Showing posts with label geniuses live among us. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geniuses live among us. Show all posts

12.06.2007

Mother-Effing Genius!

Like I said in my last post, I have a tremendous amount of coursework to do with very little time to do it. Today I decided that it would be advantageous to stay late at work and work on one of my papers. I was on such a role that when I looked up at the clock in my office it was 7:15pm!

Holy shit!
I decided that it may be a good idea to take a break.
So I saved the file and e-mailed it to myself (I keep forgetting my jump drive at home).

Luckily I didn't have to wait too long for the T, thank god because it's 24 degrees outside.
As we are approaching my stop the train comes to a screeching hault!
And the driver yells out "Holy SHIT! What's that lady doing on the tracks??"

Um Excuse Me?
Now this must prove that I have been living in the city for a long time because while all of the other passengers were scrambling to look out the windows of the train, I just stood them steaming because we weren't going anywhere.
Come on! I just want to get home already.

After a little while, we started moving again and my anger subsided.
(Just to note, I don't think that the conductor hit the woman. It's been icy and maybe she fell or something, who cares really).

I got home just before 8 and started up my trusty iBook G4.
After putting dinner in the oven, I sat down and logged into my e-mail to download my half written paper.

FUCK!
I forgot to convert it from a Microsoft 2007 (docx) file to a plain old Microsoft 97-2003 file (doc) (Did I loose some of you there?).
DAMMNIT!
Now I am livid. I was on such a role. I would have been able to actually accomplish something tonight.

But wait! Maybe I can just change the extension on the document to .doc.

Nope.
Fuck.

Okay Okay. Think Julie Think.
Maybe someone I know someone who has the newest version and I can e-mail it to them and they can convert it and send it back.

Nope.
I have all mac use friends.
Good. But Fuck!

After about an hour and some time spent consulting with Tarah I thought, Wait a second. I cannot be the only person with this problem. I'll just google "docx to doc" and see what a get.

Low and behold.......
I found this.

My heroes. This is such a smart idea.
So I paid my 5 bucks.... because let's face it, genius is worth it people.

Take that BILL GATES.
(Eventhough I do appreciate all of the charity work you do).