I love to sleep, and rarely get up before 7:30 A.M. It could be that I'm lazy, and just want to wait for the coffee to be made (Steve gets up at 6:30) but I don't think so.
That said, this morning I woke up at 5:30 and couldn't go back to sleep. So I got up, made coffee, fed Daisy (our lab) and went to my computer to write. Rocky the computer dog was waiting for me. I must admit that I don't usually pay attention to whatever office assistant pops up, but at six in the morning, with nothing better to do than (God forbid) work, I decided to check them out.
First up was Clipit a paperclip with bug eyes and Groucho Marx eyebrows. Now that's weird. Next, Dot, a red ball who makes cash register sounds, twirls himself into a frenzy and looks all sad and worried when I pull up the search feature. I'd need a serious dose of xanax to work with him. Moving on as quickly as I can (my anxiety level has gone up a few points thanks to Dot) I find F1 a scrawny squat robot with grasshopper legs and big bug eyes. What is it with the bug eyes on these guys. Now I'm really anxious. Fast clicking forward, I get the Microsoft office logo. Simple enough but when it spins it makes the same sound as the obelisk in Stanley Kubrick's movie 2001, which gives me chills every time I see it. I feel my blood pressure going up. Clicking ahead Merlin the magician appears. He's cute and kind of looks like one of those Hobbit creatures. I could live with him. Problem is that his eyes are crossed. I think it would drive me crazy looking at them. Mother Nature the globe comes up next. Pretty benign except for the fact that it's sound is the NBC logo sound. Did they pay to have that subliminally inserted? I love conspiracies so I think they did and I'm not going to subscribe to subversive tactics. Time for another cup of coffee. Wait, let me animate the globe just for the heck of it. Yikes...it turns into a black hole. Links the cat is pretty sweet looking except for the hissing thing she does. Thank heavens for Rocky the dog. He's my last choice and the best of the bunch -sweet, looks like my yellow lab, Brandy and doesn't pee in the house. I think I'm going to crawl back into bed and wait for Steve to get up.
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