nova. nation.

GO NOVA!

Let’s hope there’s no phantom traveling call like in ‘o5 against the ‘heels.

Watch this..

Jay Wright has been on Facebook for 1.5 days and already has 1000 fans. So much gets accomplished during my day..

cyberterrorizing. cybil.

Ah, cyber-terrorism via remote location. It’s almost too easy..

skybil: EVIL!
skybil: I think I jumped when I logged in today

(who doesn’t love danaheads as their desktop wallpaper?)

And who says you have to be famous in order to have your Twitter hacked?

Skybil should at least be happy that there are no signs of Clippy.. yet.

Update: She’s now throwing around false accusations!

Skybil (12:24:23 PM): YOU!
Skybil (12:24:27 PM): I thought it was Sean
The Brit (12:24:30 PM): me
Skybil (12:24:31 PM): BUT IT WAS YOU
The Brit (12:24:35 PM): wot?
Skybil (12:24:35 PM): I trusted you!
Skybil (12:24:48 PM): I jumped when I saw the Danaheads!
Skybil (12:24:51 PM): Hee hee!

snowpacalypse in seattle

Christmas break in Seattle!

Obligatory Niketown shot. I stop in probably twice a week. Hey, it’s right across the street from my bus stop! Totally valid excuse.

Pre! Technically more of an Oregon thing, but I’ll take it. Also upcoming: roadtrip to Portland for another swooshtastic day with my favorite Tarheel. Actually, technically he might be second, after Tyler Hansbrough.

Busy at work.. Celebrity Salvation Army bell ringing. Basketball legend Sheryl Swoopes and Storm mascot Doppler ring it in. Check out Swoopes’ kicks!

Dusting off 8 years of basketball rust and playing on the Sonics/Storm practice courts.

Who said anything about rain and overcast weather? Snowpacalypse in Seattle! Seattle-ites are worse than Atlantans!

Oh, and Sue Bird has one sweet ride.

sensitive. skybil.

Another day, another G-chat war.

And of course, Greg’s interest was piqued.. [from Skybil's Facebook wall]

Via email:
—–
From: Greg
To: Skybil
Subject: Howdy

PS, Clippy?

—–
From: Skybil
To: Greg
Subject: Re: Howdy

D ana is tormenting me about her “best office prank ever.” She installed a fake Microsoft ‘clippy’ character on my computer and it would pop up every five seconds to say things like: I see that you have internet explorer on your computer. You can use that to search for things on the Internet.

After about 10 minutes of this, I completely lost my mind!

—–
From: Greg
To: Skybil
Subject: Re: Howdy

That made me laugh so hard I think I’m going to explode.

—–

Yeah, Skybil’s still a little sensitive about the whole Clippy incident. Which has enjoyed a new resurgence of life in the newsroom, as it has been requested out of popular demand today. You can download your own copy here. And btw, it’s much more effective when stealth-installed on some unassuming technology illiterate challenged journalist type’s computer. Like, Skybil.

A sampling of Clippy quotes:
- It appears you are connected to the Internet.
- I see that you have been using your mouse.
- Your computer seems to be turned on.
- Your productivity has been decreasing lately. I hope everything is ok.
- Your posture seems to be degrading, please reposition yourself now.
- Background processing has rated your typing speed to be below normal.
- Would you like me to go away?
- I noticed you have Internet Explorer installed on your system. You can use that to find things on the Internet.

And look, Skybil already has her next Halloween costume in the works:

Long live Clippy!

dwight. day.

Rainn Wilson, aka Dwight K. Schrute from The Office, was at CNN today! The Brit hostilely made me submit an iReport, which quickly became a monster in the newsroom. Behold:

Email from The Brit:
Subject: I don’t see a submission from your Dwight bobblehead yet

–

So like the good obedient child that I am, I put together my very first iReport:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-46990

–

Next email from The Brit:
The iReport team are complaining that you didn’t send video…

Comments from inside the building, useful suggestion at end.

DW: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-46990
The Brit: I made her send it!
The Brit: and have berated her for it not being video
DW: Thank you, saves me from having to do it.
DW: I’m betting not first time she’s gotten berated for “doesn’t follow directions.”
DW: it’s gotten 56 hits in 14 minutes.
The Brit: really? oh lord, she’ll be insufferable. But 50 of those prob from inside here
DW: i don’t know how the click counts work internally. she didn’t even have her picture in her profile. i’m pretty sure some of our users get additional clicks because of picture they choose
The Brit: it’s her first submission, bless her
DW: i’m just saying. she’s got her logo. i’m estimating that picture of female is good for at least a 10% increase in clicks. more if they’re cute.

–

More, via IM:
The Brit: … But I have created a whole new audience for dpnation …
DP: i just changed my profile pic
The Brit: a man wandering past my cube says “that’ll work”

–

And somewhere out of this, I think got hitched:
y++: breaking news!
y++: Deeps is now my gf
Skybil: WOW!!
y++: yes
Skybil: Let me start spreading rumors …
y++: fictional, perhaps, but where’s the line these days
y++: yes yes, she’s my gf
Skybil: True. Lots of relationships are based on fiction!
y++: entirely
Skybil: Indeed

DW comes through on my iReport, clears for on air usage!

DW: “I’ll make an exception and vet this one.”

Q&A between DW and DP (required for iReports used on CNN):
Did you take the picture? — YES and those are my bobbles (Teixiera is a gift from the Brit herself)
What kind of camera did you use? — iPhone, hence why the picture quality is so awful
Where do you live? NYC
What do you do? MBA/online celebrity/bacon enthusiast
Are you over 18? pretty sure, yes.

–

They begin to realize they’ve created a monster:
Skybil: You’ve made Dana insufferable!!
Skybil: I blame you
DW: made?
Skybil: Good point

–

Going live in 3.. 2..
The Brit: make sure you watch this thing on dotcom live
The Brit: there may be a surprise for you

–

Wes’ brush with fame and 20/20 hindsight:
Wes: OMG OMG I just got to shake dwight schrute’s hand
DP: OOOOOH
Wes: he even talked to me
Wes: bet you’re regretting business school now

Dwight signing T’s [exercise] ball.

See Dwight head to the weather center and do the forecast for CNN. Unsure of what he did to Chad Myers, the regular weather guy.

–

m++’s ultimate plan:
m++: skybil has given me a strategy on how to get you down here
m++: deeps, your hair looks terrible, you need to visit your stylist here
[he may be onto something here..]

cold. lanta.

Skybil reports from the frozen tundra also known as the newsroom:

Day Two of No Heat In The Newsroom:

To keep ourseleves warm, we compiled this …

1. I’m afraid if I hit my fingers – they would shatter
2. OSHA refuses to visit until it warms up
3. I’m standing in front of the open refrigerator to keep warm
4. I would wear UGA ear muffs
5. We asked for I-Reports of the Sun
6. We’ve been asked to participate in the new “Survivor: CNN.com Newsroom”
7. The hot chocolate delivery guys drank it all.
8. I keep cheering for the Thrashers
9. Al Gore is reconsidering his stance on global warming.

bagel. burgler.

The situation:

My mental image:

bacon. blogs.

Skybil Wallace, managing news and dreams.

On giving advice:
Skybil: What’s wrong?
Coworker: I hate my worthless life!
Skybil: Want some candy??

On getting freebies from J:
Skybil: HUMPH! Does he call your boyfriend Fake J??? I have EARNED free shoes!

She knows me all too well:
Skybil: Have you had a lobster roll yet?
DP: No! But I had lobster that one day
DP: I think I was playing a little too much with it
Skybil: I can totally see you doing that!

On Big Brother:
Skybil: That monitoring device is working like a charm for you!

On potential blog names:
Skybil: ‘Bacon is Life’ is being suggested for the blog name.
DP: First entry: Baconfest flashbacks of Christmas past
Skybil: Bacon I have known…
Skybil: My fondest bacon memories…
DP: you’ve got a lot of material to work with.

On dating:
Skybil: I really must drive a neat freak vegetarian insane
[more evidence here]

She’s a catch! Really!
Skybil: the other day I thought it would be fun to speak in grunts and clicks all nite
DP: omg can I play?!
Skybil: However, he got frustrated with me when he actually wanted to know what I wanted for dinner.
DP: Muuuurrrrrhhhhh!!
Skybil: Totally serious.

coming. clean.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Rachel
Date: Oct 5, 2007 11:53 AM
Subject: To my friends
To: Cybil, Dana

Now that Marion has come clean, I feel I must admit too that I have taken flaxseed oil, though I continue to believe my freakish strength is down to God and hard work.

I am sorry for all the disappointment you may now feel.

Rachel

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Cybil
Date: Oct 6, 2007 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: To my friends
To: Dana
Cc: Rachel

Oh my God, it’s all so clear now. It’s weird how we can look back at events and it suddenly all makes sense. I kept thinking about how Rachel so easily threw you over her shoulder (and then fell down in my cubicle). Freakishly strong, indeed.

p.s.

Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if I accidentally sent this to Rachel??? Ha!

Cybil

skyb-versations

On my departure:
Skybil:Yesterday when there was a meeting for new [promoted worker], someone backed into the Danahead Story Tracker
Skybil:It made this huge rukus
Skybil:It was just like you were here

On relationships:
Skybil: Oh, [boyfriend] said you need to come back
DP: are you still cranky?
Skybil: YES! He’s been sick so I’ve been making up new dances to cheer him up
Skybil: I even worked in a split leap!! He was unimpressed.
Skybil: He just says, Yeah, Dana needs to come back

On dance partners:
DP: maybe [nameless coworker] will dance with you?
Skybil: I’ve even asked her
Skybil: I was like, we need to create a dance about this feature series!!
Skybil: She thought I was joking, so I had to play it off

On geography:
Skybil: Yeah, things are so bad without you, rach is in the artic circle

On anger management:
Skybil: So [another nameless coworker] was giving away 4 Braves tickets to the first person who responded to his email and … I WON! So, [dp's former boss] walks by and asks how I’m going to make three friends by 7pm.
Skybil: And then I smacked him.

i think i need a new manager

My goodbye email, written by my PR coordinator, Skybil.

Hello. Those of you who are not Cybil or Rachel probably didn’t get me to know me that well. Sure, you may have heard my overly loud voice or seen me practicing my dance moves, but have you ever funneled beer with me?? OK, yes, you probably have. Now I am off to grad school!!! But wait, there’s cookies!! At my desk!!! I didn’t even bake them — SUZY DID. Summer will be my verb! Heart, The Nation

caption. this.

Q: What can $10 buy you?

A: the most brilliant Halloween costume to date. (There have been quite a few)

Leave any other costume suggestions below.

true. love.

Psycho T has stolen my M&M chick!

ps.. do you think I have too much to look at while at my desk? No wonder I’m going blind. Maybe I should get some eye surgery like Wes did.

(And that’s not even close to when I’m working video. I’m gonna start looking into seeing eye dogs.)

cube. etiquette.

Another brilliant blog posting by Skybil. She’s giving The Nation a run for its money, but then again, I provide all her ridiculous content.

who’s your daddy?

today is take your kid to work day, please keep all cursing to a minimum.

Cybil: it’s weird to see children in the newsroom. I mean, children who aren’t dana.

best. seller.

kk: I’m going to write a book called “Argumentative Webmastering”
kk: The first chapter: Everyone else is an idiot
kk: Chapter 2: JSON is not a person.
kk: Chapter 3: Tables are evil. Period.
DP: chapter 4: stop asking me for javascript
DP: chapter 5: label your goddamn tickets with something useful

Life Lesson #9034785: cause Cybil to get in trouble, get free Starbucks and cupcake. Life is totally fair.

Rebel2524: oh man you are so lucky
Auto response from SPOON10: cleaning tangent, jenn is rewarding me by baking cookies
Rebel2524: i wish i had a roommate that would make me cookies
Rebel2524: mostly cause right now i have a craving for cookies
Rebel2524: more evidence that only people who run as much as you do can eat cookies
Rebel2524: sigh.

Speaking of the roommate, it’s our one year anniversary of moving to Pleasantville. Make sure to buy me something nice.

heart shaped cube

what’s up with guys just randomly asking me out AT MY CUBE? Don’t they realize 1) I’m working 2) I have no idea who the heck you are and 3) my cube-mates were laughing at my visible uncomfortableness and still not coming to my rescue the entire time. Oh yeah, and the whole I’m available and willing to date you thing. Might want to check that part first. Amusing for the rest of the newsroom, nonetheless.

random bruise on side of leg – no idea how it happened unless I subconsciously was twitching on my marathon United flights.

Two more interview requests.. I really should have applied places that don’t require air travel in order to get there. Also, apparently KU has already accepted me even though I never applied. Thanks for the GMAT selling my scores to every university in this hemisphere.

Happy 420, if that’s your thing. It’s certainly not mine, but I’m embracing my inner libertarian today.

goodmorning. gift.

What a great way to start off the morning.. a surprise koozy gifting for taking the Brit to Opening Day last week! I will be extra klassy sitting in the VP’s seats behind homeplate at the Cubs game.

Opening Day

Also, it was the coldest. day. ever. Not even the beer kept us warm.

dp. tube.

Yes, I’ve been sucked into YouTube. Mostly because it’s a good venue to post videos that we make at work.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=dpnation10

The latest: Peep Huntin’

Rebel2524: i just watched the video of you attacking the peeps…seriously dana, let me know when you want me to call a shrink

multi. tasking.