avoision: April 2004 Archives

April 30, 2004

At 1/Quarterly, I met up with Justin, Dave, and Camellia (who was in town for a conference). Also ran into Rob, who I found out a while ago also knows a lot of the folks related to the event. Plans were for us all to meet up at Beechwood, and... (read more)

1/Quarterly

Steps leading up to the 1/Quarterly space. I'm glad I wasn't drinking prior to this. The Version>04: invisibleNetworks convergence is an opportunity for creating connections between programmers, artists, scientists, musicians, filmmakers, activists, tactical media provocateurs, designers, architects, critical thinkers and culture workers of all kinds. The Version>04: invisibleNetworks convergence... (read more)

Denied

As we walked into the restaurant, I noticed that the store next door was suddenly open. The storefront had been covered up for weeks, and just this morning... as I walked to work, it was uncovered. So tonight seemed to be the grand opening - some kind of clothing store.... (read more)

Lobby Gallery

Our next stop was to be Lobby Gallery. I though it was fairly close, and within walking distance... so we ended up hoofing it again. We meandered our way to the general spot, but had trouble locating the actual building. We wandered around in the cold drizzle for what seemed... (read more)

Rope Climb: Schopf Gallery on Lake

There are a lot of gallery shows going on tonight, and I had plans to run around with Chris and his roommates. The first show was at Schopf Gallery on Lake, and featured the work of a friend of Chris' roommate. We hoofed it and, due to the cold, drizzly... (read more)

Wonderful Days

April 29, 2004

Check out the trailer for Wonderful Days. It's a huge download (26MB), but very worth it. I promise. Thanks to craftymind, who first mentioned this on twelvestone.... (read more)

Perception

Today, I noticed an "Exit" sign for the first time. I've been working at my current job now for closing in on two years now. And I happened to look up, and I see this Exit sign that's not more than 20 feet away from where I sit. Where I've... (read more)

Upcoming Openings

Looks like my dance card on Friday is going to be pretty packed. I'm hanging out with Chris and his friends after work, and we're all heading to some gallery (downtown) where a friend of his roommate is having a show. Should be a lot of fun, as I don't... (read more)

Safeplaces.net

April 28, 2004

The shape of the world in the link (above) reminded me a great deal of Safeplaces.net. This is an old link, but so, so good, even after all this time. Click around and explore. Lots of fun to be had.... (read more)

Run 'n Roll

Run 'n Roll. A fun game, a bit like Mario Kart. One person mode, as well as multiplayer. Strong use of Flash, and very smooth throughout.... (read more)

Woot!

I got back from lunch, and saw this on my keyboard. I have no idea who put it there (edit: Thanks, Justin!), but got a great kick out of seeing this. Apparently, it's some promotional piece for a band. On the back of this sticker, it lists a band... (read more)

Think Positive

This image is courtesy Kent, who spotted it on our walk to lunch. I ended up coming back to this spot later on in the day, and I'm still not entirely happy with the shot. There was some serious wind kicking around (I ended up clinging to a nearby... (read more)

Kent Visits, Lunch Ensues

Kent gave a call today around noon, and stopped by the office. We palled around a while and decided we all should grab some food together. We headed over to a local Indian restaurant, that had a buffet-type lunch deal (Klay Oven). Turns out, this was damn near Kent's last... (read more)

Post Post Work Drinks

April 27, 2004

After a few hours, Justin and I left the Chophouse and made our way back to the neighborhood. Still in the mood to drink some more, I decided we should stop off near my neck of the woods. I got to see Jamie briefly, which was nice since it's been... (read more)

Post Work Drinks

Hung out with my boss Rey, Brian (who helps us out on the hardware side in Indianapolis), and Justin. We stopped over at the Kinzie Chophouse (a nearby swanky steak restaurant, primarily reserved for visiting out-of-town guests) and had some drinks. A few hours later (and a few drinks later),... (read more)

Synchronicity

This morning was fantastic. I stepped off the Blue Line train at Clark & Lake, and began walking towards the escalator. I looked over my right shoulder and saw the Blue Line (coming from the opposite direction) pull up and the doors opened. Out steps Ben, and he falls directly... (read more)

How Do Most People Do It?

April 26, 2004

After work today, I stopped off at the Divison stop and walked to the grocery store. Grabbed a few things for dinner (mushrooms, rice, catfish) and had a nice walk to end the day. By the time I settle in at home, TV/Internet/etc... I realize it's damn near 8:30 PM.... (read more)

Resume

April 25, 2004

by Dorothy Parker Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live.... (read more)

Preface

Not sure what the context was, but Justin and I were chatting a few days ago and Dorothy Parker's poem "Resume" came up. So I thought I'd take this time to share it with all of you.... (read more)

Email Problems

Apparently, my IP address got placed on some spam list. Nothing that I send makes it out, so I'm basically without email. I can still receive no problem - just no sending. I'm not sure why I was placed on this list to begin with. I've got Norton AV on... (read more)

Slow Day

Woke up early today. Hit Target and bought some supplies (cat litter, carpet cleaner, vacuum cleaner bags). It's been really a lazy day... cleaning up this and that. Dishes. Laundry. Puttering about. I haven't really done all that much today, and it felt great. With the writing thing mostly out... (read more)

Sudden Introversion

April 24, 2004

Prior to departing for the movie, I partook of a rather potent cookie. For the most part, I didn't feel much of it until we got back to Justin's place after the movie. We made some more coffee and just hung around a while, chatting. I got to talk to... (read more)

Early Breakfast, and a Movie

Today, a bunch of us are meeting up at Justin's for an early breakfast. And after that, it's off to the Music Box for a matinee of a film by Guy Maddin called Archangel. En route, I stopped off at Sweet Thang (local bakery on North Ave) to pick up... (read more)

It's Art If You Believe It's Art

April 23, 2004

After work, Justin and I spent a good while at Pontiac. As the weather improves, I think I'm inclined more and more to be outside in the open. What started as a quick after-work drink progressed into another, and another. Lots of fun people watching, and some good talks. And... (read more)

Nothing Says Friday Like Whiskey and User Interface Sketches

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Go Me

I sent off a crapload of poems today. I'm very proud of myself.... (read more)

Wooha!

April 22, 2004

It's a hack job (primarily because I didn't research the magazines I'm submitting my poems to), but it's done! After tomorrow, almost all the poems I think are worthwhile should be in the mail and en route to someone else's hands. Tonight, I got a ton of revisions done, cover... (read more)

I Wanna Be... Anchovy!

April 21, 2004

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Email to Gretchen

Gretchen - It's not for a lack of your selling the event, believe you me. In fact, up until yesterday, I had plans on attending. You had me convinced. But tonight, I ended up getting selfish and wanting to focus on my own writing. So ran home and listened to... (read more)

More Editing

I got an invite (an incredibly well-written invite, actually) from my friend Gretchen earlier in the week, announcing a reading by Stuart Dybek at the Public Library. But instead of going, I chose to stay home and write. I've been trying to send Gretchen an email tonight for some time,... (read more)

I'm turning into a curmudgeon

So I'm at the Damen Blue Line stop this morning. I arrive on the platform and look down at the street. I see this minivan parked by the side of the road, blinkers on. I think - ok, someone must be stopping quickly to drop something or someone off.... (read more)

Writing Day

April 20, 2004

I had plans to go to a museum this morning. And as I was rushing around today... I decided that I wasn't really in the mood. I was dragging a bit, and the more time that passed, the more I felt I needed to "hurry" to get a full day's... (read more)

Right Now

April 19, 2004

I'm sipping whiskey from a coffee mug. My cat has decided to jump onto my lap, and she's purring quietly. Every once in a while, she pushes her face into my arm. I'm feeling pretty relaxed tonight, which is a good thing. I'm proud of myself for taking part of... (read more)

Please Don't Feed the models

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Coffee and some unexpected whiskey

Around 7PM, I decided to head over to Filter to spend some time revising poems. Right before I left, Justin gave me a ring and we decided to meet up there. Walking down North Ave, I saw this: Great! Now all I need to do is find a tanker truck... (read more)

Leaving Work

I was an an incredibly piss-poor mood at work today. I felt like I was snapping at everyone, and just generally needed to get out of that place. I wasn't happy there, and felt that I had hit some sort of limit, as far as how much I was willing... (read more)

Victory... Denied!

I ended up driving in to work today. As I was tooling along down Elston, I got stuck behind a cement truck that was going a good 7 MPH. After a small eternity of following behind it, I was able to zip past it when the road connected up with... (read more)

Wasted Day

April 18, 2004

I spent most of today working on work stuff. There's a promotion being launched tomorrow morning. Giveaway stuff. I made a dynamic photo gallery in Flash to showcase all the items. Six areas, with up to nine photos per area. The whole thing's XML-based, Flash 6, uses jpgs, and anyone... (read more)

Congratulations, Juliet!

April 17, 2004

During the night, Stu called up his wife Juliet to see how she was doing. Around the time that we were setting up lights for the wedding, she was off at a job interview. As it turns out, the interview went really well. They offered her a job right on... (read more)

*Insert 7 hours here*

Man, for not really doing much of anything, my feet really hurt. We arrived around 2:30 PM or so. There is a surprising amount of equipment needed for these sorts of shoots, I've realized. All in all, we had our own dolly and bags and bags of equipment. Here's a... (read more)

Observing

Around 1:30 PM, I slapped on my new clothes, and walked over to Stu's house. Along the way, I spotted this. I guess I like the idea of just finding flowers like this, because they seem to either misplaced or forgotten. It makes me wonder what the original thought... (read more)

Shopping

I was up early again this Saturday, and actually did get to buy some new clothes (unlike last weekend). It felt incredibly nice to be up so early. But around noon... I started to slow down some, and even ended up taking a quick nap. Got a bunch of pants,... (read more)

Quicky Entry

April 16, 2004

I ended up working until 10:00 PM. So much for separating out my personal and work life. Still - the progress I made tonight means less time developing for me over the weekend. I'll still expect do work this weekend, but not nearly as much (given what I've gotten done).... (read more)

After Work, With Justin

April 15, 2004

After work, Justin and I hung out at Pontiac for a good while. The weather was remarkable, and we just relaxed and hit a wide range of topics. While we did talk about work initially, we fell into the kind of ephemeral banter that seemed to be indicative of our... (read more)

Checking In

Every time I go to the Damen stop, I check to see how this bird is doing. Anymore, I can't tell if it's just making a space for itself, or if it's protecting its children.... (read more)

Note to Self

April 14, 2004

You miss Liz and Steph. It's been way too long since you've seen them. Call them up and go out drinking with them.... (read more)

Fuck Me, this is boring shite

I'm looking at what I just typed, and it makes me want to kick my own ass. How often can I groan on and on about work? Leaving work on time doesn't do me a bit of good if all I do is run right home and do the hermit... (read more)

Separation of Work and Home Not So Separate

I've been forcing myself to leave work on time. Roughly 5:30 - 6 PM each night. There's a ton of work left on my plate that needs to get done, but I'm still leaving. One of my projects this week is to wire up a version of our CMS admin.... (read more)

Random Picture

April 13, 2004

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Editing

Working on cleaning up some poems. This feels fairly slow going, but I'm really happy to be in this mode again. I'm thinking a bit more on the somewhat recent return to writing I've had. And I'm thinking about how we define ourselves. Purpose and meaning and who we are... (read more)

On the Way Home

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On the Way To Work

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Revising

April 12, 2004

Right now, I'm sifting through my "middle" pile, and trying to tweak some things here and there. I have a lot of poems in this pile that I'm still proud of, and I expect I'll have another fleet of paper to send out soon. This is going to be an... (read more)

Artful Dodger

Hung out at the Artful Dodger after work. Saw Jamie, chatted for a while and sank two beers. No chess today, unfortunately... but we ended up talking about restaurants and books and coffee for a while. There was a good deal of activity (for being so early on a Monday).... (read more)

You Are Beautiful

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Sent!

They're off. I slapped the stamps on them this morning, and they're on their way to magazines as we speak. It's been some... oh, let me see... four years now, since I've sent anything out. More than that, even. It might even be closer to five or six years.... (read more)

Poems: Prepared

April 11, 2004

So I've got the first wave ready to go. I've got 24 poems, and I'm planning on sending them to four magazines. I printed out my poems. I looked up the magazine info in my copy of Poets Market. I've got everything stuffed into the right envelopes. And tomorrow, I... (read more)

Assisting

Called up Stu tonight, and talked a bit more about my assisting him with his wedding shoots. There won't be a real need for him to have an assistant until around June/July, but there's an upcoming wedding he's doing this weekend... and I'll probably tag along and observe. This is... (read more)

Plan B

This morning, I woke up. Early. I'm talking in the car by 8:30 AM early. I made my way to Target, but as I slowly circled the lot and looked at the closed doors... I realized, they were closed for Easter. Typically, I know they open at 8 AM. And... (read more)

ProFont

April 10, 2004

ProFont: the ultimate programming font. I have yet to install this, but plan on checking it out. Thanks to StinkFist for the link.... (read more)

Productive Evening

I spent about 3 and a half hours at Filter. I drank a crapload of coffee, and revised the poems that I had separated out as my "strong" poems. Most of it was slight edits (a comma here, a comma removed there). I did get a few substantal revisions in,... (read more)

Cement Graffiti

They're tearing up North Avenue (and have been for about a week or two). I keep meaning to get shots of all the construction, but most mornings I'm running late. To be honest, I'm not sure what they're doing to the streets. But they're ripping the hell out of... (read more)

Lazy, Indecisive Day

For most of the morning (and into the afternoon), I couldn't get motivated. I was going to run errands, but ended up just watching television. It got so bad that, after a point, I was watching cooking shows on PBS, getting hungry, but then being unable to decide if I... (read more)

Fill This

April 9, 2004

Fill This! is a monthly collaboration project (with roots from the Thunder Dome, I believe). Each month a new canvas is posted, which anyone can then download and play with. Feel free to upload your own images or browse what others have done. (Site created by Bastian).... (read more)

Forum > Thread > Trailer > Album

On Twelvestone, I came across this thread thread, which led me to the Garden State movie trailer, which features a song called "Let Go" by a group called Frou Frou. I got hooked by the tune, and ended up buying the album last night. Been looping that song a... (read more)

Flash Programmer Position: Second Story

Second Story, a great web design house based in Portland, is looking to hire a Flash programmer. Saw this earlier today, and thought I'd pass it along. I'm not sure if I have what they're looking for but, if I weren't already happy where I am, I'd be all... (read more)

Found Flower

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Bituminous?

April 8, 2004

by Shel Silverstein The hard coal's called bituminous, Or is that the anthracite? Stalactites grow down from caves, Or do I mean stalagmites? Those fluffy clouds are nimbus— No—wait—they might be cumulus. And that kid who was raised by wolves— Was he Remus—or Romulus? The brothauruses ate no meat. Does... (read more)

A Day of Meetings and Free Meals

At work today, we have some folks visiting from Terre Haute. We all went out to eat lunch and, after an afternoon of meetings and chat... headed out for dinner around 5:00 PM. I am full with steak and mashed potatoes, and expect I'll be sleeping somewhat soon. Here's a... (read more)

With Three International Students on the Olentagy Bridge in Ohio

April 7, 2004

by Michael L¯hre It is twilight and the river barely winds. The east arches remind me of Dresden far away on the Rhine before we destroyed our minds. Bomb us to the river. It's the only place that's safe. Sandbars below like the back of a whale to ride away.... (read more)

Preface

Alright. Enough of that shit. Let me tell you about this poem that my friend Mike wrote. It kicks ass, and you should read it out loud. I first heard this poem some six or seven years ago. Reading it again today, that line about Kenya still gives me the... (read more)

Beating Myself Up

I was going over some pictures I took from the AWP conference a while back (which I'll post soon, I promise). Looking over things, I feel very distanced from my writer friends who are still working, still writing. It's not a lack of faith in my own work, or in... (read more)

all your oebase are belong to us

While looking around for The Unicorns and Menomena, I stumbled across a Portland music site called OEbase. Pretty damn cool.... (read more)

Sidenote

I'm On Standby ain't too shabby either.:loops:... (read more)

Ben: Portrait of a nerd

New machine arrived today. Chris, being the newest among us, gets to inherit Ben's Mac. In turn, Ben gets the fancy G5. Though I'm a PC user, I gotta say... this thing looks sweet.... (read more)

Menomena

This morning, I started off the day trying to find Menomena's web site. I think my eyes stopped bleeding sometime around noon.... (read more)

Let's hear it for spring

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Counting

April 6, 2004

by Philip Larkin Thinking in terms of one Is easily done — One room, one bed, one chair, One person there, Makes perfect sense; one set Of wishes can be met, One coffin filled. But counting up to two Is harder to do; For one must be denied Before it's... (read more)

Grandaddy

Right now, I'm listening to "Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake." Got the album today, and I've been looping the thing ever since. Then again, this is nothing new to you I'm sure. By now, you realize I'm prone to that shit.... (read more)

Pitching Arm From Hell

Justin and I stopped down at Dunphy's for an after-work drink. What was going to be a quick chat turned into a fairly extended session. Originally, my order was for a Johnny Walker Red and Jim Beam, straight. He served it to us on the rocks, and when I returned... (read more)

Note to self

From rypunked: find out about a Portland band called menomena.... (read more)

Chess With Jamie

April 5, 2004

I stopped by the Artful Dodger after work, to see if Jamie was up for some chess. We had talked about playing a few games last week, but my recollection was a bit fuzzy. By the end of that night, I was pretty sauced, and only had some vague memory... (read more)

GNFNR

Although... this just speaks volumes about the man. *holds up Bic lighter*... (read more)

Everyone... Meet Chris

We recently hired a new designer at work, and his first day was today! Everybody... meet Chris. Today, there was a lot of busy work and waiting around (his computer isn't in yet), but he'll be up and running before the week's out. We all went out to Goodwyn's... (read more)

Meeting Juliet

April 4, 2004

I walked over to Ukranian Village, and stopped off at the local liquor store (Sahara?) to pick up a six pack. Lo and behold, what do I see but one of the You Are Beautiful stickers. When I arrived, Stu and Kent and Dave were all hanging out in... (read more)

Stu and Juliet

Stu's back in town, and his new wife is with him! Everyone's gathering at his place in a bit for drinks. Back later.... (read more)

Scary Movies: Technique

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Spontaneous Coding

I woke up early this morning, amazingly. Even with Daylight Savings and losing an hour, I managed to haul my ass out of bed and ran a few errands early in the AM. I got back a little before noon, and had designs on cleaning up the apartment a bit.... (read more)

Updating

April 3, 2004

I spent most of the night doing some blog maintenance, and updating yesterday's entry. During the whole process of me getting this second version up, I ended up stripping out some <param> tags inadvertantly. This means that some of the Flash movies on here weren't working properly. That should be... (read more)

Spring is here

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Kent and HTML

Today, I stopped over at Kent's and ran him through the basics of setting up a page. He bought a domain (and an excellent name at that) some time back, but wanted to get his hands dirty making pages for both him and Christine. Justin's given him a walkthrough, and... (read more)

Cloud Formations and Recognition

I saw this walking today, heading over to Kent's house. The cloud formation was sort of checkered, and I wondered what that meant. I wasn't sure what weather conditions caused this type of formation. I also didn't know what it meant, if anything, about the weather we were going... (read more)

Beechwood

April 2, 2004

Afterwards, we went to Beechwood for a drink. Which turned into two. Then three. Then four.... (read more)

Catalyst Ranch

We wandered up Randolph a bit, trying to find the right building. As we arrived, I discovered that the reading was going to be held at Catalyst Ranch. I found this a stroke of coincidence, as Ben mentioned this place to me not a week or two ago. I... (read more)

Chelsea called me up

Chelsea called me up yesterday, and said she was going to hang around downtown after work today (Friday). She asked about dinner, and we decided on Sushi Wabi, which is close to both of our workplaces. We had both seen a review of the place on Check, Please, a... (read more)

This'll Work, Just Hold On

April 1, 2004

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TS7 & Grumpy put off doing actual work

TS7: http://www.eesf.org/safetrid/wtp/safetriderlarge.htm Mr. Grumpy: ahahahah yes! Mr. Grumpy: i love this bass Mr. Grumpy: it's like....there's somethin goin on! Mr. Grumpy: he just fell down the elevator shaft TS7: like, the guy who made it just kept throwing in more and more stuff, and the client was like "this is... (read more)

The Chronicles of Portnoy

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SHORTNOY??

TS7: wow, so Shortnoy's dead? Mr. Grumpy: heheheh he can come back next year Mr. Grumpy: or better yet.... Mr. Grumpy: next year we can have a whole Shortnoy, the Younger years thing going on Mr. Grumpy: star wars style TS7: well, now that he's dead I have to... (read more)

The End of Shortnoy : A Walk Down Danger Street

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Finally

Well, after a long court battle, I, Dr. Helix Jung, have finally assumed proper control of the Avoision domain. The previous tenant was kind enough to leave up his source files, so I'm picking up where he left off. If you're reading this, it means the DNS has already propogated,... (read more)

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