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June 30, 2003

On my train ride back to work, this guy took me by surprise. At a stop, the doors opened, he walked in and walked right up to me. Without missing a beat, he started speaking Chinese to me and was asking directions. I ended up having to stand up, say... (read more)

Jim Tastes Chicago

I hop on a Metra train downtown this morning, around 7 AM. I haven't ridden the Metra in ages, although I used to take it daily when I commuted into Barrington for work. Today, I took it downtown, and it was a pretty nostalgic sort of thing, to be... (read more)

Yesterday Changed

I went back and updated the pics from Kent's party. Take a peek.... (read more)

Recap

June 29, 2003

Unfortunately, Kent's friend wasn't able to make it. On top of that, a lot of folks were out of town, travelling, so it was a rather small and intimate group. There wasn't a bachelor party ever in the works, but Saturday night was more of a spontaneous get-together. Dave, Kent... (read more)

Jim, Bright And Early

I've got a super early morning tomorrow. Jim is coming into town bright and early (7:45 AM), and MaryAnn and I are going to meet up for breakfast downtown.... (read more)

Apologies

By staying home today, I missed out on attending the Gay Pride Parade, where my friend Matt holds an annual party streetside (translation: lots of coolers with lots of booze), and where Q101 has its own float. I got this picture from Rey at work. Sorry I didn't attend,... (read more)

This Morning

I got home around 5:45 AM. Slept all day, and now my system is out of whack. I've got some pictures, but I'll have to post them later. I spent most of today on the couch, or sleeping, or sleeping on the couch. :|... (read more)

Almost Married

June 28, 2003

I got a note from Kent a few days back, about a friend of his being in town. There weren't plans to have any sort of bachelor party but, since a good friend of his was coming into Chicago... he tried to gather some folks up, last minute.... (read more)

Walkway

This is from yesterday, taken in Midway, walking back to the trains.... (read more)

Airports and Arrivals

June 27, 2003

I met up with my uncle and cousin this evening; I was surprised to find out they were in town, and we met up for dinner. They're staying quite a ways away from downtown Chiago (a good 10 minutes from Midway, in another county even). They had already hiked into... (read more)

Stumbled Upon

I gotta say - I did a Google Image search for cockroach, and one of the pictures that came up led me to this site. I was a bit surprised, and ended up going through a lot of the photos. Next thing I know, it's like 30 minutes later.... (read more)

Roses Of The Sky

We were discussing travelling to different countries during one of our meetings this week at work. Jill brought up an experience she had while in Israel, about finding a cockroach hidden away in her suitcase. She stressed that it had wings, and started flying around. A side comment Justin... (read more)

Art And Everything Artistic

June 26, 2003

Justin, Ben and I hung out after work for what started off as a few drinks. We got to talking about work and computer stuff, and ended up going back to Justin's for more conversation. Before the night was over, we all did the trusting confessional thing, as well as... (read more)

Sometimes

June 25, 2003

Sometimes, I flip through this blog after I get done posting. Party to review what I wrote for the day, but also to look over what the past week, the past month has been like. I've been going to sleep around 2 AM this entire week, so what the hell...... (read more)

Boozing With Ben

My friend Ben mentioned going out boozing tomorrow night. I've had a drink or two with him, but never gone out with the clear intention of outright intoxication. Should be interesting. I'll take some pictures. :)... (read more)

Ninjai Returns

Ninjai is an ongoing online story I've been following for a while. Abruptly, some few months back, they got too popular for their own good and had to go searching for different hosting options. I was looking around shockwave.com today, and came across the new Ninjai home. I'm not crazy... (read more)

Fuck You, I Win

I went to the store tonight, and picked up an AC unit. Heavy fucker, and had some difficulties getting it into my car. I got it into the trunk, only to find that it wouldn't close. Pulled it out and tried to load it into the back seat - door... (read more)

Greetings, Programs!

Last night, I had a great conversation with Alex about art, and our mutual aesthetics. We talked about about Matthew Barney (who I will talk at GREAT length about, just at a later time... I've got so much, so very much rage about his stuff). Alex and I hit on... (read more)

Holy Shit

June 24, 2003

Late to work, but snapped this on my walk to the train this morning.... (read more)

I Seem To Only Like Sad Poems

June 23, 2003

Tonight, I got a call from Justin asking if I could help him out in selecting some appropriate text for Kent and Christine's wedding. The more I looked around, the more sad and depressing poems I found. Next thing I know, I'm suddenly angry at myself - for not writing... (read more)

FYI

June 22, 2003

A "dutch wife" is a masturbation machine. "To get a tickle" means to carry out a successful crime or deal.... (read more)

Ballsdurdash, Images

The rest of the night was like this - geeky word games in the dark. We came across such phrases as "Russian High," "Jersey Side of the Snatch Play," "To Open a Keg of Nails" and "Russian Salad Party." Fun times, fun times. :)... (read more)

To Get A Tickle

Possible definitions include: 1) To drink for purposes of inducing arousal 2) To carry out a successful crime or deal 3) To receive foreplay 4) A sense which horse will win the race 5) To snort cocaine 6) To procure the services of a prostitute 7) To feel the first... (read more)

Dutch Wife

Possible definitions include: 1) Sex between two men and one woman 2) A roommate in a lumber camp 3) An inflateable sex toy 4) A temptress looking only for marriage or security 5) A masturbation machines 6) A woman who farts in bed 7) A boyfriend... (read more)

Ballsdurdash

I got invited over to Justin's to play a game of Ballsdurdash. This is a game that my friends made up, involving the Slang Dictionary. Basically it's like Balderdash, but with a twist. Each round, one person picks a word or phrase from this big Slang Dictionary (a really great... (read more)

Guilty Secret #12

I spent all day yesterday roaming around the apartment with taped-up glasses - mainly because I didn't want to leave my place to go get them fixed.... (read more)

Nerd++

So my glasses broke. And, seeing how I tried taking apart several electronic objects around the apartment to find a replacement screw (with no luck), I ended up having to tape the damn thing so I could see. Made my way to a place that I thought had an eye... (read more)

To Get A Tickle

Possible definitions include: 1) To drink for purposes of inducing arousal 2) To carry out a successful crime or deal 3) To receive foreplay 4) A sense which horse will win the race 5) To snort cocaine 6) To procure the services of a prostitute 7) To feel the first... (read more)

Dutch Wife

Possible definitions include: 1) Sex between two men and one woman 2) A roommate in a lumber camp 3) An inflateable sex toy 4) A temptress looking only for marriage or security 5) A masturbation machines 6) A woman who farts in bed 7) A boyfriend... (read more)

UltraCrib: The Giveaway

June 21, 2003

Upstairs, in the finalist's area. I tried to get some pics up here, but it was just crowded and dark. Free food for everyone who qualified, and some nice monitors going with all the UltraCrib images. Stairway shot of the bar, south side. I was trying to get all... (read more)

Pearl Jam Tickets, Part 2

This contest involved taking off your bra without taking off the shirt. The winner had to swing the bra three times around their head and scream out "Fuck me like an animal, Turd." Guess who made up the rules? In the video (below), you'll see the winner yell that... (read more)

Pearl Jam Tickets, Part 1

Sherman and J Love devised several ways to get the crowd going, prior to the big event. They were giving away a bunch of Pearl Jam tickets and were able to get four volunteers on the stage: one couple, and two guys. The contest was this: exchange clothing while... (read more)

UltraCrib II Giveaway

Most contests, this would be the grand prize. For Q101's UltraCrib giveaway, this is only one of many prizes. Not only do you get the car, but you get a nice little apartment where you can rest after a long day of just driving around BECAUSE YOU OWN A... (read more)

A Little History

UltraCrib is a cool little project, specifically for me because it was one of the first Flash projects I helped out on, back when I was a freelancer. I was brought on to help with a big multi-site migration project, and Rey tapped me for some Flash work. From there,... (read more)

Lost, Then Found... Some Others Who Were Also Lost

After work, I walked to the Red Line and hopped a train over to the North/Clybourn stop. I had a general sense of where the location was (Weed Street), and made my way to the short stretch of road. It ended abruptly and I was unable to find where it... (read more)

UltraCrib II Giveaway

June 20, 2003

More details tomorrow. I'm just a bit too drunk right now to do more than this. :|... (read more)

Just So It's Clear

I thought a long time today, about whether I was going to go to this thing or not. Part of me felt like just running back to my apartment, doing the whole hibernation/hiding thing from the rest of the world. But another part of me though that, given the fact... (read more)

Self Portrait

June 19, 2003

Around 2:30, I leave work to go uptown and meet up with Nikki. We're meeting at a neighborhood Einstein Bros. and, when I arrive, she's talking with her prior appointment. I hang around a bit, set my things down on the table and go to get a coffee. When I... (read more)

Suuuuuper Geeeeeenius

So they wheeled in the front door for the UltraCrib contest today. Vic was working on wiring up the lock so that a siren and flashing light would go off once it was opened. In case you haven't read about this on the blog, there's a contest going on... (read more)

Papers Papers Papers

Today, I had a meeting with my accountant. That sounds really weird. I've never really hired anyone to do my taxes before but, this year, I just wanted someone else to handle everything for me. I got Nikki's name from my friend Stu, and she helped me file an extension... (read more)

Art Film Deferred: Or, Matrix Reloaded Revisited

June 18, 2003

Inside the theater... and let me do this tangent thing for a minute. It's still weird for me to go to movie theaters inside big buildings). The idea of a movie theater suggests to me a singular building built expressly for that purpose. But downtown, the actual theater rooms are... (read more)

A Few Random Pictures Walking Around

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Drinks At The Barro

I met up with MaryAnn after work, outside the Siskel. We decided to meet there, and then just wander around until movie time. She had remembered a nearby Mexican place called Barro, and so we ducked in there (very wet and soggy from the rain) and settled down to a... (read more)

The Art Movie Identity

June 17, 2003

Alex and Justin rented The Bourne Identity. I had seen it before, but no big thing. We settled into a relaxing two hours and went through all the bonus DVD stuff at the end. Holy crap - the alternate ending is even cheesier than the actual one in the movie.... (read more)

Dogs Love Me

Afterwards, I made my way to Justin's to watch a movie with him and Alex. I stopped off home first and, while I was there, I decided to drive my car over. After a few Indy 500 laps around his street, I finally found a parking spot about a block... (read more)

Work. Coffee. Work. Lunch. Work. Coffee. Work. Drinks. Work. Dinner.

Justin and I stayed late at work. We were trying to turn around (and quickly at that) a little idea we had kicked around, and something that Rey had mentioned earlier in the day. Justin was eager to work on something that combined our respective strengths, his database backend and... (read more)

Joe The Observer

Today, work started with this really funny, really interesting talk about how "giving people the finger" has evolved over the years. Not ten years back, giving someone the finger involved two arms, a big production where the left hand was placed on top of the right arm, as the right... (read more)

At Least Get the Spam Accurate, Continued

June 16, 2003

Ingrid and Megan invited me to crash at their place for the Baltimore conference, but since I hadn't really done much since the last one... I felt weird about attending. MaryAnn tells me that the next one might be in Chicago, so we'll see what happens between now and then.... (read more)

My Ass Cheeks Feel Like Two Spongey, Moist Pieces Of Cheese

Ahhh hahahaha! Holy crap. I did some digging around and here's a brief summary of what I did in New Orleans. This trip was before I had the blog going, so no complaining!... (read more)

At Least Get the Spam Accurate

So for the past two years, I was a part of the AWP and participated in panel talks. In fact, I actually moderated one and participated as a speaker on another. But last year, since I had taken a big step back from working with multimedia and writing... I decided... (read more)

MaryAnn!

I got a phone call from MaryAnn tonight. Man, I've been really bad about keeping in touch with folks I know in the city. MaryAnn invited me out a long while back, and it's been way too long since we've hung out. But - in our catch-up converastion, we talked... (read more)

Post-Work

This is me, relaxing on my porch with a beer after work. Prior to this, I stopped off at Reckless Records and picked up a copy of Mum's "Finally We Are No One." I had it playing on a portable CD-player, inside the apartment, pressed up against an open... (read more)

I'm A Mess

June 15, 2003

Today was a cleaning and laundry day. Everything is slowly getting cleaned up and back into a semblance of order. Got some clothes washed, scrubbed up the bathroom, mopped the floors some, and vacuumed the living room. I was on the phone a few times today, and each time was... (read more)

I'm Whitney Houston

June 14, 2003

I've got nothing. Sorry.... (read more)

Guilty Secret #11

June 13, 2003

I never learned HTML. I still don't know it. I got exposed to WYSIWYG's early on, and learned enough to create a page that could house/contain my Flash .swf files. When I started getting into computers, I threw myself into Flash and that's about it. At work, I've started to... (read more)

RAM ++

256MB added! Woohoo! Now I've got a whopping 512MB! Can you feel that speed? Can you feel how fast things are... eh? Oh, that's right. You can't tell any differ... *cough* Carry on.... (read more)

Out Of Nowhere

June 12, 2003

Today, I found myself wondering if I was ever going to get married, ever going to have kids. The idea of turning 30 has started to creep into my brain as an eventuality, and I know I haven't really come to grips with that idea, head on. A lot of... (read more)

Self-Portrait, 11:04 PM

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I Recognize That Biscotti

My friend Alex has a very amazing girlfriend named Linda, who runs a few restaurant/stores up in Green Bay (at least, I think it's Green Bay). Rumor has it she's moving down to Chicago (woohoo!). And something I discovered about a month ago... she's been going around Chicago-land, trying... (read more)

Art or Not, Re-Revisited

Actually, I'm finding the constant variations really rather exciting. I keep going back to the previous versions, to see if, indeed, things have changed. And they have. :) hahahaha! Holy crap! The police tape switched! I don't know what's scarier - the fact that I noticed this, or the fact... (read more)

Addendum

June 11, 2003

I noticed that yesterday, while looking around Múm's site, they had a link to a show they did at The Austin Museum of Digital Art (AMODA). I recognize the name only because another artist I admire greatly, Jared Tarbell, has had several exhibits there. If you haven't seen his work... (read more)

Driving Home

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A Little Late

Looking out the window at work, I noticed the cranes becoming a bit more active. I grabbed my camera, headed downstairs, hoping to capture the whole process of them tilting the chair upright. Downstairs, the doors to the main entrance were all blocked. There was a security guard directing me... (read more)

Opportunity

I drove in to work today, and stopped by Justin's to pick him up. On the way to his house, I noticed this guy sleeping in a doorway. I thought to myself "Wow, what a great image." After Justin hopped in the car, I circled around near the guy, stopped,... (read more)

Alright

June 10, 2003

Looking at those pics now, I have to say... that is pretty damn cool. Whatever it is. :)... (read more)

They're Building... Some Sort Of... Big... Chair?

So there's this convention going on at the Merchandise Mart. It's called NeoCon, whatever the fuck that is. I had a rant earlier in the day because that name means absolutely nothing. It's a New Convention? No real idea what it's all about, but guessing it's furniture related. Or household... (read more)

Mellzah

Mellzah(Melissa) got a Junior Designer position for Papaya Studios (and will be working for James Phinney, who apparently designed such big games as Diablo and StarCraft). Awesome news to hear, especially since she's been focusing on, and working towards, a job within the gaming industry. Woohoo! Congrats!... (read more)

Inspiration. Or Possibly Beer.

Last night, I was talking with TS7 and we swapped a few mp3 files. I gave him some songs by Múm, one of which was a song called Green Grass of Tunnel. I've actually been playing that one on a loop, and (here's my phrase that I like so much),... (read more)

Juliet!

Congratulations! You're kicking ass. Keep it up!... (read more)

The Russian

June 9, 2003

by Robert Bly "The Russians had few doctors on the front line. My father's job was this: after the battle Was over, he'd walk among the men hit, Sit down and ask: 'Would you like to die on your Own in a few hours, or should I finish it?' Most... (read more)

Oddly

I woke up feeling pretty great this morning. I kept hitting the snooze button, but instead of painfully clawing my way into consciousness... I slowly, comfortably made my way awake. I put on a shirt I haven't worn in a long time, and... and... dare I say it? I thought... (read more)

Howl At The Moon

June 8, 2003

After what seemed like an hour (and it may well have been that long) waiting outside, we finally get in to the joint. I cannot tell you the last time I had to actually stand in a line to get into a place to drink booze. But - I... (read more)

Hangover | Ritual

Oof. I've spent a good part of the day with a dull headache. It's not crippling, but strong enough to really keep me from doing anything remotely productive. It's after 2 PM here, and I'm still not feeling all that right. There was a great deal of alcohol consumed last... (read more)

Nothing Says Fun Like Syringes Full of Jello Shots

June 7, 2003

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Dueling Pianos

Well, I'm off in about 15 minutes to a place called "Howl at the Moon." Dueling piano bar, I believe. Meeting up with Jim and Sally (his wife, another good friend from college), Sally's sister Ann and maybe some other folks. Should be interesting. :)... (read more)

Jim's Birthday!

June 6, 2003

My good friend from college, Jim, came into town today to celebrate his birthday. I hadn't done a good job organizing things, and a few folks were out of town this weekend. It ended up just being me and Jim, which was actually great since I can't recall the... (read more)

Here Is A Picture Of My Friend Juliet

June 5, 2003

Juliet: "No one here is drunk" hhahahahahaha awesome! :)... (read more)

Here Is A Picture Of My Friend Matt

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Here Is A Picture Of My Friend Matt

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I :heart: New York!

June 4, 2003

Out and about in the Big Apple. Taking pictures, have no doubt. I get back into town on Wednesday, so I might not have a chance to update before then. If I find time at some Internet cafes, I'll try to update. No promises though... :)... (read more)

I :heart: New York!

June 3, 2003

Out and about in the Big Apple. Taking pictures, have no doubt. I get back into town on Wednesday, so I might not have a chance to update before then. If I find time at some Internet cafes, I'll try to update. No promises though... :)... (read more)

I :heart: New York!

June 2, 2003

Out and about in the Big Apple. Taking pictures, have no doubt. I get back into town on Wednesday, so I might not have a chance to update before then. If I find time at some Internet cafes, I'll try to update. No promises though... :)... (read more)

Apartment Hopping

June 1, 2003

After two nights at Lloyd's, Justin and I headed over to Jackson Heights to meet up with Carrie and Tom. Like yesterday, we woke up pretty late in the afternoon and our first meal was around 3:00 PM. The door to Lloyd's building. Apparently, his is the only apartment on... (read more)

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