Cube Doors

Like millions of Americans I work in a cubicle 40 hours a week trying to make some meaning of my existence in the corporate wheel. Honestly I gave up on trying to figure out the meaning, but more on that another time.

Today I'd like to talk about one of the greatest inventions for cubicles......the cube door. I've had mine for over 6 months now and it has become one of the most valuable items at work to keep me sane. It first started 10 months ago when management had the brilliant idea to "keep things fresh" and move everybody around to different cubes in the office. My move did not pose to be very fruitful as I was put across from a chronic and persistent nosey person. This person would look into my cube every time she would pass by. I'm not talking about a quick glance but a full on head turn as she would pass by. This drove me nuts and I had to do something about it. At first I had the idea of hanging some sort of beaded curtain to give me some privacy but I was afraid that the beads would be too noisy and management would think it would be a distraction to others. So I decided to go with this fringe curtain that I hung from the ceiling. It work fairly well except for the fact that everybody walking by it wanted to touch it and play with it. This too drove me nuts! This started my quest to find the perfect solution, something that I could put up that would give the message of leave me alone and mind your own business.

Then I found it from http://cubedoor.com/! This little genius device is really nothing more than a vertical blind going horizontal but some creative people decided to design it so that it would be able to clip onto the side of your cube. I ordered one right away without even consulting with my manager.....I figured I'd have a better chance of using it and them not saying "no" if it was already up. The screen is black and about 2 and a half feet in height....perfect. You can still see at the bottom but it's large enough to keep unwanted eyes to get the message. My managers were a bit suspicious at first thinking that I didn't want them looking in my cube and spying on me......which was partially true.

I'm alive and killing time!

So it's been a month and a half since I last posted anything. I just can't seem to find the time at home to do it or the will to get on the computer after spending 8 hours at work on the computer. So I decided to start updating it at work. I figure since I don't do much at work anyways I might as well work on my blog and at least do something productive at work. I'll try to fill it with some of the random stuff that I find while surfing or researching at work.....which tends to be a lot.

Take today for example, I found and printed wine tasting sheets for the upcoming wine party that my co-worker Leah and I are hosting. I watched the top 10 summer movie trailers. By the way WALL*E is looking to be a very entertaining movie. I also updated my Google Calender, read the paper, updated my fantasy baseball team, checked out Steep and Cheap for the latest outdoor gear specials and generally just dicked off all day long. More on my job and what I do later but for now this is going to have to be it since I'm almost off of work and god forbid I spend one extra minute here.

This post was all prompted by my off-hand remark to my co-worker about blogs in general. I'll leave you with it:
"A blog is like a poo, everybody seems to have one. They seem interesting and unique at first but in the end it is just a turd."