Ramblings of a Crowe

It's Mocking Me

Back to work.

The other day I was working on a project that required me to print many pages off of a data base I'd compiled. For three days, I'd done nothing but print papers and store them in binders. On the third day, I was finishing up my fourth binder when I noticed the printer seemed to be slowing down. I didn't think much of it, despite the fact that since I've returned full time to work, I've had nothing but computer trouble. I continued printing, then turned to my stack of already printed papers. As I thumbed through them, punching holes with that damn hole punch, I noticed that nearly all my pages in this particular stack were blank. All I could think was, "Oh shit." I started pulling out the blank pages, and when I did, I noticed that at the top of each page there was a tiny smiley face. Of course, this made me pause. My first reaction was, "What the hell?" That quickly shifted to a fleeting thought of "It's mocking me." Behind me, the printer kept printing...