I Heart the Internet

We're in a serious lull here at work; there is no work coming in and subsequently very little to keep me occupied between the long hours of 9 and 5(ish) My desk is clean, my office is even cleaner and I've e-mailed just about everyone I've ever met to stay busy. Yesterday I painted my nails and made vector Valentine's day cards for my friends. Yep, just another day at the office.

In honour of Friday, I spent my morning in a total emotive state watching youtube clips of my favorite television shows from the 80s and early 90s. My friend came in during this marathon session where mostly she just witnessed a giant smile plastered across my face for over an hour. My favorite part about the world wide web is just how far you can get in less than ten seconds. A click here, a click there and next thing you know you're watching an entire thirty minute episode of David the Gnome from 1991. It's just fantastic! It makes the marathon reminiscing sessions so much easier and quite frankly more enjoyable. How fun is it to say "do you remember that show Today's Special" and then the other person says no, not really (because they are probably from a household that had the Disney Channel and they were busy watching the Mickey Mouse Club or something equally awesome.) We didn't have the Disney Channel because it didn't used to be free with basic cable. I think it's much more fun to say "do you remember that show Today's Special" and when they say no you say "really, not even after you watch this awesome introduction" and then before you know it both of you are on the verge of tears because the escalator scene is bringing back very fond memories of the days of morning kindergarten and afternoon naps followed by episodes of Gummy Bears, The Snorks, Smurfs, The Little Prince or Noozles depending on what kind of house you lived in. Of course in my house it was mostly GI Joe, the Transformers and later endless hours of Top Gun, which for the record, we still own on VHS. Once I get myself together after reliving my childhood courtesy of youtube the phone rings and the request for a powerpoint deck brings me back to reality...