Last night was some kind of amazing rest-a-thon. I recently realized I have only two places to really be in my apartment; at my desk or in my bed. I have no other seating options, which kind of forces my hand. Lately, I’ve felt a little bit burned out by sitting behind my desk, so I’ve just been hopping in bed early. So, there I was in bed at 8pm and then, suddenly, it was 8am.
Amazing!
There are some disturbances in the force. The designers on my team, having that designer-ish kind of mindset, hate the rest of marketing. I just try to stay uninvolved. They have been bickering about new company logos for weeks now. It came down to a vote and I had that “here comes the perfect storm” kind of feeling, which ended up being totally justified.
I wanted to vote for nothing because, to be honest, I don’t really care. I’m more enthusiastic about how things work than I am about how they look. When I say our current site is a piece of crap, I mean mostly that it is difficult to maintain and some programming conventions don’t make much sense. Granted, it looks weird too but I can sort of live with it if I have to.
So, yes, it really has flared up. I sincerely wanted to vote for nothing when we were voting on logos. The votes were tallied and the designers weren’t happy with what people picked, so they bitched. They bitched to me since I sit next to them and I was at a total loss for words except to utter a half-interested “Hmm.” They discussed amongst themselves what a bunch of bastards they are and it was always kind of like, “Right, Jeff?” and I’m like “Oh, I don’t know…” My perspective is that, really, you should not have submitted anything for voting that you’d be completely unhappy with if it was chosen.
But, you know, whatever.
