Dice Billboard & Office Work

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You know I'm a big fan of things made of odd materials. I found this on the Make blog. The caption said this bus stop billboard ad in Australia was made with 7,563 individual dice.

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Oy, it's going to be quite a day. I've been going in to work an hour early every day. I think I've mentioned that I've taken on some new responsibilities recently - our returns process. I'm enjoying it but I already had a full-time job, ya know?

Then is the week our department is moving into different offices. It's kind of a chain reaction that has to be done in a specific order. We're all staying within the same area, just switching around and compacting ourselves. I went in extra early yesterday and took breakfast bagel sandwiches to the 2 guys who are doing the heavy lifting for us. For one, it's his job; for the other, it's something he volunteered for. The sandwiches were well received.

Today is my turn to move into the office that my friend Jennifer vacated. I vacuumed last night before I left and I'll meet the guys there around 6:00 this morning. As tall bookcases and other things were moved out, I realized one of the walls is really scuffed up. So I went next door where two of the VPs were chatting and said, "Guess what?"

"I've become one of those employees. I want to paint my office."

They kind of laughed because some employees get really emphatic about the condition of the building. I'm not one of them. It's an older building, the owner is frugal, no point in getting all worked up about it.

I said that to them, half-joking, thinking there was no way they'd say yes without forming a committee, discussing it for weeks, having the CEO approve it, the works. They said the company would pay for the paint if I would do the painting. Hell yeah!

"But Stefani, black is out."

"I'm an eccentric artist! I must have color."

That's when they got scared, I think.

"Any non-beige color is fine with me," I said.

Then I realized I really only need to paint one wall, which is perfect because I really don't have time to paint the entire office. So I stopped at Home Depot on my way home last night to pick out some paint chips I think are close to the existing color. I'll figure out the right one today, then pick another color on the same strip, a bit darker. Then I'll go in Sunday morning and paint that wall. I need to do this quickly, before anybody changes their mind.

I did warn them that this would probably cause a chain reaction - other employees wanting to paint. But then I remembered that most employees won't be willing to paint. In a perfect world, that is the job of the landlord or the building maintenance guy. But our world ain't perfect and I want it badly enough to do it myself. And I like to paint.

Heck, a few years back, our building guy painted our ladies room for us, a lovely Periwinkle blue. So the day after Thanksgiving, when we are open but not busy, I painted the stall itself. I found the perfect co-ordinating fabric and Jen made a skirt for the sink.

Sometimes you just have to do it yourself.

So I started out by saying this is going to be quite a day. That's because I had the alarm set for 4:00 but woke up at 3:23 to go to the bathroom. Naturally my mind started racing about how I'm going to arrange my new office. Screw it, I finally just got up. Hope the adrenaline keeps me going all day.

So I guess I won't have much Olympics watching in my evening tonight. I better get to bed early because I've got this craft show to participate in tomorrow. The weather looks perfect, by the way - sunny and 70s.

3rd Annual Penfield Community Festival
Saturday, August 16
11:00-4:00
Heritage Park, Penfield

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