Code Monkey

Today while working, the fellow graduate student in my lab, Kyle, started playing a song on his computer without his head-phones. I caught only a few notes before he plugged them in, but those notes reminded me of this amazing song by Jonathan Coulton. Also Kyle sorta reminds of the person in the song (Kyle writes alot of computer code and also has a "big warm fuzzy secret heart" - see lyrics below!).
Jonathan Coulton took on the task of writing a song a week for a year and has a podcast with the 52 songs (search itunes store for Jonathan Coulton). Nathan and I also got to see him live at UNC. He was with John Hodgman (PC in Apple/PC commercials) as everyone’s favorite troubadour when Hodgman was touring with his book The Areas of My Expertise.

Without further adieu:
Click on link and you can listen to the song: Code Monkey

Lyrics:
Code Monkey get up get coffee
Code Monkey go to job
Code monkey have boring meeting, boring manager Rob
Rob say Code Monkey very diligent
But his output stink
His code not functional or elegant
What do Code Monkey think
Code Monkey think maybe manager wanna write goddamn login page himself
Code Monkey not say it out loud
Code Monkey not crazy just proud

Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man with big warm fuzzy secret heart
Code Monkey like you
Code Monkey like you

Code Monkey hang around at front desk
Tell you sweater look nice
Code Monkey offer buy you soda
Bring you cup bring you ice
You say no thank-you for the soda 'cause
Soda make you fat
Anyway you busy with the telephone
No time for chat
Code Monkey have long walk back to cubicle
He sit down pretend to work
Code Monkey not thinking so straight
Code Monkey not feeling so great

Code Monkey like Fritos
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
Code Monkey very simple man with big warm fuzzy secret heart
Code Monkey like you
Code Monkey like you, lots

Code Monkey have every reason
To get out this place
Code Monkey just keep on working
See your soft pretty face
Much rather wake up eat a coffee cake
Take bath, take nap
This job fulfilling in creative way
Such a load of crap
Code Monkey think someday he have everything even pretty girl like you
Code Monkey just waiting for now
Code Monkey say someday, somehow