avoision: June 2004 Archives

June 30, 2004

I spent the entire evening on the couch. I had intentions of getting stuff done for work, but ended up watching a lot of West Wing and sleeping, off and on. Lately, I've felt more introverted than I have in a really long time. At day's end, I want nothing... (read more)

Where They End Up

Saw a balloon, floating on the Chicago river, as I was walking home. I guess this is one possible destination of where all those balloons go when you let them go. Whenever I chance to see a balloon just floating along in the sky, I always wonder whether someone... (read more)

Walking Home

June 29, 2004

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Writing

June 28, 2004

by William Allingham A man who keeps a diary, pays Due toll to many tedious days; But life becomes eventful—then His busy hand forgets the pen. Most books, indeed, are records less Of fulness than of emptiness.... (read more)

Better. Best. Bested.

Damn. My annual Ten Best Days list is fast approaching, and I haven't even started to sift through the past year. Any suggestions?... (read more)

While Waiting for the Train This Morning

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One Neighbor, Nine Cats, and a Promise

June 27, 2004

Walking to get some beer, I came across a woman leaning against her fence and about three cats lying around on the sidewalk, immediately in front of her. I stopped to pet one of them, and joked about it being a cat party. The two of us fell to talking,... (read more)

westwing++

I bought season 2 today. Yeah, I took a picture of the cover. Yeah, I posted it on my blog. SHUT UP.... (read more)

I weep for our species

I bought some storage boxes from Target yesterday, and this is on the inside of every lid.... (read more)

Alex and Linda Visit

Alex and Linda were visiting this weekend, and a bunch of us got together to have a late brunch at Hilary's Urban Eatery (HUE), a nice little place on Division, just east of Ashland. En route, I found this. It's really nice to see the graffiti kids encouraging literacy. Hilary's.... (read more)

Múm

June 26, 2004

Chris and I headed to the Logan Square Auditorium to see Múm tonight. All ages, but despite that the place didn't feel too terribly crowded (though we were close to the front and it got a bit tight). As more people filed in waited for things to start, I... (read more)

Disturbing Reminders of Mortality, On the Way to Work

June 25, 2004

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The Diameter of the Bomb

June 24, 2004

by Yehuda Amichai The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimeters and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters, with four dead and eleven wounded. And around these, in a larger circle of pain and time, two hospitals are scattered and one graveyard. But the young woman who... (read more)

Fahrenheit 9/11

Good film. I'm not particularly taken by some of Moore's (IMO) cheap jabs at Bush, but a compelling film nonetheless. For me, Bush screws himself worse than Moore ever really could. There are some video clips that, really, are jaw-droppingly beyond belief. Chris, Will and I ended up catching it... (read more)

Elektronik - Supersonik

Hey baby, wake up from your a-sleep. We have arrived onto the future and the whole world has become... Electronic. Supersonic. Supersonic. Electronic. Hey baby, ride me away. We doesn't have much time. My blue jeans is tight, so onto my love rocket climb. Inside tank of fuel is... (read more)

Home Run

June 23, 2004

Home Run.... (read more)

Everybody Loves Everybody

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SuperNerd

June 22, 2004

I spent some time this morning learning about LocalConnection, and was able to get two different .swf files to talk to one another. To make the whole audio experience less jarring, my Flash navigation now knows whether or not someone has triggered the audioplayer in the right module. If the... (read more)

Gamer of the Week

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Impromptu Gathering

After getting off at the Damen stop, Justin, Chris and I all fell to talking. We were discussing grabbing a post-work drink when, who should show up but Chelsea! So all of us headed over to Pontiac to throw down a few and hang out a while. Me. Chelsea. Justin.... (read more)

So We Have This Xbox Pitch

And we're working on creating a custom area to promote Xbox Live, on one of our radio station sites. Ben's doing the mockup, along with Chris. There are a lot of elements to this thing, and it's focused on providing an environment where gamers can meet and interact with one... (read more)

Obsessive Compulsive

June 21, 2004

I was working on a flash audio dealie at work today, setting up basic controls for streaming mp3's. Thanks to rypunked for pointing out to me that I could repurpose this thing for the blog. If you check out the newest right module, you'll see there's a selection of three... (read more)

Jam Session, 2

Today after work, a bunch of us headed over to Matt's again for another jam session. This time, I ended up bringing along my violin and joined in on a few impromptu songs. Which was interesting. I'm still a stickler for structure, having been raised on sheet music, orchestras... (read more)

On the way to work

You Are Beautiful.... (read more)

Dust

June 20, 2004

by Amy Gerstler Lightest of burdens, it sifts over window sills, entering open mouths and noses of silly buildings. It tumbles from the folds of a never-worn dress discovered in some attic. Fuzz of nothingness in time it becomes fur to protect objects' tender hides. Victor in all wars. Gray... (read more)

Definitions

I spent all weekend inside. It was quite gorgeous outside, but I ended up doing the hermit thing all weekend. I'm not sure whether I would classify this as a "recharging," or "alone time," or if "social avoidance" is more apt. Depending on when I stop to think about it,... (read more)

I've Finished the First Season of the West Wing

There's a season 2 DVD set out, right? Right? *twitches*... (read more)

Cleaning

Spent the day, off and on, organizing the apartment a bit. Things are still messy, but slightly less so, now. All weekend, I had designs on getting the place into shape... but I kept getting distracted. I played a lot more UT, ever since talking to Dan, and I ended... (read more)

Love Again

June 19, 2004

by Philip Larkin Love again: wanking at ten past three (Surely he's taken her home by now?), The bedroom hot as a bakery, The drink gone dead, without showing how To meet tomorrow, and afterwards, And the usual pain, like dysentery. Someone else feeling her breasts and cunt, Someone else... (read more)

The Infinite Cat Project

A nice, simple site featuring a cat looking at a cat lookinng at a cat looking at a cat looking at a cat looking at a cat looking...... (read more)

Love Again?

Yesterday, I came across this sticker. I've seen one or two of these in other parts of town, but I can't tell if it's some promotional thing, or what. I think some part of me is secretly hoping I'll discover something as cool as the You Are Beautiful stickers... (read more)

Jenny, Dan, Andrew

June 18, 2004

Tonight, I had dinner with Jenny (my cousin), Dan and their boy Andrew (my nephew who I met for the first time). A few notes. First, as has been the custom in my family (and I think most Chinese families in general)... the actual definition of "uncle" or "auntie" is... (read more)

On the way to the bank

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On the way to work

June 17, 2004

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Never Work

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La Santisima Muerte

June 16, 2004

Came across this parked right on North and Wood. Not sure what it was all about, but snapped a few pics. On walking by, it looked at first glance like a regular ambulance. But on closer inspection, all the skulls sort of gave it away. Odd vehicles sure do... (read more)

Hmph

June 15, 2004

Not feeling too terribly chipper. No idea where this came from, but I haven't been able to shake it, since about 3:00PM or so. I tried looking over some old poems. I tried surfing around some. Can't seem to get rid of it. I don't really feel like working on... (read more)

Flames++

Anything improves if you add flames to it.... (read more)

Emster

This won't make much sense, unless you work for Emmis. I think I'm just going to leave it at that.... (read more)

Tha.Riddlas

June 14, 2004

After work, Justin and I popped over to Matt's neck of the woods and met up with him for some drinks. This is a shot of the Brown Line tracks, which we followed to get to the bar. Tha.Riddla. Justin, talking about Bloomington. This is the view from our... (read more)

Unexpected Photoshoppery

Today, over email, one of our webmasters *cough* Amanda *cough* sent this image out to everyone in the division. Pretty funny stuff. Although this strikes me, potentially, as a call to war. In the coming weeks, I can see a lot of photoshopped images being sent back and forth.... (read more)

You Are Beautiful

More You Are Beautiful stickers.... (read more)

Mexico: Done!

June 13, 2004

Sweet Jebus. I've been sitting in front of my computer now for hours, updating this stuff. HOURS! I think all the Mexico stuff should be up and ready to go. For those who didn't know about my vacation last week, check out the start of it all.... (read more)

GMail

I got an official invite to Gmail today. Much thanks to epohs, who offered on twelvestone to hook folks up. While I've heard a lot of the hype, I'm not entirely sure why everyone is so freaking excited about free mail service. Sure, you get a gig of storage...... (read more)

Cookout

June 12, 2004

Justin's kitchen is always bustling with good stuff. Justin, showing that nanner who's boss. Mmmmmm. Shrimp kabobs. Kent, relaxing after a big meal. Dave, Christine and Christine's mom Nancy, who I first met at Kent and Christine's wedding, about a year ago. As the night wore on, more folks... (read more)

Rejection Letter

Guess it's about time to resend everything. :)... (read more)

Semi-Productive

Ran a bunch of shopping errands this morning, spent a lot of today going through Mexico pictures, and watching West Wing. Around dinnertime, I whipped up some guacamole and packed up a bunch of supplies, heading over to Justin's place. There was a get-together for Kent and Christine, as they're... (read more)

Mexico

June 11, 2004

I went through all the rest of my images (and Justin's) today. Weeded out a bunch, and dumped a lot of what I wanted into the appropriate folders. So the images are done. This just leaves the video. I've got a handful that I like, and there are some lengthier... (read more)

West Wing: Crack in DVD Form

During lunch today, I ended up hopping over to Best Buy. My intention was to buy a present, but I ended up getting Season 1 of the West Wing on DVD. You know, for a really incredibly well-written show and (from my estimation) a well-received show to boot... they... (read more)

@ Work @ Home

Today was relatively slow. Woke up around 10AM, and tended to a few things via email and phone. Last night, we were all at work on a microsite for Powerhouse, the big annual hip-hop concert for Power106 in LA. This afternoon, I made a call out to LA and talked... (read more)

4:25 AM

I lied about not doing any Mexico pictures. There are birds chirping outside, and the same beer that I've been nursing for an hour plus now seems oddly out of place, seeing as it's damn near morning. *looks at clock* This is going to do wonders for my sleep schedule.... (read more)

Not Sure Why, But Beer Tastes Better

... after an 18 hour work day. 3:13 AM here, and Ben just dropped me off. I've had a crapload of caffeine, so I'm going to try to get a few pictures up on the blog before heading to sleep. Unfortunately, I've had no time to go back to the... (read more)

Back to the Grind

June 10, 2004

10:56 PM here. Still in the office, cranking away. As are Justin, Chris and Ben. Guess the vacation's over. :)----- --------... (read more)

Good Gourd!

Today, I got a package in the mail at work. Odd. I never really get packages at work. I wonder what it could be. WOOHOO! Awwww yeah! Maureen, Justin's mom, made this for me. A while back, I leant Justin my car so he could go back home for... (read more)

Whew

June 9, 2004

I've been doing blog stuff ever since I got back home. Few hours now. I'm pretty tired out. Here's a placeholder: Sorry to say, I don't have any Mexico pics yet, but I did get through selecting and batching images from the first day. But I haven't put anything in... (read more)

visitorville

Visitorville: Stats and Sims, together at last (thanks to StinkFist for the link). Not sure if I want to drop $30 just to try it out for a month, but it is awfully tempting.... (read more)

Chicks!

Turns out they were born after all! Awesome. Sort of a blurry shot, but I was running late and I was blocking the stairs. Momma bird was nowhere to be found, but I did see the two kids. I'm happy to see they're alive.... (read more)

This Morning

I was walking down North Avenue, on my way to work. I had my iPod with me, and I found myself incredibly happy to be back in Chicago. I was literally strutting (STRUTTING) down the street. I felt great, and I attribute most of how I felt to how much... (read more)

Rejection

June 8, 2004

Ah well, back to reality. :)----- --------... (read more)

Aaaaaaaaaand...... back.

Got back into town today, around 5:30PM. Man oh man, what a blast. I've got pics, but none right now at my disposal. I ended up loading all my images onto Justin's laptop each time I filled up the card, and so I don't have anything to post tonight. Pics... (read more)

Mexico, Final Day!

June 7, 2004

*yawn* This is an awesome shot, taken by Justin. This really captures the feel of the street. Amaranto, view from the street. View up the street (North). View down the street (South). Everyone met up in Ben's room, for a cup of coffee. Ben's view. This room was so... (read more)

Mexico, Day 4

June 6, 2004

What the? How did this happen? Why is there sa.... oh, wait. That's right. Feeling just... super. Justin and Ben, getting a little misty at the beautiful surroundings, and sharing a private moment. Justin talked to Marissa this morning, and the Sisters Dallas decided to join us on our... (read more)

Mexico, Day 3

June 5, 2004

We had most of the morning off today, with our meetings starting around 1:00PM. I woke up late and, after lounging around my room awhile, headed down to the pool. I met up with a bunch of Emmis folks and crawled into the water. All told, I spent about an... (read more)

Mexico, Day 2

June 4, 2004

*INSERT MEETINGS HERE* All morning, we ended up meeting and giving talks. We presented our Content Management System to everyone, and gave an overview of how we envisioned the coming months. We're looking to move everyone off of Dreamweaver Templates, and breaking down roles/permissions so that various tasks can be... (read more)

¡Vamanos!

June 3, 2004

I met up with Justin and Chris on the corner of North and Wood. Prepared boy scout that I am, I left my e-ticket at the office, along with all the other important info regarding where it was, specifically, I was going. After a brief discussion in the cab,... (read more)

Power Packing

After washing some clothes and throwing them into the dryer, I sat down on the couch for a bit. Apparently, I sat down too far into the couch, because I woke up at 3:30AM. After rubbing my eyes and muttering the word shit about 30 times, I started getting ready.... (read more)

Transferring...

It's 1:59AM. Earlier tonight, after charging up my iPod, I tried to get all my music onto the thing. As it turns out, I've got a LaCie portable drive that I carry with me everywhere, that has pretty much my life on it (work files, poems, music). Each time I... (read more)

Jessie Visits

June 2, 2004

Jessie, a friend of mine from way back in college, was in Chicago for a Book Expo. I've known Jessie now some... let's see, ten years now? Back when I was an undergrad, I had a terrific crush on her (having first met her in a poetry class, if memory... (read more)

Can anyone say "Impulse Buy?"

June 1, 2004

This morning, I thought... gee. An ipod would be nice. Aaaaaaand here we are.... (read more)

Jessie

Tomorrow, I get to see my friend Jessica. Who I haven't seen in something like 5 years, all told. Maybe more. I'm going to be super exhausted come tomorrow evening, but I'm so looking forward to our dinner together. Woohoo!... (read more)

Rejection Letter

Columbus folk - anyone else get this type of letter from Atlanthic Monthly? Is this their generic rejection letter, or should I actually believe the copy here? Because I'd really like to believe the copy. :)... (read more)

Half Full or Half Empty?

I grabbed this on my way up the stairs to the train. It looked to me like the mama bird got her eggs eaten, there being only an empty shell nearby. But when I got home and looked a bit closer, I'm not sure if the eggs hatched, instead.... (read more)

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