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October 1, 2003

Plural

by Felix Jung Through the music and the smoke, it kisses the ears. Someone orders whiskey, scotch, a shot of something on the rocks. The serpent must have made his pitch like this, slurring, soft and uninhibited. The liquor does its work, the words slip past my teeth: secret, swear, [read more...]

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Happy Day!

I have no idea who did this. Matt maybe? I got to my car, and saw this note tucked into my window. As far as I know, Jill, Ben and Justin all took the train (or walked) after work. Matt drives, but doesn't use the pay lot and parks in [read more...]

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Venting

I got to talk to Ben for a while about my current workload. As much as there are ups and downs, I'm happy we talked when I was in a relatively up mood. He stressed that he wanted to take on any work that would help save me time, and [read more...]

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For Like Three Seconds

I happened to see Katie, as she stopped by to say hello. I can't be sure, but I think she moved a chess piece today. [read more...]

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Found Art

Another slight change. The more I see, the more I'm amazed at how much variation is possible with the simplest materials. A close-up of what I think is the "central" area of focus. Make sure to view the previous configuration. [read more...]

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October 2, 2003

Sorry

Nothing tonight. I got home somewhat late, and ended up chatting with mofo and Designess for a good while, on IM. I kept looking for some old poem or photograph to put up here, but it's getting late and I'm pretty tired. So apologies. The only new info I have [read more...]

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October 3, 2003

Found Art: Variation

Previously... [read more...]

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Ben and Laura and Emmett

Afterwards, a bunch of us hopped over to Ben's house, where he and Laura served up a great dinner. Ben grilled out some fantastic steak and salmon, Laura made some garlic red potatoes that were quite heavenly... and Justin and I got to play around with Emmett. Justin and I [read more...]

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Off-Site Meeting

Our Interactive group met off-site today, at about 12:30 PM. Our meeting place was Deb's house, and we had a brief lunch and talked strategies for next year. Deb, along with Rey, oversees our little group and, in a Overall, a very productive meeting, and a nice snapshot of what's [read more...]

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October 4, 2003

Indy

Heading home today, for an uncle's birthday party. I'm super tired, and a big part of me wishes I could just stay at home and get some rest in... but it'll be good to go home again. I haven't eaten in the restaurantsince they opened, so I'm hoping we'll have [read more...]

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Drowsy

About 45 minutes outside of Indianapolis, I started getting super sleepy. Instead of trying to grind the rest of the way there and keep away, I pulled off and decided to grab a quick nap. Lately, I've been extremely tired, and today seems to be yet another example. Here's what [read more...]

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Pre-Party

When I got home, I jumped onto the couch, turned on the cable TV, and flipped around. Luckily, I stumbeld across this great friggin' documentary on Archimedes, and got captivated. I then ended up napping off an on, for another hour, before I made my way to the restaurant, to [read more...]

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Party

Dinner was great. I got to see my cousin Jordan, along with my uncle Corky and my auntie Dawn. We hung out to celebrate my uncle's 60th birthday. The one thing that all Chinese seem to have is this miraculous gift of not looking our actual age (my uncle looks [read more...]

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October 5, 2003

Away

by Felix Jung Beside a grove, I see a doe take flight along the ditch that runs along the interstate. My car is fast, and as I pass her, I can see the glance she gives in my direction. I am afraid she'll stray, approach the road and risk the [read more...]

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You Are The Fly On My Windshield

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This Thing Is Huge

I got home around 2:30 PM. Actually, it was one of those "gotta go to the bathroom so I'm going to pull up next to my door and throw on the hazards and run inside to the bathroom" sort of arrivals. But as I was unloading my stuff and walking [read more...]

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Carla's Computer Update

I got a call tonight from Carla, asking about the best place to get a computer fixed. Unfortunately, it sounds like Betsy is now officially dead. I offered to try to take another look at it, but given my work schedule the past few weeks... I don't know when that [read more...]

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I-65

by Felix Jung I push down, and the needle jumps to eighty- five. The cars I pass fall back as quickly as the farms, the browning fields of wheat that push their arms towards the sun. There is a vacant sky above, the crisp air howling through my window. Along [read more...]

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October 6, 2003

Electric Pumpkins

On the way to work, I stopped for a quick October-esque picture: [read more...]

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You Are Beautiful

Saw this last week, as I was walking to work. This is quite touching, especially since one of the first times I saw this type of sticker was near my workplace. For those who don't know: you-are-beautiful.com [read more...]

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Colts

Holy Christ Almighty. I don't tend to watch sports of any kind, but I've been wanting to watch the Colts play lately. Earlier tonight, I flipped on the game and saw they were down by like 21 points. Around 11:00 PM, I passed by the television... wondering if they lost. [read more...]

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Confession

I felt really, really good last night (part of it, I'm sure, was due to the three beers I sank). But honestly - I felt really good about writing again. I'm happy I stayed home instead of going out, and I'm happy with what I got down on the page. [read more...]

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October 7, 2003

Identity

This morning, standing on the Damen platform waiting for the train... I started thinking about identity. My own, mainly. I realized just how much stock I give work, and how much I define myself through my work. In many ways, it's good to have this kind of work ethic, to [read more...]

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NOVA: Full Episodes Online

Ooooh. Just found this: View Full Episodes. [read more...]

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Sorry

Feeling super exhausted this evening. All I really want is sleep, so there's not much to be had on the blog front. I guess what we're experiencing now is pretty much the reason I started this thing in the first place: you can seemingly only have so many days of [read more...]

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October 8, 2003

Not As Advertised

Found a letter from Steph (who works for my landlord, Ted). This was on the back: Sadly, the letter was neither spooky, nor was it evil. It did, however, advertise a rather tastful loft for rent in the Bucktown area, on the corner of Armitage and Milwaukee. It's a 2 [read more...]

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Juliet Sends A Postcard From Germany

Felix! I have no idea what this card says. There's a restaurant near here named "Felix." I'm going to try to eat there tonight. I say try because everything closes so pooping early here. 10:00 marks the beginning of quiet time, and I'm not kidding, you can hear your [read more...]

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Attention German Blog Readers

This is the postcard. For anyone who speaks German, I'd appreciate a translation. Hell, even if you don't speak German, feel free to submit your guesses my way. [read more...]

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Welcome To My Thought Process

I should try to take a picture. What the hell is that? Well, it looks like someone stuck a pigeon feather in a parking meter. Why in the fuck would you want to take a picture of this? I haven't taken many pictures lately. So? So, people might like some [read more...]

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October 9, 2003

Workday, Synopsis

Got going a little late this morning, and didn't roll into the office until about quarter to ten. Got some coffee on the way in. Checked e-mail. Updated some contest/registration pages. Went into the studio. Took some pictures of the crocodile someone brought in to the morning show: Lunch. More [read more...]

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October 10, 2003

Another Reason Why I Love Lloyd

From: Lloyd To: Portnoy Subject: Re: goonies I had been told by someone that Asian-Americans aren't supposed to like The Goonies. I think that sucks and is stupid and dumb. That kid, Jonathan Kwan who plays Data, I have a friend who knows his girlfriend. But I guess that isn't [read more...]

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Whiskey + Poems

Today, during work... a bunch of us played several rounds of isketch towards the end of the day. Oh man, what a great way to waste time! And honestly, it was really super-fucking fun to do that, after this week. Everyone seemed pretty tired/exhausted, and this was a great way [read more...]

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A Dog After Love

by Yehuda Amichai After you left me I had a bloodhound sniff at my chest and my belly. Let it fill its nostrils and set out to find you. I hope it will find you and rip your lover's balls to shreds and bite off his cock — or at [read more...]

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Decay Is Also A Kind Of Beautiful

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You Are What You Wear

My friend Stu stopped by the office today. We both noticed that we had on t-shirts that proclaimed our names. LOL. So we got our pictures taken together. Leave it to Stu to make the right call. There was one photo where we were both in the shot (faces visible). [read more...]

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Arigato Translates

From: arigato To: Portnoy Subject: The 8th - postcard Roughly translated – we don’t work because we actually have to, we only do it for the money. :) [read more...]

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Linkage

Thanks for the translation, ari. For those of you who may not know his work, check this out: [read more...]

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October 11, 2003

Inspiration Is Where You Find It

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Dryer

by Felix Jung Small wonder I think of love when I hear the sweaters and the shirts tumbling into one another's arms. The buzzer sings. I crack the door and feel a warmth that reaches out to me. I think how, over time, all bodies cool and lose the heat [read more...]

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

Meh

I spent most of today sleeping again. Slight headache in the afternoon. Mainly sleep, off and on, for the entirety of the day. I tried to clean the apartment, but only got so far as doing the dishes and a load of laundry. I have good intentions of running errands [read more...]

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October 12, 2003

Lunch at Las Palmas

After trying to other places for lunch (both closed), we ended up walking to North Ave and getting a table at Las Palmas. A nice coincidence... this location (formerly Feast), was where I ate my first official Chicago meal (with my parents) a long, long time ago. My first apartment [read more...]

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