PLAYERS TASKS PRAXIS TEAMS EVENTS
Username:Password:
New player? Sign Up Here
Duck Monster
Level 1: 10 points
Alltime Score: 1320 points
Last Logged In: July 26th, 2008


retired
25 + 40 points

The Labeling Compulsion by Duck Monster

November 7th, 2007 7:48 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Compulsively label things, in your home and in places of business.

I've been looking forward to this task since the day I joined! (Which, yeah, was three or four days ago, but still. I hurried to level up, just so I could take this on. And although I'm marking it complete, I think I'm going to update this one a few times. I liked it so much!)

I began by compulsively labeling everything in my office, because that seemed a lot more fun (read: public) than doing this to my house. Which isn't to say I won't take on my house next. I probably will. I can't begin to describe the joy I got from labelling a magnet "magnet," a pen "pen," etc. The wordier labels were even more fun! And comforting. Very, very comforting.

At any rate, I started this task yesterday, at 5 or 6pm, and spent about an hour on it before my ride came to get me. I went home with the task incomplete and slept poorly, thinking of all the things I still wanted to label and how I would take the photos to best show off my labelling. This morning, I came back in to work, and I think I worked for maybe half an hour* before I couldn't take it any longer and had to "complete" this task. (I think I forgot something--I'm not saying what--and I want to label that and then take one more picture, to give you a better view of the place. It won't feel finished if I don't.)

Anyway, two of my coworkers have already asked about it, one with significant trepidation. That was enjoyable. Which reminds me: if there's anything that seems a bit ... untoward... in this photo series, you saw nothing. (Don't tell my corporate overlords. I'm more honest with you than I am with them.)

Attached are the images of my office. It's becoming really a splendid place The first picture will give you an idea of where to look for labels in the subsequent pictures. (Yes, I compulsively labeled, and then I compulsively circled the labels. There's nothing wrong with that.)

*Wasn't there some task about documenting oneself not working? Maybe I should have multi-tasked on this one.

- smaller

with_circles.JPG

with_circles.JPG

Here's the office, with circles to give you an idea of where to look for magnets.


desk_left.JPG

desk_left.JPG

My paper tray.


desk_mid_left.JPG

desk_mid_left.JPG










8 vote(s)



Terms

(none yet)

5 comment(s)

(no subject)
posted by Stu on November 7th, 2007 9:30 PM

1. You labeled the fruit stickers.

2. You had fruit stickers in a particular place in the first place.

You rule.

Why have more people not voted for this?
posted by Charlie Fish on November 9th, 2007 1:56 AM

This is awesome. You should maybe have taken closer-up pictures so people could appreciate the awesomeness even more.

I might do this.

For the lovers of labelled things
posted by Meta tron on November 9th, 2007 2:30 PM

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LqYBncyKpM]
main_tea30096.jpg

tea.

(no subject)
posted by Duck Monster on November 15th, 2007 1:46 PM

What a fantastic video!

I love labels so much. :)

diet coke with rum
posted by lara black on November 25th, 2007 10:35 AM

omg.