Nameless dread…
So, I’m here at our main office all day today, alone for the most part. This is cool, it means that in between coding and trying to wrangle wayward SQL statements back into shape, I can take plenty of little breaks to do things like blog, check websites, and make sure that the gaggle of ROMs that I managed to cram into my GBA Flash cartridge (namely: Pokemon: Emerald, Mega Man Battle Network 4, Advance Wars 2, Metroid: Fusion, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, and last, but most certainly not least, Golden Sun 2) were all working correctly.
However, despite the near idyllic working conditions, I found myself filled with a growing, nameless dread. It took me a while to figure out what was causing it, until I looked up and at the closed door leading out of the office, and saw none other than ol’ Squidface himself glaring balefully right back at me! That’s right! Screw your namby pamby Virgin Mary sightings, I’ve just gotten a visitiation from the Great Old One himself, Cthulhu!
Now, I know some of you may not believe me, so I have included the following picture showing Cthulhu glaring balefully out of the wood on my door:
Now, that picture was taken with the Katsuphone, so the quality might not be the best. To help you better see He Who Lies Dead and Dreaming in the Sunken City of R’lyeh, here’s another version of the picture where I’ve highlighted the pertinent features:
There you have it! Indisputable proof that I am being visited by the malevolent spirit of the Ancient Old One known as Cthulhu.
September 13th, 2005 at 2:28 pm
I A ! ! !
I A ! ! !
C T H U L H U F T A G H N — ! ! ! !
September 14th, 2005 at 10:46 am
Why does this NOT surprise me about my uncle’s office spaces?
September 14th, 2005 at 2:02 pm
So… Monster… should I proceed to discuss my thoughts on family-owned company liability and social-circle responsibility (brought about by your latest blog entry)?
Naw…who cares?
You have no chance to survive make your time katsu.
September 14th, 2005 at 2:26 pm
Varied and terrible are the tales told of those who come to work at this office building.. but so far, mine is not one of them. Since I don’t work directly for the aforementioned uncle’s enterprise, it’s actually pretty nice. Got my own parking spot, a fairly large and spacious corner office, some actual goddamn privacy (as opposed to the constant gawking of passerby at the cubicle where we were before), my own machine.. overall, it’s pretty good, except, of course, for the glaring face of Cthulhu on the door in front of me.
Now, mind you, I can tolerate Cthulhu. Beats the hell out of Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey’s Present: the World’s Smallest Cubicles, showing now and forever on floor 6 of this fine establishment!
September 14th, 2005 at 6:35 pm
What floor are you on now? 7? In the back by the kitchenette?
September 14th, 2005 at 7:04 pm
Yup, floor 7, but up in front. When you enter the 7th floor lobby, you know there’s a door to your right and one right in front of you? Take the one right in front of you, and my office is the first door you see, right there on the corner, so I have a lovely view of traffic down la Muñoz Rivera. You should come visit sometime.
… didn’t even know there was a kitchennette.
September 15th, 2005 at 11:15 am
That used to be one of the *big* offices. They used to keep the CFO in there. I imagine they have repartitioned it. Anyway, the kitchenette used to be a very important place, becasue VP of Sales Uncle used to bring pan de Pepín every morning and leave it there. I imagine it’s in the big kitchen now (if he still brings the goodies!)