avoision: July 2005 Archives

July 31, 2005

And guess what? Next weekend, I'm hopping on board an Amtrak and heading to Carbondale for a few days. Going to go hang with Abbey, an old college friend of mine from way back in the Bloomington days. She's throwing some sort of Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream party, and I'm... (read more)

A Day Comprised of Various Naps

I woke up at a decent enough hour, and got an ok start on going through the images from last night's photoshoot. However, I kept napping, off and on, all day. I zonked off at about 5:30 PM, and didn't really wake up until around 10:00 PM. I'm not sure... (read more)

You Are I Am

July 30, 2005

I ended up having to leave the festival early, so that I could get back into the city. This evening, I was slated to take photos at a gallery opening for You Are I Am, a show by the folks at You Are Beautiful. I dropped Will and Chelsea off,... (read more)

Prepare for Pierogi!

The group, about to head out. Chelsea is out of the frame to the left. Then it's Gretchen, Julie, Carl, Kristen, Hillary, Justin, Will and Rob. I think Dave is off to the right of the frame. As we were driving along, we got stopped at a bridge for... (read more)

The day starts off... poorly

My intent was to wake up super-early this morning, get all my crap together, and head out to get the car washed. I was to be driving as a part of a caravan to Whiting, Indiana for Pierogi Fest. But when I walked out to my car, I saw... (read more)

You Are, I Am

July 29, 2005

You Are Beautiful is doing a show at Open End Gallery, entitled You Are, I Am. I'm going to be helping out near the entrance, and taking photos of people as they come in. Each person is going to get a sticker/nametag that they can fill out. And, if they're... (read more)

Pierogi Fest

Guess where I'm going tomorrow? Bunch of us are meeting at Rob and Gretchen's place, and driving out to Whiting, Indiana for the Pierogi goodness. Should be a blast, and I'm sure I'll have tons of pics.... (read more)

My Shuffle

Can't show off the app just yet, but we're slated to launch something that should be pretty neat next Tuesday. This project is a fairly big one, for all of us involved (and has us working on several fronts). Justin is doing some hardcore data crunching to populate the... (read more)

Everyone.... everyone here is a winner

July 28, 2005

The official rules, as designed by Ben and revised by the group, off and on, for the rest of the night. Remember all that tequila we got? Good. Becuause I don't remember much. Will, actually contemplating his hand instead of aggressively betting, willy-nilly like the rest of us. Ok.... (read more)

Texas Holdem: Tequila Rules

1) Winning hand is a Flush: Everyone drinks but the Flush holder. 2) Losing hand is a Straight Loser drinks. 3) Unsuited low cards (2-9) win Dealer drinks. 4) Small pair takes hand (2-7) Big Blind drinks. 5) High card wins hand Winner picks who drinks. 6) Misdeal Uncoordinated dealer... (read more)

The one Photo I took today

July 27, 2005

Since I didn't take any pictures today, I grabbed one of the various stuff I'm trying to digest currently. First off, Ben and Chelsea are both responsible for the Sufjan Stevens purchase. Ben posted a lot of mp3's on his old audio blog by Stephens. And more recently, Chelsea... (read more)

Chess Club

Forced myself to go to Chess Club, even though I had a ton of emails to respond to and a gazillion things to attend to. Why in god's name do I follow through with chess, but decide it's too much trouble to, I don't know... exercise? What's up with that?... (read more)

DJ Justin

July 26, 2005

I was a bit late in my venture over to Danny's, but was able to catch Justin doing his DJ thing. Hung out with Howard for a while, and got caught up with him. I was feeling particularly worn out today, and ended up calling it a night shortly... (read more)

362.29

Met up with the girls at Leopard Lounge (we werer later joined by Matt). We all traded stories about our college/undergrad days, and I had a ton of fun helping Liz celebrate her official entry into the graduate student life. One of the nerdier things I've ever done. In... (read more)

Congratulations Liz!

Liz got her letter today, and was officially accepted to grad school! Fucking awesome! Earlier this month, she was studying up and took the GRE. Now, a few weeks later... she's officially on her way to becoming a librarian! Way to go Liz!... (read more)

Man...

I need to get those pictures from the Rock Girl photoshoot up. I've got so many entries backlogged right now, it's not even funny.... (read more)

Pontiac Photoshoot

Went in to work early this morning, and took my tripod with me. Ben and I went to do a quick photoshoot for a promotion that Q101 is doing, involving Pontiac. Basically, two people (Mackenzie and Bres) will serve as the "Street Team," and go about promoting various Pontiac... (read more)

DJ Justin

July 25, 2005

Justin will be doing his DJ thing again at Danny's, tomorrow night, from 10PM - 2AM. If you swing by and find me, I'll buy you a drink. :)... (read more)

Found Poem

Most days, as I'm walking to the train... I try to force myself to take my camera out of its bag. It's one thing to have a camera on your person all the time, but it's that much easier to take a photo if the camera is out and... (read more)

Updates!

July 24, 2005

07/23/202005... (read more)

Stackopolis

Now THIS. This is a game! Hint: Keep an eye for the visual guide, at the bottom right. Took me a few tries before I spotted that.... (read more)

Hell and Perspicacity

While watching an episode of Monk today, one of the characters says this to another: I'll see you in hell. My question is this: where does that phrase place the speaker? Is that phrase meant as "I'll do everything in my power to send you to hell?" Or does the... (read more)

No Camera

Today, on my way to get coffee... I saw two sailors, two honest-to-god sailors in full regalia. I'm talking that little hat, a blue scarf, the whole deal. Both of them, standing outside the tattoo shop on North Avenue. For some reason, I felt like sharing that. For all the... (read more)

Exit to Exit

July 23, 2005

Liz ended up joining us for the tail-end of the show, and we all made our way to Exit for a few drinks. Matt loaned me a good reference book on photography, and I caught up some with the girls. Early night overall, as we left after a few... (read more)

Two loud videos, with way too much bass

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Mini KISS

I missed them before, but got to see Mini Kiss tonight with Steph and Matt. They were playing at Joe's, which is not a bar I would normally frequent. In fact, the only other time I've been here was when I came by myself for the Q101 UltraCrib giveaway,... (read more)

Monk Binge

So I went on a bit of a binge today. Three Netflix DVD's came in yesterday, all of them from Season 3 of Monk. Some of you may recall that I got hooked on this show a few months back. My DVD player has been on the fritz lately,... (read more)

Funny Thing

Today, walking around my apartment... I saw two women, on two separate occasions, who both had some sort of Chinese text tattooed on their bodies. The first was written on a woman's lower back, right above her waistline. The second was written at the base of a woman's neck, right... (read more)

Cookout

July 22, 2005

Impromptu cookout today, over at Justin's. We were originally going to meet up and I was going to walk him through the photo browser I made for work (for a site called Who's Next). I was going to show him how some of the ActionScript worked, and get him... (read more)

Stopping to think about it...

July 21, 2005

Holy shit! We met Mr. T!... (read more)

Post-Work Poker

Had a bunch of us play a round of Holdem after work today. A great time as always, though the more I play... the more I feel like I have to learn. I lasted for a while, but didn't really do better than mediocre play (in my estimation). Still... (read more)

How about some T in the morning?

Check this out! Mr. T was visiting the radio station today, and we were able to get a group picture taken with him! He was incredibly nice about the whole thing, despite the fact that he had just stepped off a plane a few hoursearlier. Probably still groggy from when... (read more)

On the way to work

Sort of easy to miss, but once you see it it sort of jumps out. Spotted at the Milwaukee/Damen/North trisection.... (read more)

Evolution: What About God?

July 20, 2005

Tonight, my DVD-player was on the fritz so I ended up popping in an old VHS tape of a PBS documentary I had taped, several years ago, called Evolution. This was a multi-part documentary, and just a fantastic one at that. However, the episode I watched tonight was the... (read more)

Oh, yeah

And poems. I need to start writing poems again.... (read more)

OOP

On Chris' recommendation, I picked up Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript (by Branden Hall and Samuel Wan). Although it's almost 3 years old, Chris spoke so highly of it that I decided I needed to pick it up. Also, as per a conversation regarding OOP with Justin last week... I've... (read more)

Post-Storm

We went out to eat lunch, and got caught by a pretty strong thunderstorm. After running back inside (and dodging a lot of the downpour), I walked back in to the office to a distinctly dark room. We like it dark where we work, but it was more pronounced... (read more)

Tequila for everyone!

Recently, Kashif, Ben and Chris all worked on a project for Q101 (which involved Sauza as a client). After successfully completing their end of things, Ben jokingly asked Angie if we could get a case of tequila from the client. Lo and behold, Angie brings back no less than... (read more)

Yet another reason why I love my freaking coworkers

July 19, 2005

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The Setup

To fully appreciate the video (below), I must first insist that you go back a month and watch the video for that day first. Then, when you're ready, continue on.... (read more)

The Power of Powerpiña

Ben brought in some more Mexican candy today. This time though, he had purchased a ton (we're talking like 26) of the very candy he loves: Powerpiñas. Chris and I both tried one, and I wanted to mark the occasion. I'm not crazy about the flavor, but it was... (read more)

The Illusion of Free Will

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Surveying

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Statistics

July 18, 2005

by Yehuda Amichai For every man in a rage there are always two or three back-patters who will calm him, for every weeper, many more tear-wipers, for every happy man, plenty of sad ones who want to warm themselves at his happiness. And every night at least one man can't... (read more)

Late

by Terrance Hayes for my mother This late, no one is clean, not the bus's worn blue seats which keep themselves company, or the nurse in her drowsy yellow uniform. It's February and I haven't spoken to my mother since she told me to take my shit and go, her... (read more)

Preface

Tonight, as we were people-watching, Justin mentioned how much he liked seeing buses drive by. Late at night, when it's dark, the lit interiors of buses provide an interesting snapshot, what Justin described as "a moving stage." When he said that, I immediately thought of a two poems. One was... (read more)

A second chance

I missed them once before, and I will do what I can to ensure that doesn't happen again. Mini-Kiss is back in Chicago, and will be playing this Saturday night. Woohoo! I plan to get my picture taken with the band. It's a moral imperative.... (read more)

Hanging Out, Post-Work

What was initially a post-work drink turned into hanging out for a few hours with Justin. We ducked into a trendy place called "Blue Line," as a few of the other nearby bars weren't open until 7 PM. Ordered some drinks, got some calamari, and ended up talking shop and... (read more)

Tiny Words

Big congrats to my friend Matt, who got a haiku taken by tinywords.com. On top of that, it's their 1,000th haiku that they've published! Rock!... (read more)

On the way to work

No idea what this is about. Entitlement? What's that? At any rate, it seems like Billy Jac was a good guy. So this picture is for him. Thanks for protecting us from the bad guys, Billy Jac. Here's to you, whatever you may be doing now and whoever you... (read more)

Happy Birthday, Steph!

July 17, 2005

Today was Steph's birthday, and what better way to mark the occasion than a backyard tiki party? Things kicked off at about 3:00 PM, and lasted through until the late evening. More pics as soon as I get a chance to catch my breath.... (read more)

So Long, Artful Dodger

July 16, 2005

Went out tonight with Liz and Steph, to have a few drinks at the Artful Dodger. Tonight's their last night, and this great little neighborhood bar will be no more. Got a few pics, but I'll post them tomorrow most likely. The Dodger was the closest, coolest place for... (read more)

OK, I lied

So I spent a lot of today digging up the associated pages for all of the images in my new photo gallery. As of right now, there's an extra nav item that will link you to the corresponding blog entry for each photograph. Yeah! It took me a while, as... (read more)

Done!

July 15, 2005

Ok. This should be the last entry about the photo gallery. I promise. Finally got the buttons inside the main image to work how I want. Fixed a few small bugs, and it's pretty much finished I think. I may go back and tinker some, but all of the problems... (read more)

I fully recognize how nerdy this is, but still...

July 14, 2005

Ok. I was surfing around a bit, and spotted this dice.com banner ad. First of all, threshold = salary_sucks? That doesn't even make sense. In my mind, a threshold is some point that has been reached. And so presumably, if you've got a sucky salary... it's not as though it's... (read more)

Contemplating a Move

I recently found out that Howard, Justin's house-mate, is looking to buy his own place and his apartment will be opening up. The two of us met tonight, to see how things might work out were I to move in to his apartment. Howard hasn't found a place yet, but... (read more)

Pleasant, good to have, and pocket-sized

My friend Juliet runs The Daily Apple, and is fast approaching 100 entries! In preparation for hitting triple digits, she's got an open call for votes for her "Top Ten Daily Apples." If you're unfamiliar with her site, here's a brief glimpse: So, every time I log on to... (read more)

Attention, Grey Poupon Marketing Department

Yesterday, a bunch of us went out to Monk's Pub for lunch (one of our webmasters, Shannon, was visiting and we all went out for a bite to eat). Therewere two bottles of ketchup and mustard on the table, in those generic, single-color, plastic squeeze bottles. Matt wanted something a... (read more)

Hooray! Less Clicking For Everyone!

I made a few slight changes, which have been long, long overdue. First of all - the text link (on the right) for the latest entry now no longer points to the current day. It points to yesterday. Since I update this blog in the evenings, there's rarely anything on... (read more)

Wicker Park Chess Club

July 13, 2005

Got a call from Will today, after work. I had been debating going to the Wicker Park Chess Club again, but once I heard his message - it gave me the extra push I needed to go. My first time playing chess with these folks was about two weeks... (read more)

On the way home

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One Free Minute

The question is: what would you say, given one free minute of anonymous public speech? I came across this site this morning, and it totally rocks. Based in Columbus, OH too, if I'm not mistaken. I really like the interactivity of it, coupled with the whole anonymity bit. The... (read more)

More Photowork

July 12, 2005

Sorry the entries haven't been all that interesting lately. Again today, I spent most of my post-work time going through images and prepping them for the photo gallery. I added more images (and moved a few around). Once I'm done fiddling with this guy, I swear I'll get back to... (read more)

Splat!

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Photowork

July 11, 2005

Spend some more time this evening, fine-tuning the photo gallery. There was a slight issue with loading (which should be fixed), and the navigational elements within the frame of the image are working a bit smoother now. I'd still love to hear about any bugs if you find 'em. I... (read more)

I recognize all those words, but...

I have no idea.... (read more)

Photo Gallery is up!

So it's a bit rushed, but it should be up and running. I've replaced the crappy placeholder index page for this site, so if you go to www.avoision.com, you'll see the photo gallery. Give it a gander, and let me know if you run into any bugs. I'm sure... (read more)

Still working...

July 10, 2005

Soon. Very soon.... (read more)

Wait for it...

July 9, 2005

Ok. So I've got nothing for you today. But wait! Before you close the window in disgust - check this out. I've been working most of the day on a design for my photos. Nothing all that fancy, but I've been enjoying playing around with it immensely. The functionality is... (read more)

Updates!

July 8, 2005

07/06/2005 07/07/2005... (read more)

*yawn*

Which... is apparently what I did this afternoon. Was on the couch watching some TV and woke up to a dark room. It's about 9:42 PM and I'm still rubbing my eyes. Waking up from a long nap is like getting a free day. Gonna grab a scotch and try... (read more)

Did I miss something?

Some days, it's like the universe is trying to tell you that maybe, just maybe, today might be a good day for you to turn around and crawl back into bed.... (read more)

Noir Series

July 7, 2005

Matt recently got some of his work posted online. Go visit and take a peek at some of his photos. The more I view them, the richer they seem to get. I'm pretty taken by how much backstory is available in some of these pictures and, in turn, how... (read more)

Congratulations, Liz!

I got a call from Liz and Steph this evening, and an invite to help them celebrate Liz's completion of her GRE exam. As it turns out, she totally kicked ass and way surpassed the minimum score she needs for her MLS application. We met up at the Dodger,... (read more)

Sometimes, the city offers good advice

I guess this depends on whether you care to see it one way or another. I liken it to the various messages I've come across written in the snow, written on a fence, or written on a truck.... (read more)

Window Washers

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The Roses

July 6, 2005

by Mary Oliver One day in summer when everything has already been more than enough the wild beds start exploding open along the berm of the sea; day after day the honey keeps on coming in the red cups and the bees like amber drops roll in the petals: there... (read more)

Happy Birthday, Kristen!

Whew! A lot of them today! Today is Kristen's birthday, and a bunch of folks gathered in Humboldt Park to help celebrate with a combo potluck picnic and kickball extravaganza. I didn't know all that many folks there, and had a heck of a time trying to learn names (I'm... (read more)

Happy Birthday, Stacey!

My sister's birthday is today, and we got to catch up a bit on the phone, after work. Hopefully, she's got a chance to just relax some with Shane and Jasmine. Happy b-day, sis!... (read more)

Updates!

July 5, 2005

07/03/2005... (read more)

Helloooooooo Google!

As you may have noticed, I've added a new right module that should allow you to search the site. Now, you can utilize the power of Google to search through all the silly crap that I've been uploading to my site lo these past three years. Have at it! I... (read more)

Cooking Phase?

On the way home, I stopped off at the grocery store to pick up a few supplies. I'm making a quick and easy pasta salad from a recipe I found online, to bring to Kristen's kickball/picnic/birthday party tomorrow. I gotta say, I got into the whole food prep thing... (read more)

30 Pounds of Coins

In what has apparently become a tradition here at the workplace, Justin brought in a ton of change and we all tried to guess how much he had. For those of you playing at home, here's what you should know: the coins were brought in two pillowcases. Also, there... (read more)

Good Luck Liz!

My friend Liz has been studying up and is taking the GRE this week (she's looking to pursue a degree in Library Science). Send some good thoughts her way. Because librarians rock. And Liz rocks.----- --------... (read more)

Zzzzzz

July 4, 2005

Sweet Jebus. I was in bed until 5 PM. Went back to sleep around 10 PM. I'll update with the pics from yesterday soon. Well, as soon as I'm awake for more than 5 hours at a stretch. Sheesh.... (read more)

Backyard Cookout

July 3, 2005

Last week, Justin and I hung out at Pontiac for a few after-work drinks and decided we wanted to throw a party this weekend. Fast-forward through a day of errands and shopping, and this is where we're at - Justin's place, supplies coming out of our ears, and a... (read more)

Updates!

July 2, 2005

07/01/2005... (read more)

Errands and Naps

Woke up today and went out to Trader Joe's for the first time. I've had friends rave about this place, and now I totally see why. Easy to access and just a ton of great stuff (particularly a lot of the frozen foods). I've spent today lounging around the apartment.... (read more)

Backyard, Happy Village

July 1, 2005

Today was Gretchen's last day at her job. She's been meaning to leave her position for a while, and finally took the plunge. A bunch of us met up at Happy Village to celebrate her last day. I was here a long while ago, back in January for Michael's birthday... (read more)

Road Trip, Krazy Kaplan's

In preparation for this weekend's cookout, I decided to head across the border into Indiana for some fireworks. I'm not sure what the laws are here in Illinois, but I haven't seen many places to buy fireworks. I've seen the plastic packages in grocery stores. I'm not talking about those... (read more)

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