10:55 PM
We’re all (me, Justin, Ben, Deb and Jill) back at the office, finishing up for tomorrow’s full day of meetings and sessions.
Archive for February, 2003
10:30 PM
Everyone is asking the lawyer questions and we get into issues of "streaming" audio.
6:00 PM
After a full day of work, we go to meet all our webmasters (who have flown in to Chicago). I have two beers, we eat some pretty good food, and listen to a lawyer talk about copyright issues and the Internet.
7:45 AM
I’m driving my car, at Justin’s house. I pick him up and we park in a lot near the Merchandise Mart.
7:30 AM
Inside. Going to phone. Realizes there are messages from Justin, starting at 6:45 AM and ending at 7:30 AM. He tells me his car locks are frozen and can I drive.
7:15 AM
Outside. Waiting. Expecting Justin.
6:15 AM
Wake up. Wonder why everything looks foggy and why the air hurts to breathe. Realizes what time it is. Also realizes why most people don’t get up this early: it’s because the air hurts to breathe at this hour. Shower. Mumble.
Speaking of Leftovers…
Going to have a late dinner now. Calling it an early night, partly because I only have one beer (which I’m finishing as I type.. finished!). But mainly because I agreed to go in early tomorrow with Justin. He’s swinging by here at 7:15 (agh! What was I thinking?) and we’re both going to get…
Whew!
Late night last night, getting those Chinatown images up. At work, I discovered that the big Flash movies were loading first, causing some of the image loading to hang. I’ve reworked the Flash files so that they’ll only load on demand. This should solve that image problem. Late night tonight as well. I walked in…
Lunch With Matt
Matt and I hung out today for the first time in a long time. I feel awful for being such a terrible friend – it’s literally been months since I’ve called or stopped by. But we got to see each other today, and it was fun (albeit quick). For our lunch breaks, we both met…
Late Night Phone Call
Talking to Grumpy and a3dmofo on the phone. We’re all in various states of drunkenness. I can’t tell if this is a new level of nerdiness or not. But it’s pretty damn fun. :)
Chinatown At Night
After following around many a dragon, Alex and I decided to call it quits and get some food. Several of the places we tried were filled to capacity, so we ended up at a small joint in New Chinatown. The service was horrible, the entire waitstaff seemed stressed out of their minds, but the food…
Here There Be Dragons
It’s customary, on each New Year’s day, for the dragons to go to every shop in Chinatown to offer blessings. Now, I’m not all that familiar with the specifics, as this has been my first official Chinese New Year in Chicago. Noise is used to "scare off" evil spirits, and firecrackers do the job nicely….
Year of the Ram
Early yesterday morning, Alex and I headed out to Chinatown for the Chinese New Year parade. We brought our cameras with us, and pretty much spent the whole afternoon shooting the parade and the dragons. For some reason, the Raeleans were at the parade. Alex and I talked to them a bit, took their pamphlets…
For Fuck’s Sake
I work with computers. So you’d think, you’d think I’m a smart guy. After being up all night last night, you’d think I’d just turn off the damn monitor and head to sleep. But what happens? I notice that the "February" button isn’t working on the nav. I open up Flash, I dig around a…