Comments on: Office 12: Huh. http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/ More than you ever wanted to hear from Bestselling Author Jenny Crusie. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:59:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Deirdre http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-11734 Deirdre Sat, 13 Oct 2007 05:49:50 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-11734 So enjoyed your sharing this. Of course reading your 12 days allowed me to avoid further progress on my own office, but it was inspiring. It's the paper, dammit. Overwhelming. "Happiness is good health and a bad memory." I agree with that more each day and now wonder why I felt it necessary to document and keep so much. Cheers to your newly clean office and all the creativity that will come with cleared space! So enjoyed your sharing this. Of course reading your 12 days allowed me to avoid further progress on my own office, but it was inspiring. It’s the paper, dammit. Overwhelming.

“Happiness is good health and a bad memory.” I agree with that more each day and now wonder why I felt it necessary to document and keep so much.

Cheers to your newly clean office and all the creativity that will come with cleared space!

Thumb up 0

]]> By: Jenny http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10128 Jenny Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:12:44 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10128 Das Box was a play on <em>Das Boot</em>, a Wolfgang Petersen classic about WWII, which was spoofed in one of my all time guilty pleasures, <em>Up the Creek</em>, when Tim Mathieson looks over the water at the evil fraternity guys who are trying to beat his geeks and growls, "Das Raft." Well you had to be there. Also, I'm German/Swiss, so not knocking Germans. I eat sauerkraut every New Year's Day without fail. And my birthday was wonderful. I re-read <em>The Truth</em> and <em>Going Postal</em> and I have now moved on to <em>Making Money</em> although today I had to work, too. Life is good. And the office is clean. YAY! Now on to the hall. Das Box was a play on Das Boot, a Wolfgang Petersen classic about WWII, which was spoofed in one of my all time guilty pleasures, Up the Creek, when Tim Mathieson looks over the water at the evil fraternity guys who are trying to beat his geeks and growls, “Das Raft.” Well you had to be there. Also, I’m German/Swiss, so not knocking Germans. I eat sauerkraut every New Year’s Day without fail.

And my birthday was wonderful. I re-read The Truth and Going Postal and I have now moved on to Making Money although today I had to work, too. Life is good. And the office is clean. YAY!

Now on to the hall.

Thumb up 0

]]> By: JulieB http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10125 JulieB Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:09:52 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10125 I was going through my daily reading and saw PBW really enjoyed AATHM. She liked it so much she's giving out three copies. http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/ I was going through my daily reading and saw PBW really enjoyed AATHM. She liked it so much she’s giving out three copies. http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/

Thumb up 0

]]> By: Anna http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10112 Anna Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:53:26 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10112 Congratulations! It looks great. Congratulations! It looks great.

Thumb up 0

]]> By: Shoshana http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10098 Shoshana Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:47:41 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10098 I guess I'm on a different band, because I looked at the Box of Doom and saw that the post after Jenny opened it was labeled 'Huh' and immediately thought of the first episode of Firefly. Which I want to see again, now... Happy Birthday. Beautiful lovely clean office -congratulations. I guess I’m on a different band, because I looked at the Box of Doom and saw that the post after Jenny opened it was labeled ‘Huh’ and immediately thought of the first episode of Firefly.

Which I want to see again, now…

Happy Birthday. Beautiful lovely clean office -congratulations.

Thumb up 0

]]> By: Kieran http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10089 Kieran Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:16:09 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10089 Sept. 17th's your birthday?? It's mine, too. Best wishes!! Sept. 17th’s your birthday?? It’s mine, too. Best wishes!!

Thumb up 0

]]> By: micki http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10083 micki Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:37:56 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10083 (-: Oh my goodness, I'm in the zeitgeist. My first thought on seeing the post was, "She's nesting. Probably about to give birth to some wonderful idea." Then I look at the comments, and I AM NOT ALONE! Many happy wishes for your birthday! And, on the dachshund discussion, we called 'em weiner dogs too, back in Nebraska. (-: Oh my goodness, I’m in the zeitgeist. My first thought on seeing the post was, “She’s nesting. Probably about to give birth to some wonderful idea.” Then I look at the comments, and I AM NOT ALONE!

Many happy wishes for your birthday!

And, on the dachshund discussion, we called ‘em weiner dogs too, back in Nebraska.

Thumb up 0

]]> By: liz http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10073 liz Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:55:19 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10073 zum geburtstag viel gluck... i have no idea if i spelled that correctly, but it is the beginning of "Happy Birthday to You" in German. it has been a while since high school German, but i thought i'd add another "good" thing in German! zum geburtstag viel gluck…
i have no idea if i spelled that correctly, but it is the beginning of “Happy Birthday to You” in German. it has been a while since high school German, but i thought i’d add another “good” thing in German!

Thumb up 0

]]> By: robena grant http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10072 robena grant Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:35:51 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10072 Oh, Toni, you just bought back a funny memory. I saved both my kids teeth in two silver pill boxes, one for each kid. In the Northridge earthquake the curio cabinet took a dive and all of the teeth spilled out. I shoved them all into one box and forgot about them. Years later, one Thanksgiving, my young adult kids sat on the floor and separated all of the teeth into two rows, trying to figure out which belonged to which kid. They held them up in front of their mouths saying, "Does this one look like me?" Then they'd collapse into hysterical laughter. Weird, I know, but thanks. And happy, happy, joy, joy, again, Jenny. Oh, Toni, you just bought back a funny memory. I saved both my kids teeth in two silver pill boxes, one for each kid. In the Northridge earthquake the curio cabinet took a dive and all of the teeth spilled out. I shoved them all into one box and forgot about them. Years later, one Thanksgiving, my young adult kids sat on the floor and separated all of the teeth into two rows, trying to figure out which belonged to which kid. They held them up in front of their mouths saying, “Does this one look like me?” Then they’d collapse into hysterical laughter. Weird, I know, but thanks.
And happy, happy, joy, joy, again, Jenny.

Thumb up 0

]]> By: Toni Anderson http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10071 Toni Anderson Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:00:00 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10071 Happy Birthday! My newest nephew was born today so that's a good sign for him to share it with you :) I love old boxes (I know I'm weird). The only really strange thing I keep are my kids' teeth. No idea what to do with them when the tooth fairy doesn't show up. Happy Birthday! My newest nephew was born today so that’s a good sign for him to share it with you :)

I love old boxes (I know I’m weird). The only really strange thing I keep are my kids’ teeth. No idea what to do with them when the tooth fairy doesn’t show up.

Thumb up 0

]]> By: WapakGram http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10070 WapakGram Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:31:38 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10070 Jenny- hope you had a wonderful day. I like to look at birthdays as a new year of life, that is a present to be opened every day for the next year with lots of surprises inside! I spent too long with the "what have I not accomplished" idea and decided to change at 50. When you get there, you might want to consider it. :-) I didn't know we had different syntax in Ohio? Thanks again for taking us along on the office cleaning ride. The smallest thing starts a revolution!!!! Anyways, Absolutely nothing but good times ahead. Jenny- hope you had a wonderful day. I like to look at birthdays as a new year of life, that is a present to be opened every day for the next year with lots of surprises inside!

I spent too long with the “what have I not accomplished” idea and decided to change at 50. When you get there, you might want to consider it. :-)

I didn’t know we had different syntax in Ohio?

Thanks again for taking us along on the office cleaning ride. The smallest thing starts a revolution!!!!

Anyways, Absolutely nothing but good times ahead.

Thumb up 0

]]> By: Yvonne Lindsay http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10069 Yvonne Lindsay Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:55:19 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10069 Here's to a wide open future, Jenny. You can save the Viking funeral for 'next time' I hope your birthday has been happy. Here’s to a wide open future, Jenny.

You can save the Viking funeral for ‘next time’

I hope your birthday has been happy.

Thumb up 0

]]> By: juneb http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10067 juneb Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:34:41 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10067 Happy Birthday to you-also author Andrew Greeley and composer John Rutter and me. As I look at that, it reminds me of the kid's game-one of these thing is not like the other, one of these things is not quite the same.... Thanks for Agnes and the Misfortunes and all the others that I have so enjoyed. Happy Birthday to you-also author Andrew Greeley and composer John Rutter and me. As I look at that, it reminds me of the kid’s game-one of these thing is not like the other, one of these things is not quite the same…. Thanks for Agnes and the Misfortunes and all the others that I have so enjoyed.

Thumb up 0

]]> By: Kira http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10064 Kira Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:04:40 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10064 Happy Birthday! May this coming year be one of blessings of health, prosperity, joy, and success in everything you touch. Happy Birthday!

May this coming year be one of blessings of health, prosperity, joy, and success in everything you touch.

Thumb up 0

]]> By: JanD http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10063 JanD Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:53:45 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10063 A beautiful office after 12 days. Great work. You have inspired me to get to my own mess. And Happy birthday, too. A beautiful office after 12 days. Great work. You have inspired me to get to my own mess.
And Happy birthday, too.

Thumb up 0

]]> By: Charlene Teglia http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10062 Charlene Teglia Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:38:48 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10062 Congrats on working through all of the office in 12 days. And hope your birthday was wonderful. Congrats on working through all of the office in 12 days. And hope your birthday was wonderful.

Thumb up 0

]]> By: Sheri http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10061 Sheri Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:04:00 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10061 My friend has one of those dogs and we just call him "the weinie dog" or "weiner" for short. Yeah, he's a little strange, my friend... Anyway. happy birthday, Jenny! Enjoy the book and the chocolate. Rather annoying of Mr. Pratchett not to release his newest tome until AFTER your birthday--doesn't he know that because of you and the Cherries he has gained many new fans?! Seems to me he should have sent you an ARC at least! *wink* After reading all of your blogs and seeing the pictures I realize that my own corner isn't so bad after all. Not sure if this is good or not! LOL! 15 minutes is all it will take and my ENTIRE area will be clean... Guess I don't have an excuse any more, eh? Oh, wait--yes I do. Gotta go make dinner! TTFN! My friend has one of those dogs and we just call him “the weinie dog” or “weiner” for short. Yeah, he’s a little strange, my friend… Anyway. happy birthday, Jenny! Enjoy the book and the chocolate. Rather annoying of Mr. Pratchett not to release his newest tome until AFTER your birthday–doesn’t he know that because of you and the Cherries he has gained many new fans?! Seems to me he should have sent you an ARC at least! *wink* After reading all of your blogs and seeing the pictures I realize that my own corner isn’t so bad after all. Not sure if this is good or not! LOL! 15 minutes is all it will take and my ENTIRE area will be clean… Guess I don’t have an excuse any more, eh? Oh, wait–yes I do. Gotta go make dinner! TTFN!

Thumb up 0

]]> By: Erica - Aussie CB http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10060 Erica - Aussie CB Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:59:29 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10060 Happy birthday, Jenny! I hope you have a great day, filled with sunshine and presents. Happy birthday, Jenny! I hope you have a great day, filled with sunshine and presents.

Thumb up 0

]]> By: Brandy http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10054 Brandy Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:19:50 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10054 Happy Birthday and Congratulations! Look at it this way....It. Is. Done. *g* Happy Birthday and Congratulations!
Look at it this way….It. Is. Done. *g*

Thumb up 0

]]> By: lady T http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10053 lady T Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:16:46 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/17/day-12-huh/#comment-10053 Happy happy Birthday! And Congratulations. 12 days and loads of success! Very inspirational! Just got home with a copy of 'Going Postal'. Thought I'd join you on the couch! Book, check. Pillows and blanket, check. Chocolate, check. Happy happy Birthday! And Congratulations. 12 days and loads of success! Very inspirational! Just got home with a copy of ‘Going Postal’. Thought I’d join you on the couch! Book, check. Pillows and blanket, check. Chocolate, check.

Thumb up 0

]]>