It hurts to click

I’ve actually worn out the index finger on my right hand from clicking a mouse too much. That’s never, ever happened to me before—and I hope it’s something that never happens to me again. It’s no good to feel pain while using your computer. [Consequently, the launch of my new (remarkably similar to the old) site has been delayed a couple days.]

The actual reason for my pain is the suck-tastic mouse I use at work (it seems to have a stiff click that’s only half as deep as the mouse I use at home, so I end up pressing down harder—and then stopping sooner—than I’m used to), in combination with the recent push to scan everything in sight for eight hours straight each day.

Yesterday’s meeting was three and a half hours long (thankfully I got to skip out of the majority of it, which was a review of how to do things in our billing system); the main point seemed to be the very real possibility of getting new business in the near future.

More important than the meeting, though, was what I learned at the end of the day. Courtesy of loud griping, I learned that the calm that had recently typified my office experience wasn’t actually the result of the office situation improving, but rather the result of people’s spirits being crushed. I guess my iPod works a bit too well at keeping me out of the loop, since that’s something I probably should have seen earlier.

During lunch today, Marin made reference to some horror anime (I know nothing about it) entitled Requiem of Darkness. She failed to properly enunciate “requiem,” however, and wound up calling the show Rec Room of Darkness.

That just sounded bad.

Brian and I managed to finish all eighteen holes at Willamette Park’s disc golf course this evening, and then made further progress in Soul Calibur II’s “weapons mode.” It was quite the evening, let me tell you.

Oh, and I made Brian listen to one of Something Awful’s better Comedy Goldmines in quite a while: Fun with LucasArts Game Audio. While I’m not familiar with Grim Fandango, I think everybody can relate to the Indiana Jones audio.

 

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