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[bronwynrh]

I've just spent the last 5 minutes trying to clean the inside of my mouse because my cursor's been jumping all over the place.

I am now wishing I had an optical mouse. This is so disgusting!

Comments

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

Bleh... d:

[journalismgirl.livejournal.com]

That's how I procrastinated in grad school. I'd go into our computer lab (there was a designated lab for grad students) and clean mouse balls.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's desperate, right there.

[dburr13.livejournal.com]

Join us Bronwyn...Here in the 21st century we all can have optical mouses!

[srallen.livejournal.com]

They still make analog mice?

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Sadly, yes. I just got the standard equipment with my work computer. Apparently an optical mouse is still Optional Equipment.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

I think we have one at home... I plan to bring it in. I'm nauseous enough without having to look at that gray frightfulness.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, yes it was. It was better than cleaning the bathroom or kitchen.

[journalismgirl.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes it was. It was better than cleaning the bathroom or kitchen.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Girl, didn't you have tv? Or the internet? Those were my procrastination methods of choice.

[srallen.livejournal.com]

I'm vaguely embarrassed by how much this surprises me...

[journalismgirl.livejournal.com]

We did... But the TV made my head hurt, and I didn't want to go online. This was when I was having five migraines a day, and really didn't want to do much of anything at all. I could rationalize mouse cleaning as being productive.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I see. I had those days, too, but I usually just spent them in bed trying to be very very still.

Good on you for at least trying to be productive!

[journalismgirl.livejournal.com]

That whole summer still kind of amazes me. My migraines hadn't yet been diagnosed, and they were so frequent and so weird. I spent most of that summer with a BP hovering around 80/60, and generally wanting to die. Yet I still somehow finished my thesis and received good marks.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Most of the migraineurs I know are a stubborn lot. None of want to have our lives derailed by a "mere headache"!

[sayga.livejournal.com]

My optical mouse at work was broken for like a year, then my boss ordered a football themed mouse for a client. The company sent the wrong team, and then never requested us to return the wrong one after they sent the right one. So I snagged it and now am the proud owner of a KU (Kansas University? It's got a giant chicken with Mickey Mouse shoes on it) mouse.

**Let me see if I can fix the array of typos I made**

[gwangi.livejournal.com]

I am trying so hard to make a decent mouse ball joke.

[platofish.livejournal.com]

I can't remember the last time I seen a roller ball mouse......sheesht!

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Don't hurt yourself.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Lord, now everyone thinks I'm a troglodyte!

[zoltara.livejournal.com]

I did the same thing. It's greatly satisfying.

[platofish.livejournal.com]

Well, well. An Amish business with computers....whoda thunk it.