That IS my cubicle wall. And that IS a Lionel Richie poster hanging there. Plus some poster illustration of a lady with deer in her hair. And a PC/Mac double play.
Now, the Lionel Richie poster. You want to know about it. You want to know why I have it hanging there, when he's easily the sappiest balladeer of the 1980's.
The answer is simple, people. I was looking around on eBay at 2am one night a couple of weeks ago after getting back from the bars, and I saw this poster. The seller wanted 60 cents for it. It cracked me up, Lionel and his jheri-curl mullet, plus its in some foreign language. Spanish probably. So I put in a bid. Paid immediately with PayPal when the auction ended a few minutes later.
And I forgot about it.
Then today, this poster comes in the mail. Freaking hilarious. Its kinda beat up, the colors are a tad faded as you can see in the photo. But its still funny.
Ah, but I haven't answered the question of why I have it hanging in the A-number-one spot on my cubicle wall, the spot that is first visible to people walking down the aisle! Its simple, really.
Most everyone else has photos of their wife or husband, boyfriend/girlfriend, their kids, and/or grown up family things hanging up on their walls. I have none of these things. And the photos of me and my friends are mostly, ahem, inappropriate for the workplace. Lots of beer. And ladies. And sometimes not a complete ensemble of clothing. Yeah. Anyway...
At first I thought it would be funny to just get pictures of random people and hang them in nice frames. But then I decided to do something to match my personality and interests, which is where the movie posters, rock band posters, action figures, and the like come in. And that's what I'm doing. The Lionel Richie poster is funny in its awfulness, and it gets the number one spot on the wall.
At least until I figure out how "alternative lifestyle" it makes me seem, which will probably be sometime this afternoon, at which time I will promptly replace it with a Tony Montana "Say Allo To My Lil Friend" poster from Scarface.
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