on call

[rone]

Nagios schmagios
Ron Echeverri's phone
wakes him up late with a
clamorous beep

Stumbling half-naked, he
somnambulistlically
fixes the problem and
goes back to sleep

Comments

a pesky nagios doth not a happy sysad make

[madmerle.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it was something you could fix on autopilot, tho! =)

I don't envy you. That's one huge advantage to being a Tier-1 where I work: no on-call duty. We only have to deal with pages during our shift. It's the Tier-2's that can get awakened at all hours of the day or night. Ugh. Hope there are no more mosquitos (or worse) while you're on...

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Nice! May I suggest "with clamorous beeps" for the first verse? That avoids rhyming "sleep" with itself.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Hmm, i did think of throwing a 'beep' in there, but i gave up too quickly. Let me fix it.

Whatever you do

[notr.livejournal.com]

don't fix the "lick" out of your somnambulism. OM IS A HOLOGRAM

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

Works except for the second line.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, yeah, what are you, the double dactyl police? Get outta here.

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

Actually, hitchhiker is the double dactyl police. I'm in the double dactyl junior G-men.

"Cellular telephone" scans.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Pff, some junior G-man you are. You need a name in there; i thought you were complaining that my name isn't a double dactyl.

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

Problem solved: change your name to Cellular Telephone.

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

Excellent poetry!

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

I just got laid off after 11 years of working for SCIENCE, and I see a jorb like this in my future. At least you can do it in your sleep!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Ugh, Christmas layoffs are SO COOL.

[dwell.livejournal.com]

i got called too! except it was at 3:30pm, i had been awake for 2 hours and all i could've written (if i cared to write anything at all) would have been:

fuck

bt

[kawgirl.livejournal.com]

At least you can respond to your calls somnambulistically! I'm not allowed to show up to the hospital asleep...

[epileptikitty.livejournal.com]

Who will rid me of this turbulent beep?

Hyperic is free too. It is the lizard to Nagios' fish.