Ah, a refreshing glass of update.

Well, the IT Knights have been working on a demo for the massively beautiful wonder that is the multimedia podium in the basement. So far, the general consensus is "you no touchie the cords!" But we can't say that. So we rely on the void that is regular users' common sense to tell them that if they shove the cords to the back of the podium, through the holes and down into the bowels of furniture, then they won't be able to use those cords. Needless to say, every week the temptation to put a "NO TOUCHIE!" sign on the podium grows.

Our demo treads a cautious line between two extremes, neither of which is good for the creators of said demo. Option the first is to do a really kick ass demo, because people will laugh and you'll be able to say with pride that you were responsible for the thing. This option, incidentally, tends to get one roped into taping etc. every event the department comes up with. Not good. Option the second is to do a crappy, bare-bones, boring as all get out demo. Problem with this is that people laugh for the wrong reason, and you spend months trying to live it down.

Our current location over the fence equates to a Star Wars themed demo featuring Darth User, an IT Knight attempting to thwart the ignorance of the masses. Don't read too much into it. All we're doing is haphazardly spoofing stuff. Cool bit is: I play the part of Darth User, wearing all black and a pair of bulky leather biker gloves. Another of our number is providing light saber sound effects, etc. and holding the camera. Later, I suspect we'll dupe the third of our number into doing the required voice over. Unless we can find an appropriate C-3PO voice emulator. Alas for deadlines. We could make this really, really cool, if we had time.

In other news, I dealt with the first "national disaster" client of the season. Sometimes, people don't resond well to "we're really busy right now, but we can get you set up tomorrow afternoon." It's nice when these same people tell you they need it all this afternoon, when it is currently 3pm. I want to tell them "Gosh, you know, if I started setting you up now, I'd be there until 5:30, and you still wouldn't get to print anything today. If the setup is needed by a certain time, you need to call/email in advace of this time to let someone know. Other people did this, and that's why we're busy right now. They called first, chickie, so they're first in line. Ta!" Such a reply would, of course, cost me my job. So I tell them I'll see what I can do, and put roughly half of the equipment in the office before telling them I'll "finish up" tomorrow, because [insert half-baked reason here]. Let me tell you, setting that crap up won't be fun, and doing it while Miss disaster looks over my shoulder will make it five times more enjoyable, for certain.

Let's see... Other news.

*Thesis novel of doom is coming along...
*Fourth member of the IT Knights will arrive in ~1 week...
*Fish and cat doing fine...
*Evil drunks across the way still at it...
*New toy still nice...
*Need to do laundry... badly....
*Considering joining HNT, a blog group of sorts...
*Ate unidentified vinegar-y smelling carrot and almond salad without letting on that it tasted... borderline-nasty (can't insult friend's cooking... can't insult friend's cooking...)...
*Finished Hellsing, anime of brilliant proportions...
*Gathered old jeans to be made into quilt...

And that's really everything. I'm scraping the barrel of my uninteresting life with this list.

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