Prudence is bored

Prudence · 10-21-2005, 09:15 AM

So, I'm sitting at the front desk in the law review office, 1.5 hours into today's 10 hour office hour marathon. Every 2L has to put in 15 office hours per semester. So I'm spending what would be my day off sitting at this desk. Something in the building air venting mechanics makes this desk shake. It's very distracting. I'm going crazy. I'm used to being in a single office, not out in the open.

The deal with office hours is that you have to sit here and be available in case someone needs something. So far today I've taken 1 phone message for the EIC, verified some other students' office hours against the spreadsheet, and called for repair on the copier. (Some sneak in last night left a note timestamped 5pm to call for repair. Jerk!)

But now my in box is empty and neither the EIC or ME is in, so no more work for me to do at the moment. Just....sitting. I'm going nuts. I'm so flippin' bored.

What shall I do? I've played my KoL turns. I'm too tired to focus on my reading. I forgot my headphones so I can't listen to anything interesting. No one's on google or clan chat.

I'm bored!

tracilicious · 10-21-2005, 09:30 AM

Google has chat? There may be a few threads here that haven't been naughtied up yet. You could work on that.

When I'm bored I organize my budget for the next year or so (not that I stick to it), or do travel research for places I can't yet afford to go. Then I try to work the travel into my budget. That's what got me planning my Japan trip. Which turned out to not be as expensive as I thought.

Or you could hide people's staplers and pens and otherwise make them think they are going nuts.

Prudence · 10-21-2005, 09:54 AM

There aren't any people right now and the only stapler is already on my desk.

Bah. This sucks.

Prudence · 10-21-2005, 09:55 AM

arg! someone somewhere (I think it's the snack cart downstairs) is playing music right at that annoying volume. You know -- it's just loud enough to be barely audible, but not so loud that you can tell what the song is. Drives me nuts, it does.

scaeagles · 10-21-2005, 10:29 AM

Hey Prudence - I work from a home office. When I'm bored, I can do laundry or dishes or something productive. I can exercise on my elliptical. I can check email or play on the internet to my heart's content. I can read my paper. I can listen to the radio. I can take a nap.

Just thought I'd make your day by telling you all the wonderful things I can do at work while bored.

Prudence · 10-21-2005, 10:35 AM

(rummaging through the office supplies to make an scaeagles voodoo doll)

Morrigoon · 10-21-2005, 11:26 AM

Hey, how about having your character eat something? I got 3 extra adventures by eating mushrooms. I could throw some in the clan stash if you want

Prudence · 10-21-2005, 11:51 AM

While it's a generous offer, Morigoon, it would occupy me for maybe 10 minutes? Actually, it occurs to me that I haven't played my pastamancer's turns yet, so I could go do that.

Meanwhile, here at the office, I have just returned from an excursion to the bathroom. Not because I really had to go, but because I was desperate for a change of scenery. I would like to report that the third floor ladies' room in Sullivan hall is cold. Not just kind of cold, but Forest Service outhouse cold. You know what I mean -- the concrete building with a HUGE amount of interior space to go along with the toilet seat mounted decoratively over the pit. Why are forest service outhouses so huge? What is it one could possibly intend to do in an outhouse that requires more space than the living room in my first apartment? There's no sink, no mirror, no plumbing. Just concrete, roof, toilet seat, pit. And lots of unused space with significant stench potential.

If this lull in activity keeps up I'm going to have to no choice but to resort to doing actual homework.

libraryvixen · 10-21-2005, 02:09 PM

Pru, I'm in a workshop in Sacramento. "Teens in the Library".

I just got to post on my blog as part of an assignment. Let's keep each other amused!

Prudence · 10-21-2005, 02:15 PM

Is your workshop as fascinating as my day?

On the other hand, I did get a kumquat bubble tea earlier, so that's something.

And the new ME came by (she was my note and comment editor and liked my work) and was aghast to learn that I'm here on my day off and told me to email her and we'd "work something out" for my remaining hours so that I don't have to come in on my days off. Yay new ME!

How shall we amuse ourselves? Given that we're in public places, of course.

10-21-2005, 09:15 AM	#1
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Prudence is bored So, I'm sitting at the front desk in the law review office, 1.5 hours into today's 10 hour office hour marathon. Every 2L has to put in 15 office hours per semester. So I'm spending what would be my day off sitting at this desk. Something in the building air venting mechanics makes this desk shake. It's very distracting. I'm going crazy. I'm used to being in a single office, not out in the open. The deal with office hours is that you have to sit here and be available in case someone needs something. So far today I've taken 1 phone message for the EIC, verified some other students' office hours against the spreadsheet, and called for repair on the copier. (Some sneak in last night left a note timestamped 5pm to call for repair. Jerk!) But now my in box is empty and neither the EIC or ME is in, so no more work for me to do at the moment. Just....sitting. I'm going nuts. I'm so flippin' bored. What shall I do? I've played my KoL turns. I'm too tired to focus on my reading. I forgot my headphones so I can't listen to anything interesting. No one's on google or clan chat. I'm bored! __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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10-21-2005, 09:30 AM	#2
tracilicious avatar transition Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in-between Posts: 2,487	Google has chat? There may be a few threads here that haven't been naughtied up yet. You could work on that. When I'm bored I organize my budget for the next year or so (not that I stick to it), or do travel research for places I can't yet afford to go. Then I try to work the travel into my budget. That's what got me planning my Japan trip. Which turned out to not be as expensive as I thought. Or you could hide people's staplers and pens and otherwise make them think they are going nuts. __________________ And now Harry, let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure! - Albus Dumbledore
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10-21-2005, 09:54 AM	#3
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	There aren't any people right now and the only stapler is already on my desk. Bah. This sucks. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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10-21-2005, 09:55 AM	#4
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	arg! someone somewhere (I think it's the snack cart downstairs) is playing music right at that annoying volume. You know -- it's just loud enough to be barely audible, but not so loud that you can tell what the song is. Drives me nuts, it does. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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10-21-2005, 10:29 AM	#5
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Hey Prudence - I work from a home office. When I'm bored, I can do laundry or dishes or something productive. I can exercise on my elliptical. I can check email or play on the internet to my heart's content. I can read my paper. I can listen to the radio. I can take a nap. Just thought I'd make your day by telling you all the wonderful things I can do at work while bored.
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10-21-2005, 10:35 AM	#6
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	(rummaging through the office supplies to make an scaeagles voodoo doll) __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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10-21-2005, 11:26 AM	#7
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Hey, how about having your character eat something? I got 3 extra adventures by eating mushrooms. I could throw some in the clan stash if you want __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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10-21-2005, 11:51 AM	#8
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	While it's a generous offer, Morigoon, it would occupy me for maybe 10 minutes? Actually, it occurs to me that I haven't played my pastamancer's turns yet, so I could go do that. Meanwhile, here at the office, I have just returned from an excursion to the bathroom. Not because I really had to go, but because I was desperate for a change of scenery. I would like to report that the third floor ladies' room in Sullivan hall is cold. Not just kind of cold, but Forest Service outhouse cold. You know what I mean -- the concrete building with a HUGE amount of interior space to go along with the toilet seat mounted decoratively over the pit. Why are forest service outhouses so huge? What is it one could possibly intend to do in an outhouse that requires more space than the living room in my first apartment? There's no sink, no mirror, no plumbing. Just concrete, roof, toilet seat, pit. And lots of unused space with significant stench potential. If this lull in activity keeps up I'm going to have to no choice but to resort to doing actual homework. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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10-21-2005, 02:09 PM	#9
libraryvixen is part of the resistance Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: up North Posts: 963	Pru, I'm in a workshop in Sacramento. "Teens in the Library". I just got to post on my blog as part of an assignment. Let's keep each other amused! __________________ Yes, I'm still alive!
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10-21-2005, 02:15 PM	#10
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Is your workshop as fascinating as my day? On the other hand, I did get a kumquat bubble tea earlier, so that's something. And the new ME came by (she was my note and comment editor and liked my work) and was aghast to learn that I'm here on my day off and told me to email her and we'd "work something out" for my remaining hours so that I don't have to come in on my days off. Yay new ME! How shall we amuse ourselves? Given that we're in public places, of course. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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