Day 12: In Which Background Is Provided

It just occurred to me that it may be unclear why we'd want to build a Wall of Bamboo. Especially at work. Obviously this is a distraction from our jobs and our employer would probably prefer that we do work that will help the "bottom line" and all that stuff. So let's go over a few things.

We work in a LEED-Certified Platinum building. So this is a really "Green" place. Part of working in a place like this is that there are lots of tour groups going through building in the middle of the day. One of the stopping points in the tour is right in front of our desks.

It's not to point out the two funny Little Dudes, so you can cut the jokes right there.

So these people, kids, senior-citizens, etc. like to stare and watch us work while the person leading the tour talks about green-stuff. This is, as you might imagine, a little unsettling.

We discussed various ways of "entertaining" the tour groups. Mock fights, throwing things, various obscene gestures, that sort of thing. But we finally realized that we needed to be shielded from these strangers. And so the idea of the Wall of Living Bamboo was born. The Green Wall. Project Bambusa.

It's going to literally be green and we're in a green building... so we think it kind of works. It goes along with the theme, right?

So that's where we are now. We'll meet Rufus on Wednesday to dig some bamboo out of his backyard. Pictures and more will be posted.