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September 1, 2005
Hello Jane!
We've got a new designer on board at Emmis Interactive, and her name is Jane! Her first day was today (she showed up at 8:15 AM!), and it's been a blast having her around. And as though on cue, today was a flurry of activity (moreso than normal), which made [read more...]
Updates!
08/28/2005 08/29/2005 08/31/2005 [read more...]
September 2, 2005
Giant Inflatable Rat: Mystery Solved
Big thanks to both Kent and Alex, who wrote in to clarify that giant inflatable rat from a few days ago. Turns out, it wasn't related to the pest control place at all, and was all about the new construction site on North Ave. According to Kent and Alex, the [read more...]
NBC.COM, Why do you suck so much?
I'm a big fan of the West Wing. I don't watch much TV, but this show got its hooks into me and I'm just addicted to it. So much so that I refuse to watch any of the current episodes. I save them up, and buy the season on [read more...]
September 3, 2005
Movie Night with Chelsea
Cleaned up a good deal today, as Chelsea was heading over to watch movies. We ended up ordering some pizza from Pizza Metro (I'm convinced they put heroin in the cheese). Beer and scotch, and a crapton of movies. We both have Netflix, and between us we had a [read more...]
September 4, 2005
Happy Birthday, Matt!
Headed out the door and ended up walking to Jewel to buy beer (the nearby store was already closed up, seeing as how today was a Sunday). I was a bit worried that I had somehow missed my chance to buy booze on Sunday, as I had problems buying beer [read more...]
Dim Sum
Got a call from Howard last night, inviting me out for Dim Sum this morning. I met up with him and John, and the three of us made our way toward Chinatown, where we were meeting Phil. En route, we ended up swinging by one of the stairwells in New [read more...]
This, apparently, is the weekend of naps
Came home, settled on the couch, and ended up conking out. Hard. I slept through a few phone calls, and by the time I pulled my ass off the couch... it was time to shower and head over to Matt's for his birthday party.----- -------- [read more...]
September 5, 2005
Con
Misjudged the delivery date for a project at work, that's due tomorrow. I forgot that today was a holiday, and factored in today as a work day. Doh. So... working on Labor Day. Yay. [read more...]
Pro
I'm home. My cat is on my lap. I've got some strong coffee. I'm playing Sam Cooke, and singing along rather loudly. [read more...]
Updates!
09/03/2005 09/04/2005 [read more...]
September 6, 2005
Everyone... Meet Jane
She's our newest designer, who started with us last week. Seeing as how I'm including new employee pics, it's only fair that I include the first day pics I took of Chris, the one I took of Kashif, and the one I took of Mike. And hey, while we're [read more...]
On the way to work
Purchasing Prints?
This seems a bit weird to consider, but it's come up a few times now... so I'm asking. Do you folks have any interest in purchasing prints? I don't think my photos are all that great, but I've gotten a few requests lately. Not quite sure how all that would [read more...]
September 7, 2005
Chorus
by Felix Jung Every day to work I pass the same crazy man, standing sentry near the Wells Street bridge. He plays a battered, black guitar, singing as he shuffles in a pair of blood-red shoes. He's never begged a dime from me, contented in his tuneless melodies, a song [read more...]
On the way to work
I've seen this tag for a while now, and only today did I decide to take a photo. On the glass of the door is written "OATMEAL," and beneath it "GRANOLA." I'm figuring this is some sort of tag (made by hippies?), since a second door about 20 feet [read more...]
Gapers Block!
Logging in to my work computer this morning, I saw that one of my photos was featured on Gapers Block today. What a great surprise to find, first thing in the morning! I sent in several photos to them a long time ago, and got my first photo taken last [read more...]
A smiley-face full of coins
Today, Chris brought in his container full of coins. Apparently, this is the total sum of all the change that's come out of his pockets, at the end of each work day (over the course of the past year). This one proved a challenging guess. As you may have [read more...]
Chipotle Access, Human Error
First off, let me rave here a bit about how much I love the Chipotle web site. It's been more or less the same design for years now, and I just dig it. Simple interface, elegant design, well-integrated with their branding, and playful without sacrificing the professional. In addition [read more...]
Walking to Chipotle
Weird. The last perching pigeon shot I remember taking was almost a year ago. Off by a few days! [read more...]
Water Heater Note
My landlord is doing some work on my place - adding in a new furnace/water heater thingy. I let the workers in this morning, but came home tonight to find this big thing standing in my living room, all my doors closed and tarp covering one wall. Turns out, [read more...]
September 8, 2005
On the way to work
Small City
As it turns out, today's photoon Gapers Block is by Jessica Davis. And seeing her name instantly made me think of Alicia Frantz. A long while back, the night I met Alicia for the first time... I met Jessica as well. I don't know what to really say here. Only [read more...]
On the way home
Dear Hitachi Global Storage Technologies: One of your copywriters deserves an ass-whooping
Sweet. Mother. Of. God. Link via mowgli88. [read more...]
Justin Spins at Danny's
Headed over to Danny's about 10PM, to listen to Justin do his DJ thing. I'm not too up on the DJ scene, but Thursdays seem like a good spot - that much closer to a Friday or Saturday. Not too shabby after only having started last October. Hung out with [read more...]
September 9, 2005
Sometimes, it just falls right in your lap
I normally take my camera out right near the corner of my street, at North Avenue and Wood. Today, mere moments after I shoved my lens cap into my pocket... I see this: Although this one is on the outside, this is not the first skull and car photo I've [read more...]
Chess, Anyone?
I ended up cancelling on plans I made with Will last night, to play chess. However - we've rescheduled for next Wednesday, which should prove very exciting. We've both heard rumors of a large chess set at Happy Village, big pieces designed to be played on their lawn out back. [read more...]
Early Night Tonight
The workers came this morning again. I thought they'd be done, but apparently there's still more adjusting or something. Instead of letting them in and heading back to sleep, I realized that I needed to shower immediately, as they would be cutting off the water. So - another early morning. [read more...]
September 10, 2005
More Pics Soon
September 11, 2005
Hermit
Been feeling reclusive all day today, and puttered around the apartment. For some reason, I've been super-tired the past few days, just sleepier than normal. Tonight, I was invited to another cookout at Justin and Howard's. Lots of good food (wild salmon and monkfish if I recall), but despite how [read more...]
Guess Who's Podcasting?
"This is Senator Barack Obama, and today is Thursday, September 8th, 2005. Welcome to my first podcast." Link via Gapers Block. [read more...]
September 12, 2005
5:19 AM
Fell asleep on the couch earlier last night, and just woke up. A little groggy, a little disoriented. I wasn't kidding about the sleepy thing, recently. Right now, I don't know whether I should try to wake up more, or head back to sleep for a few more hours. Well, [read more...]
On the way to work
Fitting, given this morning. I ended up going back to sleep around 6 AM, and waking up at 6:30 (the workers are coming back today to finish installing the new waterheater/ducts). [read more...]
Neato Nano
Jane had a birthday over the weekend, and her boyfriend bought her an iPod nano as a gift. How cool is this thing? Everyone at the office immediately gathered around, ooh-ing and ahh-ing. "Impossibly small" is a pretty great tagline. They weren't kidding. [read more...]
The Apple Lady: Request Lines are Open
For those that aren't familiar with The Daily Apple, it's a great blog that covers a different topic with each post. In addition to some interesting trivia, each post also contains helpful links to sites that provide a more in-depth look at the topic at hand. Have a question you [read more...]
Working Late, Work Continues
Had a somewhat late night tonight (stuck around until about 8PM, working on a project for New York). Tomorrow will be a late night as well, but lessened by the progress I made this evening. This morning, the workers told me that they expected to be done with everything this [read more...]
Thoughts on Kevin Stein
I read the poem (below) on the train this morning. On first encountering the title, I thought to myself "Oh shit, this poem is going to suck." I'm not a fan of long lines, and the overly abstract title made me think I was in for a certain degree of [read more...]
Sufficiency of the Actual
by Kevin Stein Had I freed the one-legged cricket twitching in the roses' spider-webbed twilight, I'd become Patron Saint of One-Legged Crickets Twitching in Spider-Webbed Twilight. I'd be Saint of Cracked Song, Patron of the Incomplete and Longing. But then, saintly though I might be, the spider goes hungry. Anyway, [read more...]