Yuna’s Brew-Ha-Ha List — Things To Do During The Critical Business Meetings
If you are lucky enough to have a laptop and Internet connection in the conference room, here is a list of things you could do to kill some time while looking like heads down taking heavy notes:
- Play the Google game. Come up with a word or a phrase that generates most Google hits. Ok, this game is old, but I still like to play it. For example, “me” generates 1.18 billion matches, but “love” only generates 478 million. Are people selfish? “Christine Zheng” generates 265K and “Yuna” has 2.9 million!
- If you own a blog site, search happy words such as “laugh”, “happy”, “cheer” and write down the number of posts containing these words. Then search “sucks”, “crap”, and “damn”. Compare the results. I have 24 laughs/happy/cheer and 17 sucks/crap/damn. I guess I am generally a happy person who doesn’t whine too much? (idea inspired by Liz’s “The Searching For Joy”)
- Take the quiz and find out which fantasy/Sci-Fi character you are. I am Aragorn! Wow, no wonder he is my most favorite character in LOTR!
- Check out high resolution hurricane Wilma satellite image.
If you are unfortunately sitting in a conference room with neither computer nor internet connection, there are still amusing things to do with absolutely no resource. I shamelessly admit that I have done these things before:
Pretend to be Nemo who wants to date the Shark
(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)
A while ago when I was heavily playing Finding Nemo and constantly trying to run away from the chasing shark, I did try to pretend to be Nemo and imagine how it would be if I could date my shark friend and how this whole size thing works.
Holding your breath
(Amusement Potential: 5 seconds-20 minutes)
Not that much fun, but it sure passes the time. Some tips: hyperventilate before hand, and stay as still as possible. My personal best is less than a minute. No wonder I can’t swim that well. But be prepare to answer the project manager’s question, “Christine, why is your face turning blue?”
Use your secret mind power
(Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes)
Pick the most annoying person in the room and try to use your mind power to command him/her tp do something, like drop the computer or slap the person right next to him/her. The law of averages dictates that sooner or later one of your mind commands will come true, so you can convince yourself that you really have super human powers and waste even more time trying them out. I tried to use my secret mind power to instruct the PM to say, “Ok, this is it for the day. Thanks for coming.”
ME Strauss said,
October 19, 2005 @ 11:16 pm
Hi Yuna,
Thanks for the tips on what to do during meetings. Wish I would have had them when I was at MIT–just kidding.
I am Galadriel.
Possessing a rare combination of wisdom and humility, while serenely dominating my environment I selflessly use myr powers to care for others.
I had no idea that I was all of these things. Must be my split personality. Oh well, the latest research says us schizo-types are the most creative.
Yuna said,
October 20, 2005 @ 7:45 am
Hi Liz, I am starting to thinking this quiz really works!! Galadriel is blond, tall and she wallks with lights shining upon her and yes she is the the Lady of the light with full of wisdom…. sounds just like your blog!!!!
Kris said,
October 20, 2005 @ 11:33 am
One of the things we do around here to kill time during compilation/uploading/etc… is to watch the projected “cone o’ death” at NOAA. Groan. Not another hurricane.
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