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June 1, 2004

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...]

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

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...]

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Can anyone say "Impulse Buy?"

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

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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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June 2, 2004

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...]

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

Jessie Visits

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...]

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June 3, 2004

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...]

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

¡Vamanos!

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...]

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June 4, 2004

Mexico, Day 2

*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...]

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June 5, 2004

Mexico, Day 3

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...]

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June 6, 2004

Mexico, Day 4

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...]

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

June 7, 2004

Mexico, Final Day!

*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...]

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June 8, 2004

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...]

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

Rejection

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

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June 9, 2004

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...]

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

Whew

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...]

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

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...]

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

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...]

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June 10, 2004

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...]

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

Back to the Grind

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

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June 11, 2004

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...]

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

@ 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...]

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

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...]

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

Mexico

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...]

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

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...]

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

June 12, 2004

Cookout

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...]

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

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...]

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

Rejection Letter

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

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

June 13, 2004

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...]

Posted by avoision on June 13, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Mexico: Done!

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...]

Posted by avoision on June 13, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

June 14, 2004

You Are Beautiful

More You Are Beautiful stickers. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on June 14, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

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...]

Posted by avoision on June 14, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Tha.Riddlas

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...]

Posted by avoision on June 14, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

June 15, 2004

Hmph

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...]

Posted by avoision on June 15, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Flames++

Anything improves if you add flames to it. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on June 15, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

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...]

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June 16, 2004

La Santisima Muerte

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...]

Posted by avoision on June 16, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

June 17, 2004

Why's That Other Dog Just Staring At Me?

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Posted by avoision on June 17, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Chris Satisfies a Boyhood Urge to Drink from a Hydrant

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Posted by avoision on June 17, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Never Work

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June 18, 2004

On the way to the bank

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Posted by avoision on June 18, 2004 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Jenny, Dan, Andrew

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 [