OH what to do

Hi there…Did anyone ever go through this situation…
I am new employee(temp or interim) and I have a lot of down time until I have to work on a project…But in a few months I will have tons of work to do…
How should I keep myself buys at work without having to look like a slacker or driving my boss or co-workers crazy…

I look at tutorials now and then, but since I don’t have flash or flex installed on my computer and I don’t have a legitimate excuse for IT to give it to me I am left out
AND i am still waiting on Adobe Illustrator from them(right now I am using CS3 trial which is kinda cool, but the eraser tool isn’t all that …I prefer to use the scissor or knife tool)

Does anyone have suggestions?
Keep in mind I’m on a PC and not a beautiful mac and I can’t use my laptop even thought I use it during my lunch period to post on kirupa(like now):cool: