10 posts tagged “vox hunt”
Show us some fireworks.
leaa and jake joined me this year. if you listen close enough you can try and distinguish between leanne's and my smarty cat comments. more, more!
Show us some birds.
my co-workers think they're funny. mr. bluebird (left) sits atop my cubicle wall at work, guarding my cube from onlookers and keeping me company during my long hard days.
friday afternoon, i went outside for a smoke. i came back, and mr. bluebird was gone. of course i am quick to blame co-worker hans, who practically everyday puts a post-it note under my laser mouse so it won't move, tapes my phone to my receiver, switches my recylcing bin with the "mysterious poopy bin" that no one wants, or does something else that never fails to catch me off guard. so i argue with him for 30 or so minutes. "give me the bird back hans!", "i don't have your bird".
i go to smoke again and threaten "the bird better be back in it's spot when i get back, HANS!". he says whatever, i smoke. i come back, and lo and behold, a piece of yellow paper was crinkled on my desk that said "$1 or the bird dies" and a disturbing illustration of a bird hanging by a noose from a tree. i immediately stop hans from his work and force him into a handwriting sample. no, do cursive. this is cursive. you faked it!
he gives me a sample. i make him draw a bird. his bird is unfailingly the exact opposite of the bird on the ransom note. so i go around to various other co-workers and force them into handwriting samples, as well. no one's quite matches up. a while into this, i get an email. subject line: "where's my", body: "dollar". i notice the name is a co-worker friend of mine's boyfriend, and i write back "give me the bird or jenna gets it". i get an e-mail retort stating "i set the bird free. we all deserve to be free." soon after, i go out for a cigarette again, this is legitimately stressing me out by this point.
i come back to a new e-mail. "where is my ransom?". i ask my co-workers for help, i need a dollar. my boss scrounges up thirty nine cents, two chocolate m&ms, and a halls cough drop. i return the e-mail and put the offer on the table. in response, i get an e-mail with the above picture stating "time is running out".
upon closer inspection, i notice the piece of paper the "help me" sign is written on. hmm, it looks familiar. oh, it's the paper i had extras of and gave a pad to my boss! oh.. is that ribbon my bird is hanging from? wasn't it my boss's birthday last week, doesn't she still have balloons tied with RIBBON at her desk? well, i walk around the cubes and she's standing with another employee discussing work matters. i interject and say "ribbon, eh? suspicious." she gets mad and says "kayta, i'm working on the watt file, get the hell out of here, i don't have your bird, get back to work!". i lean over and in her trashcan i notice a crinkled up paper-- funny, what's that? i pick it up and unfold it, only to reveal the "help me" sign from the photographic ransom! ah hah! dig a little deeper, and i find a "draft" of the ransom note, including several different variations on the bird drawing, including a knife to a bird's throat, a bird frowning, etc. she finally breaks down and hands me the bird. i return to my desk and tape him to his normal throne and be done with it.
until this morning... when i return to my desk only to find mr. bluebird gone again. hans comes in and puts his gloves in his desk and yells "I'VE BEEN FRAMED" just as i'm writing an APB e-mail to my co-workers. mr. bluebird was finally returned, for good, to his post. super glue is coming to the office with me tomorrow, and my boss's "stress ball" is hanging from a ribbon somewhere in the bank with a "help me" sign taped to it.
everyone involved in the prank got a hand-made flyer including the photographic ransom, and an inscription across the bottom-- "for the love of birds. leave me alone."
friday afternoon, i went outside for a smoke. i came back, and mr. bluebird was gone. of course i am quick to blame co-worker hans, who practically everyday puts a post-it note under my laser mouse so it won't move, tapes my phone to my receiver, switches my recylcing bin with the "mysterious poopy bin" that no one wants, or does something else that never fails to catch me off guard. so i argue with him for 30 or so minutes. "give me the bird back hans!", "i don't have your bird".
i go to smoke again and threaten "the bird better be back in it's spot when i get back, HANS!". he says whatever, i smoke. i come back, and lo and behold, a piece of yellow paper was crinkled on my desk that said "$1 or the bird dies" and a disturbing illustration of a bird hanging by a noose from a tree. i immediately stop hans from his work and force him into a handwriting sample. no, do cursive. this is cursive. you faked it!
he gives me a sample. i make him draw a bird. his bird is unfailingly the exact opposite of the bird on the ransom note. so i go around to various other co-workers and force them into handwriting samples, as well. no one's quite matches up. a while into this, i get an email. subject line: "where's my", body: "dollar". i notice the name is a co-worker friend of mine's boyfriend, and i write back "give me the bird or jenna gets it". i get an e-mail retort stating "i set the bird free. we all deserve to be free." soon after, i go out for a cigarette again, this is legitimately stressing me out by this point.
i come back to a new e-mail. "where is my ransom?". i ask my co-workers for help, i need a dollar. my boss scrounges up thirty nine cents, two chocolate m&ms, and a halls cough drop. i return the e-mail and put the offer on the table. in response, i get an e-mail with the above picture stating "time is running out".
upon closer inspection, i notice the piece of paper the "help me" sign is written on. hmm, it looks familiar. oh, it's the paper i had extras of and gave a pad to my boss! oh.. is that ribbon my bird is hanging from? wasn't it my boss's birthday last week, doesn't she still have balloons tied with RIBBON at her desk? well, i walk around the cubes and she's standing with another employee discussing work matters. i interject and say "ribbon, eh? suspicious." she gets mad and says "kayta, i'm working on the watt file, get the hell out of here, i don't have your bird, get back to work!". i lean over and in her trashcan i notice a crinkled up paper-- funny, what's that? i pick it up and unfold it, only to reveal the "help me" sign from the photographic ransom! ah hah! dig a little deeper, and i find a "draft" of the ransom note, including several different variations on the bird drawing, including a knife to a bird's throat, a bird frowning, etc. she finally breaks down and hands me the bird. i return to my desk and tape him to his normal throne and be done with it.
until this morning... when i return to my desk only to find mr. bluebird gone again. hans comes in and puts his gloves in his desk and yells "I'VE BEEN FRAMED" just as i'm writing an APB e-mail to my co-workers. mr. bluebird was finally returned, for good, to his post. super glue is coming to the office with me tomorrow, and my boss's "stress ball" is hanging from a ribbon somewhere in the bank with a "help me" sign taped to it.
everyone involved in the prank got a hand-made flyer including the photographic ransom, and an inscription across the bottom-- "for the love of birds. leave me alone."
Audio: Share a great instrumental song or album.
This song will forever remind me of driving back from Olean with someone who meant the world to me, falling asleep in the passenger seat and feeling completely okay and safe.
Show us the one thing that unfailingly makes you smile, no matter what.
Submitted by Sourire.
best thing to come home to.
Show us your Mii.
i really wish they had longer hairstyles for miis and the ability to add more beauty marks (i have 3, not 1). but hey, whatevs. also changing the clothes would be nice, like let mii wear some jeans or something. and no shoes? come onnn.
Video: Show us a clip of a TV show you miss.
mike is gonna love this one..
Audio: What song do you listen to when you are sad?
Submitted by Nat.
when i was little my mother would sing me two songs, "you are my sunshine", and "here comes the sun". there is something about the nina simone version that makes anything better.
Audio: Let's hear your favorite cover song.
Submitted by Suzy.
cat power covering v u's "i found a reason".
Audio: Share one of your favorite songs from 2006
ok, so it's not really from 2006. maybe like 1969. but this album over the past few months has really made such a huge impact on me. i cant stop listening to it and somehow it has become a huge part of me.
Show us something sparkly.
Submitted by CareaBearaSara.
the christmas tree. i was sad this year that there wouldn't be much of a christmas. i went to cleveland for the work holiday party and stayed in the marriott alone and sad early december. i drove home from cleveland and he helped me bring my bags up the stairs and there it was, in all it's 6' glory, nestled and lit in the corner of my living room, waiting for me to decorate it.
the next day we went to target and bought two packs of ornaments and a star, and spent all night tying yarn ribbons to the top of silver and white ornaments and hooking them to the tree.
and whenever i get in a huffy mood, i come in here, plug it in and listen to ella fitzgerald sing christmas songs.
the next day we went to target and bought two packs of ornaments and a star, and spent all night tying yarn ribbons to the top of silver and white ornaments and hooking them to the tree.
and whenever i get in a huffy mood, i come in here, plug it in and listen to ella fitzgerald sing christmas songs.
