Ardvark the Aardvark with the Back Leg Named Bumpus
Hee hee... I'm Ardvark.
This, of course, warrants two separate blog posts, but as I've had a bit of blogging burnout (as just about my entire blogging community seems to have had the past 2 or 3 months), I'll just do a quick sum-up here.
First: SP2 is a serious pain in the ass. If the user has any problems at all, the rollout from software update services will completely bork the machine, and fixing it means about 4 hours in front of each terminal as you uninstall the hotfix, then uninstall the service pack, then reinstall it, then reinstall a bunch of apps.
Not fun. This should have been marketed as what it was: a full OS upgrade. I'm glad we didn't have to pay for it, but it should really be done on a PC by PC basis.
If you're thinking of installing it, be sure to clean your machine of spyware and disable your virus protection before you do. Don't forget to turn it back on once you're done.
So while I was waiting there in front of Arden's computer, I began to doodle.
I had written her a note explaining that it wouldn't be done until tomorrow morning, and had been to lazy to write out her whole name, just ending up with Ard.
Naturally, after staring at that note and her abbreviated name for another 30 minutes, I doodled an Aardvark. He was a cute little guy with a snout and a smile, and I drew a thought bubble up from him saying "Hee hee.... I'm an ARDvark."
Another 15 minutes passed, and I noticed that I'd misspelled Ardvark, and decided that that would be his proper name. The problem was, I'd already drawn a little arrow to him that said "This is Bumpus"
I amended the doodle to say "This is Bumpus. Not the whole aardvark, just his left leg. He likes eating celery with peanut butter on it, with little raisins on that. He's a vegan Aardvark. See, 2 a's on aardvark, but that's not how Ardvark spells it, that's his proper name. Ardvark the aardvark with the back leg named Bumpus. "
This medium, of course, does it no justice, but after 4 hours of watching progress bars, it was hilarious to me.
I'm picturing a whole book with little drawings of Ardvark the Aardvark, who is constantly talking to his back-left leg happily, even as other, angrier animals are teasing him for it. That, and for the fact that his name is spelled wrong.
"It's not misspelled, it's homonymic!"
Hmm... Maybe I'll merge it with my forthcoming SVG tutorial and make it a CC book. It'll be my nanowri-draw-mo.
