Pick up as you go

Ever wondered if there are fun and geeky stuff you can do to pwn your office rivals? Here are some nifty toys and ways to fire up your cube warfare!

1. The Airzooka - Airzooka is the ‘fun gun’ that blows a harmless ball of air towards any object, person. The ball of air that it fires can reach up to  thirty feet (!) and beyond. Amuse yourself as, seemingly from nowhere, you are able to mess up your rival’s hair, ruffle their shirt, dress, or TPS reports from a distance, or just plain blow them away!  The AirZooka requires no batteries, it operates simply by pulling and releasing a built-in elastic air launcher. And here’s the best part: because it shoots air, you’ll never run out of ammo.

2. USB Rocket Launcher - To ensure your victory over your office enemy, you’ll need this USB powered Rocket Launcher on your side. With inter-cubicle ballistic launching capabilities, it travels for up to over six meters! A sure way to rain terror over your rivals.

3. Online Competition Sites - If you prefer something less physical, you can try out online competition sites like ibeatyou, where you can compete by posting pictures and videos, and even have other people join in just for fun. Go compete over the silly or even the most mundane things, such as having the “Best ‘Thizz’ face”.

4. Wooden War Engine Kits - Go medieval with these retro-styled Wooden War Engine kits! They require some assembly with glue, but having these fantastic scale models of war weapons of yore will transform flinging balls of crumpled paper over cubicle walls into something much more epic.

5. Online Gaming - What better way to pwn your rival than a nice, explosive headshot? Go fire up Xbox Live and play Halo 3 or Team Fortress 2 multiplayer, or try joining different factions in online games such as World of Warcraft and have some epic player vs. player (PvP) action.

So go ahead and try any of these out, they’ll surely make rivalries over the watercooler more exciting and fun, in a geeky way.

So today I was buzzed on AIM by a fellow peer counselor Malane, and posted about the tragic death of 15 year-old Lawrence King, for us to discuss. If you hadn’t heard, his classmate Brandon Mclnerney, 14, shot Lawrence in the head during computer class because he was openly gay and had asked Brandon to be his valentine.

I have homosexual friends, students who come to me for this reason in particular, and most of the time I have the least to say about this issue. I get stomped with what to tell them. Because it isn’t their fault they have a differing sexual orientation than most of us. Why do they have to come to me for a consultation? They do not need it, the people who do this to them do, but don’t – and that’s the sad part.

At one point I almost made the mistake of pining down Mclnerney. What makes it a more pressing issue is that we are talking about children here. I know that the world is in shock and we need 2 to 3 generations forward to understand that this is something that exists and something that shouldn’t be feared. The problem here is that, if we fall behind what we should do and turn more children to this brand of ignorance, what then? I can only hope for the best, but I am just as human as most who care about this matter and the rate that we’re going isn’t good enough.

Here I am. I don’t mean to make this a heavy, dragging post, there will be light moments, I’m sure.

I’m caught in between telling all tales about me but I also think about showing myself as we go along. When that will happen – I do not know.

I am currently enjoying a 4 –day break away from work. When I get back I will have to face my tutees and as much as that will be great, I might have to feel swamped with things to solve when I have my own ordeals to work on, myself.

I see a lot of improvement with regard to most of the students that have undergone my services, but every time that happens, part of me feels like its getting carried away along with them as they leave.

I’m new to this blogging. I’ve always wanted to do something like this, but I never find the right time to start. I guess I’ve never found that one thing I like to talk about when all I needed all along was to first think, and then speak. Now I literally look back and I’ve said so much. I’m starting to like it here.