posted October 02, 2000 08:57 AM            

But--to top it off, my co-worker brought me back a slinky from the conference he was at last week. And it's rainbow colored! I've been having a very stressful week, but this just boosted my mood 100%. My mood was made even better when I turned the box upside dows: Now--it's not actually a slinky brand slinky, it's a plastic, rainbow, magic spring. And it comes with instructions:
1) Walk rainbow spring down stairs
2) Play with rainbow spring in hands
3) Walk rainbow spring down incline or slope
4) Bounce rainbow spring up and down

Umm, if I didn't know how to use a slinky these directions would do nothing for me. But they make me smile.

posted October 02, 2000 09:20 AM            

What other toys do you have in your "cubico-ofiice"?

I have a realistic styrofoam brick (which I often throw at my boss), a rubber ducky, a nerf football, year-round Christmas lights, a lava lamp, I've wired my office for surround sound, and I have a fish tank.

Top that!

posted October 02, 2000 09:44 AM            

I took my nerf guns home because my new team won't play.

I'm sure there are more toys underneath my stacks of papers.

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A man can only eat green M&Ms every day of the week for so long before he says fuck... I want a RED one.

posted October 02, 2000 09:48 AM            

4 - Meanie Babies (psychotic versions of Beanie Babies, like Fi and Do, the two headed dalmutation)

1- Flying Mario hanging from a cube lite because he looks identical to my old supervisor.

1- stuffed 'Boss' head that goes "YOU'RE FIRED!!" when you whack it on something.

1- Dr. Evil action figure, complete with Mr. Bigglesworth.

1- Collector's Issue number 0 of 'The Undertaker' comic hanging on the wall right next to ...

1- Britney Spears Backstage Pass scrapbook thing because I just think they make a cute couple.

1- Heat sink turned on end to make a platform for the two impaled "Jack in the Box" antenna ball heads I have speared on pencils as a warning to others

oh, and 1 Darth Maul on his hover cycle thingy that I got from Taco Bell. It's got one of those zip lines that you pull and it rolls along the floor.

And a whole freakin drawer full of Nerf weaponry ...

In an upper cabinet, I've got three replica F150's, one '69 fastback Mustang, a Duke Nukem action figure, a Callisto figure, couple of Wolverine figures, a little Tick statue thing, a Manga Curse figure, a company logoed Rubix Cube, a collection of other Star Wars kid's meal toys from Taco Bell ... I think that's it.

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"Abdul and Bianca asked if they could have a baby - this was before Abdul immolated himself with the barbecue, of course." -- Contessa Choculum

posted October 02, 2000 09:54 AM            

I share a cube with someone and he has *no* toys at all which is very depressing and make me look even wierder I'm sure.

Happy meal toys are our friends!

posted October 02, 2000 10:11 AM            

Other personal items:
*1 kermit the frog coffee mug (full of dusty water)
*1 national geographic postcard of a baby polar bear asleep on top of a grown up polar bear's back
*1 print of a monet watercolor (don't know the name but I've been told it's the one they steal in that movie (i have just blanked on the name) with the thief that was a remake of a steve mcqueen movie
*1 Riff's workshop--no poinging allowed sign
*3 pages from my page a day calendar (stupid quotes)
*1 angry salad sticker
*1 copy of a poem called "Warning" that I like
*2 pictures of my possibly soon to be ex boyfriend (1 with my nephew at the bosotn zoo and one of him in a tree)

I think the slinky is from an ISO conference (environmental standards thingy)

they just closed the window and locked it. pout

[This message has been edited by asd109 (edited October 02, 2000).]

Oh--and penguins! How could I forget my little string of penguins on the outside of my cubicle?

posted October 02, 2000 12:20 PM            

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Oh, you meant FUN stuff.

I have some colored pencils.

And a Darth Vader mug.

weeps

Ed. because it's the only fun I have.

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You dumb schmucks! All you ever had to do to go home was click your pointy boots together and repeat 3 times, "There's no place like the lugubrious quagmire of self pity and utter confusion."

posted October 02, 2000 02:15 PM            

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Uh-huh. And if my grandmother had three speeds she'd be a vibrator.

IP: Logged

posted October 03, 2000 09:11 AM            

Sweetheart! I promise the package of Kinder eggs will be sent very soon, and then you'll have bizarre Eurotoys for your cube. In fact, I'll send you all my duplicate Kinder toys as well - you won't get the chocolate, but let's face it: we're not in it for the chocolate.

posted October 03, 2000 09:17 AM            

Yes, I know that was a stupid question. Cuddles from Taetia hands down, of course.

A little further down...and to the left. Woo!

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You dumb schmucks! All you ever had to do to go home was click your pointy boots together and repeat 3 times, "There's no place like the lugubrious quagmire of self pity and utter confusion."

posted October 03, 2000 09:38 AM            

I go for the intensely personal here -- every thing I have in this cube is of great personal significance and import. The walls of this cubicle are covered with amusement park maps -- all places I've gone. I make it a point to try and get a map from each place I visit so I can put it on my wall and remember my fun fun visit. There's also trinkets as well -- skee-ball tickets from Coney Island, a South Of The Border mini bumper-sticker -- as well as pictures of Jen and some postcards from Doolie, since Doolie likes to send postcards often.

My desk is relatively uncluttered for the most part until I find it in me to throw papers all around and go "Wheeeee!" and then pick which one I get to work on next. It's a papershuffle lottery! There's also usually a cafeteria tray on the desk as well cause I do enjoy eating at my desk.

The shelf above the desk is chock-full of esoteric goodies. I've about $1.50 in empty soda cans clustered in one corner; just some wacky neurosis keeps me from bringing in a giant trash bag and walking out with a trash bag full o' clanking cans in full view of security.

I used to have a big blob of sparkly glow-in-the-dark Silly Putty but somehow the chemical composition broke down and it was no longer silly nor putty, just this blob of stuff that stuck to your hand. I miss it.

There's a paperweight which reads "DIGITAL 1957-1997: 40 years of Innovation and Customer Service." I wasn't around to enjoy those 40 years, but this paperweight was in my old office in Maynard when I started this job so I took it with me when we moved to Marlboro. More recently I added a bottle of "Wildfire" hot sauce. The latest Alpha chipset was internally codenamed Wildfire so we got a lot o' Wildfire stuff. The hot sauce, I thought, was the most creative. The label reads "Burns the competition! Ingredients: flaming scalability, hot reliability, scorching speed, cooking e-commerce, incendiary specs. Wildfire exceeds the U.S. recommended daily allowance of sizzling performance." Ok, so it's a marketing department's party in a bottle, but it's cute.

I also have an "authentic piece of the wooden roller coaster Excalibur". I don't think it was ever a part of the coaster when it was working, but Funtown wisely saved all the pieces they cut off when they were building the thing and sold 'em for $3 apiece. It's got a nifty plaque on it and mine has a wonderful line of woodrot down one side, which gives me an excellent feeling of reassurance -- hey, the crappy wood ain't on the ride! I also have a piece of wood from the old Mountain Flyer in Holyoke. It was the first roller coaster I ever rode and now it's torn down and scrapped and gone. My friend Shawn Mamros gave me this piece after a visit he made a year or so back. It was a real nice gesture and I was pretty touched.

Then there are the Lego, and not just any Lego, Star Wars Lego! I have the Sand Skiff with Luke and Han, Boba Fett's slave pod thingy, Chewbacca and two Imperial Endor Guys. I also have an Egyptian Tomb and an arctic windsurfer which our old department head gave me when she left. Instead of getting presents, she gave presents. It was really cool.

Bugs Bunny (which Six Flags gave to me during the Six Flags New England press conference) and Sock Puppy round out the characters on the shelf, but the oddest thing I have on that shelf is an actual size plaster model of my teeth. Dr. Rog gave it to me when Mom left the business and I had no idea what to do with it other than put it on a shelf. Yay!

Oh, and on top of my monitor is a cube I made of T-pins one day when I was bored and fidgety. It looks cool but is very sharp cause, well, they're T-pins, so you can't pick it up very easily.

Just don't ask about the ETAOIN SHRDLU on my cubicle front...

posted October 03, 2000 12:03 PM            

3 empty coffee mugs

23 empty coke cans, decoratively arrange to simulate untidyness.

12 empty Coke 20 0z. bottles, also looking sloppy.

2 palm pilots, one broken and torn apart, the other out of batteries for the moment.

A pile of various Macintosh innards shoved uncermoniously to the back corner( I curse thee, Macintosh!).

2 Mac Laptops, one broken and torn apart, the other with an uncharged battery.

1 toshiba tecra laptop, broken, torn apart AND OUT OF BATTERIES!

A bunch of floppy disks

A bunch of CDs

My two work computers.

A phone.

Various papers.

Thats IT!!!! how pathertic is that? I have not 1 cuddly/fluffy/humorus/cool toy in my office.

Time to cry softly to myself.

posted October 03, 2000 12:14 PM            

I have a Sinfest comic print taped to the wall next to my desk, and some personalized wallpaper and screensavers for my computer, and that's about it.

(The name "Sinfest" is cut off the comic print, too, lest it give my bosses the wrong idea about me. Sigh.)

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posted October 03, 2000 12:28 PM            

I have a pic of me and Dingo. (The Amazing Look at How Gigantic Her Mouth Is Picture!)

I have a pic of my cat. (aka, the head of my household)

I have 13 poems, 4 pretty postcards, and one small painting done by my friend Erica called "In Praise of Bees." Also a beanie bee from my sister.

And dictionaries, but I wouldn't expect anyone else to think those are fun.

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You dumb schmucks! All you ever had to do to go home was click your pointy boots together and repeat 3 times, "There's no place like the lugubrious quagmire of self pity and utter confusion."

posted October 03, 2000 03:11 PM            

A nice picture of me hung over with a newly pierced ear I don't remember getting. And an 8x10 of me and the little lady.

New toys today: Magic 8-ball (AKA Executive Decision Maker), and pistol shaped cigarette lighter. Also my piggy bank has migrated from my home to my office.

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Uh-huh. And if my grandmother had three speeds she'd be a vibrator.

{Ed. to make the link go somewhere. 2, no 3, no 4, no 5 times}

posted October 03, 2000 04:14 PM            

Highlights:
- Yoda pez dispenser
- Etch-a-sketch
- little cocktial umbrella
- 3 cool superballs that light up when you bounce 'em
- cheapie wooden glider
- plastic letter opener that looks like exaclibur sunk into a plastic rock
- A small collection of candy hearts modified to say things like "Beat meat" instead of "Be mine"
- miniature porcelain Piglet (two inches tall- so cute!)
- Chevy's sombero
- Yo-yo that lights up and makes noises whn you yo it
- Variety of super-cool kinder surprise toys (thank you Contessa!!)

My little fake walls are covered with pictures and postcards and candy wrappers and other random things but I'll spare y'all.

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"Fairy penguins have been known to maul tourists."

posted October 04, 2000 07:46 AM            

Dictionaries are fun toys.

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posted October 04, 2000 07:52 AM            

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A man can only eat green M&Ms every day of the week for so long before he says fuck... I want a RED one.

posted October 04, 2000 09:07 AM            

-One "Don't Feed the Secretary" sign from Sluggy Freelance
-One "fighting with giant sandwiches in the style of the Princess Bride and Highlander" comic, also from Sluggy Freelance
-One "dead Greatest American Hero" comic from The Parking Lot is Full
-A million pictures of Caleb
-A fortune from a cookie that is insipid by itself, but hysterical when "in bed". (A friend is a present you give yourself.)
-Some other stuff that I can't remember because I'm not at my desk at the moment.

posted October 04, 2000 11:02 AM            

quote:

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-two CDs turned backwards so I can see who is behind me

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"Pretty sneaky, sis!"

I solve that problem by facing my cube entrance with the monitor turned around here. That way only the rapid-fire ALT-TAB is their only clue.

(Hi, monitoring software! I am just making a funny here!)

posted October 04, 2000 11:31 AM            

New sign on door, in the spirit of the Hunchback of Notre Dame: SANCTUARY: An Official Persecution Free Zone.

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Uh-huh. And if my grandmother had three speeds she'd be a vibrator.

posted October 04, 2000 11:49 AM            

My computer is at home (of course) and the room is full of crap. Most of it is old software and its related stuff (OS 2.2 docs anybody? Quest for Glory I? How about the 7th Guest? I didn't think so.) But there are some fun things in here too.

The monitor is adorned with a Marvin the Martian in a see through spaceship, Pikachu keychain, Beanie Baby "Spinner", Teenie Beanies "Pinchers" and "Crabby", and George Jetson with Astro in their car.

The desk is littered with various game CD's and a Y2K countdown clock now being used as a real clock. A piece of asphalt my son cherishes rests atop a pile of cheat codes.

We also have various childish art projects, some gargoyles, a hard hat from the Hoover Dam tour and my husband's awards from work (he gets them for the most banal accomplishments).

posted October 04, 2000 12:47 PM            

Because of this boy's love of stone, we have rocks from everywhere we've ever gone. Including "rhinestones" from the banks of the Rhine River (thanks to my husband being sent to Germany on business and having a free day while there).

posted October 04, 2000 05:51 PM            

...

*whew*

I thought Raven said she had PIECES of her dog Izzy.

Pics. Pics. Got it.

posted October 04, 2000 10:45 PM            

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A piece of asphalt my son cherishes

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My brother and I actually believed ashphalt off the side of the road was kryptonite when we were kids. We would bring a piece of it home every night when we went for a walk. My mom would slowly discard of it, and we never noticed.

posted October 05, 2000 09:08 AM            

Cheatara - I finally found out what happened to all the shells my sibs and I would hand to Dad as we all walked along the beach: he would dribble them slowly out of his pockets so we could find them again on the return walk.

(you just reminded me of that)