written 10/11/1999 I was insulted today by a woman with Parkinson's. There's this secretary here who has Parkinson's, she's only 50 years old and it's supposed to be some big secret except everyone knows it. People gossip all the time about what a poor soul she is and how well she's taking it. Well, today I was in her office and standing near her desk when she looked up and said "Hey, you're not standing straight! Why aren't you standing straight? I'm the only one around who's allowed not to stand straight!" What can you say to that? I didn't say anything.
I tried out Word98 for the first time yesterday. It's way more annoying than Word97. It's actually annoying in some of the same ways that Odie is. Word98 always tries to help you when you don't really need help, and so does Odie. Like, when I'm trying to write :), and word automatically upgrades it into a smiley face. And I don't want a smiley face! I want a :). Well, in the old Word, if you pressed delete, then it would get the hint and change everything back to the way it was. Like, it understood the hint. Well, Word98 and Odie don't get the hint. They keep offering their help even when you make it very very clear that you need some freedom, and if that means doing things the hard way, so be it. I have been crossing the street by myself, and have known how to count for years. So why does Word have to number my paragraphs and Odie put out his hand to slow me down every time I cross the street? Like they know better than me what is good for me. And that is something I really hate.
You know the stapler thing Word97 has, that keeps popping up and offering help when you don't need it, but is useless when you do? Well, once I decided I was tired of the stapler and wanted to change it to a different character. Well, I looked in the character gallery and the possibilities were nice, but they weren't my stapler. I was starting to feel like I would miss my stapler if I traded it for someone else. I was also beginning to feel guilty towards the stapler for trying to get rid of it when all it had ever done was smile at me and offer me help. It didn't help my guilty feelings that while I was looking at the gallery, the stapler was looking at me sideways, giving me an evil eye, like it knew what I was up to. Well, I was starting to feel stupid for having such strong feelings for a bit of computer code, so I decided to tough it out and just do it! Exchange him! And then I got a message "At this moment, It is impossible to change the Office97 help function" and I…. WAS…. RELIEVED….. (Did anyone see "eyes wide shut"?).
So if I get that attached to a virtual stapler, is it surprising I have problems with relationships
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