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March 1, 2006

House of Blues

Headed over to HOB today (specifically, the hotel) to check on a room. I'm looking to reserve a nice place for my upcoming birthday party... but wanted to make sure it was big enough, before finalizing plans. Well... I could have bothered to call over to check if they could [read more...]

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Ryan Shows Off The Skillz

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Mexico, 2006

First of all, I don't think I've made this announcement yet: WE'RE GOING BACK TO MEXICO! YEAH! We hit our stretch goal this year and, as part of the incentive... our division is heading back to Aventura Spa Palace. I can't freaking wait. And, to top it off, a few [read more...]

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Dave Chapelle's Block Party

Thanks to the folks at Q101 (and Jeanine in particular), a bunch of us got passes to attend an early screening of Dave Chapelle's Block Party. We got there a bit late (the line was crazy long), and we were worried we might not make it in. But - [read more...]

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Gretchen! Rules!

I opened my front door to find this lovely box waiting for me. Here's Harmony, checking out the box, wondering what's inside. It *HAS* to be Gretchen... The nerd in me immediately oohs and aahs over the packaging, and how they went about transporting flowers in a box. And, [read more...]

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Missing Pages DVD Arrives!

I forget who it was that handed me my mail, but they said "You got something today. It's from Japan." Sweet. A while ago, I posted my correspondence with Jerome Olivier. I was very taken with the film he created, Missing Pages (amended version). When I asked how I [read more...]

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March 2, 2006

Movie Screening: Missing Pages, Amended Version

Sent out an email to some coworkers, and set up the projector before lunch. Today, I'm holding an impromptu screening of Missing Pages (Amended Version), which arrived in my mailbox yesterday. I'm not going to spoil this movie for anyone else. Suffice it to say, it was awesome to [read more...]

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Intuit Gallery: Other People's Pictures

Tonight, I met up with a few folks at Intuit Gallery to see a documentary called Other People's Pictures. Ben and I headed over there after work, and met up with Chelsea, Anne and Michelle. Prior to the show, we wandered around the main gallery area, taking in an [read more...]

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Monastic DJ @ Clubfoot

Post gallery, the five of us headed over to a nearby Subway for a late dinner. While there, we were listening to some weird hip-hop station that played a remix of the Peanut Butter Jelly Time song. Of course, the conversation soon turned to our two Peanut Butter Jelly Days [read more...]

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March 3, 2006

You can't spell surprise without an "Arrrrrr!"

A box arrived today at work, addressed to me. There was a company name as the sender, but nothing I recognized... Inside, there were several dozen bouncy balls, various pirate eye patches, and a nice pirate hat! Sweet! As soon as I saw what was inside, I figured it [read more...]

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Six Memos for the Next Millenium

I came home to find yet ANOTHER gift from Gretchen who has, apparently, some sort of amazing memory. I can't recall when we talked about Calvino, but he's one of my favorites. And! It's a hardcover first edition, to boot! Woohoo! [read more...]

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Merchandise Mart

Walking in to work today, the sun was hitting the Mart just right. And so I stopped to grab a photo. It's a huge building (and always made me think of a giant Sumo wrestler, squatting). And if you think the view from the ground is impressive - check [read more...]

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March 4, 2006

Drinks with Liz

Remember the cute girl that I noticed at Marshalls, about a week ago? Well, it turns out Will ran into her again recently, and gave her my blog address. And she wrote me. :) We met up for drinks tonight, and talked for a few hours. It was a bit [read more...]

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Busy Day

Out and about today. Went over to pick up Ben, and the two of us drove out a solid hour to around Channahon for a poker tournament. I got knocked out early on. Ben did really well, lasting to about the last 10 or so. And Mike ended up taking [read more...]

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March 5, 2006

Cleaning

I realize it's been slow around here lately. Tonight, I spent a good hour going over all the photos/videos from the past few days. I've processed all the media, but haven't had the time to do proper entries. So it'll have to wait. This coming week is going to be [read more...]

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March 6, 2006

Buddha Triptych

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March 7, 2006

Prep

Cleaned the apartment some more tonight. Living room mostly, and so it's the bedroom and office area left to be tidied up. Going to be a bit of a race to the end, I think. Just found out that my folks are stopping in to have lunch with me, on [read more...]

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March 8, 2006

Voyeur

Me and Justin out in front of the mart, as taken by... someone in the office. I found a bunch of surveillance-like photos on my camera, after I got home from work. If you thought the blog was voyeuristic before... here ya go. [read more...]

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Surprise for Rey

Today was Rey's birthday, and we all decided to get him birthday cake as a surprise. We hid the thing by Ben's desk, and then crowded around pretending to be looking at some funny video on the web. The plan was, when Rey would come by to see what [read more...]

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Surprise for Me!

Thanks, Mellzah! [read more...]

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March 9, 2006

Birthday sushi chocolate!

Jane got me a box from Koo-Ki Sushi, filled with all sorts of yummy (and beautiful) psuedo-sushi goodness. It's Chocolate! Man, this stuff was good. Everything here is chocolate (or candy of some sort), even down to the fake fish sauce and dollop of wasabi. Seriously - they were [read more...]

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Oh. My. God.

So this box arrives today for me, and everyone crowds around my desk as I open it. The thing is light, and no amount of shaking gives me any indication as to what's inside. The box itself is about the size and shape of a paperback anthology book, and [read more...]

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The Side by Side Comparison

Thanks to Bryan for the Photoshop work! [read more...]

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But does it go up to 11?

Driving in to work today, I spotted this license plate. I debated for a while, then scrambled to get my camera out to snap a pic. Today's car though, has nothing on this vehicle I spotted, a few years ago. In my mind, both vehicles belong to some husband/wife [read more...]

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March 10, 2006

Birthday Party - House of Blues Hotel

After an all-too-brief nap, Abby wakes me up and we head out for a bite to eat. On the way home, we stop off tobuy a crapton of booze for the party, and begin the process of loading up for the hotel. On the way out, I spotted the local [read more...]

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Birthday Day: Meeting Abby at Union Station

Big day today. Took work off, and I'm meeting a ton of friends who are coming in to town to help me celebrate my32nd birthday. First up - my friend Abby, who decided to take the Amtrak up to Chicago and spend her spring breakin the Windy City. I [read more...]

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Meeting Gretchen

Shortly after Abby arrives, she relaxes a bit at my apartment while I go and meet up with Gretchen. A long while ago, Gretchen and I talked on the phone. This was after a few emails back andforth and... we kept on talking. Via email, via IM, we became good [read more...]

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Pre-Party Room Check

I checked in to the hotel shortly after 3 PM, and took a quick peek at things. Desk and cabinet. It's kind of hard to get a full sense of the room - but it's sort of like two rooms connectedtogether. Seating area - which definitely made the space [read more...]

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March 11, 2006

Aftermath

Amazingly, some candles were still going in the morning (and hadn't burned down all that much). The lounge area quickly turned into the pass-out area. Cold pizza and Johnny Walker. Lovely. A quick shot of the rather odd carpet decoration. Going one way, the words "Never Hurt" were spelled [read more...]

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Insert Nap here

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Sushi + Drinks

I wanted to be a good host today, but my body was dragging after last night. After a quick (and all too short) nap, I made plans to grab some sushi with Gretchen and Abby over at Bob San. After a long wait (it was pretty packed, as it was [read more...]

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March 12, 2006

Eight Hours

Gretchen, on her cab ride home last night, met a cool taxi driver who recommended a restaurant to her: Continental Cafe. Gretchen had spent a good deal of time in Romania, and so she got along smashingly with her driver... and he raved about the restaurant. So - me, Abby [read more...]

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March 13, 2006

Goodbye Gretchen

Quick self-portrait in Gretchen's hotel room, the morning before she leaves. She's been here this whole weekend, and I'm still in shock that she travelled all this distance just to come andcelebrate my birthday with me. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Gretchen rocks! [read more...]

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Everybody... Meet Baxter

I hung out with Liz tonight, and got to meet her bunny - Baxter. She let her loose for a bit, so she could run around the living room. I snappeda few photos, and just a little bit of video. [read more...]

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March 14, 2006

Everyone, meet Jennifer

Jennifer joined us yesterday in the office. She's technically working for Cliff doing Accounting stuff, but because of some of the space limitations at the station... she got a desk back in our area, temporarily. So - she has to endure all our loud music and nerdy jokes. And [read more...]

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Out with the Old... In with the New

Last week, Mike mentioned that he had an old VHS tape he wanted to convert into a DVD. It was a fully copy of the Bozo the Clown show, circa the 1980's I think. He was on the show, and participated in a big Tug-O-War contest towards the end [read more...]

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Linkits Commercial

I'm not sure how it started, but my family got involved in commercials for the briefest of moments. I wish I knew the circumstances that brought this about, but somehow we have two commercials to our name. This first one just has me in it. I got tapped to play... [read more...]

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The Stir Fry Experts

Some time after the Linkits commercial, our family got tapped to go do this thing for Wag's - some sort of restaurant chain. I had never heard of it, but we drove to Chicago (I think), and got put up in a hotel for a night. This wasn't just me [read more...]

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Epilogue

Hope you had a few good laughs with these commercials. I'm back on task, and planning to resume daily updates of the blog. Just... give me some more time, and I'll eventually get caught up with the past week. See you tomorrow. :) [read more...]

Posted by avoision on March 14, 2006 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

I almost forgot...

Since today is 3.14, Happy Pi Day everybody! [read more...]

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Back!

Well, sort of. I know it's been slow on the blog front lately, but for good reason. Lots of social activity for me the past week... with tons to tell you about. I have a solid week of pictures and stories to recreate, and I hope you'll bear with me [read more...]