QOTD Halloween pt. 2 (Mike Myers attacks Kanye)

question of the day: whats your favorite scary movie?

i don't like scary movies... but silence of the lambs freaked me out

Candyman

office space

the ring

The Wizard of Oz.

I haven't closed my eyes or watched a video or gone near a well since seeing "the ring."

arachnophobia

SAW

The Exersist!!!! Hands Down!

blackula

I hate scary movies

The Grudge

Saw and I'm going to see Saw II tonight

scary but funny too - shaun of the dead, scream, and army of darkness

Halloween

Signs. I do not watch hard-core horror movies. Signs. was scary as hell when the dog barked. When the Aliens came in. However the subtle "shocks" make it my favorite movie

texas chainsaw massacre

scary movie...but i never watched it

the shining and the excorsist (sp?)

QOTD Halloween Edition

question of the day: what are you going to be and/or doing for halloween?

I'm gonna be a punk rock star. Headin' down to philly to partay!!

Myself. At home -- so don't try to egg my house.

cho chang :-) and going to a party in nyc on saturday -- there's a chance i might actually go trick o' treating on monday =-O

Putting up politcal lawn signs, and if I get back early enough cater to the little bastards

Watching TV and hoping Kids would come for Candy

paul wall with huge diamond fronts and a bottle of sizzurp

All we do is hang out on our front porch and give away candy. We live on the main drag in our town so we get lots of kids. When we're out of candy, we slam the door shut, turn off all the lights and hide in the back of the house. :-D

some sort of viking pirate zombie.

I'm going to be harry caray...going to philly. CUBS WIN!!! CUBS WIN!!! CUBS WIN!!!

i will be home with the lights out pretending not to be home.

a friend is moving to brazil and so there is a going away party for her, also an anniversary party for my sister.

going to a party tomorrow night. don't even have a costume yet.

i think being a newleywed [company] employee is scary enough

a kissing booth for weekend party, a Bug for work party (theme is a Product Feature and I am QA..get it?)

I'm going to San Diego for the last Rocket from the Crypt show/Halloween party. I haven't decided what to be yet! Help!

playing hockey

I'm going to be a disgruntled programmer that shoots and kills co-workers at the office that annoy me.

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I think I'll be skipping work Monday... =-o

Question of the Day

Finally the question is in its permanent home! After 2 weeks and 3 different blogs, it's nice to have a place to settle. Previous questions will be posted here, when I get around to it.

question of the day: what clique were you part of in high school?

"Other". In my HS, there were athletes and athletic supporters; the drama club; stoners; and everyone else-- other.

I definitely wasn't a cool kid. I guess that leaves me with the nerds and dorks.

I was a chameleon, friends with everyone and shunned by no one. I could hang with preps, jocks, burnouts, the homiez, whoever really.

i don't know if i was exactly in a click...but i was the dumb kid in all the honors and AP classes - and also i had too many asian friends

jocks

The track team clique - semi-jock clique. The football players were the true jock clique

the Wesyx (we were 6 friends)

The universal....I was everything

punks, band geeks, art freaks, but mostly i just tried to be invisible

I was kind of a jock cuz I was on all the sports teams, but I was also a nerd cuz I got straight As and was into computers. I hung out a lot with the punk rock kids but I dressed preppy.

the Loser clique

I was in the smart classes, but I was a metalhead. I was a metalhead, but I played sports. If I had to pick one I would say nerd since most of my friends were nerds.

I wasnt in a clique. i knew and got along with everyone. although I hung with those in honors classes since thats what I took

I was like James Dean in High School, fast Cars, Fast Women

the guy that runs this blog is an idiot

After he forgot his password AND username for like a week, he finally remembered what email he used to start the blog. Anonymity claims another casualty.

Also, in order to write for this blog, the guy that writes for it needs to know your email address so he can invite you (preferably an anonymous looking one). This is in direct contrast to a previous request. As we said, the guy that runs this thing is an idiot.

BUT, the first batch of invites went out this morning...

Recent email filters and rules - File under Office Policies

- If subject contains “Apprentice” and sender = “Person in company who’s relative is on Apprentice” then set on fire and delete

- If sender = “Nagging co-worker” and subject contains “Please reply” then flag as “No response necessary”

- If sender = “Useless boss that knows nothing” then move to folder named “Stuff that reminds me how bitter I should be about life."

- If subject contains “cones” then say out loud “pretty sneaky, sis”

Questions about the NJ Office blog

1. Who started the office blog?

No one knows. The office blog just appeared one day.

2. Who writes for the office blog?

At this point, the office blog literally writes itself.

3. How can I participate?

As previously stated, the blog writes itself. If you would however like to contribute to it, sign up for a blogger account and post the username here. Eventually the office blog will find you and invite you if you are worthy. (please oh please make your username and display name fairly anonymous looking)

Rules of the NJ Office blog

Rule # 1 -- There IS no office blog.

Rule # 2 -- There is NO office blog.

Rule # 3 -- If by chance there is an office blog, you do not talk about the office blog in the office.

Rule # 4 -- You do not know who writes for the blog (see questions)

Rule # 5 -- When commenting or posting to the office blog, you do not use real names of companies, people, or situations. If you must use some kind of designation, use initials that have nothing to do with the identity they are protecting. (ie, “so DP and LH were screwing around today…”)

No room at the inn - File under WTF

So we had another company move onto our floor in the building. Let’s call them Company B. Now that Company B is here, everything is going to hell in a hand-basket.

The soda and snack machines are all busted. It turns out that there’s been a wave of people trying to stick pesos or Susan B Anthony’s or something into the machines to get snacks. How retarded. There are huge signs plastered everywhere on the machines now so as to deter this behavior.

The men’s room is always crowded and filthy. It smells like a third-world country threw up on it. No one flushes the toilets anymore. Most times these days it’s standing room only, if you know what I mean. It’s all fun and games until somebody craps in the urinal.

Overheard during a Cones match today

"Dude, I got two in a row with three shots!"

Employee Bills - File under WTF

So, I picked up my mail from my mailwoman at home the other day. She kind of looked like Cliff Clavin which made me laugh a bit. I think it was the moustache. Anywho, one of the pieces of mail I received that day was a series of bills from my employer. That’s right, now this place is billing me for stuff.

So I brought them in and it turns out that a bunch of us in the office got bills. It turns out there was some kind of snafu with our billing system and all the test orders I was placing on the system were actually being billed to me at home.

Ain’t that a bitch?

As if it’s not bad enough that I have to slog my way through traffic to come here every single day and cavort with these yahoos, I’m now being charged for this pleasure too.

Un...be...lievable. All I need now is for the lady that clogs the sink by me with tuna to come by and today will be perfect.

Cones – File under sports

Updated Scoring Rules. See below.

So we’ve developed a new game to chase away the boredom. We call it Cones. It’s basically a quieter version of horseshoes that you can play indoors (or outdoors). It works great in the long corridors between our cubes. It uses those 6 inch orange cones that you can get from sporting good places. We happened to have some here at work from the now-defunct softball team that used to play years ago.

Here are the rules so far:

• There are two players using 3 cones each for each round.
• 2 additional cones are placed on the ground in front of each player and used similar to stakes as in horseshoes. These are the cone stakes. These should be placed from 6 feet to 12 feet apart. (NOTE – In our building, one carpet tile = 1.5 feet)
• Players take turns throwing cones at the opponent’s staked cone in an effort to have their cone land perfectly on the staked cone. This is called a "flight."
  
• A staked cone that is knocked down from a flight must be set back up. However, a staked cone with additional cones already on top of it is left alone until the round ends.
• You cannot move your opponents cones once they have landed in your own pre-flight area. This can be used as a defensive measure by players when they land a flight in the area where their opponent likes to use for flight approaches. All cones are picked up at the end of each round (ie, after both players exhaust their cones via flights)
  
• Games are played to a previously agreed upon point total. This varies largely by the amount of time you have to waste.
• If someone in management walks by, goad them into playing by saying something like “I bet you can’t get one on!” This prevents them from yelling at you and instead garners additional support for the game

Scoring:

• Landing a cone perfectly on top of the opponents staked cone results in three (3) points. This is a ringer.


• Landing a cone on top of the opponents staked cone but having the staked cone topple over results in two (2) points. This is a half ringer. Otherwise knocking over the staked cone is worth 0 points. (use some duct tape on the front edge of the cone to prevent easy knockdowns)

  a half ringer

• Landing a cone that leans on the staked cone is a leaner and is worth two (2) points.

  a leaner

• Landing a cone that is touching the staked cone results in one (1) point.
  
• Games are played to a previously agreed upon point total. This varies largely by the amount of time you have to waste.

Fouls:

• Moving an opponents cones (even by accident) that are in your pre-flight area. Results in loss of flight.
• Stepping beyond the diamond of your own staked cone is an approach foul and results in the forfeit of that flight.