Distant drums
Distant drums. I often add that to my instant messaging nicknames, partially to intrigue those on my list and partially because I believe it is an adequate metaphor. To me it evokes a connotation of a soldier who suddenly realizes he is being followed by some determined force - that force being fate, luck, competition or whatever entity has been given the privilege of toying with my life.
I seem to have established a way of dealing with a major disruption. Life is kind of like a malicious little brat who picks up ants and throws them into to the toilet just to see what they will do*. Initially, the ant panics and attempts to swim to the side of the bowl, then regains its composure swims to side of the bowl, climbs to the top and stares menacingly at the brat. After a major disruption such as moving to NYC and starting a new job. Initially, I panicked. I attempted to trash about and was at the mercy of the waves. Then I developed a goal, get to the side of the toilet bowl. To me that goal was to establish my life here - establish routines and order. Where is the nearest Costco - that was an important question. After that I began to optimize the routines and order - How do I avoid the Costco Fiasco (see previous posts). Now I am the point where I am up on top of the toilet bowl and starting to want self-actualization. How do I from this vantage point be useful? I have been here before - but some stoopid brat has always picked me up and threw me in the toilet bowl. Now is when I combine my two metaphors and lose all of my tiny audience. Here is where I have heard the distant drums before. If the brat is listening - I would rather actually try to achieve self-actualization before the drums get louder. Lest they be the water coming to flush my ant-like existence away.
* Don't ask me why all my analogies and posts recently are about bugs
Grr of The Day...
Okay so I bought this Multi-function printer by Brother. I was tired of people asking me to fax stuff to them and thinking who the hell still uses fax. This multi-function printer apparently prints, faxes, copies and scans - wonderful, I thought - this will serve me well. To my complete unsurprise, it is horribly complicated - even for a Microsoft Consultant. Apparently, in order to scan from the network interface you must install the correct sequence of software. If you install the software in the incorrect sequence, the elitist Printer will shun your documents for life. I apparently failed to install the obscure BRAdmin component not included with the CD but found buried in the depths of the Brother Japan support website. Now I have some mess of software and I cannot get the machine to fax, print, copy or scan. If I set it to copy, it will jam in such a way as to tear the paper fed in. My multifunction printer has only one function: shredding. Forgive the pun but...Oh Brother!
I seem to have established a way of dealing with a major disruption. Life is kind of like a malicious little brat who picks up ants and throws them into to the toilet just to see what they will do*. Initially, the ant panics and attempts to swim to the side of the bowl, then regains its composure swims to side of the bowl, climbs to the top and stares menacingly at the brat. After a major disruption such as moving to NYC and starting a new job. Initially, I panicked. I attempted to trash about and was at the mercy of the waves. Then I developed a goal, get to the side of the toilet bowl. To me that goal was to establish my life here - establish routines and order. Where is the nearest Costco - that was an important question. After that I began to optimize the routines and order - How do I avoid the Costco Fiasco (see previous posts). Now I am the point where I am up on top of the toilet bowl and starting to want self-actualization. How do I from this vantage point be useful? I have been here before - but some stoopid brat has always picked me up and threw me in the toilet bowl. Now is when I combine my two metaphors and lose all of my tiny audience. Here is where I have heard the distant drums before. If the brat is listening - I would rather actually try to achieve self-actualization before the drums get louder. Lest they be the water coming to flush my ant-like existence away.
* Don't ask me why all my analogies and posts recently are about bugs
Grr of The Day...
Okay so I bought this Multi-function printer by Brother. I was tired of people asking me to fax stuff to them and thinking who the hell still uses fax. This multi-function printer apparently prints, faxes, copies and scans - wonderful, I thought - this will serve me well. To my complete unsurprise, it is horribly complicated - even for a Microsoft Consultant. Apparently, in order to scan from the network interface you must install the correct sequence of software. If you install the software in the incorrect sequence, the elitist Printer will shun your documents for life. I apparently failed to install the obscure BRAdmin component not included with the CD but found buried in the depths of the Brother Japan support website. Now I have some mess of software and I cannot get the machine to fax, print, copy or scan. If I set it to copy, it will jam in such a way as to tear the paper fed in. My multifunction printer has only one function: shredding. Forgive the pun but...Oh Brother!
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