Archive for February, 2005

Slight Spring Cleaning

I’m thinking about moving some stuff around, shifting my books into the bedroom and opening up some more room in my office area. Tonight, I cleared out my bookshelves and got as far as just emptying/dusting them.

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I spent a few hours

I spent a few hours talking on the phone tonight with Gretchen, someone who had stumbled across my blog a while back and emailed me out of the blue. She was interested in starting her own blog up (although I think she still is working out what it is, exactly, she wants to do)… and had some questions about privacy,…

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Beechwood

After Rena went back to the hotel, a bunch of us went to Beechwood for more drinks. I got into some interesting conversations (and was recommended a book: The Aqautic Mammal). Some fun talks, but the reclusive side of me kicked in around 11:00PM, and I took an early exit. It’s weird – I probably could have stayed out another…

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Post-Show Drinks

Not sure where this was, but we hit a nearby bar for a quick drink. Rena was feeling a bit tired (and had been under the weather lately), and so a bunch of us hung out briefly, post-show. Here’s a quick pic of Dave, who I hadn’t photographed all night.

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Ben Butler

Ben Butler is another artist who was on display at the gallery. A few pieces in a small sideroom. But since I’ve got this thing about symmetry, I had to take a few pics.

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It will be enough

Rena was in town this weekend, along with Christine (converging from both coasts). I first met Rena a while back, at Kent and Christine’s wedding. And shortly after that, attended a going-away party for her. Tonight, she had a solo show at Zg Gallery, entitled It Will Be Enough. I don’t profess to fully understand the scope of the project,…

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Walking Back From Lunch

Ben and Justin stopped in to CDW, and had a few errands to run. Chris and I ended up walking back to the office together, and we spotted a few things en route. After looking around some, we determined that this was a bracelet that spelled out “Chicago.” While I was busy trying to get this shot, Chris tracked down…

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This is a new

This is a new army man that’s popped up on my route to work. And you know the weird thing? This isn’t the first time I’ve taken a picture of the corner of this house. And another one! I swear, it feels like somebody’s fucking with me here. New guys show up – and possibly the same person’s moving them…

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Get Your Poetry On

Poets! The Poetry Center of Chicago is holding its 11th Annual Juried Reading, judged by Jorie Graham. This competition is open to all residents of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin, who are unpublished or who have published no more than one full-length book of poetry, not including self-published books. There’s a $10 reading fee (but it’s…

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The Perry Bible Fellowship

The Perry Bible Fellowship – great, great stuff here. I got this link courtesy of Infourm. Great comics here, and they run the gamut – touching, depraved, and all totally hilarious. And hey – how about this? I was looking around the site (PBF is only a facet of Nicholas Gurewitch’s work), I happened across a few movies. And while…

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The New Lord and Master

It’s the end of an era! The king has been usurped! In a quick and bloody post-work game, Kashif emerges as the victor – and the new wielder of the LORD AND MASTER STEIN™. And for the second time in its brief history, a non-Emmis employee wields the stein of power! Next week should be fun, as a bunch of…

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This is a pretty

This is a pretty addictive game, right here. Be warned, though – there’s this totally obnoxious sound effect of lightning striking at loadup. Perhaps it’s somebody’s idea of branding, but it’s just way too much. The creator of the game is Lightning Games, though their website is currently down. I had to actively dig around to find this, as the…

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