Friday, March 30, 2012

That burger looks worried...

That burger looks worried...


A selection of fruits and veggies. 
This is one of my favorites.   I actually think I "drew" something here, vs. my other doodles which are generally incomprehensible scribbles.  Also- one of my cats is named Professor Steve, which is why I had to provide the clarification. :)

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Hair on fire...

He seems so surprised...

I'm not sure who/why this monster is, but he's apparently 2/3rds patriotic (since I omitted the "stars" portion of the flag. I also seem to have omitted his hand...) 
For some reason I think this was a rough meeting- angry looking cat and a one eyed monster (not "the" one eyed monster, mind you)

I think I had enough at this meeting...

Apple monster...'nuff said.

When given a choice...always pick the cake...

When given the choice- always pick the cake.

Part of the fun of having full-page agendas is having the full height of the page to draw trees on.  

Some scenery.  I think I was in one of our conference rooms that faces the mountains and felt inspired.
This is mostly boring, but I was apparently doing something really well because I gave myself an A+ for it. 

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Sometimes you just have to say...

I'm thinking about copying a bunch of these and just leaving them around the office so people can fill them out as needed...million dollar idea.  

If a lightsaber were floating towards you with no apparent wielder, wouldn't you squawk a bit?

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

How to win an engineer fight...

A coworker and I were at work late, and her kids stopped in on their way home- apparently doodling is cross-generational!

I was apparently very hungry in this meeting- and I eat a lot of food that people call "hippie food".  It went downhill from there...

Just to be clear- after polling many of the engineers there is some agreement that the sock full of chicken fat would be both more effective and INFINITELY more disgusting...but the thought of a sock filled with batteries has also been put on the table...

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

There's no such thing as "too much"...



There's no such thing as "too much" when you're imagining that pac man was just eating rabbit poop.  


Finally, Mr. Peanut admits his life-long shame...his deadly allergy to peanuts.  
In keeping with the "allergy" theme: I like to imagine that the pollen is the problem, NOT my hypersensitive immune system.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Seeing is believing...

Apologies for my unplanned hiatus.
My coworkers and I couldn't decide if it was 'T's or 'd's in 'buddah'. I have settled on 'd's.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

The truth is hard to hear...

This is a personal favorite. This was based on the fact that sometimes work seems like a drunken, confused squirrel...and we cannot allow it to drive. On the back of the drawing, wrote down the names of the problems that were 'drunk squirreling' our jobs. I highly recommend this exercise.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Wherein we learn the truth about engineers...

Another one from a "guest doodler".  As a general rule, I think all meetings should have at least one small furry animal.  Apparently when you're running out a component, the reasonable answer isn't "well, order more".  We have to have a meeting about it :) 


This little gem was based off of one of the best Dilbert cartoons I've seen in awhile.


Working with engineers...it's always interesting. 

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Another one rides the bus...

In a meeting, you run the very real risk of me interpreting something you've said the wrong way. (This is not meant to be blasphemous, just to be clear...)   
Those squiggles are supposed to be birds...


Today I'm featuring a "guest doodler".  Any time a scientist or engineer assigns some colloquial phrase to a phenomenon they've observed in the lab, it's very likely to make everyone giggle.  For example, when your instrument's airflow causes "muffin tops".   

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Waking up with a yellow legal pad stuck to your face...

This could be a self-portrait, except I have more facial hair. 

Revisiting the "lightning" theme, but my personal favorite- hot dogs eating at a human cart.  That's messed up. 

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Cats and lasers, but not the way you think...

Another day sick at home!  A disappointment for sure, since i had so many meetings scheduled for today! Oh well...

This was a cooperative effort with a few other meeting mates- I make an astute comment about cats not attending meetings, and you can see where it went from there.  (also, I'm sad the one comment got cut off- it says "25% of the time, I look out the window")


In all fairness- this did not START as a boob laser.  i was just trying to draw a laser.  Then i realized it looked a bit like a boob.  I never said I was a good artist.  

WOW there's a lot going on here.  What we've learned:  I don't like drawing butts.  I wish my food came as kibble.  I can't draw a cat stretching.  and my progression of the force behind a cat's meow may be inaccurate.  Oh, and that top thing there?  That's one of my actual cats' names.  
Look at her.  She's resplendent.  She clearly needs a 20-syllable name.  

Monday, March 5, 2012

Sometimes you feel like a hot-start PCR reaction...sometimes you don't...

I've been home sick today, so you're getting some of my older doodles.

Don't be fooled, the newer ones aren't any better.

Whenever my (or anyone's, really) phone beeps or buzzes during the day, this is what I imagine the message on the screen looks like.  

Yeah, that's right.  I work around PhDs all day, so sometimes I need to take a mental break and pretend I'm doing something creative with my life. 
As you peruse my blog, if you see images with some blurred out or otherwise apparently defective parts...fret not!  I am merely blurring out any actual notes that may have gotten taken during the course of the meeting.  I would hate for my doodles to be tainted in any way by actual WORK! :)

I'm not sure what led to the umbrella and the lightning cloud making up and becoming friends...but the cloud is clearing getting more out of the relationship.  I worry that "shitting" a rainbow may be misconstrued as "ejaculating" a rainbow.

Again- a lightning theme.  There's probably some subliminal stuff in there. Also, why whenever I draw poo, it always has scent/heat lines will always baffle me.  Perhaps the poo is petrified and has no smell or heat!  (And don't bother writing me to tell me that's not what bird poop looks like.  I know. )

Oddrex...out!

Sunday, March 4, 2012

A trip back in time...


Nothing captures the love for your fellow man, and the whimsy of a Christmastime quite like a poorly drawn,  weapon-yielding Santa Claus quoting Die Hard.  Hans Gruber, you truly are my only hope.


Yet another post with graphic images of foods....



Sometimes I like my doodling to challenge the boundaries of even the most abstract thinking...and force you to see the world for what it "ISN'T".  Or maybe I'm just being a pill.  You decide.

Other times, even just capturing the obvious in a written form can force a kind of introspection.
When I see this image, I think "I AM the bo-nana king!".  

In this case, the microwave and some tomato soup made for all the doodling I needed.  When you're in a meeting and you realize that your tomato soup loves you, a sense of peace washes over you. 

Until next time!

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Welcome to What I Do In Meetings

Ahoy!

Not a bad meeting...but I had to have something to do with my hands! 

Meeting apple was confused about his feelings.  
This is a chronicle of what I do in meetings.  I am a professional in the biotechnology field, and find it impossible not to doodle in meetings!  I know I'm not the only one!  I hope to post a chronicle of what my week in meetings "looks like" as translated through my doodling brain.  Enjoy!