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Coffee and some unexpected whiskey

Around 7PM, I decided to head over to Filter to spend some time revising poems. Right before I left, Justin gave me a ring and we decided to meet up there. Walking down North Ave, I saw this: Great! Now all I need to do is find a tanker truck full of Scotch. And I’m…

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Leaving Work

I was an an incredibly piss-poor mood at work today. I felt like I was snapping at everyone, and just generally needed to get out of that place. I wasn’t happy there, and felt that I had hit some sort of limit, as far as how much I was willing to work. I got things…

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Victory… Denied!

I ended up driving in to work today. As I was tooling along down Elston, I got stuck behind a cement truck that was going a good 7 MPH. After a small eternity of following behind it, I was able to zip past it when the road connected up with Milwaukee. At that intersection, Elston…

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Wasted Day

I spent most of today working on work stuff. There’s a promotion being launched tomorrow morning. Giveaway stuff. I made a dynamic photo gallery in Flash to showcase all the items. Six areas, with up to nine photos per area. The whole thing’s XML-based, Flash 6, uses jpgs, and anyone else can modify the thing….

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Congratulations, Juliet!

During the night, Stu called up his wife Juliet to see how she was doing. Around the time that we were setting up lights for the wedding, she was off at a job interview. As it turns out, the interview went really well. They offered her a job right on the spot. First interview, first…

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*Insert 7 hours here*

Man, for not really doing much of anything, my feet really hurt. We arrived around 2:30 PM or so. There is a surprising amount of equipment needed for these sorts of shoots, I’ve realized. All in all, we had our own dolly and bags and bags of equipment. Here’s a basic rundown of what we…

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Observing

Around 1:30 PM, I slapped on my new clothes, and walked over to Stu’s house. Along the way, I spotted this. I guess I like the idea of just finding flowers like this, because they seem to either misplaced or forgotten. It makes me wonder what the original thought or intent was, behind the flower….

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Shopping

I was up early again this Saturday, and actually did get to buy some new clothes (unlike last weekend). It felt incredibly nice to be up so early. But around noon… I started to slow down some, and even ended up taking a quick nap. Got a bunch of pants, and a few dress shirts….

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Quicky Entry

I ended up working until 10:00 PM. So much for separating out my personal and work life. Still – the progress I made tonight means less time developing for me over the weekend. I’ll still expect do work this weekend, but not nearly as much (given what I’ve gotten done). Hung out with Justin and…

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After Work, With Justin

After work, Justin and I hung out at Pontiac for a good while. The weather was remarkable, and we just relaxed and hit a wide range of topics. While we did talk about work initially, we fell into the kind of ephemeral banter that seemed to be indicative of our undergraduate years. It’s great to…

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Checking In

Every time I go to the Damen stop, I check to see how this bird is doing. Anymore, I can’t tell if it’s just making a space for itself, or if it’s protecting its children.

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Note to Self

You miss Liz and Steph. It’s been way too long since you’ve seen them. Call them up and go out drinking with them.

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Fuck Me, this is boring shite

I’m looking at what I just typed, and it makes me want to kick my own ass. How often can I groan on and on about work? Leaving work on time doesn’t do me a bit of good if all I do is run right home and do the hermit thing. I need to take…

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Separation of Work and Home Not So Separate

I’ve been forcing myself to leave work on time. Roughly 5:30 – 6 PM each night. There’s a ton of work left on my plate that needs to get done, but I’m still leaving. One of my projects this week is to wire up a version of our CMS admin. It’s something I told my…

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