lol, Labrador butt syrup.

Me too! :p

[NTLemon]

That is hilarious out of context Buda. :p

[budafist]

Kinda out of context ;)



I just have to have a bitch and a moan about what just happened here.

So there is expected to be huge disruption here tomorrow morning when truck drivers fill our downtown city streets in protest of road-user charges. I don't think it's going to be as crazy as the truck protests around recently, but there's always the anticipation of awfulness when other countries' truck protests end in deaths.

So we're all buzzing with this and how a lot of businesses have been told to tell their employees: "don't come to work tomorrow" or expect a lot of delays. It's all quite exciting right?

So what bugs me is that St Inky then says that he hasn't been following the news lately - like the truck protests tomorrow won't affect him or are beyond his caring. He doesn't know what's going on with the protests, but "did you know that they have found some soil on Mars that might be able to grow soy?". He proceeds to give me an update on what is happening on Mars lately.

WTF?

I wanted to make this face at him.

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/7370/whutianhe2.jpg

[CkretAjint]

Bwahahahahahhahaaaaa!!!!!! :D

Poor Buda *rubs the belly* all will be okay, i promise.

[budafist]

I'm glad that he's entertaining to someone. I'm sure I'll look back at this sector of my life one day and think it was a riot.

[CkretAjint]

You should try and slip into a conversation that they found out that on Mars you move twice as fast, ans he should try it on earth first to get used to it... ;)

[frankster]

Urgh, he's probably one of those annoying people that thinks concerning themselves with the minutia of human interaction is not as noble a persuit as metaphysical masturbation and contemplating the wonders of the universe and thier own navel.

[CkretAjint]

*pulls some lint out of his belly button*

Hey look, this looks like a soy bean grown on Mars! :D

[Optimusdinkus]

Chapter 13 - Being put in a rock and a hard place.

So basically the dentist took the book incomplete to his predecessor who looked at it with dismay and thought of it as really nothing to jump for joy (gotta love art direction from people who don't understand design (me being the designer and the dentist being the nimrod)) and figured it to be a pile of crap. After a long deal with him being critiqued to death by his master teacher, I get wonderful news about how its my fault he wanted what he got. Probably he was just pissed as hell about the whole situation and finally mustered up the spirit to admit he shouldn't have meddled where he pleased. He wants to change the whole book basically. When I asked him what prompts making this decision. He basically explains he wants to make a statement and completely revise everything toward a contemporary style less of a textbook. And in asking who he wants to have buy this book, he says all dentists as if a magical design exists for every last one of them.

So I get the news that he wants to change the entire layout to a more contemporary design. Fine by me to pay to do so, but boy, this is like making a whole new book basically, and I am trying to leave this job slowly..... but it ain't happening. Who wants to help fart up 700 pages of dentistry with me?! COME ON YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!!!

[budafist]

You should try and slip into a conversation that they found out that on Mars you move twice as fast, ans he should try it on earth first to get used to it... ;)

:D Maybe I should tell him they're already selling tickets to Mars...

Frankster, I believe you have met one of these guys before then? Basic social human interaction is indeed something he has yet to grasp.

[garricks]

Optimus, dude, you're living in a horror movie. :eek:

Jerking my chain at the moment: Receiving three DVDs from Netflix the day before a five-day weekend, and discovering one is cracked and the second badly scratched. Thank the video gods the third one looks OK...it's "Super Troopers!"

OK, if that's the worst thing that happens to me in the next 24 hours, I shouldn't bitch, right? But I try to be really careful with the discs I get from Netflix. I wish everyone else was. :(

[Optimusdinkus]

Optimus, dude, you're living in a horror movie. :eek:

Jerking my chain at the moment: Receiving three DVDs from Netflix the day before a five-day weekend, and discovering one is cracked and the second badly scratched. Thank the video gods the third one looks OK...it's "Super Troopers!"

OK, if that's the worst thing that happens to me in the next 24 hours, I shouldn't bitch, right? But I try to be really careful with the discs I get from Netflix. I wish everyone else was. :(
I had the same damn thing happen to me!

I wonder if the stars are alligned or something and please tell me that statement was sarcasm :(. I am new to the medical field, and let me tell ya, Docs are raving morons just like the next guy, cept for the ones with experiance, even then omfgwtffffffffffffffffff.

[Randomhero]

Thank the video gods the third one looks OK...it's "Super Troopers!"


I vote you request a free liter o' cola from netflix for the inconvenience. As a netflix person myself I feel your pain about the messed up discs, its a bitch.

[urstwile]

That's never happened to me. What do you do when it does? Do they at least give you a credit or something?

[garricks]

There's a "report missing/damaged disc" link on their site, you report it and send it back. They send another copy. It's annoying, but in the grande scheme of things it ain't no thang. The free liter 'o cola is a good idea...

[reuber1]

I am going to ninja kick my computer.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Nothin' in the world that a good swift kick and a roll of duct tape can't fix.

[Typically]

what if your roll of duct tape was cut into 1/4" pieces by a ninja all the way to the roll?

[flutterby nut]

what if your roll of duct tape was cut into 1/4" pieces by a ninja all the way to the roll?

use that roll for duct tape mosaics! :D

[Randomhero]

Jerking my chain today : Drunk Drivers.....

[reuber1]

Nothing says "Good morning" like a bat flying in your face while you're making breakfast. So much for figuring out how they're getting in the house.

[Bladez]

lol Reuber. I prolly shouldn't laugh, but I just got a great mental image of you pouring a cup of coffee, bat meeting your face and clinging on, and you freaking out and screaming. I'm sure it didn't quite play out like that, and it prolly wasn't that funny....and that sux, but really....seems like something out of a bad comedy.

[reuber1]

lol Reuber. I prolly shouldn't laugh, but I just got a great mental image of you pouring a cup of coffee, bat meeting your face and clinging on, and you freaking out and screaming. I'm sure it didn't quite play out like that, and it prolly wasn't that funny....and that sux, but really....seems like something out of a bad comedy.
It flew just centimeters from my face while I was cracking eggs. Ran to my room to get my tennis racquet, and could not find the thing while my cat was helping track it down. From what I heard, the rest of the family couldn't find it either, and since I'll probably be the first home, that means I have some 'hunting' to do; I try if at all possible to get the things out without clonking them, but sometimes it is nigh impossible.

In retrospect, it was pretty funny, but not at the time while I was still half asleep.

[WannaBrie]

It flew just centimeters from my face while I was cracking eggs. Ran to my room to get my tennis racquet, and could not find the thing while my cat was helping track it down. From what I heard, the rest of the family couldn't find it either, and since I'll probably be the first home, that means I have some 'hunting' to do; I try if at all possible to get the things out without clonking them, but sometimes it is nigh impossible.

In retrospect, it was pretty funny, but not at the time while I was still half asleep.


Now THAT^ made me LOL! I can see it now...Ruebs, the intrepid hunter, tennis racket in hand, with his faithful kitty companion, stalking the bat... "Shhh, be vewwwy, vewwy quiet, we're hunting babbits!" :rolleyes:

[reuber1]

Now THAT^ made me LOL! I can see it now...Ruebs, the intrepid hunter, tennis racket in hand, with his faithful kitty companion, stalking the bat... "Shhh, be vewwwy, vewwy quiet, we're hunting babbits!" :rolleyes:
You know, actually, that's exactly what it was like.

[Bladez]

LOL @ you two

[Tea]

Bat hunting sucks. I had a bat in my house/porch a couple years ago. The screams that two adult women could make should have brought all emergency personnel to my house, but no...we had to fend for ourselves. I managed to finally perch the thing on the end of a broom and set it free, but after a couple of cocktails to calm our nerves, the story that evolved transformed that bat to be the biggest ever. It's wing span was the length of my house and it's red eyes were the size of bowling balls. I swear! Just ask my friend.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Continued from 'forget you have a chain'... (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=538208&postcount=1226)

Having the resulting file so friggin' huge that when I try to make separations to figure out why I still have C, M and Y plates it either stalls out at the printer or makes a 1.3 GB postscript file that takes FOREVER to distill into a pdf.

[Typically]

we can't stop here, this is bat country!

[Typically]

just found out i'm not getting a raise :( it's such garbage i've been here 2 years and never asked for a raise or anything. they want me to do both catalogs this year, silhouette 474 photos, and do a website. ya know what they can do??? suck my ____! im going home tonight and getting my portfolio together and sending out resumes. blowing smoke up my ass only goes so far.

[CkretAjint]

That sucks Typically... I've been there and dealt with that! Best of luck!!! :)

[MikeHun]

Be prepared, been in the same situation. I got fired before I could land another job, best of luck.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Raises are up in the air for us as well. We didn't get bonuses the end of last year, and my boss has been bitchin' up a storm about how low the numbers are (lots of real estate clients in a lower real estate market = clients with less of a budget for the projects we design/print for them).

[Bladez]

wow, that really sux Typ. Best of luck to ya!!

[CkretAjint]

I hear you Virgo. This is why I do EVERYTHING I am told with a smile on my face, even if it is ugly and horrid! Less of a reason for them to look my way with the axe comes down. ;)

Just do your work and keep your nose clean...

[Tea]

Sorry to hear that Typically. That does bite.

[Virgo Nightingale]

I'm really not worried about the axe, we're still fairly busy and if he were to get rid of me, the other two designers probably wouldn't be able to handle the added workload without serious delays and upset clients. He's unfortunately been put in the position a few times of having to reduce his printing quotes or risk having the client go elsewhere to print and get no money at all. I'm more worried about the raise thing. I don't make bad money, but it's still not a whole lot. Without the opportunity to increase my salary, I may not be able to stay for much longer.

[Typically]

man that's exactly what i do "yea sure i can do that no problem w/ a big smile on my face" my boss even said we love you here no one has a problem going to you if they need changes made. man i'm just so livid about this. there are a bunch of other things that i shouldn't really talk about on here that are going on and it just makes no sense.

but life is one big question when your starin at the clock
And the answers always waiting at the liquor store, 40 oz to Freedom,
so I'll take that walk. - brad nowell

[Red Kittie Kat]

aww Typ :(

I'm sorry .. that really blows :(

[budafist]

Good lucky Typically. Glad you decided not to take shit from anyone.

[urstwile]

Aww, sorry to hear about the no raise, Typically. Hopefully you can find something better soon.

[Typically]

thanks guys =] the hunt has begun....

[CkretAjint]

Resume turn out good? :)

[reuber1]

Speaking of hunt, the bat was found and safely returned to the outdoors. I was asleep, but our bat-hunting cat found out where it was hiding (some insulation in the basement) and my brother got it out with just a pair of gloves.

Good luck typically. Ever think of freelancing though too?

[Typically]

it's just about there ckret

yea i've thought about freelancing and i do a few things here and there but i'm starting to get really bored with the work im doing now so maybe it's best if i do try something new. i'll keep everyone posted =]

[Tea]

I am volunteering some time for an art show, but I'm working with a person who is so unbelievably condescending and snooty in their e-mails, I'm just barely managing to keep from imploding. He does not read my e-mails thoroughly, nor answers anything directly. Instead he, undermines everything I suggest or explain as how some things are traditionally or professionally done for an art show. I'm holding my tongue, but if he sends me one more that says, "Did you do this? Did you do that? Remember, you'll have to...." Grrrrrrrrrr. Pancake you and hang the pancaker yourself is what is what I'll be saying! I mean seriously....he says, "You'll have to remember to bring a hammer and some nails." WHAT? OH NO, not those! I can't use scotch tape to hold up 30 pounds of frame, glass and art? Sheesh! On top of it, he wants everything done to his vision, but throws in a disclaimer about not knowing how art should be hung. WTF. It's not even that hard.
Rant over.

[Bladez]

use the hammer and nails to hang him on the wall. Put a little plaque under him with "Pain In The Ass" engraved on it, you're name as the artist.

[Tea]

use the hammer and nails to hang him on the wall. Put a little plaque under him with "Pain In The Ass" engraved on it, you're name as the artist.


I knew someone here had the answer! Thanks. I'm so much better now!:D

[Drorain]

hire about 30 bums, load them up on viagra...get them to stand on some benches and hang the art from...well you know

[Typically]

now that's art!

[Tea]

hire about 30 bums, load them up on viagra...get them to stand on some benches and hang the art from...well you know


OMG. The vision of that! Too funny!:D

[Yossarian]

If you can't manage to stick him to the wall, you could always turn him into a mobile performance art piece at the show. Make up your PITA plaque and hide it in your palm. Then at some point, "Hey Bob, the show really came together!" **pat on the back** Or maybe just a simple "Kick Me" sign or "Punch me in the kidneys." I'm just throwing things out there. I'm sure you'll think of something appropriate.

[Randomhero]

OMG. The vision of that! Too funny!:D

More like too scary. Run far away, far far away. :D

[budafist]

You guys are creative in so many ways. Love it :)

[Optimusdinkus]

I am volunteering some time for an art show, but I'm working with a person who is so unbelievably condescending and snooty in their e-mails, I'm just barely managing to keep from imploding. He does not read my e-mails thoroughly, nor answers anything directly. Instead he, undermines everything I suggest or explain as how some things are traditionally or professionally done for an art show. I'm holding my tongue, but if he sends me one more that says, "Did you do this? Did you do that? Remember, you'll have to...." Grrrrrrrrrr. Pancake you and hang the pancaker yourself is what is what I'll be saying! I mean seriously....he says, "You'll have to remember to bring a hammer and some nails." WHAT? OH NO, not those! I can't use scotch tape to hold up 30 pounds of frame, glass and art? Sheesh! On top of it, he wants everything done to his vision, but throws in a disclaimer about not knowing how art should be hung. WTF. It's not even that hard.
Rant over.

Make another disclaimer for yourself "Warning: Bullshit will allow 30 bums to show their true spirit on the inside" and when he thinks of it, and asks no further details, get a bus full of free booz and pills to boot.

[Virgo Nightingale]

My boss's 10-year-old daughter. While she's out of school for summer, her dad ends up bringing her to the office. And she has NO discipline. She chows on sugar all day, gets all hyper and bounces around. It's nearly impossible to get work done because she's on the scanner computer watching YouTube videos of America's Got Talent or videos from her favorite pop songs that I'm already sick of hearing (and singing along, too) and going "Oh my god you have to watch this! Watch! WATCH!!" Her father has a tendency to just leave her here too while he's out delivering things or picking up paper, etc. I really just want to lock her into the room upstairs and tell her to eat a vegetable, watch some TV and STFU.

[Bladez]

employ the rule: Silence is golden....and duct tape is silver. Then tape her to the back of a door to keep her outta trouble.

[Red Kittie Kat]

wow that would get on my nerves too Virgo :(

[budafist]

Can you ask him to take her when he's delivering things. Tell him you need a some peace to work.

[urstwile]

Or tell him you're charging extra for babysitting.

[frankster]

I'm having dejavou. He's done this before hasn't he virgo?

[Virgo Nightingale]

Yeah, last summer.

If anyone should bitch to him, it should be the other two designers. I can't imagine that they haven't at least commented on her behavior in the past. She generally doesn't bother me directly, but my one co-worker gets the brunt of the attention from her. She genuinely likes the kid (she's a mother herself, so I guess she can't help it) and so gives her attention in return when she asks a question, etc. She's much more patient that I am (I'm a very very patient person, but I have next to none when it comes to children).

I'm not sure why he doesn't take her with him for all his deliveries. I guess he figures she'll be bored going from place to place, when his office is a perfect place to plop your kids. I mean, there's computers everywhere for internet surfing/YouTube watching/game playing, plus the endless supply of candy bars (which I'm sure I've mentioned before, her dad has quite the sweet tooth and buys bulk assorted mini candy bar bags at Costco).

[Tea]

Put her to work.

[Virgo Nightingale]

We do send her on tasks like grabbing something that's coming out of the printer, or 'go ask Jackie for a new project sheet for this', if only to get her out of the room for a short moment of peace and quiet. Though she usually still leaves the computer running with whatever video she last found and then has to replay it from the beginning so she can watch the whole thing in one shot.

Oh and she has this massive bouncy ball. Every so often she'll come bounding into the room, bouncing this huge ball. I saw it last night as I was leaving, sitting in the corner, and it took all my strength to not pop the ball and hide it in the basement.

And just to clarify, she is 10, not 5.

[Typically]

give her chocolate laxatives :D that'll keep her busy

[jimking]

Sell her. Ebay is a good starting point. :D

[Virgo Nightingale]

Funny, my boss also owns an eBay business. I'll ask our copywriter to list her (she works for both companies). :D

I think if I gave her chocolate laxatives, she's accidentally overdose before she realized there was anything different about them.

[Typically]

well you only give her like 1 or 2 silly =] i would take the laxative, grate it up and put it on top of an ice cream sunday. that way she won't notice a taste difference and you know she'll eat it all :D

[jimking]

Who's going to do all the clean up and butt wiping and such, Virgo? :eek:



Sell the girl. :)

[garricks]

Good logistical thinking, jimking. The ROI isn't worth it! :D

[BJMRGTIVR6]

I can imagine all over the bouncy ball and tossed around the room.

eeewwwwww

[urstwile]

Sell her. Ebay is a good starting point. :D
http://i31.tinypic.com/dhbvk3.gif

[budafist]

Would it help if you gave her some headphones and some DVDs to watch?

[Virgo Nightingale]

She has an iPod. Why she doesn't bring it in is beyond me.

I definitely don't have any DVDs she'd be interested in, and if I did I wouldn't lend them to her because I'm sure she'd destroy them.

As far as headphones, it sounds like a good idea except she'll simply yell and sing along even louder, if she even uses them at all. I think that might be worse.

[urstwile]

Jim's idea FTW. :D

[Typically]

the stench of fish in the office... in the lunch room ok it stinks but its in the lunch room that's acceptable (kind of). but in at your desk 5 feet away from me? really? really?? it's gonna stink like fish the rest of the day now. ok and cracking crab legs now too wtf!?

[Yossarian]

Crab legs!!! I feel bad for you Typ, but that's still pretty funny from outside the stinkzone. I can just picture somebody happily chowing down on buttery crab legs (I'm assuming) in front of the computer.

[Typically]

yea man crab legs... in front of the computer. they finished now but damn everyone in the office said something about it. i hope it doesn't become a common occurrence

[Yossarian]

Naw, just go with it. Put up some signs around the office promoting Crab Leg Wednesdays.

[budafist]

the stench of fish in the office... in the lunch room ok it stinks but its in the lunch room that's acceptable (kind of). but in at your desk 5 feet away from me? really? really?? it's gonna stink like fish the rest of the day now. ok and cracking crab legs now too wtf!?

That is crazy "The Office" style hilarious.

[CkretAjint]

LOL.... I really want some seafood now! haha

[budafist]

I'm always keen for seafood. Love crab but only ever seem to eat it when we're in an exotic location. I guess you just don't see crab in the menu much otherwise.

[Randomhero]

I've never been a seafood person, maybe I've just never had it prepared the right way. Long John's doesn't seem to cut it :p .

[urstwile]

Long John's is the last thing I'd use as an arbiter for my taste in seafood. Although I do like their hush puppies. :)

[Red Kittie Kat]

I like them too ... but I don't consider them a good representation of seafood ... Red Lobster is ok though ... I love their lobster alfredo :)

[urstwile]

I've actually never been to a Red Lobster.

[budafist]

Neither. Never heard of them. Can't be that cool :D

[urstwile]

They're everywhere here in the U.S., Buda. Just never been to one. Or an Outback for that matter.

[garricks]

mmmmm Outback bloomin' onion and baked potato...
om nom nom nom

[urstwile]

I've actually wanted to try both Outback and Red Lobster, at some point. I just don't eat out all that often, and generally, when I do, I tend to go to non-chain places.

[Red Kittie Kat]

I don't go to RL often .. it's expensive.

But every now and then I crave them ... or an Applebee's burbon steak or an Outback bloomin onion :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

What I have really been craving lately ....

A Sonic burger. I would have to drive about 8 hours south to get one though :(

[CkretAjint]

Things that jerk my chain.... Not really feeling like you are an integral part at work! :(

[PrintDriver]

Go to Legal Seafood if you want good (but don't mind the price)

Not treating you well there Ckret?

[CkretAjint]

Not treating you well there Ckret?

Not even trying! REALLY ANNOYING!!! *fuming*

[Typically]

oh man that sucks dude. take tomorrow off and go to the beach

[CkretAjint]

I already took Tuesday off this week for a mental vacation! LOL!!!

[Optimusdinkus]

god, I have no idea if I'm making this crap up right. After 2 design proposals that work great for step by step procedure, and now making every pancaking spread different just for the sake of making it different even I am lost as to what makes sense with what. All of the images as cut in odd perspectives and don't even match up anyways with the exception of a few cases and my boss still wants them in. I'm still totally lost on this stupid piece of shit project. I simply feel like a graphic designer that no longer cares and is making it just for a paycheck and that is it. /rant

[Bladez]

Real estate agents who want the body copy of their legal sized brochure done in a bold font at 21pt.

I told them the biggest I'd go is 14, with a non bold font and that was even pushing it. I failed. Turns out money does talk, and her money told me a 21pt font was necessary. At least it can be read from down the hall.....

[MD]

ROFL!!!!!! 21pt ... is it a brochure for a senior assisted living community?