Archive for February, 2003

Blabbermouth Wanker

I spent most of today discussing ideas, brainstorming, yapping away. I didn’t spend much time at all in front of a computer, but talking with Ben and Justin and Jill and Rey… we all came up with some strong concepts, and I had a blast kicking things around. I feel really lucky to be in…

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Guilty Secret #8

Up until about 7:43 PM this evening, I thought Dana Gioia was a chick. I was doing a search for Kay Ryan, and came up with his essay. Heh.

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An Evening of Surprises

Stepping off the train – I found my little area of Chicago almost blinded by snow. For a good 30 minutes or so, snow just came down hard, the likes of which I haven’t seen for about two years. I tried taking some pictures, but they all came out pretty shitty – mainly because the…

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Slightly Validated

I worked slowly, but I got it done. We’re re-skinning one of the radio stations, and I converted a few pages. I moved like a turtle, but I felt pretty good about weaving my way around Justin and Ben’s templates. At work, I’m the primary "contact person," so if there’s a problem (or a message…

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So Full… So Very Full…

Went to Nola’s again. The last time I was here, I was also with Kent. But tonight, I met two other friends of his: Mike and Tanya. They were both quite cool folks – it took us a little while to get comfortable (a lot of job/career/what-do-you-do talk at the start). But by the end…

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Psssssttt…. Here’s A Note, Pass It On

Earlier today, I let Justin know that I was going to be having dinner with Kent and some of his friends. When he found out, Justin was a bit jealous (as he hasn’t seen Kent in a while). Justin made me take a picture so that I could show it to Kent, which I thought…

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The Shape of Life

So the Simpsons are over, and I’m flipping around a bit. I come across a PBS Documentary that starts off with a camera tracking a lion running at top speed, along with a deep voiceover that says: In the struggle for survival, Nature only rewards the victor. Is it wrong that I got a hard-on…

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Best Quotation From the Movie "Signs"

"Morgan, this crop stuff is just about a bunch of nerds who never had a girlfriend their lives. They’re like thirty now. They make up secret codes and analyze Greek mythology and make secret societies where other guys who never had girlfriends can join in. They do stupid crap like this to feel special. It’s…

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Happy Non-Leap Year!

Got things worked out – the nav is no longer under the impression that 2003 is a leap year. Also, it seems like an errant button (in the 31st day slot) was active, when it shouldn’t have been. Also fixed. I threw in a "current day" signifier, along with a button that links to the…

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Momentary Shame While Renting Movies

So yesterday morning, I’m out and about. I’ve run to Stanley’s to pick up all my veggies for the week, and stop in to get some DVD’s at a nearby blockbuster. I dig around some, and decide that one of the movies I want to see is Spy Kids. Now – before you get all…

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Perpetual Sleepiness

Today, I was living in a constant state of yawning. I woke up early, and got a few errands done. I hate errands, no doubt due in part to this "time" issue of mine. But where I’m trying to rush around and get things done… I come home and just sit on my ass. I’m…

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Dull Day

My confession here is that I still don’t know HTML all that well. We had a sort of emergency thing this morning, where a radio station’s client needed to have their pages fixed quickly – and threatened to withdraw the rest of their business for the year. I worked a bit to get things updated,…

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