Who am I, where am I, why am I here?

[dolphins_log]

I often get sidetracked at work. I always have something to do, and while I'm on the way to perform tasks someone on the production floor calls me over, as I'm about to answer the persons question the phone rings. A customer wants some information about their account or to place an order. While I'm looking through files or taking the order Bud or Suzanne ask me to see them after the call. I finish the call and locate Bud or Suzanne. They get the answers they need and I return to the original person on the production floor to answer their question.

...Then I stand in the middle of the room completely at a loss. "Who am I, where am I, why am I here?" I've completely forgotten the important task I had set out to do.

I've certainly been busy these past three weeks. I haven't had a day shorter then nine point five hours yet. The video has been compleatly reworked [over my objections] and now it's better. ...and late. All of the shipping is caught up. We now have about a 5 to 7 day turn around time rather then 7 to 10. The bills are paid. The office is trashed. The computer equipment is still in the dark ages, but it all still has the things they need to keep functioning, like toner cartridges that some stores no longer keep in stock.

The short version, I haven't been keeping up on my LJ stuff. I don't know what's going on in peoples lives except that virusfox messed me up with three carriage returns. ...or something. I guess I needed that though. A bit of a wake up call for me to tune in more frequently.

Hi everyone.

Comments

That's my whole life

[typographer.livejournal.com]

Work and home...

Re: That's my whole life

[jwyldragon.livejournal.com]

Heh... except your home is sometimes like Grand Central Station, a bad episode of Laugh-in or some odd british comedy :)

Re: That's my whole life

[dolphinchatter.livejournal.com]

Really? God, and I go to your home to take a moment to put my mind on hold and relax. Now I think I understand you a little better.

Re: That's my whole life

[typographer.livejournal.com]

And when you are a guest in my house, I hope that's what you always experience: fun and relaxation.

But yes, here's a good example: started for the shower to get ready for work, realized I hadn't taken my morning meds yet, nor put the day's medications into the pill box. Stopped to put in pills. Got two pills in, remembered that I wanted to wear my new gold-rimmed glasses today, went to find them. Noticed that all my pairs of glasses were on coffee table, so took the two pairs I wasn't going to wear today upstairs and put them into their cases. Noticed the spare earphones, and remembered that I needed to change out the rechargeables in my discman. I went to find the discman, walked back to the bedroom, moved Tigger and my Font Books off the recharger, swapped the batteries, put Tigger and the books back, and headed for the living room.

Noticed the change pile on the chest of drawers on my way out and thought I should grab my bus money. Released I didn't have clothes on yet. Remembered that I hadn't taken a shower yet. Put discman next to my backpack and headed to the shower. Saw the mostly empty pill box sitting on the shelf, remembered I needed to take my meds. I put the meds in the box, then headed down to the kitchen for a glass of water. Counted out my vitamins. Took medicine and vitamins. Finished glass of water. Walked into the living room to put the rest of the day's medications into my backpack. Started to pull lunch bag out of backpack to assemble my lunch. Realized I still wasn't dressed. Walked up to the bedroom to get dressed.

Remembered that I had been heading for the shower when this all began.

:P

Re: That's my whole life

[dolphinchatter.livejournal.com]

Ah, but that sounds like internal forces at play. I'm getting external forces demanding attention. ...which I'm sure you are familiar with at Active Voice.

Erm.

[virusfox.livejournal.com]

If its any consolation, I had no idea it was going to do that either or that it would react in that manner. I was expecting a "word-wrap" like effect, but apparently it didn't.

Re: Erm.

[dolphinchatter.livejournal.com]

Any idea how I can fix it?

It actually served me well. It showed me I haven't been checking in enough.

Re: Erm.

[virusfox.livejournal.com]

I don't know. It might be a browser setting perhaps. I don't know of any way you can fix it, short of removing me from your friends list.

I could just flood my LJ with bunk posts, making it scroll off the default 20 that are displayed, but that'd be dumb. I could login and erase the post. However I will not do that. I have ethical objections against doing that. I could login and edit it, insert some carrage returns maybe, but that seems like cheating as well. Since it displays just hunky-dory on my system.

It looks bad and is unreadable and thats how its /supposed/ to look.

Well glad it served as a reminder, hope it's not too annoying.

Re: Erm.

[dolphinchatter.livejournal.com]

Or we can wait for 25 more friends entries. Then the message scrolls down to the second set of entries.

It's all working now.