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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Ransom

when juan left the office, he also left his most prized possession: his mug.

java rehabilitation clinic

"learning ruby, one day at a time"

(classic techie mug)

juan,

if you want your mug, meet me at the park at 12:00PM on june 14th with one grande starbucks caramel frappucino. those are my demands.

- marni

p.s. don't make this harder than it needs to be.

Personal Business is Now Everyone's Business

we REALLY wish we would have thought of this one a long time ago

note reads: "Food in fridge"

leaving personal reminder notes in random places in the building

brilliant :)

more to come...stay tuned...

Thursday, June 2, 2011

NG - aka, the New Guy

and we're not talking about the movie The New Guy in which marni was an extra (#embarrassedtoadmit). we're talking about the new guy in the office.

NG joined us about two weeks ago. we really knew nothing of him when he was hired, other than the fact that he was an Aggie and a techie, so we decided to welcome him the only way we knew how:

Techie figurines and Aggie pride.

During our first family dinner with NG (his 2nd day), we asked him what we should know about him.

NG: well...um...ok...I'm the lead guitarist in a rock band.

marni: what?? seriously?

NG: um...yeah.

marni: what do you guys sound like?

NG: we're like a combination of 30 seconds to mars and blink 182

emily: really???

marni: so, do you sing in your band?

NG: yeah, sometimes

marni: ok...go ahead...give us a sample...

NG: {nervous laughter}

marni: do you wear rocker-y glasses when you play?

NG: um, no.

marni: do you paint your nails black?

NG: {laughs} No.

emily: what kind of clothes do you wear at your concerts?

NG: uhh....jeans and a t-shirt

emily: hm..

later we googled NG's band.

this is them:

the hollow empire

they sound just like yellowcard! SO unexpected!

and then we found some of NG's solo stuff:

train's "hey soul sister" and lady gaga "paparazzi" and "umbrella" by rhianna

surprising song choices, but more along the lines of what we expected.

welcome to the office, NG, welcome to the office. :)

Juan. Child Genius. Resident StarTrek Nerd. Always Looming.

Well, Juan decided to call it quits. On life. Life at the office that is. He's going solo in doing the tech thing from home, back to the south. Blessed southland.

Here's what we'll miss:

Stealing his Battle Star Galactica Toys.

Blocking the entrance to his office.

Decorating his office.

Taking all of his trinkets and toys and putting them on the reception desk.

Playing Battlestar Gallactica with his Star Trek toys.

Putting his expensive computer parts in the trash.

Imitating his command control center.

The classic packing peanuts in the ceiling gag.

Spraying odorous cologne in the conference room.

Putting tiaras on the Space ship.

Sticky note city in his office.

Prank on Juan

Juan is our most beloved co-worker to prank, because he takes it the best. This time around, we poured day-old coffee into a glass and labeled it as coke. hehehehehehehehehehehehehe. He didn't fall for it. But we all had a good laugh....mostly just us :)