Thursday, January 13, 2011

"Bumblebee Tuna"

As I have stated in my last post, I committed to a day of answering questions with quotes by Ace Ventura. It's rather easy, given you don't let those raised eyebrows and WTF comments deter your mission.
The guidelines I set for myself were generous. The answer does not necessarily have to be true, it just has to fit...vaguely. 
For instance, when asked what I'm eating for lunch, it's an easy answer of "Bumblebee tuna." Am I really eating Bumblebee tuna for lunch? No...my lunch all to often consists of something much more chocolately. 
Since Tuesday was a day of playing catch-up, I frankly...well...forgot. Yesterday, I was working from home, so it wouldn't have been much fun; just me talking outloud, succumbed to quoting the movie to an empty room (does the scuttling mouse in my wall count?) and cracking myself up...which, now that I think of it, sounds like an amusing day.


Today is the day and so far, so good; it eases the choking mundaneness of this January day inching by at its glacial pace.
I'll just have to make sure I don't get too carried away, to not follow up lending my phone charger to a client with "Take THAT, you winged spawn of saTAN!!" or not bid everyone leaving with a warm "take care now, bye bye then" or accept every given task with an "Aaaalrighty then."
When being handed a pen after searching for mine (taken, yet again, by creatures of the night), a simple "Spank you Helpy Helperton" worked just fine and didn't issue too much of an awkward look.


Today is shockingly toasty inside my putty grey environment, so I thought a comment on the climate shift befitting. 
"Kinda hot in these rhinos..." - I thought it worked pretty well; it covered both bases of temperature and the color of our interior (being putty/rhino grey)...no?...yea, it flew like a lead balloon. But that's OK. I knew it worked.
When graced with a generous compliment from my manager this morning of "...you do a fantastic job and are extremely talented...", my reply of "but I have yet to attain omnipresent supergalactic oneness!" only produced a skittish laugh and darting eyes from the bestower.


A colleague was trying to think of the perfect Valentine's Day present to top off the romantic weekend he was planning. Easy! 
"Guano bowls! Collect the whole set."

I'm running low here and it's already nearly 3:00. I am, however, presently surprised no one has caught on just yet to what it is I'm doing. They know I'm odd anyway, so I guess it isn't too far from the norm. 


Progress report later.

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