Time
My clock:
This is the clock I have on my desk in my office. Behind the clock, you might (vaguely) be able to see my visitor chairs. Visitors to my office cannot see my clock because it faces me. However, it seems that my visitors want to know what time it is, so they turn the clock around to look, but they can never seem to tell what time it is. To me, it's pretty simple, I learned how to tell time on a non-digital display back in the first grade, but adults can't seem to be able to tell time anymore when they come into my office. I like to dub my office "the black hole of apathy" (yeah it's a rip-off from college days, but it seemed so appropriate) because everybody gets sucked in here, can never seem to leave, and nothing gets done. One look at the clock and all reasonable conversations are over...and I don't know why.
Just a bit of background: I'M WEIRD. I know this. I put the numbers on the clock myself more for self amusement than anything. I got bored one day and thought it would be fun to change things up a bit, swim upstream. No matter what position you have the clock in, the only number that is lined up correctly is 9 o'clock. I didn't plan it that way, I just kept turning the clock and putting the numbers on. There is no method to the numbers other than the fact that they are in proper order according to the hour, but the starting hour was picked at random. All I wanted to do was to make sure that the time went beyond the typical 24-hour clock, 'cause it's kinda my way of creating time. I've always wanted to add another hour to the day, and this was my chance, so I added 2 just because. Now, every time I look at my clock to mark down the hours I've billed I'm reminded that I'm different. It's also another example of me against "the man"...my own personal revolution. Even though my favorite saying is "if you're different, you're bad" I like to think that being different isn't ALL bad.
Time is all relative anyway.
Cheers,
Rocco
This is the clock I have on my desk in my office. Behind the clock, you might (vaguely) be able to see my visitor chairs. Visitors to my office cannot see my clock because it faces me. However, it seems that my visitors want to know what time it is, so they turn the clock around to look, but they can never seem to tell what time it is. To me, it's pretty simple, I learned how to tell time on a non-digital display back in the first grade, but adults can't seem to be able to tell time anymore when they come into my office. I like to dub my office "the black hole of apathy" (yeah it's a rip-off from college days, but it seemed so appropriate) because everybody gets sucked in here, can never seem to leave, and nothing gets done. One look at the clock and all reasonable conversations are over...and I don't know why.
Just a bit of background: I'M WEIRD. I know this. I put the numbers on the clock myself more for self amusement than anything. I got bored one day and thought it would be fun to change things up a bit, swim upstream. No matter what position you have the clock in, the only number that is lined up correctly is 9 o'clock. I didn't plan it that way, I just kept turning the clock and putting the numbers on. There is no method to the numbers other than the fact that they are in proper order according to the hour, but the starting hour was picked at random. All I wanted to do was to make sure that the time went beyond the typical 24-hour clock, 'cause it's kinda my way of creating time. I've always wanted to add another hour to the day, and this was my chance, so I added 2 just because. Now, every time I look at my clock to mark down the hours I've billed I'm reminded that I'm different. It's also another example of me against "the man"...my own personal revolution. Even though my favorite saying is "if you're different, you're bad" I like to think that being different isn't ALL bad.
Time is all relative anyway.
Cheers,
Rocco
posted by Rocco @ 12:58 PM
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