Loading ...Repetitive Motion Injury
By Evan ~ March 5th, 2007. Filed under: daily life.
You know what doesn’t suck? Spike TV showing mobster movies throughout the month of March. Yesterday afternoon I innocently sat down to watch The Godfather, and then The Godfather Part II, and before I knew it I had wasted about ten hours. I don’t know where I went during that time period, but when I came to, I was covered in stale crumbs and there was a wad of drool hanging from the corner of my mouth, swaying back-and-forth in the breeze like a pendulum. If feeling so hideous and useless wasn’t so upsetting, the scene would have made for a beautiful still-life.
Apparently I won a contest for the first time in my life. I won a week of free ad-space on The Tripwire. I’m kind of happy I won this week’s contest, because if I’d won a limited edition Sufjan Stevens lithograph or tickets to see The Knife I might have just killed myself to avoid the embarrassment. Early this morning (at about noon), my friend Chris from QRO (and his own website, Synaptic Blur) listened to me blather on about what the ad should look like before churning out a lovely animated .gif which is now brilliantly directing people to this page. The ad is a perfect combination of information and self-deprecation, which mirrors the general theme of this site.
Late last night I found out that I have to put in seven-hour workdays for the remainder of the week. This wouldn’t be such a band thing if I worked at Victoria’s Secret, or in an office with people to talk to, but I work at home. In front of the computer. Executing the same repetitive mouse-click motion over-and-over again. I’ve only been doing this for two weeks (working a few hours a day), and I’ve already experienced intermittent pain in my neck, wrists, and thumbs. You can imagine how excited I am to dive into my work. I think my life is due for some changes, or I’ll probably end up like this guy:
