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July 1, 2003

Happy Birthday, Blog!

So today marks a year since I started this thing. That's kinda scary and kinda amazing, all rolled into one. :) I took this photo, while waiting for the train this morning: About a year ago, I took one from roughly the same spot. Hmmm. I'm not sure what I'm [read more...]

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July 3, 2003

Confetti: Part IV

From: Sherman To: Q101 (All) Subject: Re: Confetti Anyone that is intrested in chiping in money for flowers and cards for Felix because of his emotional rollercoaster about the confetti, contact me as soon as possible. Thank you Sherman >>> Felix 07/01/03 02:53PM >>> One minute I'm ecstatic, the next [read more...]

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July 1, 2003

The Best Ten Days Of My Life

Dig around, and let me know what you think have been the best 10 days from this past year, (July 1, 2002 to July 1, 2003). If I don't get a lot of responses, I'll just post my own little list. :) Thanks to Alex, who suggested this idea to [read more...]

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Confetti: Part I

From: Cathie To: Q101 (All) Subject: Confetti We have a couple of boxes of confetti in the marketing department. We are going to throw them out but I thought I'd offer them up for grabs. If you'd like some please head over. Thanks! Cathie [read more...]

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Confetti: Part II

From: Rey To: Q101 (All) Subject: Re: Confetti Disregard this email. The confetti is to be returned. - Rey >>> Cathie 07/01/03 02:23PM >>> We have a couple of boxes of confetti in the marketing department. We are going to throw them out but I thought I'd offer them up [read more...]

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Confetti: Part III

From: Felix Jung To: Q101 (All) Subject: Re: Confetti One minute I'm ecstatic, the next minute I'm devastated. Please stop toying with my emotions. -Felix >>> Rey 07/01/03 14:44 PM >>> Disregard this email. The confetti is to be returned. -Rey >>> Cathie 07/01/03 02:23PM >>> We have a couple [read more...]

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July 2, 2003

The Best Ten Days

Man, this was tough. It's closing in on midnight, and I haven't annotated anything yet. I was waffling between what I have now, and trying to come up with a top twenty list instead. I've got a lot of days I want to mention, but... I think I'm going to [read more...]

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July 3, 2003

Daniella

Saw this walking to my car, yesterday. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 3, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Portnoy and Mr. Grumpy: Like Siskel And Ebert, But Different

Portnoy: How was T3, incidentally? Mr. Grumpy: t3 was ok, not as good as t2 Mr. Grumpy: worth the money though.....kept me entertained throughout and even could've been longer Portnoy: Wow - that's something you don't hear very often. Mr. Grumpy: 28 Days Later is highly recommended, as well [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 3, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Time Frame

This was sponsored by the CTA, I believe. I'm not sure if this is the entire display, or if there's more. I happened to see it as I was walking towards a train stop I don't normally frequent. Wow! These were some great images. I've got to find out more [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 3, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Now Playing

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Just Because I Can't Get It Out Of My Head

When my baaaaby... When my baby's not with me, I go to Riiiiiooooo... de janeiro... my amigo... I go wild and then I have to do the samba... and la bamba... [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 3, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

On My Way Home

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The Boy From Professor Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters

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The Boy From Oz

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E-mail From Templeton

From: templeton Date: Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:25 PM To: Portnoy Subject: ...meet me in Rio I shared this with Grumpy earlier..I think he has stopped laughing by now...though not sure. I just got hired to do some Photoshop work for a very big time set designer here in NY. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 3, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

July 5, 2003

Saugatuck: Reloaded

Early afternoon. We all slept in fairly late. Oooh! I almost forgot! Around 6 AM, we were hit by this massive storm. It woke everyone up, and we were all moving from window to window, trying to see what in the hell was happening outside. Again, a few places [read more...]

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July 4, 2003

Kent and Christine Get Married

I've been up early today, running errands and going to be meeting up with Dave and Alex at 11:00 AM. Today is Kent and Christine's wedding, and we're all going to be travelling to Michigan for the festivites, and staying the night. Woohoo! Dave, leading the way. Before we left [read more...]

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July 6, 2003

Sunny Rainstorm

It might be hard to tell, but it started pouring outside... and the whole while, it seemed bright as noon. We've had a lot of storm activity come through the area lately, and today's been a big mix of blindingly bright light and tornado warnings. Mother Nature is rather [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 6, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Quiet Night

Didn't do all that much today, so it's a brief entry sort of day. I was up pretty late last night, getting photos and movie clips posted from the wedding. I worked hard yesterday. Think of today as me taking a half-day off. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 6, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Jump!

Thanks to TS7 for this link. Man oh man, I just about lost my shit when the Track and Field part kicked in. I spent a fair amount of time in arcades as a kid, and pumped in a ton (a TON) of quarters. I remember back in the [read more...]

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July 8, 2003

The Whiteboard Behind Me: Some Days Good, Some Days Bad

I was hashing out some structure for a potential application that we would be implementing, system-wide, to all of our webmasters. I did a fair amount of number crunching on my end, next thing I knew, my forces wqere flooading the area and keeping the peace. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 8, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Let's Try This Again

Holy crap, I'm not sure where that ( ^ ) came from. I was trying to update the blog, but then kept nodding off and almost falling asleep on top of my keyboard. It's now some 5 hours later (10:14 PM), and I just woke back up. When I looked [read more...]

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July 9, 2003

Extreme I-Sketch

Twelvestone. WOT. This should be fun. :) Hopefully, we'll get a good turnout. I got introduced to this game a long while back, and it's always fun when a big group plays. There's a scheduled game tonight, 7:30 pm PST / 10:30 pm EST. Ehh, I know. There's little chance [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 9, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Ben's Birthday!

My coworker and friend Ben celebrated his birthday today. Actually, we're all supposed to keep that fact quiet. He and Laura are saying that the birthday day is actually tomorrow, since Ben's will be taking the day off. That way, his son can celebrate the whole day with them. :) [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 9, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

(7-11) * 25,000

Portillo's is where everyone at Q101 heads off to, when we go out as a group for lunch. Like a herd of cats, it takes forever for all of us to coordinate anything resembling forward motion. Anytime we go, it's a mess trying to get people out of the office. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 9, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Portillo's

Here's a view of the inside, from the balcony seating area. I'm not sure why, but almost every time we sit upstairs. I tried a few variations, but just couldn't get the lighting right. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 9, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

July 10, 2003

A Problem That Was Not The Problem I Thought It Was Is Resolved

After almost a day plus trying to diagnose what was wrong... I discoverd I had encoded my audio improperly. I was scouring through my code, sure that I had misnamed something, or wired something up wrong. Note to self: trust your code more. Everything was fine. Just the audio files [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 10, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Bloggers

A few days ago, I got some email from Jerkstore and digidod. I had given Jerkstore my jumbled nav .fla, and received a really nice "Hey, I read your blog regularly" note from digidod. It's always cool to see how others approach a like project, so take a peek: Jerkstore's [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 10, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

This Week

Has been almost all about work. I haven't been doing much fucking around, little IM conversations during the day... just cranking things out for the employer. Which is not to say I'm complaining. Actually, I feel like I've gotten a fair amount done this week, and I'm looking back over [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 10, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

July 7, 2003

Late

Out of nowhere, an all-nighter jumped into view. It's closing in on midnight, and I'm here at the office with Ben, working on getting a small Flash site up and running for tomorrow. Nothing to offer you just yet - it's just been work so far. But if we're up [read more...]

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July 8, 2003

Sleep Deprivation, Jim Beam, Rain And A $1,000 Chair

We got out of the office around 2:30 PM. Ben and I decided to have our victory beer at a bar across the street. I had always heard of the Shamrock, and this was my first time in the place. Outside, actually. Ben and I grabbed a drink and settled [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 8, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Late Night: Continued

Wow. It's about 4:53 PM right now, and I'm still awake. I've been up since yesterday morning (an unexpected all-nighter popped up), and everything feels a little hazy and a little farther away than usual. Work was pretty good. Not as exhaustive as some all-nighters have been. But it also [read more...]

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July 11, 2003

On The Way In

I happened to see a callbox opened up, and a barge gliding by on the river. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 11, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

On The Way Out

If you're ever in downtown Chicago, and you catch an incredibly strong whiff of chocolate... that'd be Blommers. The Blommer Chocolate Company is near the Mud Lot, and whenever I drive to work, I walk by it. Everyone's been talking about trying to go there for a tour, and today [read more...]

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July 12, 2003

Uhm. Yeah.

I installed Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for the PC today. Uhm. Let's just move on, and forget about today. In fact, let's never speak of this day again. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 12, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

July 13, 2003

Reunion

My parents were in town, along with several family members. I met up with them in Chinatown and spent most of the day hanging out with them. I also met some additional aunts I hadn't known all that well, and our group did a lot of walking/touring. I got to [read more...]

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July 14, 2003

Offline Message

Juliet: who played video games all day? who pretended he didn't want to admit it, and then did admit it? who didn't even give us a screenshot? who didn't invite us over to play the video game? felix. that's right, felix jung. grand theft this. [Offline Message (Mon Jul [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 14, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Found Art Lost

At work this morning, I was still dealing with residue from hanging out with the family. I had a rather negative outlook that took most of the day to shake off. On my walk to work, however, I noticed that the artwork near the parking lot had been removed. Despite [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 14, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

July 11, 2003

Breaking The Law! Breaking The Law!

Matt showed me the "secret parking spot" near work a few weeks ago. Most places downtown, there's a hefty fee for the parking lots. One of the cheaper ones is fondly referred to as the "Mud Lot," as it's a blast to wade through whenever it rains. The Mud Lot [read more...]

Posted by avoision on July 11, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

July 15, 2003

Shut Up

He would have worn the pilot's hat with his suit. He totally would have. [read more...]
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