A regular Einstein

Have you ever had a really good idea?

And then, right in the middle of a meeting, decided to share that really good idea with everyone?

And, while you were sharing that really good idea with everyone (and everyone's heads were nodding as if to say “my, that is a really good idea”) you suddenly realize that the person most likely to have to work their butt off to make this really good idea happen, is none other than… you?

And then it’s too late. It’s too late. And that voice in your head, the one you should listen to more often than you do, is screaming “shut-up, shut-up… for the love of all things good and decent, shut-UP!” But it’s too late.

The idea is laying there on the table for all to see. In fact, everyone is staring at it… waiting. Waiting for the boss-man to lean back in his chair, and say it.

“So……”

And then you’re screwed. And the worst part is, you did it to yourself!

Well, at our Monday morning meeting it was mentioned that this Friday there would be a gathering of Guatemalan social investigation organizations, which Incidencia Democratica would be attending. Or maybe hosting. I wasn’t really paying that much attention. (It was a Monday morning meeting, I remind you.) Anyway, the question arose of how best to present our work, in particular, the Daily Report.

Someone mentioned something about printing (blah,blah,blah), someone else said something about putting them all on a CD (yadda-yadda) and then, for no apparent reason whatsoever, I said “I have an idea.”

“Why don’t we burn our entire homepage onto CDs and hand those out?” And if that weren’t enough, (and this is where the inner voice started screaming) I added “in fact, we should use the new homepage design and…. and...” Damn.

The problem with the new homepage? It’s not finished. Mostly because it requires tediously reformatting and updating every single one of the old Daily Reports. Guess who’s job that is?

Guess who is in the office at 10:30pm? Guess who is not going home anytime soon.

So, for those of you wonderful souls who have written letters lately and are waiting for replies, I beg your patience. I will soon enough be free of this enormous undertaking and my bed-to-office-to-bed existence.

Unless, of course, I get any more bright ideas.

Posted by elcanche at August 24, 2004 10:43 PM