avoision: May 2005 Archives

May 31, 2005

Almost two years ago to the day, Ben and Laura moved into their first home. Today, Justin and I went to visit their new digs, and to help get some paint on the walls. The movers had all their stuff stored, and were delivering the furniture tomorrow morning, 8 AM.... (read more)

First Day Back

First day officially back in the office. Of course, the first thing I do is head in for my daily coffee at Artisan. Oh, and it looks like the mural is done. My desk. Took me forever and a day to get things set up again. Now that we're... (read more)

David

May 30, 2005

by Felix Jung We bow three times before his name because tradition is stronger than death. I am with my father, whoís holding flowers wrapped in a thin gauze of paper. We stare at the dates on the marble, trying the math, a difference of years. In mausoleums nothing marks... (read more)

Memorial Day

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Updates!

05/28/2005 05/29/2005... (read more)

Hala Kahiki

May 29, 2005

After about 20 minutes by car, we end up somewhere in River Grove... and get a nice rockstar parking spot outside Hala Kahiki. Some wooden carvings, near the entrance. The whole place is pretty dark. I tried getting this shot (sans flash) at the entrance, looking in to the... (read more)

Cookout

Back in Chicago. I headed over to Justin's place, as his flatmate Michael was having a backyard BBQ. En route, spotted this in a window and it caught my eye. Little did I know that this was an omen of things to come. At the cokout, I ended up trying... (read more)

Dear Craig

Remember the Queensrÿche jacket I wore in high school? Well, check this shit out.... (read more)

Restaurant, Revisited

I told you half of what we do is eat, right? Well, for lunch... we went back to the restaurant and settled in for some Dim Sum. Craig and Michelle were able to join us, and it was awesome to catch up with the both of them. We had a... (read more)

Crown Hill

This morning, everyone woke up early and gathered at Crown Hill Cemetary, to visit our grandfather, David Jung. We all arrived at various times, so there was a good deal of hanging out in front of the main building. My mother was really taken with the sculpture at the base... (read more)

Just Another Night at Home

May 28, 2005

All the kids had to go to sleep early, so I ended up back home with the folks. We watched Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and ate some apples. Good times. Something about that big, honking TV that my dad got... it makes movies better, I think. I made it about... (read more)

Meet the family

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Hanging Out

Mostly, when relatives visit... we do one of two things. We either hang out at someone's house, or we eat. This afternoon, we all met up at my Aunt Vicky's place, and... well, we waited around a while until it was time to eat. Andrew ended up finding this wooden... (read more)

I was born in a small town

We decided on brunch, and ended up going to this place called Le Peep. As we were waiting for a table, I hear someone behind me say "Felix?" I turn around, and it's my old friend Craig - someone I've known since middle school. What a fantastic surprise! I ended... (read more)

Jasmine and Andrew

Pretty much, this whole weekend is all about the niece and nephew. Jenny is my cousin, but seeing as how we're a Chinese family... anyone even remotely related automatically gets the title of "uncle" or "auntie." Woke up early (well, for a Saturday), as Andrew and Jasmine tend to start... (read more)

Back Home

May 27, 2005

Back in Indy, hanging with the family. My cousin Jenny, her husband Dan, their son Andrew and my aunt Becky are all in town visiting. I met up with everyone at the restaurant, and we had a good reunion/meal. Andrew was already up way past his bedtime (he's normally 2... (read more)

It's Something in the Air (but just not smoke)

May 26, 2005

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about smoking. A lot of my friends (who are ex-smokers) all seem to be saying/feeling the same. Hell, a few days ago I was walking home drunk and almost broke down and bought some cigars, just so I could smoke something. Justin's been craving... (read more)

Chuck Palahniuk Interview

Check out this interview with Chuck Palahniuk (thanks to RobotDeathSquad for the link). For those who may not know, Chuck Palahniuk is probably best known for his novel Fight Club. But as good as that novel is, he's got other books that I love as much (if not more). His... (read more)

Gallery Cafe

Ever since I first started working from home, I've been a patron of the local neighborhood coffee spot. There are several around here... but the closest one to me is Gallery Cafe. I've been getting coffee here for a good while, primarily on the weekends. But since the work-at-home... (read more)

Attention New Yorkers

May 25, 2005

This is for anyone in the Brooklyn area: my friends Christine and Kent were planning to participate in the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn, NY. However, something happened with the airline they were flying (read: they got screwed), and their airfare costs suddenly tripled what they were expecting to pay.... (read more)

On the way Home

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Visiting the new space

Today, we had meeting back in the office, downtown. Keep in mind that up until now, all I've seen of the place has been the pictures Phil sent of the construction progress, two months back. Barring that, we've all seen nothing of our new office area since we moved out.... (read more)

On the way to work

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Hapland 2

May 24, 2005

And when you're done with the first one - try giving the second one a go.... (read more)

Hapland

Thanks to mowgli88 for this link. I haven't gotten very far, but it seems really well-made. I can't wait to solve it (hint: click the two little gray things, above the yellow arrow). Reminiscent of sites like Safeplaces, Grow, Treasure Box and TCB Museum.... (read more)

Poets.org gets a makeover

Got an email about the new poets.org website earlier tonight. Check out all the fancy new features - tons of new stuff to explore here.... (read more)

Spore

Thanks to Ecce Signum, I found out about Spore, the newest game from Will Wright (creator of Sim City and The Sims). The premise of the game sounds incredible - at the game's start, your job is to slowly evolve tiny micro-organisms. Over the course of the game, you... (read more)

Hot Doug's

I took today off (one of the comp days I accrued, from the past few weeks). For lunch, I went over to Hot Doug's again with Justin, Chris and Leslie. I should have taken a picture today, but it didn't feel very playful or spontaneous, and would have been forced.... (read more)

Updates!

05/23/2005... (read more)

Strange Shit I Found, Walking Home

May 23, 2005

Had I consumed one more drink, or there been one more friend around... I likely would have put this guy on. Your guess is as good as mine. At the Damen/North/Milwaukee trisection, I slipped into the local minimart and inquired about cigars. Lately, I've been talking a LOT about... (read more)

Hello Justin, Goodbye Lava Lounge

Swung by Justin's place, as he's now back in town. The two of us were planning to hit Lava Lounge, as this was to be their last day. I had no idea, but found out that it had been sold... and all the current staff fired. Totally sucks. Justin goes... (read more)

¡Salud!

As a "thank you" for the work we did for WLUP's Ultimate Garage promotion, Angie took me and Chris out for some dinner tonight. I've still got a crapton of pictures from the photoshoot that I haven't posted yet. One of these days... one of these days. I've got three... (read more)

Updates!

May 22, 2005

05/21/2005... (read more)

Drinking in the Kitchen

May 21, 2005

After a bit, Tracy needed to leave to go pick up Malachai. Instead of us splitting up the group, we decided it would be better (and more fun) were we to stick together. So... we all walked back to Tracy and Matt's apartment. En route, Matt and I stopped... (read more)

Three Birthdays and an Elephant

Got invited out to help celebrate not one, but three birthdays. Tracy, her husband Matt, and their friend Nuanda all have birthdays near the same time - so they decided to celebrate together. En route to Tuman's, I passed by this building on Damen. I've seen it several times now,... (read more)

Leopard Lounge

May 20, 2005

En route, I spotted this small growth inside a metallic indentation in the sidewalk. This is what I mean by vegetation overcoming all obstances - it makes me think about persistence, about fortitude, and about adaptation. Ah, the old Leopard Lounge! I used to come here all the time,... (read more)

The Distance from Nerdy to Cool

So I was playing World of Warcraft today, after work. I grouped up with some folks and was about to embark on some hacking and slashing when I get a call from Liz and Steph. They were having some drinks at the Leopard Lounge, and wanted me to join them.... (read more)

Hermit

I'm realizing that lately, the only pictures I'm taking are of, like, my fucking yard. I haven't gone out all that much or ventured far from the house lately. I think I go in bursts - some days there's so much activity I can't make blog updates fast enough; other... (read more)

Signs of Spring

I didn't notice it until today, but there are small clovers (at least that's what I think they are) growing up between the individual bricks that make up my walkway. I'm always amazed at some of the inventive ways in which plants and vegetation work around any obstacles. Rather... (read more)

1:44 AM

The thing that sucks about being up super late? There's no one around to talk to. I've got a ton of folks in my Instant Messenger list, but it looks like everyone else is either asleep or off having fun away from a computer. Times like tonight, I wonder if... (read more)

Welcome Back, Beatallica!

After some down time due to the legal folks at Sony... Beatallica is back! Thanks in no small part to one Mr. Lars Ulrich.... (read more)

Or Whatever

Everytime I read that Collins poem, the fifth stanza cracks my shit up to no end.... (read more)

Reading an Anthology of Chinese Poems of the Sung Dynasty, I Pause to Admire the Length and Clarity of Their Titles

by Billy Collins It seems these poets have nothing up their ample sleeves they turn over so many cards so early, telling us before the first line whether it is wet or dry, night or day, the season the man is standing in, even how much he has had to... (read more)

Artichoke

by Joseph Hutchinson O heart weighed down by so many wings... (read more)

1:06 AM

Ok, dammit. I got distracted from the writing by the blog. Here it is some two hours later, and I'm still pecking away at the keyboard, writing in this thing. On the plus side, I've been sifting through poems. I'm in a mode where I'm having a ton of fun... (read more)

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant —

May 19, 2005

by Emily Dickinson Tell all the Truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind—... (read more)

Let's hear it for fucking off

Guess who chose wasting the day over errands? Sorry there's nothing to see here today. I got scribbling a little bit tonight, and I'm choosing that over the blog entry. It's not real writing - at least, not like I used to do. But it's adding words to the page... (read more)

Day Off

May 18, 2005

I've got the day off tomorrow, as I'm taking back a comp day from having worked every weekend for the last three weeks or so. I've got maybe 4 days total that I need to take back, but it's not that realistic that I can grab them all in one... (read more)

Rusty Fence

This is right outside my place. I'm not sure how long the garden hose has been sitting here, but I'm pretty certain it was like this all winter. The fence, on the other hand, has been around much longer.... (read more)

Gallery Cafe

I've been taking a few snapshots here and there, gathering pics. I need to get a few more of the signage outside the store, along with some video of the coffee roaster at work. I've been wanting to document the coffee shop for some time now, particularly since I've been... (read more)

The Best Sentence I've Read Today

May 17, 2005

Any well-made poem is worth a whole lot more to the world than the person who wrote it. -Ted Kooser... (read more)

Book Reviews

I'm totally digging the books I purchased recently. I've flipped through a few more of John Brehm's poems, read a bit more of Michael Ryan's work, found some excellent poems in William Matthews' collection, and got through a few pages of Ted Kooser's The Poetry Home Repair Manual. So far,... (read more)

Work Email #5

From: Felix To: Bradley, Bob, Jennifer Subject: RE: hibob.fm banner removal I don't normally write this, but here goes: This email is to let everyone know that I have done absolutely nothing. :) -Felix----- --------... (read more)

Work Email #4

From: Bradley To: Felix Cc: Bob, Jennifer Subject: RE: hibob.fm banner removal Iím sorry guys, I was under the impression it was this last weekend -Bradley----- --------... (read more)

Work Email #3

From: Bob To: Felix Cc: Jennifer, Bradley Subject: RE: hibob.fm banner removal The event is this weekend... should be removed late on Sunday/early Monday. Thanks----- --------... (read more)

Work Email #2

From: Jennifer To: Felix Cc: Bradley, Bob Subject: RE: hibob.fm banner removal Wait, wait , wait - - hold on - the event is THIS weekend. Please leave up til Sunday afternoon. Please confirm with me the banner will not be taken down til Sunday! thanks. Jen----- --------... (read more)

Work Email #1

From: Bradley To: Felix Cc: Jennifer, Bob Subject: hibob.fm banner removal Hello Felix — Can you remove the 3 on 3 soccer banner from last week from the Austin Bob FM site please? The event was last weekend. Thanks for your help! -Bradley----- --------... (read more)

Yes, I realize that a dandelion is a weed and not a flower

Stop trying to spoil the magic. Just for that, I'm going to call you Spoily McSpoilerson from now on.... (read more)

Flower Power

I'm not sure how I've missed it until now. But today, when I went to get coffee... I saw this flower at the base of the steps. Unlike most houses on this street, my front yard is actually below street level, giving me a set of stairs that lead... (read more)

Books Aplenty

May 16, 2005

Haven't had a chance to do this, but finally grabbed a shot of all the books I ordered recently. Haven't had time to peruse them much, but I'm looking forward to going through a lot of the poetry soon.... (read more)

Portland, Vancouver

How cool is this? Yesterday... Stu bought me an airplane ticket! As a thank-you for helping out on his website, he's flying me out to Portland so we can hang out for a few days. The trip is slated for late June, and I'll be flying out on a Thursday... (read more)

Hot Doug's: While We Can

Around 3PM, Chris and I sneak out for a late lunch. We go back to Hot Doug's, even though it's seemingly a totally indulgent thing to do. We'd been working all day, and it seemed like a nice reward for all our work so far. Another factor I think, is... (read more)

Debugging Nightmare

Today, Chris and I worked all day on getting a flash site up and running. Towards the tail end of our time setting things up, we run into a snag. Long and short of it? We were accidentally overwriting one another's files. We were working on two separate elements, but... (read more)

See - it's not just me

May 15, 2005

Post-show, Chris and I ended up doing a bit more work work. Although... I worked for maybe 45 minutes before calling it a night. He ended up working until like 3 AM getting an XML file fully parsed into Flash, freak that he is. What does this say about our... (read more)

Empty Bottle: Revisited

Chatted with Chelsea yesterday on IM, and found out she was going to go see Deerhoof at the Empty Bottle today. I ended up deciding to go as well, and got tickets. They're a band I've heard a lot about (mostly from Chris and Justin and rypunked. And, given my... (read more)

Update from Justin

Got a call from Justin today, and found out a bit more of his recent adventures. He's in San Fran currently, and last night he apparently expressly went out to find the gothiest bar/danceclub he could find (and succeeded). After a bit of trial and error (one of which included... (read more)

Another Working Weekend

Spent a good part of today getting more work work done. This week (hopefully) marks a slowing down of projects. I know that Chris has racked up a handful of comp days in the past few weeks, as have I. Looking forward to taking some time back after working alot... (read more)

Audioplayer Updated

May 14, 2005

New songs, on the audioplayer (on the right). I'm thinking that I'm going to make this feature more of a covers thing. One song, but three different interpretations. I'm liking that approach so far.... (read more)

Assigning Monetary Value to a Life

My first reaction, on seeing the poster for Moo Moose, was surprise. I walked by after glancing at it, and only some 15 feet later did the actual amount of the reward register. I turned around and walked back, so I could look at the sign again. My initial thought... (read more)

Lost Cat

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Found Cat

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You Are Beautiful

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Well, that's just silly

I was procrastinating just a bit ago, not wanting to dig into the work I need to get done for my job. I've got a small Flash site to build, and I was chatting on IM and surfing around killing time. And I felt bad I was putting work off.... (read more)

Too Much Juice

Turns out the problem with my car wasn't what I thought. Instead of my battery not getting enough juice, it was the other way around - the voltage regulator (or some such) was busted, and my battery was getting too much sauce. The good news being that it's not an... (read more)

Uncommon Lovers

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Updates!

May 13, 2005

05/12/2005... (read more)

To and From Catsitting

A momentary bout of patriotism. Signs of Spring, letting us know it's here. I'm not sure why, but this image really fascinated me. LOL. Some woman had parked her van full of dogs in the middle of the street. I happened to be walking by and caught this fantastic... (read more)

Mike Stops By

Got an unexpected visit from Mike today, as he dropped off a few things he thought I would find interesting. He had some photos of a You Are Beautiful setup - constructed with paper cups inserted into a chainlink fence. He also gave me a postcard for a gallery, as... (read more)

Note to self

May 12, 2005

You had a fucking BLAST tonight. You got your agorophobic ass out of your apartment and hung out with friends, and went out. You met even more friends unexpectedly, and that made venturing out even better. You need to listen to more music, because there's a ton of shit you're... (read more)

Poker and the Empty Bottle

Headed over to the boys' place this evening, after checking in on Nebula. En route to Chris' place, I spotted some more artwork on the corner of Damen and Thomas. This is a busy corner. Fast forward through a fun game of Texas Holdem with Chris, Eric and Will.... (read more)

A Proposal Is Made

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Hot Doug's

Chris and I went to Hot Doug's again for lunch. I'm realizing now that it's a lot easier for us to get out here for lunch while we're working from home. And once we go back to the office... these trips will be harder to make. The game of... (read more)

Dear Andy

If you ever, like, need a kidney or anything? Let me know.... (read more)

Another Reason Why Andy is the man

Oh lookee here - a package from Q101? Andy mentioned that he was doing some spring cleaning around the promotions office, and was sending some stuff my way. Let's see. Hrm. Bear? Ok. Sure the whole "teddy bear inside" thing is funny. But the air hole? That's cute and... (read more)

Walking Home

May 11, 2005

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Two Triggered Memories

This small chair made me think of this big chair. Also, I've took some photos pretty much standing in this exact same spot, some six month ago.... (read more)

Catsitting

So, some random person send me a note (through the mailform on the right) asking for more cat pics. So... uh, here you go! I changed it up today and went to visit Nebula during my lunch break. She was being particularly cuddly, so I scooped her up and... (read more)

Workaholism

May 10, 2005

I take my job way too fucking seriously. I'm getting incredibly upset and stressing out in ways that are assuredly not healthy from both a personal and professional standpoint. I need to find a way to fucking unplug that doesn't involve booze or complaining.... (read more)

Walking Back Home

Today's been a flurry with work, and I ended up cabbing it over to Justin's, to check in on Nebula (my car battery is dead currently). I tried looking for a cab back, but ended up walking the whole way home instead. On my way back, I saw several things... (read more)

Depressing Discovery

Not 20 feet past the frenching elementary school kids, I suddenly realized that both of them were getting more action than I've seen in a really long time.... (read more)

Disturbing Discovery

This afternoon, as I walked out my door to get my afternoon coffee, a line of elementary schoolkids walked by. It was a mix of kids, boys and girls, ranging in age (some really short kids, some kids as tall as me). As I walked down the street, I passed... (read more)

Anemophobia

May 9, 2005

by Felix Jung The winds -- which gusted to 94 mph in Fremont Canyon, above Irvine Lake -- knocked out power to thousands of people in northeastern Orange County.Orange County Register, 1/6/03 When the winds kick, my stomach falls as if to clutch the ground. I look around for trees... (read more)

Cat Sitting Week Begins

While Justin's away on vacation, a few of us are tag-teaming on the cat-sitting duties (three of us are taking a week each). Dave had round one, and today is the official hand-off. Next weekend, Howard will be taking over. This is a good thing for me. I'm now actively... (read more)

Updates... delayed

May 8, 2005

I spent a good while tonight, going over and processing photographs from the past three days. I was about to start doing some updates and realized I simply don't have the energy for it. A lot of fun stuff has happened recently, but so much has happened that I can't... (read more)

Ice Cream Solo Run

Around 6 PM, after a full day of sitting in front of the box... I found myself craving sweets. Which is weird, because I don't have a big sweet tooth at all. But for some reason, I really wanted a milkshake. And so, I set off down the street to... (read more)

Justin Checks In

Got a call from Justin this afternoon, around the time I was taking a break for lunch and watching Return of the Jedi on TV (now that's a weekend movie if there ever was one). Turns out, Justin was driving up the coast from Venice Beach to San Fransisco (in... (read more)

Day of Rest My Ass

Woke up this morning, grabbed a coffee, and sat down at the computer. Did a ton of prep work for that Ultimate Garage contest, getting the microsite together. I went through a lot of the photographs I took and that project is close to being completed. I ended up doing... (read more)

Placeholder

May 7, 2005

More soon. I just need to carve out some time to update all these pics!... (read more)

Horseshoe, Revisited

May 6, 2005

More pics to come!... (read more)

Cinco De Mayo!

May 5, 2005

Quick pic from the festivities. I woke up about 19 1/2 hours ago, so I think it's time for me to hit the sack. More updates later - too many pictures today, and too little time!... (read more)

Ultimate Garage: Video Shoot

This is Erica, the new Rock Girl over at The Loop. The video shoot today was pretty fun, as I got to sneak all around the set trying to grab shots here and there. During a brief down time, I asked Erica to pose for a few shots, and... (read more)

5:47 AM

NOW I remember why I don't get up this early. The air actually hurts at this hour. I think it's got something to do with the sun not warming it enough yet or something scientific-y like that. *grumbles* *shuffles off to shower*... (read more)

Sonata for the unaware

May 4, 2005

This is an incredibly cool project done by Carbonatedjazz. Big thanks to Tom, who sent along this link.... (read more)

Tripod Pics

How sad - someone just threw away (or lost) a science fair project. St. Mary of the Angels. One of the St. Mary of the Angels angels. School mural (I forget the actual name of the school). Heh. I saw about three trees planted together that had the same... (read more)

Tomorrow: Photo Shoot for WLUP

Tomorrow morning (and I really mean morning), Angie's swinging by to pick me up at around 6:45AM. We're going to some location for a video shoot that will involve The Loop's Rock Girl. One of the projects we're delivering next week is an "Ultimate Garage" contest, where listeners can win... (read more)

Goodbye Weekend

I guess this was an inevitable thing. Going to be working through the weekend. It's no longer a question of if but a question of how long. Big projects due Monday and Wednesday, and a smallish project due Tuesday (but I won't really be able to start it until Monday).... (read more)

Stress--

May 3, 2005

Hanging out tonight really helped my mood considerably. I made it a point to try to sing in the shower, prior to the party, and that helped some. Normally, singing in the shower is a surefire way for me to actually improve my mood. But it wasn't until I got... (read more)

Happy Birthday Dave!

Dave's birthday is today, and a bunch of us met up at Handlebar to celebrate his big three-oh. I've heard a lot about this place. but tonight was my first night. Great food (I had the catfish tacos for dinner), and somebody behind the bar has an amazing pitching... (read more)

Workstress

There's a crapton of things going on, on the work front. Lately, we've tried to set Friday delivery dates for projects, but have left options open so that we can deliver things the following Monday, if timing gets tight. What sucks is that lately, we've been doing the Monday deliveries.... (read more)

Acquainted with the night

May 2, 2005

by Robert Frost I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain—and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to... (read more)

Walking Home

May 1, 2005

I've made the trek from Danny's back home so many times now, it's old hat. The path back is down a bunch of neighborhood streets that are lit, but only dimly so. The streets are all off the main roads, and I'll usually see one or two cars actually drive... (read more)

Leslie Spins at Danny's

Headed over to Danny's tonight, to listen to Leslie spin a bit with her coworkers. It's a slow night there on Sundays, but I must say that I do prefer it there when it's very low-key. Not a lot of bodies to slide through to get to the bar,... (read more)

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