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May 1, 2004

My Ass and My Couch Held an All-Day Meeting

While the meeting itself went on throughout the day... sadly, no actual action was taken. Nothing was actually decided upon. Today, I slept for a good part of the day. While I did wake up early, I went immediately to the couch with a pillow and my down comforter. It's [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 1, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Updating

Whew! I've gone through a lot of the images from yesterday, and am working on updating yesterday's entry. Sad to say, I've got nothing for today, but check out yesterday's images - hopefully, that will make up for the lack of content here. [read more...]

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May 2, 2004

Errands

Without an alarm, I jolted awake at 7:30AM. I was all over the place this morning. Drove to work to get my check, went to Target, dropped off my movies, went to Stanley's, and was able to get most of my busywork done by 10:00AM. A quick shower and some [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 2, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Behold the Booty

I spent a good few hours browsing for things, and ended up getting a crapload of stuff. I'm looking forward to getting into more of a reading mode again. I got a good mix of things - fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and some really interesting DVD's. On the way back, [read more...]

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May 3, 2004

Dave's Birthday: Warmup

Today is officially Dave's birthday. However, his big plans are to get folks together for some hard-core minigolf. There are a few courses that he recently discovered (which aren't open for business just yet), so we're holding off on the golfing part. But tonight, Justin and I went out for [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 3, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Whew!

God DAMN, sometimes this blog takes a lot of time. Just got done updating the pics from today, as well as the pics from the Gallery Hopping, last Friday. It's not so much prepping the images and cropping them and whatnot... it's just recapping everything, and adding thoughts and commentary. [read more...]

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May 4, 2004

Tattoo

by Ted Kooser What once was meant to be a statement — a dripping dagger held in the fist of a shuddering heart — is now just a bruise on a bony old shoulder, the spot where vanity once punched him hard and the ache lingered on. He looks like [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 4, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Nicknames

For some reason, Justin decided at work today to call me "Ribs." Out of nowhere. We were just talking shop, and he decides he wants togive me a nickname, and that nickname is "Ribs." Before I know it, everyone else is chiming in on how they think it's a great [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 4, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

RIP

The one down note from today - one of Justin's drives just up and checked out. He spent all of today trying to recover data, with no success. The kicker was, not five minutes prior to this happening, we were having an informal group discussion on what steps we would [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 4, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Congratulations are in order

Congratulations to rypunked, for getting the apartment she was after! Congratulations to jverbal, for becoming a homeowner! Congratulations to shuteye, for getting a new job and being able to leave his old workplace! Congratulations to schubee, for being a rock star and landing a job at Rockstar! [read more...]

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Kegger At Rypunked's

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Who Wants These?

I got handed these at work, free. While I am a big fan of video games, I'm choosing not to play them (in the hopes that I mightsomehow find better ways to spend my time). Are you interested? Drop me a line if you want them, and I'll mail [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 4, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

On the Way Home

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Preface

After leaving the Empty Bottle yesterday, Dave, Justin and I walked home talking about tattoos (inspired, in no small part, byJennifer's tattoos). A few days back, I had purchased a book of poems byTed Kooser. I mentioned this, and how I thought the poemappropriate... but since I just got the [read more...]

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May 5, 2004

Winding Down

Ah me. I love this photo, and wish to god it wasn't so washed out. Rockstars! Fantastic Damage. The Endless. [read more...]

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Repairing

Justin and Chris, working on trying to fix up Justin's computer with a new drive and OS. [read more...]

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My Soundtrack

I got this portable mp3 player from Anthony, - it's small, fits neatly, and plays pretty well. The downside is that it only holds up to 68MB of info, but for someone like me... this thing is ideal. I'm not really looking to carry my whole music collection with [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 5, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Cinco De Mayo

Liz and Steph had a party tonight, plans being to hang out in the back yard and celebrate cinco de mayo. Which we did. By drinking margaritas. Constantly. The whole week, Steph and I were joking about the weather and worrying it would rain the day of the party. This [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 5, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

The Bathtub Incident

I am so very not sober at this point. [read more...]

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May 6, 2004

Original

Susan Kare's portfolio. Check out all the work she's done, including that arrow and hand you've seen about a gazillion times now. Link from persist. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 6, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Ugh

Was up late last night, over at Liz and Steph's place. Got home around 2:30AM, and then got sucked into some stupid, fascinating programon PBS, so I didn't really get to sleep until around 3. This morning, I rolled out of bed, slapped on some clothes, and made my way [read more...]

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Hair of the Dog

What's the best thing to do, after a night of heavy imbibing? Why, head out to a bar after work, of course! Had a good time, despite dragging all day today. Justin and I hung out a good while, and had a great time just joking around and enjoying [read more...]

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Unmondo

Unmondo: Opening very, very soon. [read more...]

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10 Worst Album Covers Of All Time

Thanks to Flak for this link. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 6, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Pacmanhattan

A player dressed as Pac-man will run around the Washington square park area of Manhattan while attempting to collect all of the virtual "dots" that run the length of the streets. Four players dressed as the ghosts Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde will attempt to catch Pac-man before all [read more...]

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May 7, 2004

Fat Willy's, Kill Bill

After work, Chelsea and I went to see Kill Bill, Vol. 2. Right before the movie, we stopped off at a small Rib joint across the street, Fat Willy's. Holy crap, was that place good! The two of us split an order of fried shrimp, along with some mac and [read more...]

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May 8, 2004

Rejection Letter

One down, a bunch more to go. I'm not terribly disheartened by this (I've gotten rejected plenty of times prior to this year's submissions). It'll only be bad if every single place I sent to rejects me. Nothing to do but wait. Which, for the record, still sucks. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 8, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Dustin and Tyler

Dustin (a3dmofo) and Tyler came down to visit an old friend of theirs, who's throwing a housewarming party. They stopped over at my place, and the three of us hung out for the afternoon. We ambled over to Sultan's Market for some lunch/dinner (Mmmmmm falafel), and ate our food in [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 8, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Partytime

I have more photos. But this sums up the evening fairly well. I'll try to update this tomorrow. :)----- -------- [read more...]

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May 9, 2004

Early Breakfast

After about four glorious hours of sleep, I wake up Dustin and Tyler for some breakfast. I try to convince them to head to the Bongo Room, but Hollywood ends up winning out instead. Both of them are a bit worse for the wear, but by the time we finish [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 9, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Insert 4-hour Nap Here

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Posted by avoision on May 9, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Day, Version 2.0

On waking sometime mid-afternoon, I realized the miracle that is the nap. It's like getting a whole new day for free! I started some laundry, cleaned up the place some and stepped outside. I did a bit of reading, and sat on my porch awhile. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 9, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Slow Evening

Watched Matchstick Men (which a few folks at work mentioned), and liked it. I'm not a big fan of Nicholas Cage (I'm not sure why I'm not, I'm just not), but I didn't mind him in this movie. In fact, I didn't have the adverse reaction I tend to have [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 9, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

May 10, 2004

Zzzzzzz

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Posted by avoision on May 10, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

May 11, 2004

Whew!

Got home around midnight. Since this morning, I haven't been home. With the addition of waking up early this morning, today has been one tremendously good, long, busy day! [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 11, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Wha? Who? Huh?

Apparently, I fell asleep last night on the couch. I was watching an old-school documentary on PBS comparing real, rarely seen animals in nature with supposed mythological creatures. Falling asleep to PBS documentaries is a rather pleasant experience, I must say. It's the waking up that's the odd part. When [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 11, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Filter wins

I sat down and was looking to jot some notes down for a poem. I was reading a bit, but eventually got distracted by everything that was going on outside my window. So I ended up jotting down notes about what I saw, and watched the city instead. Looking [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 11, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Lorenzo. I miss you. Love, Mel

Justin and I hung out at his place after work. We walked up to Division and Damen, dropped off some videos of his and picked up a six pack of beer. On the walk back, we happened across this sign: Later on in the night, I found out from Chris, [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 11, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

You Are Beautiful

Spotted a new one. [read more...]

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Happy 3rd Birthday, Found Magazine

Found Magazine celebrated its third birthday tonight, and had a small shindig at the Empty Bottle. I had met Jason a few times through chicago friends, and had actually first heard of Found some years back through some online friends (via infourm.com). Funny how these paths intertwine. It was [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 11, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Swing and a Miss

Taking a brief aside here. Around this time, I walk back to get another drink at the bar. Everyone's crowded the stage and, when I try to get back to my spot... I wedge myself sort of halfway between two rows. Half behind one guy and sort of blocking the [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 11, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Happy 3rd Birthday, Found Magazine

Toward the end of the evening, Jason and Dave . I had heard of Christen through other Chicago friends, but never really met her before. Here she is with her brother Joel. Christen makes buttons, and I've heard nothing but good things from folks who know her. She was [read more...]