Have a fun few days off! I’m heading home for the holidays, but then heading right back. Since I recently started the job, no real vacation days to speak of. So… I’ll be back in Chicago by Thursday AM, bright and early. Don’t expect many updates the next day or two – might not be…
Mucking around with some sound stuff, although I’m not sure how much longer I’m planning on working. Lately, a lot of the folks I’m used to talking have dropped off. Were-here is down again, and many have left their DSL connections to travel back home to their families and dialup. It’s just odd – for…
Saw a bit of Globe Trekker, and a hysterical episode about Korea, hosted by Ian Wright. Something about the way he balances reverence and comedy in the way he presents other cultures. I think the whole show revolves around several "presenters," but whenever I see him on I stop and end up getting sucked into…
The whole day has been a wash. I’ve been watching DVD’s. And to make things worse, I’ve fallen asleep more times than I actually thought was possible in any given day.
On the way home, I grabbed a cab. When I got dropped off, the cabbie turned around, trying to get a better view of the framed photograph I had with me. I ended up giving him Stu’s URL, although I’m not sure if I got it right or not. As a safety measure, I left…
Stu’s house. Fun times, a great apartment, and friends sipping on booze. How can it get any better? Monica and Seth, Dawson sitting far right. All incredibly nice folks. I *think* that Dawson is a friend of Melissa’s, who was the one who set up a meeting between me and her two friends. Took…
There was a lot of mixup tonight, for dinner. I got there right at 6:30, and looked around for people I recognized. I knew that Seth and Monica had arranged the dinner, but I didn’t really know them all that well. I walked inside the restaurant, looked around, and then headed outside to wait. A…
I hadn’t known people were swapping gifts, and only found out about this during the day, talking with Justin. Around 1:00 PM, he and I walked down the corridor to Kaybee Toys, and tried to find some gifts. The rules were that the limit on gifts was $5. I bought some sort of Beatles/Yellow Submarine…
Seriously – I haven’t had such a fantastic day in a long, long time! This morning was the Q101 Christmas party, the one thrown by the Sales Department. Tons of good food, and I had me some biscuit and gravy, a made-to-order omelette, and two Bloody Mary’s. All before 10:30 AM. Add a big piece…
jverbal and I, both slightly not quite sober, try to work through an ActionScript exercise… jverbal: ok i have a string “jon2” Portnoy: What’s the problem? jverbal: i want to remove “jon” from the string and just return the number jverbal: im stuck jverbal: that enough info? im kind of hi :) Portnoy: ROFL Portnoy:…
Stu just left a message a bit ago, saying that he was having a party tomorrow night. Apparently, folks are gathering at Cafe Iberico at 6:30, and then heading over to his place. He may not make it to dinner, but he’ll be waiting for everyone at his place. Cafe Iberico! Jebus – I love…
It’s gotten pretty slow and sluggish around the office this week. Everyone seems to be able to feel the holildays approaching, and the hallways have filled with molasses. I played Mike in a game of chess (good game), and the hours just ticked by. Jacqui, a old friend from my high school days (she was…
by Maxine Kumin It is done by us all, as God disposes, fromthe least cast of worm to what must have beenin the case of the brontosaur, say, spoorof considerable heft, something awesome. We eat, we evacuate, survivors that we are.I think these things each morning with shoveland rake, drawing the risen brown bunstoward me,…
I’ve been flipping through the Poulin Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry, and settled into one of my favorites from Maxine Kumin. I’m not sure why I’m in this mode, but I feel like sharing this poem. Even though it’s not necessarily my place to share it. The poem itself is a bit silly, which seems…