Around 1PM, I wake to hear Lloyd working on his computer. I roll over and see a few cups of coffee that he’s bought us from a nearby shop. I swear to you… this coffee was heavenly: partly because we were tired, but partly because it had this great hint of hazelnut/sweetness to it. I’m …
One moment that I think I should recount: Justin and I struggled with one particular "job," which was to hunt down some guy at a country club and kill him in the game. We were able to locate the guy no problems, but each time we tried to "take care of him," something would happen: …
and we’re still playing this damn game. At this point, I’ve fallen asleep once or twice. We keep switching turns and, each time I wake up, Justin hands me the controls. We’re both tired as shit, and yet… we can’t seem to stop. We keep playing Vice City, trading turns, me falling asleep every once …
A busy day at work, with a lot of preparation for a few days without any of us in the office. During lunch, I went off to buy a map of Manhattan, and then promptly left it on my desk, along with almost all the important contact info/phone numbers for the trip. Justin had some …
When in the hell did it get so late? I was at work until almost 8:00 PM with Justin, and tried to troubleshoot some computer problems for Liz and Steph (unsuccessfully) afterwards. After doing my bills and balancing my account, I find myself awake at midnight. No dinner yet. And my clothes are tumbling in …
Yeah, holy crap. I found a way to make the equivalent of a super nerd sandwich, using my computer. I tracked down a graphic of Professor John Frink, pulled it into Photoshop, turned it into a duotone graphic, made it my desktop, and watched it interact with ZMatrix, a cool little Matrix application for the …
I travel in a few days, and I’m not doing much to prepare for it. The thought of travelling stresses me out, so I’ve not been thinking about it much at all. Which is bad. Tomorrow then. Lots to do. Leave it all for the last minute. :)
Melissa was nice enough to send me a big box of fun stuff in the mail! I got a postcard from Vice City, a great UT2003 Strategy Guide, as well as a Wolfenstein t-shirt. How awesome is this? Thanks, M!
All day today, I’ve been tired out. Maybe it was the late showing of the Matrix, and the fact that I didn’t get done blogging until around 1:30 AM. On the train in to work today, I was falling asleep (in brief spurts) while standing up. And this afternoon, in an attempt to make a …
During lunch today, Justin, Ben and I went out to eat at Singha, a Thai place nearby work. We left the building mainly to get outside (and to get away from work). We had a good meal, despite it being a bit breezy outside. At the end of the meal, Ben and Justin were talking …
It’s hard not to see doors and locks everywhere you look. While Kent got a drink of water, I noticed this rather unusual lock on a door and took a picture of it. Yeah, ok. Shut up.
Inside, we killed some time playing a sort of ninja arcade game. Well, it was sorta ninja in that we both had plastic guns that we used to shoot all the ninjas who came at us with traditional swords and spears. Kent and I kicked some serious ass the first round, and got through the …
We drove over to Webster Theater and, without even really wandering around, made a beeline for the place across the street from the parking lot. Luck of luck, a friend of Kent’s (Jeremy I think is his name, if I’m recalling correctly) was working there tonight. His girlfriend Amy used to share a studio space …
and what was going to be a night of sloughing around on the couch turns into Matrix: Reloaded. Woot!
The evening starts off askew. Despite Kent’s having called on Friday, to ensure that Nola’s was open on Monday and offering their patented "Three Oysters for a Dollar" deal… we show up on the sidewalk to find the establishment closed. One of the workers (cleaning the patio and installing some flowerbeds) was nice enough to …
Felix participated in an overnight Sleep Study, to determine just why he snores so darn much. Sleep Apnea ends up being the answer.
At the Ear, Nose and Throat doctor, Felix is about to get this thing jammed up his nose. He even took video of the procedure. Gross.
Felix visits Chicago Dizziness and Hearing, to determine what might be causing his dizzy spells. Here, he's getting his eyes checked.
