This is why I think I may be a geek. When I am writing with a marker pen on fancy paper and mis-spell "Happy birtday" because I'm thinking too fast, I think, "Ctrl-Z".
Why can't we have a Ctrl-Z for our normal everyday lives? (For the non-geeks, Ctrl-Z is the keyboard shortcut for the `undo' function in Windows.) Countless times I've longed for that nifty shortcut: when there is coffee all over the carpet because I toppled the cup while reaching for the phone, when my phone gets pickpocketed beccause I didn't zip up my bag, when I said something really stupid and hurt someone's feelings.
At those times, I just want to hit "Ctrl-Z" repeatedly until I get back to a more favourable state of being.
But life is not like that. If life were like that, I'll probably still be in 18-year-old mis_nomer beta version. I would have spilled no coffee, have no ex-es, broken no hearts, and done nothing mortally embarrassing, like forgetting to bring certain vital wardrobe functions. It just wouldn't happen because I would be Little Miss Perfect (and Little Miss Obsessive-Compulsive, too, but hey, who cares). (Did I spell Obesessive correctly? Ctrl-Z ctrl-Z ctrl-Z...)
(If anyone wants to know, I hit Ctrl-Z 29 times to create the graphic you see above.)
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Little Miss Geek
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OK, I'm with you on this one. The only thing I'd add is one of those Easy Buttons from Staples, although we shouldn't discount the possibility that pressing Control-Z and the Easy Button in an endless sequence could cause the universe to collapse in on itself.
Which, now that I think about it, would solve a lot of problems, as well.
lol... a Ctrl-Z is good but what would be better is a Quick Save/Quick Restore like in some games... tired with work? Quick Save and resume later when you're feeling more up to it... made a gaffe or faux pas and wanna re-do the situation again? Quick Restore from your last save point... woohoo!!
taking this even further... how about a walk-through for life's biggest problems? or a "tips, tricks, cheats and hints" section, and F1 for instant help??...
When I'm working on a drawing or painting, I seem to have lost the nervousness of days past because I'm so used to doing computer art that I foolishly think, "Oh. Spilled the paint across the paper. I'll just Ctrl-Z..."
...and then reality hits.
Oh, how I wish I could Ctrl-Z. I've thought this so many times. It's such a habit.
I needed Ctrl-Z yesterday, after being interviewed by a local paper, supposedly about women working in the oilfield. I even begged "will you read back what I said?"...to no avail.
He did promise he would make me sound good.
I'm trusting God on this one.
Eric, heh. We'll probably Ctrl-Z and Easy button ourselves back to primordial matter. ;) Thanks for the link, btw.
TOT, ooh. System restore would be mind-blowing. Would it mean we would never die? What a preposterous idea!
Julie, I know exactly what you mean. It will be interesting to study how our computer habits affect our psychology (and our art). ;)
Janie, thanks for coming by. Do you really work in an oilfield? Cool. Are you afraid of coming across as too much of a feminist, or? Reporters will say what they want anyway, so don't worry too much about it.. :)
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