mario::konrad
programming / C++ / sailing / nerd stuff

• You attempt to change lanes on the freeway by strafing left.
• You keep trying to pick things up by walking over them.
• You eat the blue and green balls off the Christmas tree.
• You feel lousy and look down for the status bar.
• You grab your kid’s backpack and can’t believe it’s empty!?
• Your desk at work is piled with paper because you refuse get too close to the recycle barrel.
• The only way your spouse can get your attention is to throw tomatoes at you.
• Your PC boots straight into DOOM unless you press a key.
• Your desk is wearing away right in front of the arrow keys.
• You back-up your DOOM files daily.
• You try to double click on every door in the house.
• You use the alarm clock to tell you when to GO to bed.
• Your seat cushion doesn’t return to normal upright position.
• You dress up as your favourite DOOM character for Halloween (and your friends still know who you are).
• You will try to turn to get out of chair by moving the trackball in that direction before you stand up.
• You expect every door to open up, not in. (this can be quite painful sometimes)
• You throw open the door to your house, jump backwards, and shoot your mailman.
• When on your way to work you scan the streets for medkits and ammo.
• Going into a room or getting off an elevator, you run in and out quickly to see what follows you out.
• You don’t worry so much about getting hurt, since you’ll probably pick up one of those blue spheres somewhere.
• Watching someone come out of an elevator makes your mouse finger twitch.
• You start side-stepping into rooms.
• You push on walls as you walk down the hall, looking for secret entrances.
• You reach for your chainsaw when your wife’s cold gives her the sniffles.
• You instinctively target trash cans while walking around campus/work.
• You look for sniper spots above you when getting in an elevator.
• You can’t stop squinting as you walk around your house.
• You think you can actually walk through walls.
• The border and status area are burned into your monitor.
• You know ALL the ID codes by heart.