Good charts can always get better

Yesterday, I sent Sa-Sa this graph from the blog "indexed"...


Then she replied with this AMAZING art form:



I texted her that while that brought me great joy and comic relief, it didn't really capture how Chinese Take out also makes me quite Happy AND Sad at the same time.

Within moments, she took action. Responding, "You're right. Perhaps this is more accurate:"

I was in a meeting and so I tried so hard not to LOL or pee my pants (can we make that a thing, please: "PMP"?!?) that I nearly burst into tears.

Here's the gussied up version

Hurricane Irene is here

Things don't look so good for the blog, so I got out my crayons and drew this chart.

As fast as I can...

FIRST, I'd like to thank Jaxson and COMPLIMENT HER for single handedly keeping this blog and the morale UP, UP, UP... THANK YOU

Without your (slightly threatening) encouragement, and depressing expressions of your waivering mental health status, I would not have (literally) DROPPED EVERYTHING i WAS WORKING ON to post some graphs...

CHART ONE: EXPLANATION
OF MY TIME SPENT AT WORK TODAY



As you can see, I didn't have time CREATE the CHART the proper way, with data, and spreadsheets, and whatnot...
but I wanted to respond quickly, so I just drew them on the back of a napkin and uploaded them as fast as I could!!!

The next bar graph is meant to show the things in my life that get a "quick response" when they/he/she call out in need:



I hope this proves my level of devotion and commitment to my IMPORTANT commitments!

Complete and Utter Confusion...

Ok...So I realize that I have been out of the loop for some time educating myself and....as Aretha Franklin puts it: "And Now (I'm) back from outer space!" But I have come to the conclusion that I have no idea what the frig is going on...I find the emails and blogs enjoyable and I laugh equally as hard but there are some questions and confusion that are going on inside my head! Can we help a sister out..I think that I am like the chart referring to Tracy's confusion when she was left out of the emails at the beginning.... lol

My Guardian Angel

So today when I arrived home from work I went through my usual routine of throwing my stuff down, greeting my pups and checking the mail. I assumed that today was going to be just like every other day, bills and useless credit card offers, but to my great surprise I had something special in the mail today, an actual letter! (Apparently some people still do that?) This letter was not a typical letter either. There was no return address! In a flurry of excitement and anticipation to find out who the mysterious sender of this letter was, I vigorously tore the envelope open and when I saw what was inside I knew I had a guardian angel watching over me. Right there was a shopping list made just for me listing off the fish that contain the LEAST mercury!! It even had a list of fish that contain moderate mercury and a note saying that I should only have 6 servings of those fish a month! Like I said, I clearly have a guardian angel watching over me because now I know what fish I can eat endless amounts of at Sushi Palace without getting mercury poisoning!

Using my impeccable deductive reasoning skills I noted that at the bottom of the shopping list it says that the source of information is the NRDC, so perhaps I have someone there watching out for me. I don't know if I will ever find out the sender of this saving grace, but I can only hope that when our blog goes public and we all make millions, that person might read it and know just how grateful I am. For now I feel that the best way for me to show my gratitude is by paying it forward and passing this shopping list onto all of you, so below I have inserted an image of the list. Normally I would have just rewritten the list, but I feel that seeing the actual list will have a greater impact on everyone.



Also, I updated my chart from earlier since some new stresses have come into my life and thought it was necessary to share it (not as necessary as posting the epic shopping list, but definitely more necessary than it is for our economy to turn around before I graduate)

Teri Time

Ladies, Ladies, Ladies –

I have been trying to enjoy the blog from a-far, but alas I have some important information to contribute. For starters I hope everyone is enjoying the season. I hope the beer caliber in the cooler has improved as the age of the team has decreased and I hope we continue to be supporting each other during through hits, and runs, and hits and runs and hits and runs and hits, and runs.

There has been a lot of progress this season:
- We got the CRAZY team to overlook a potential “WIN” (nice Jacks)
- Sarah was able to get an award by locating a friend’s missing cat
- We learned, I can get Jess’ bod by just taking steroids – wait till you see me at the next game. I will have lost 50 lbs
- In my spare time I started a relationship with a state trooper a few houses down. His wife was a total loser and my girls could not resist his kids or dog
- Ms. Lovelace and her clan has been injury free for at least 2 weeks which is progress compared to this winter
- Court is making her mother proud by playing her first softball game this season (thank goodness b/c she will need some brownie points as her future sister-in-law starts sucking up and winning over Nancy and Mark’s attention and affection)

The graphic below depicts the variance between my current participation on softball compared to my desire to participate in the 2011 Season:




Anyway assuming we have games next week. I hope to be there on…hold your breath…Wednesday.
Monday I am at The Hartford (I was hoping to see Sarah but alas she is too busy!) but Wednesday I hope to be with you lovely ladies.

In case you haven’t been keeping up with my hear fatal experiences via “The Facebook”, below is a summary of how I have spend the last few days:




XOXOXO Girls!

Time is on our side

A few things...
FIRST- I would like to praise the tiny baby jesus for sending me many blessings, including friends that were able to figure out the simplest blogging formatting system ever invented.

I'm proud of you JAX! And SARAH! (And you too, WEB- don't think I didn't see that you are working on a post!!!) For trying something new and giving us some great stuff on the f-bags blog. You are all MVPs in my book!!!

(Remember, the F stands for FUN you dirty minds out there!!!)

SECOND - Here is a slide I made tonight. I think you'll find that the headings and labels are self-explanatory and it requires no further introduction:



(Please NOTE: As with all these charts and photos on the blog, clicking on them will make them larger and easier to read.)

Before you get all, "OMG, Tracy... How did you have time to do this?!?" Take a look at the screen shot of the stopwatch on my iPhone which documents EXACTLY how long it took:

And allow me to add this pie chart to "break it down for you":

Mind you, this only took me a little over 18 minutes because, I was thoughtful about it, cared about the aesthetics, gave some consideration to not only how the chart would look, but also took the time to make the jokes funny. Please See Sarah M's post below... she is putting more time into her chart and I'm sure it will send all of us into fits of hysteria (when it is finally completed and posted) because she is taking additional time to "craft" the jokes to perfection, etc

THIRD:
Do you have any idea how many free apps there are out there for chart making?!?
These are just the first 3 I found

FOURTH- I would like to leave you with a little softball love... This is what summer is all about folks...

(click to embiggen)

(click to embiggen)

I included the second one even though the pics are pretty much the same b/c I like how the trooper with the head wound is kind of glancing over- the only parent in sight (not counting the one taking the photo) and also how the boys are sort of checking out each others' tiny little junk.

Jax's super charts within charts

While I appreciate the charts formulated by the regular participants late last night and today, I would still like to express my disappointment about yesterday's non-responsiveness. There's nothing that makes a person feel less appreciated than when the chart that they put so much time and thought into, just to entertain their friends (and possibly be voted funniest chart at the softball dundees awards) is ignored, as though not received, for 24 hours. But while I might expect this from the super-busy 'regulars' on this email chain (you know who you are) nothing upset me more yesterday than Mia's lame excuse for not responding. And after she practically BEGGED to be included. I have attached a chart expressing her fate as a member of this exclusive email club.

Why is Sarah Sweating?

I agree with great britain. I canno work on charts via my gmail/blackberry... even though I was late this morning and am 90% sure I'll be late to my 9am meeting, I've completed the attached chart to summarize my morning...

Casey Anthony Verdict Chart

Not replying from work had NOTHING to do with the fact that my job sucks some serious ass right now... it wasn't that I didn't have time to do anything except put out fires and have panic attacks... it was just that I didn't feel like replying.

I did have a very emotional reaction to Jax's charts in particular, b/c if I had had to spend any time negotiating with hells kitchen, and then someone took credit for that, I would have run straight to my new coping strategy: chart-making.

btw, Tara- I think "f-bag" might be this year's MVP nickname for the playas on our team!

Attached please find a chart that illustrates my favorite conversation of the evening. I'm pretty sure this conversation took place during one of the innings that almost lost us the game, but it was worth it.

Tracy responds late to "day after" email thread

I was a little crushed to have been left out of this nonsense, but thanks for giving me a chance to get a little work done today...

also, thanks for coming to my awesome party!
T

Sushi charts related to Tara

Sarah's sushi post

I've prepared the attached chart to provide more details on yesterday/ last night:

Sushi post from Brit

Goooood morning!!! So this morning when I was walking in I set off the metal detectors and had to explain to the security guard why I have so much mercury in my blood. Also, I’m very thirsty today, even though I used low sodium soy sauce. You should find some more articles today like the missing missy one. Also, I have attached some charts to summarize the events that took place last night.