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02 May 2008

Help me stay awake I'm stuck here at work for another four and a half hours (at least). It's dead slow and I'm fading fast. It turns out that five hours of sleep really isn't enough. I'll be keeping an eye on the Sharks game, but otherwise all I can think of is blissful unconsciousness.

post by: bmarkey at: 21:05 | 29 comments

Slap yourself silly then go get a snack from the machine. That'll be good for about ten minutes.

posted by rainbaby 02 May | 21:21

Here you go. Sorry.

posted by mudpuppie 02 May | 21:25

As always, I exhort you to CLENCH YOUR BUTTOCKS!

Seriously, how many times am I gonna get to say this?

posted by Elsa 02 May | 21:30

I just had dinner, rainbaby. I may still slap myself silly though.

pup, my Japanese is a little rusty (and by rusty, I mean non-existent). What am I supposed to do with the little pink-haired gal?

Trust me, Elsa, every day I come to work, I'm clenching my buttocks so hard I could crack walnuts. (Note to self: add to skills section of resume.)

posted by bmarkey 02 May | 21:33

Okay, then just holler it to yourself, silently inside your head, like so:

"CLENCH YOUR BUTTOCKS!"

(Am I the only one who yells inside her head to wake up?)

posted by Elsa 02 May | 21:37

Yeah, a little pain never hurt anyone, bmarkey. Slap away.

posted by rainbaby 02 May | 21:42

The Stars just scored on a power play. Grrr.

posted by bmarkey 02 May | 22:12

Do you need a special license to drive a zamboni? How do you get a gig like that in the first place?

posted by bmarkey 02 May | 22:17

Gah! Another goal, but it's under review.

posted by bmarkey 02 May | 22:28

No goal! Whee! There's still hope.

posted by bmarkey 02 May | 22:31

Can I recommend anguish? No? Well, then, your mother is coming over to your office tomorrow - start vacuuming. Failing that (my mother is coming over tomorrow and I've had like a million beers or something, not to mention the angst) there's always bookworm - it's terrifying how many hours I can while away on bookworm. Play music at the same time.

posted by mygothlaundry 02 May | 22:37

Does hockey anguish count? The Sharks are down 2-0 at the second intermission of a game they must win if they don't want to spend the rest of the spring on the golf course. My guess is that they're calling for tee times right now.

And Bookworm is apparently blocked here.

By the powers vested in me by the state of sleeplessness, I hereby absolve you of all angst and anguish. Get one of the kids to vacuum.

posted by bmarkey 02 May | 22:45

Google bookworm. there are like a million bookworms and also a million tetrises (tetri?) that are all sweetly javascripted invisible and that will take at least an hour or so away. Ask not how I know this.

posted by mygothlaundry 02 May | 23:04

OK, I found an online version that I can get to. It looks like a great game, except for the fact that my brain is pretty smooth at this point. Thinking isn't really happening at the moment, but I'll be bookmarking it for late. Thanks!

And thanks also for all the other suggestions, y'all. I'm heading for the home stretch. (Also, the Sharks have scored, but they're going on the penalty kill yet again. Guh.)

posted by bmarkey 02 May | 23:13

i don't know what wouldn't be blocked there.
i could try and make one of my muxtapes more goofy and bouncy.

posted by ethylene 02 May | 23:18

For some reason i don't have an option to download on divshare, which is very rude.

posted by ethylene 02 May | 23:18

The Sharks have scored again, it's a tie game, and spring has returned. Mux away, though, because I'll need something to occupy myself with after the game.

posted by bmarkey 02 May | 23:23

i was thinking "cheerful songs of boredom and hate" but most of them aren't on this computer.

posted by ethylene 02 May | 23:33

That would be perfect. Another time, perhaps.

The game has now gone into overtime, and I have to leave my desk for about 20 minutes. Suspense is all that's keeping me upright at this time.

posted by bmarkey 02 May | 23:35

Wow! While I was out powering down the building and looking for lost lambs, the Sharks won! Huzzah!

posted by bmarkey 02 May | 23:59

Wow! While I was out powering down the building and looking for lost lambs, the Sharks won! Huzzah!

No offense, man, but that was such a horseshit game. Morrow got screwed over twice by official overviews. The first was definitely bullshit. The second, I could kind of, sort of see.

That said, the Sharts pulled it off in front of their home crowd. Marleau has Zubie's number something fierce. Great goalie battle, though. Here's hoping that come Sunday, it won't matter anymore.

If my Stars can't do it, go on and beat those asshat Red Wings, eh?

posted by ufez 03 May | 00:09

All I had here was the radio feed, so obviously I can't comment on the validity of the calls. I'm surprised that game 5 even happened, though.

As for beating the Dead Things, whoever ends up playing them is gonna have their hands full. Those guys are just scary good.

posted by bmarkey 03 May | 00:54

This is taking forever to load and things keep not loading.

posted by ethylene 03 May | 01:11

Okay, hope you've been clenching your buttocks.
i'm probably still gonna be fixing and futzing with it.

posted by ethylene 03 May | 01:17

Yay, my relief just pulled into the garage! Me for bed soon.

Thanks for the muxes, eth. I was only able to check out a little bit - what's up with the Dewey Cox thing?

posted by bmarkey 03 May | 01:33

They're just great songs. There's a lot of love there. And diversity.
So far, i'm pretty happy with with muxmix, better than the last Sweeney Todd wave configuration.

posted by ethylene 03 May | 01:38

with this mux mix

Say that five times fast.

posted by ethylene 03 May | 01:45

with this mux mix I do wed...

posted by arse_hat 03 May | 01:47

Why question my love of Cox?
Those songs hold up, big daddy.

posted by ethylene 03 May | 02:16

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