This collection of entries is from October 2003.
Friday, October 31, 2003
Sail Away?Note to self: When you walk into work and Enya is on the boombox, it's not going to be a good day.
It's still warm outside, but windy. It was also starting to drizzle by the time I hit the parking lot. Traffic was light both ways today.
This is the first time in 3 years that I'm not unemployed and at home to answer the door for Halloween. I guess we do have a tradition after all - we actually count every kid that shows up at the door. Our normal average is right around 100. Last year it was 79. This year was 69. And it was a Friday. I don't get it.
posted at 05:59 PM | Link | Mundane | 1 comment § |
Friday 5 - Halloween
Time for another Friday Five...
1. What was your first Halloween costume? Haven't the slightest idea. I remember seeing a picture of me in a cowboy outfit, but I really can't remember.
2. What was your best costume and why? I went as a washing machine one year. It's really the only costume that sticks out in my mind.
3. Did you ever play a trick on someone who didn't give you a treat? Nope, never.
4. Do you have any Halloween traditions? (ie: Family pumpkin carving, special dinner before trick or treating, etc.) No traditions - it's not a holiday that's high on my list.
5. Share your favorite scary story...real or legend! Oh, crap. I don't have one. Really - I don't. Sorry. Boring answers this week. Sorry, people - move along...
posted at 06:28 AM | Link | Friday Five § |
Thursday, October 30, 2003
Survivor: Pearl Islands - Episode 7 THEME
What the...? - PART 1
BEST. SURVIVOR. EPISODE. EVER.
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It's dark at the Drake tribe and out of the darkness you hear a booming "Who the hell voted for me? Who the hell voted for me? JON??? Who the hell voted for me?" It's Rupert and he's going after pissant Jon for voting for him at Tribal Council. Rupert is pissed, but he gets over it. How the hell is Jon still around??? The next day it's raining and Morgan looks like they're in bad shape. They haven't been getting any fish since rupert left. They're eating beans. Osten looks like he's checking out again. The damn bastard looks like he's tired and depressed... and like he wants to quit. Drake finds Tree Mail (or Sea Mail as they say) and they realize that there's a challenge coming up. The tribe decides they want coconut popcorn before the challenge (if you fry-up coconut meat it's supposed to taste like popcorn). Everybody except Shawn, that is. More verbal sparring ensues between Jon & Shawn about the damn coconut popcorn.
It's time for the challenge. When the tribes arrive, Jeff starts to talk: Nineteen days, you've been out here in the Pearl Islands. You have survived the bugs, the lack of food, miserable living conditions and the ever shifting tribal dynamics. Together, you've voted six people out of this game - three from Morgan, three from Drake. The reasons you voted these people out vary. The only real common trait among the six people you voted out is that they're no longer in this game.
But that may soon change.
Morgan, Drake - your past has come back to haunt you.
Come in, guys. And with that, you see the six former players literally come out of the bushes. They have purple bandannas and Burton is carrying a purple banner. The six people you have voted out return now as a third tribe.
Nicole. Skinny Ryan. Lill. Burton. Michelle. and Trish.
You guys have a tribe name?
(Burton replies) "We're The Outcasts."
The Outcasts. Not unlike the pirate days, they got tired of somebody, felt they were no longer worthy, they shipped them out to sea - left them for dead. Typically, they died. But every so often, they didn't, and when they came back they usually had one thing on their mind. I'm guessing it's the same with you. Michelle?
(Michelle replies) "Revenge, baby. All about revenge." The music comes up. Close-up shots of the existing tribe members' faces. And... commercial.
When we come back from the break, Jeff describes how this will work: (why is it that when they show Jon, he's always got that smile on his face that makes me want to smash him in the teeth to get rid of it?) the Outcasts will compete against Morgan and Drake in a Three-Tribe Challenge. If Morgan or Drake lose to the Outcasts, they will have to go to Tribal Council tonight and vote somebody out. The Outcasts will go to Tribal Council and vote somebody in to replace the member you lost. If both tribes lose to the Outcasts, both will go to Tribal Council separately, both will vote somebody out and two Outcasts will come back into the game. If any Outcasts make it back into this game, they are Immune at the next Tribal Council to give them a fair shot at integrating with their new tribe and getting back into this game.
The challenge is a rescue to get out of three different cages. It's a bit convoluted, so I won't go into details. From the start, The Outcasts take the lead, but Drake gets ahead. When it comes down to the end and getting a key ring with a pole, the Outcasts get the keys first and win. Drake and Morgan have to go to Tribal Council and vote people out, while the Outcasts vote two people back into the game for the first time in the history of Survivor. Holy crap, this is going to get interesting...
The tribes go back to camp, and everybody at Morgan feels the same way - the Outcasts must go at the first opportunity, ans everyone is frustrated. Then Osten tells everyone to vote him off. His body isn't functioning as well as he would like, so he can't compete as well, so he wants out. Huh? Have you looked at this guy??? What the hell is wrong with you, Osten? At Drake, a purple crab is crawling around their shelter (Hmmmm... purple? The color of the Outcast Tribe? Coincidence?) Sandra asks for volunteers to go home. To no one's surprise, nobody volunteers. Rupert, Christa and Sandra talk among themselves and Sandra says they should just ask the other two (Jon & Shawn) to make their case on why they should stay (!) and they agree!
Drake goes to Tribal Council first and votes off Shawn Cohen, the 28-year-old advertising sales executive from New York, New York, in a four-to-one decision.
Morgan then goes to Tribal Council. The weather has turned nasty - it's raining with lightning and thunder with heavy winds.
We are now treated to another historic moment in Survivor history - something called "laying down your torch":
Jeff: Well Drake has been here and gone. They were lucky with the weather. Unfortunately, you're not. Been a while since you guys have been here. Had a nice run. Savage - what happened when you guys got back to camp? Suddenly you're faced with an unexpected Tribal Council and you're going to have to vote somebody out.
Andrew: Soon as we get back to camp, Osten steps forward, says that his mind and his body have shut down and that he needs to go. He can't take it another day. Absolutely insists that we put his name on the parchment and vote him out tonight.
Jeff: You had enough, Osten?
Osten: Ah... going into this I was like I want to go as far as my body would allow me go. And right now, my body is done. It's exasperated. (ed. huh?) Every bone in my body hurts. Ahh... I just can't go any further. I'll be more of a liability than an asset to my team, and I refuse to do that.
Jeff: Savage - how much of this experience is about finding out what you are made of?
Andrew: It's all about that, Jeff. It's all mental. Your mind controls your body. If your body is shutting down it's because you... in my opinion... it's because your mind is shutting down.
Jeff: OK. So, Osten, your body, although it appears to smack anybody's body that's still left in this game (shot of Tijuana smiling), I would argue probably that your mind has had enough as well. So, when you hear a guy like Burton come back and say today "You don't know what down is until you've been humiliated by being voted out," and yet he still has a burning desire enough to be back in this game that he'll risk it again, is there any part of you that questions your own will to go on when your body may be saying "I'm tired"?
Osten: Absolutely not. I equate my temple to a car. (yes, Osten refers to his body as a temple) If it has no gas it can not run.
Jeff: T - from what I gathered at the 2nd Tribal Council, it was Osten who was the mysterious person that wanted to quit. So this goes back to Day 5 or 6. What's going on from your point of view right now with Osten?
Tijuana: Um, I can't dictate to Osten or understand where he's coming from. This experience may not be enough of a sacrifice for him versus his health. It is for me. I'm willing to go until probably I'm dead here - either that or I'm voted out. But that's just me.
Jeff: Darrah - I'm watching your body shrink by the day - pulling your top up, nothing staying on. You want out of this game?
Darrah: No, I do not want out of this game. Like T said, you know, I guess you'll have to carry me away, because I'm going to leave this game until I have to.
Jeff: Rhino - What's your take on this happening tonight? Is it "You know what? Fine, Osten, you wanted to quit twice. Go home."
Ryan O: As far as I'm concerned, if was me, I would be clawing and scratching and have to have pneumonia and stuff but, you know, Osten is going to do his thing. That's... that's his wishes. I'm going to grant him his wishes.
Jeff: So, I'm going to go back to you, Osten. I think you know I'm not picking on you.
Osten: That's fine, if you are.
Jeff: So when you hear your four other tribemates, who obviously adore you, when you hear them say "I wouldn't quit. Not for nothn', Jeff", you can't tell me, somewhere in the back of your mind, there's a little part of that says "I am quitting"?
Osten: Take it for whatever you want. mean, if you want to say "quitting", you want to say "stopping". Yeah, I'm "quitting". My health to me is more important to me... ah... than a million dollars I guess right now. Does the means justify the ends? No, it doesn't.
Jeff: Let me ask you something, Osten. Have you wondered what the hell you're doing out here?
Osten: You know what? I'm clearly out of my element. As a situation I would of thought that hey, give it a shot. I can at least say that I went and tried it. I'd like to have been successful. Apparently I'm not going to be. But you know, I won't live my life saying "what if?".
Jeff: Savage - you're shaking your head.
Andrew: If were to do this I would have a "what if?" Flat out. What if what if I went another two days. What if I went one more day. And, then but that's just me. I don't pretend to walk in his shoes, Jeff. I can't... understand what he's going through. It's his decision.
Jeff: Well, Osten - I don't pretend to know what you're thinking either, but I know this: I've been to about a hundred Tribal Councils. Never, ever seen anybody lay down their torch. So, this is a first for me. Seems unanimous. I just want to make sure. Savage - you're going to indulge Osten, sending him home?
Andrew: Yes.
Jeff: Darrah?
Darrah: Yeah.
Jeff: Rhino?
Ryan O.: Yep.
Jeff: T?
Tijuana: Yes.
Jeff: No need to vote and waste any more time. Grab your torch>
(Osten grabs his torch and places it into the ceremonial holder. We then hear Jeff say something he never said before at Tribal Council)
Jeff: Osten - per your wishes - (he snuffs-out the torch) Go home.
(Osten leaves the Tribal Council area. Jeff pulls his torch out of the holder and throws it to the ground)
Jeff: All due respect to Osten, people work too damn hard to get in this game and fight to stay alive. If he wants to lay his torch down so it shall be.
Jeff: Who knows maybe this is the best thing to happen to the Morgan Tribe. All I know is you will head back to camp. Soon after, a new tribe member will arrive and I can promise you this: that person wants to be in this game.
Jeff: Grab your torches, head on back. Good night.
And with that, Osten Taylor, the 27-year-old equity trade manager from Boston, Massachusetts, becomes the first quitter in the history of Survivor.
Remember I had mentioned that Jeff Probst mentioned that there would be a big regret in this game. This was it.
Later, Mark Burnett in a print interview said that he had only made one mistake in casting Survivor over all these years - it was Osten.
Osten, unlike Shawn, was not given the privilege of recording any parting remarks.
Best. Episode. Ever.
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posted at 08:07 PM | Link | Survivor § |
Get off the road!
This morning, I did something I've never done before. I was on the Tri-State Tollway, when this truck cuts in front of me. We were only going 35, but it still pissed me off that he just had to get into my lane. I can see him in his side view mirror - he's fiddling with a cell phone. Now, I will give it to him, he always stayed at whatever speed the back was moving - 35mph, 45, mph... 80 mph. The problem was this guys was drifting all over the place. He was slowwwly drifting right then slowwwly drifting left, moving from one set of lane markers to the other. I can see him again - he's off the phone and now he's eating something. Still drifting back and forth. I watch this guy go over the yellow line onto the shoulder. And then, he decides to change lanes and the lane change is a sudden jerk on the wheel.
Well, I had enough. The truck had the phone number of his company - so I called and reported the guy. I was polite and brief and I just wanted the company to know that they've got a driver out here that was dangerous. Now, coincidentally, as soon as I hung up the phone, he stopped swerving and got off at the next exit. Hmmmm....
What a gorgeous day today - sunny and in the 70's! Wonderful!
Test drove a Thermos bottle for coffee today. OK, the wife's company turns out a great product that I highly recommend. 16 ounces of coffee stayed hot for over 8 hours!!!! Gotta like that...
No music in the room today. That's OK, was busy and had to concentrate a bit. This was a day when I got nothing accomplished at work. it's not that I didn't do anything - quite the opposite. I worked my butt off, but we wound up not delivering anything we had scheduled. Very unfulfilling.
The drive home tonight was another Twilight Zone event. It may have been a warm, wonderful day but everyone wa driving 5-10 mph under the limit, and it didn't matter what road I was on.
Found out tonight that Carol's going to Las Vegas on business in January! Can you say "Jealous?" There's no way we're going to be able to afford to have me go with. I miss that damn town so much...
posted at 06:57 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
*gasp*! A woman!Today - something different for my stop at the oasis to get something to snack on for the morning. I get a nice tall cup of coffee - a French Vanilla one, too. Flavorful. Wonderful. Now I need a Thermos bottle to keep it warm. Hopefully, Carol can scare one up for me.
There was a great ripple in the force today - I work with a whole room full of tech guys whose job is build brand new Dell desktops for specific customers with specific software for their needs. Today Shock! Sitting next to me is a young blond from the east coast. She'll be here leading pre-deployment tasks for a while. There's nothing that puts more interest in a bunch of geek guys than a young geek girl. This is just so entertaining... There's a lot of interesting "playing" going on...
Found out that one of the gentlemen here has auditioned for the NY Philharmonic and plays trombone (did that for 20 years before becoming a network engineer), mostly for stage shows. His wife is currently playing french horn for the Lion King here in Chicago. Wonder if that's why we have such an interesting selection of music on the boombox? Today it's Sinatra, James Taylor, Billy Joel and Aerosmith.
posted at 06:22 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Soggy
Rainy and windy and cold this morning. Got out the car in the parking lot at work and the cell phone pops-off the holder on my waist (which it does with ease), bounces under the car and opens up... just so the car can drip dirty road water onto it. Oh, this is going to be a good day... Carol told me something interesting last night - she said that I'm sleeping better and snoring less. Must be because I'm actually working so I have less on my mind. That, and the fact I'm usually exhausted. I'm feeling slightly better, too except for a really bad headache that stayed with me all day.
On the boombox at work today: Sinatra, James Taylor, John Mayer, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp.
posted at 06:59 PM | Link | Mundane | 1 comment § |
Monday, October 27, 2003
Damn host...We have no money to speak of, so switching hosting companies is the furthest from my mind... I haven't been able to get to my website for a couple of days now. I never get informed on any outages and that just pisses me off. If you don't see me post for a while around here, it's usually because I can't get to the site. When I get a few extra bucks, I'm outa here...
I've been feeling bad the last couple of days. Weird-ass pains around my body, even the chest (NO - NOT THOSE KINDS OF PAINS). A lot of joint pain, my right foot feels like most of the bones are just slightly out of place. Some of the pain I think is just absolutely horrific posture that I just have to keep correcting whenever I can. That, and being overweight.
I'm exhausted and will be in bed by 9:30 tonight. When I get this tired, I get this weird feeling like something in my brain is yelling "STOP! SLEEP NOW! EYES! CLOSE! GET YOUR ASS DOWN BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, I"M TAKING YOU DOWN!" and the associated sinking feeling and the need to collapse. Cool, eh? I think I'm just not used to actually working and driving about 2-3 hours a day.
Work was quiet - one of those "cat's away" days, but I kept busy. A bit quiet in the staging room. Listened to a little Harry James and Miles Davis.
posted at 07:38 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Sunday, October 26, 2003
Fall forwardGain an hour back? Forget it. I don't feel the change at all. Why? Stayed up too late and got up too early. Crap. I feel like I waisted it.
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Saturday, October 25, 2003
My clock has stoppedWell, the Florida Marlins won the World Series over the Yankees. Good for them! I have one complaint, though. At least, I think it's a complaint. We listened to the postgame on ESPN radio on the way home from the hockey game. All I could hear in the background is the sound of New York New York by Frank Sinatra, being played over and over and over... Now, somehow it feels wrong to me to hear this. I associate this song with the Yankees. It's like they're drilling this into anybody within earshot to say, "Hey, screw you, this is New York", trying to either 1) soothe the absolutely shocked fans who just couldn't believe that their damn team lost or 2) put down Florida saying, in a way, to hell with you - it should be the Yankees who won. The flip side to this is a specific line of the song - "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere" which, actually, is a tip of the hat to the Marlins. I'm just so conflicted right now...
But, now it's over. My clock has stopped - that invisible clock that quietly ticks inside of me to the beat of the baseball season has gone silent, and won't be heard again for months. This is an extremely melancholy time for me. Baseball is life for me. It's weird. I can't explain it and I don't think I ever could. My body follows no other clock. No other sport has this effect on me. Not even the passing of the seasons have this kind of effect.
My clock waits silently for the first pitchers and catchers to return to their spring training facilities months from now.
posted at 11:31 PM | Link | Baseball § |
Wolves 3 - Roadrunners 1
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Back at the Allstate Arena tonight for the first-ever meeting of the Chicago Wolves and the... Toronto Roadrunners? Apparently the management group used to be from the Phoenix Roadrunners in the old IHL (I remember them!), they just didn't change the team name. Like there's roadrunners in Toronto... Impressive team... I think. It was really hard to tell because we were getting out-shot (41 to 20) and they were always in our zone. Now, I don't know if that's because of their aggressiveness, or perhaps the Wolves are slipping on defense. We got our first chance to see our rookie goalie phenom - Kari Lehtonen. He stopped almost everything, and he did it so effortlessly. He always saw the puck, his reflexes look way good, and, like I said, when he made a save, there was no panic, just a a nice fluid movement. Remarkable. Had some fighting in the game, like these teams have seen each other before. They look good. We'll have to keep an eye on them.
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posted at 11:12 PM | Link | Wolves § |
Friday, October 24, 2003
Into the sun
What a lousy night... I had a sandwich from Panera last night and, um, it didn't sit right with me. Was in the bathroom every two hours overnight. I was a wreck. Tried to get on the Tollway as quick as possible but just couldn't get my ass going. I needed to get on the Tollway because as soon as the sun comes up, the traffic gets a little funky as we all squint and try to see the guy in front of us as we head directly for the rising sun (shouldn't be a problem after we change the clocks over the weekend). Stopped at the Oasis to get a Gatorade, hoping that would help the body (it did). Unfortunately, when I finished pumping gas at the Mobil, I slammed my gas cap door shut - a sheered-off a piece of the plastic door release. Now the door won't close. Crap. I am soooo pissed over a stupid little piece of plastic... All I can think of is someone walking between cars in a parking lot getting their coat caught on the open door and ripping the friggin' door off the car, and that's going to look just great... It's going to cost a fortune to replace this little piece of plastic. I looked all over for the piece, hoping I could Super Glue it or something, but I couldn't find it on the ground. Morning was a little rough, but I started feeling better by lunch - when some of the guys went out and brought back Chinese. Real food.
I got my first paycheck yesterday for last week - a whole 4 hours. I opened it up and I was shocked at how small the check was. That's when I realized what had happened. I worked for this consulting company two years ago. Back then, I was making 3 times what I'm making at this job. Because of the difference in tax rates between Carol's salary and mine, I took out additional withholding to help out at the end of the year. Well, when I started with the company again, they didn't look at the W-4's that I had filled out and just re-activated the employee ID, having additional money taken out of my check. Now, my first check wound-up being only $13.61. Ouch.
posted at 06:47 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Friday 5
Time for another Friday Five...
...Not this week. Looks like they're taking off a week, maybe two, maybe longer (sounds like they're getting slammed by trolls, just like many blogs and meme site seem to be lately. Just too many asses out there that just won't STFU).
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Thursday, October 23, 2003
Survivor: Pearl Islands - Episode 6 THEME
Me and My Snake
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We start off with Drake re-hashing Tribal Council. Balboa the snake dies, and Rupert buries him (so he won't be used for bait). At Morgan, we see their new mascot - a pelican - that flies in from the water. Ryan takes to it, names him Pelican Pete, and the bird follows him around to the amusement of the tribe. Osten freaks out (like he does at all animals on the island) and starts sharpening his machete, threatening to kill the bird and ruffling the feathers of his tribe (did I really say that?). Drake decides to rebuild the floor of their shelter. Shawn disagrees, and an argument ensues between Shawn and Jon (Shawn may have been wrong, but you know Jon is just an ass...). The Reward Challenge is firing actual canons at targets for a grill, utensils, spices, 3 very large lobsters and 6 steaks. It was interesting to see cannonballs hook and slice! Drake wins and enjoys the food. They send Jon to plunder Morgan. Bad move. Very bad move. He goes over and is welcomed by Morgan. Things go well. He takes a cooking pot while Morgan thought they would have wanted the shower. In a nice diplomatic move, Morgan allows Jon to wash and shampoo his hair. As I said, Jon is an ass. He tells Morgan (after he takes a cooking pot) that Drake threw that immunity challenge. Holy crap. You are an idiot. Morgan is upset. Andrew, in a narration, calls Jon a "little pissant". They're pissed and fired-up now. The tribes show up for the Immunity Challenge. Christa looks like hell - her face is full of bug bites and Jeff mentions this. The challenge is strategy & endurance - Tribe members from each tribe would be forced to hold a pole up on their shoulders behind their neck. Periodically, weight would be added to the pole. Members of each tribe would determine to which of the opposing tribe members' poles the weight would be added. The last tribe standing would win immunity. Andrew, Osten, and Ryan with the strategy of Tijuana and Darrah go up against Rupert, Shawn, and Christa??? Oh, this is so wrong... Jon and Trish doing strategy? Osten is the first one out at 160 pounds in weights (plus 15 pounds for the bar), then Rupert loses his pole, Shawn goes down at 140, Christa finally falls at 160 pounds - giving Morgan the win. Bad, bad, strategy. Back at camp, Trish turns the tribe against Rupert to vote out tonight. Huh? Oh, oh... the title of the show is "Me and My Snake" - if the snake died, will Rupert go as well? Sandra talks to Christa about the situation, and Christa alerts Rupert. Rupert talks to Shawn, forms a little alliance and then set their sights on Trish. Jon talks to Shawn and he plays along with the unsuspecting Jon. at Tribal Council, Trish Dunn, the 42-year-old sales executive from Annapolis, Maryland is voted-out 4-2.
Next week: Holy Crap! The former tribemates come back! And compete! It's "The Twist to end all Twists"!!! « hide the extended part of this entry
posted at 08:07 PM | Link | Survivor § |
Too many
I pass these cell towers everyday on the Tri-State Tollway. I'm always wondering - are they really needed. How many cell phone companies out there? There're no dupe's in this group are there? What makes this spot so special?
An eclectic morning on the boombox - Gloria Estefan's Mi Tierra on the followed by a little Steely Dan and some <shudder> Yani </shudder>. Dropped 3 pounds this week because I'm not eating at work... I need to fix this...
posted at 05:40 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
Fixing a HoleYesterday was 9:30-6, today was 8:30-5. I think we're settling on this set of hours.
This morning was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the boombox. Love the selections of CD's I saw near the machine.
Went from 85° to 54° today. More seasonal, I guess. Don't like it, but it's what's here.
Been eating doughnuts in the car during my long (40.5 miles one way) rush hour trip. Yesterday I stopped at the Oasis and got a couple of Krispy Kremes for the drive (not HOT fresh from a real store, but it'll do in a pinch) and I got one of those gold Sacagawea coins for change. I didn't even know they were still in circulation! Tons of machines at work I could use that coin in... except they don't except the coin (not surprised).
Have to start thinking about eating something in the morning. Then I have to think about actually eating lunch - something I haven't done yet this week.
posted at 06:44 PM | Link | Work § |
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Swingin'So, there's about 15-20 people in the room that I work in, all of them concentrating on burning the requested images onto the machines that I've had delivered to the staging area. These are people from many different age groups - 20's to 50's (at least). And yet, we found quite a few people across the group that like Frank Sinatra. A CD goes into the boombox and we're swingin' with The Chairman for most of the morning. Then, over lunch, someone went out and bought Live & Swingin' - The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection. Now, we're swingin' with not only Frank, but Dino and Sammy as well! What a great little pickup to the day!
posted at 06:56 PM | Link | Work § |
Monday, October 20, 2003
BadgedWell, I got my Department of Defense Contractor photo ID today. I still have to get a vehicle pass for the base.
I still don't know exactly what I'm doing but the picture is getting clearer... sort of.
Originally, I thought I was working 4:30 to Midnight. Friday I worked 12-8:30, but only put in half a day (nothing to do for the rest of the day). Today was 10-6:30, tomorrow will be 9:30-6. Wonder when it will settle on a time?
Anyway, I'm feeling OK about the job. Let's see how far it goes and how well I can perform...
85° today - the average is supposed to be 60°. It's supposed be be colder that that tomorrow. Really windy today, too.
posted at 09:47 PM | Link | Work | 1 comment § |
Saturday, October 18, 2003
NMCI-ISF
I don't have much to say today. I'm still trying to figure out what I can say.
Well, I started a new job yesterday. It's a 30% decrease in salary from my last fulltime job, or about 43% of what I used to earn in my life before my last permanent job before that. I had to take it - we're having financial issues so you take what you can.
On top of that, it's a contract job - as a subcontractor, to a subcontractor, to a subcontractor to the contractor of a project. A government project, Actually, a military project.
There's cool aspects to this, though. I'll be part of the world's largest desktop deployment in computing history - over 420,000 machines (though I'll only be involved with a local deploy of about 3,400). I get to write my own job description and build my own job and I don't have to code, or assemble or build or troubleshoot. It's mostly logistics among some major groups and the customer.
So, I'm not sure what I can say. Just that I'm employed, I have to drive about 40 miles one way, my hours have changed 3 times since I signed the contract.
I'm just not sure what I can talk about. One thing's for sure - don't expect any pictures!
posted at 11:25 AM | Link | Work § |
Friday, October 17, 2003
Note from Carol
I love getting notes from the wife... makes me feel good...
posted at 10:31 AM | Link | Mundane § |
Friday 5 - 5 Things
Time for another Friday Five...
1. Name five things in your refrigerator. Hershey bars, Jones Apple Soda, Swiss cheese, Caffeine Free Coca Cola, Indy's endive lettuce
2. Name five things in your freezer. Microwavable burritos, Eggos, ice cube trays, frozen & vaccu-sealed meat from the butcher in Michigan, chocolate chip cookie dough
3. Name five things under your kitchen sink. Windex, Resolv, ScotchGuard, a recycling bin, draw-string garbage bags
4. Name five things around your computer. Other computers, lots of software boxes, can of compressed air, 2 staplers, clock
5. Name five things in your medicine cabinet. Crest toothpaste, Crest SpinBrush Pro, Gillette deodorant, Pepcid AC, Armani Mania.
posted at 08:19 AM | Link | Friday Five § |
Thursday, October 16, 2003
Survivor: Pearl Islands - Episode 5 THEME
Everyone's Hero
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We start with Drake talking about the after-effects of their first Tribal Council. Next it's time to see how Rupert is doing over at Morgan. Morgan decides to move their shelter away from the incoming tides. Rupert, of course, helps out. Osten doesn't want to move the shelter. He's easily outvoted. Rupert just takes it all in. Drake starts talking about their fears that Rupert is giving away secrets. Boy, you people just don't know Rupert. Rupert goes fishing and sort of teaches Ryan how to use the spear. Rupert catches some nice fish for lunch. During the Reward Challenge, we see that: 1) Rupert makes a difference 2) Drake can't work together paddling a canoe and 3) Jon is still a friggin' idiot and must be wiped off the face of the earth. Drake's canoe goes everywhere and actually goes off the course. It's not a contest - Morgan wins the reward. Rupert is given the option to partake in the reward with Morgan and go back to Drake later or to go back to Drake now - and he choses to go home with Drake. He is welcomed back and tells them how bad it is back at Morgan. Andrew comes over from Morgan to plunder Drake's camp for the first time (he brings two coconuts as gifts). Rupert quietly goes up to Andrew and says "You can take whatever the #$&* you want, but I'm going to show you what I want you to take." Rupert makes a great offer - knowing that Morgan only has about two more bowls of rice left for food, Rupert pours some rice into a bag for Andrew. Big kudos for Rupert. Man, this guy knows how to be a pirate and knows how to play the game. Rupert finds a snake floating in the water that's injured - and takes it as a pet and names it "Balboa". (Next week's episode is titled "Me and My Snake".) The Immunity Challenge is this season's gross food challenge - blending up multiple seafood items and drinking them. Everybody does well and it comes down to a tie breaker and Sandra looses to Darrah. Three straight wins for Morgan. At Tribal Council, Drake votes out Michelle Tesauro, the 22-year-old student from Pittstown, NJ by a 6-1 vote. « hide the extended part of this entry
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Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Cubs Lose! Cubs Lose!
Congratulations on winning your division. Sorry you didn't go any further.
To their fans: It's the Cubs. There's always next year.
Heh.
Heh heh heh.
Oops. Sorry.
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Where's Jed?
Looks like NBC folded at the last minute and pulled West Wing in favor of a Law & Order: Criminal Intent rerun. Sounds like they're rolling over knowing they can't beat Fox's baseball coverage tonight. All the NBC website says (other than having the corrected schedule for tonight) is "Tonight's West Wing episode will air 10/29"
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Construction at Blackhawk
It was just approved Monday night, but they already started working on that Chicago Wolves facility in my neighborhood as part of the Blackhawk Community Center.
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Bare ash
Well, the leaves dropped off our ash tree. The neighborhood is pretty bare. Looks like the peak color season is over.
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Priceless
Sorry. This showed-up in my morning emails. I know I'll regret putting it up, but after last night, what's a disgruntled White Sox fan to do...
Now, everyone out there, leave poor Steve Bartman alone. He "did not even see Moises Alou".
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Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Yang LiweiFirst there was Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin on April 12, 1961.
Then there was John Herschel Glenn, Jr on February 20, 1962.
Today, Yang Liwei is expected to make 14 orbits of the Earth during a flight lasting just short of 24 hours before coming back to land in Inner Mongolia.
China now officially joins Russia and the United States as having sent men into space. He's been up there about half an hour so far. No word on how he's doing.
I'm not really sure how I feel about this. I think it's great that other nations are looking to manned spaceflight. It's just... it's just... it's China and why do I feel that they will never share their experience with the rest of "us". And why do I have this nagging feeling that there is some other reason behind this? Is it just because... it's China? Is that fair?
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Getting bare
It's rained most of the day. We've had some pretty good wind the last few days, too. All the great fall colors are dropping from the trees, blanketing the lawns, sidewalks, and streets in the neighborhood. This morning was dark - one of those days when it was great to stay in bed. The rain was light, so I couldn't hear it on the roof (or even against the aluminum siding), but it was the darkness that was just so inviting.
The unemployment depression is alive and well...
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Chicago Wolves in Hoffman Estates?Work starts tomorrow on a new practice facility for the Chicago Wolves. Where? About 6-7 blocks from my house! Hoffman Estates approved it last night night - dual NHL-sized ice-skating rinks in a 90,000-square-foot addition to the 35,000-square-foot Blackhawk Community Center. Going to be very cool next September/October when we can walk to a pre-season game!
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Hoffman Estates backs Wolves' plan
By Kimbriell Granderson Daily Herald Staff Writer
Posted October 14, 2003
A proposed community skating rink and Chicago Wolves practice facility scored with Hoffman Estates officials Monday night.
But those who oppose the project, many of whom live adjacent to where the skating rink would be located, vowed to form a political action committee.
"It's not all over," said Tom Rehwald, one of the residents spearheading the opposition.
Rehwald and his wife, Rae Ann, said their next move is to form a group to replace park and village board members who supported the project.
"The community has said the Blackhawk (Community Center) location of this project is inappropriate," Rae Ann Rehwald said.
She and others contend the building is too large for the site and that the project will add too much traffic and noise.
"(It will be a) harmful impact on the neighbors. Then why would you vote in favor of these ice rinks?" she asked. "What about the negative emotional and stress impact on the community?"
At its meeting tonight, the park district board is expected to approve bids for mass grading of the site, utilities and the refrigeration system, said park district Director Dean Bostrom.
Work is officially expected to begin Wednesday. Within the week, expect to see construction fencing go up and some light polls come down. Mass grading equipment is expected on the site Monday, Bostrom said.
The project will continue through winter and is expected to be open by September 2004.
The park board is proposing the $12.5 million project in partnership with the Wolves. The facility is to be built at the Blackhawk Community Center at 1685 W. Higgins Road.
The 90,000-square-foot addition is proposed for the 35,000-square-foot facility. The addition will be located on the southwest corner of the property, adjacent to the community center.
The dual NHL-sized ice-skating rinks will accommodate 785 spectators, as opposed to the 900 seats that were originally proposed, with 525 seats in the competition rink and 260 in the recreation rink. Nine hockey and figure skating locker rooms will be built, along with a locker room for the Wolves. There also will be a concession stand, party rooms and skate rental area.
The Wolves will continue to play games at Allstate Arena in Rosemont.
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The Cell gets a trim
Carol left part of the Metro section of the Chicago Tribune on my Aeron chair by the computer this morning. There it was - a picture of seats being ripped out of the upper deck at "The Cell" a.k.a. U.S. Cellular Field, "The Joan", and my TPFKAC™. It said that they were pulling the seats "in preparation for decreasing the upper deck's size for the '04 White Sox season." Well, it's a start - I'd rather see them just take the whole frickin' upper deck off (which, structurally, looks like they could do it) and just rebuild the thing with a better pitch and maybe a new "roof". The only issue may be trying to cover the concession areas below the seating.
Hell, I was just happy to see something that said "White Sox" in the paper after all this damn Cub Fever crap gong on in town...
Bitter? Hell, yes...
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Monday, October 13, 2003
Another postcard with chimpanzees...So, Carol told me about this Barenaked Ladies song that she heard and can't get out of her head about monkeys. Not much to go on, so I wandered the web and went to their website (hey, did you know they have a their own blog?). So, I found the song and now I can't get the frickin' thing out of my head! It's called "Another Postcard". Apparently it's also known as "Chimps". It's on their new CD that gets released next week "Everything to Everyone". (Here are Official Links to Quicktime and Windows Media Hi and Lo for "Another Postcard".)
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You can't imagine so many monkeys in the daily mail
All of them coming anonymously so they leave no trail
I never thought I'd have an admirer from overseas
But someone is sending me stationary filled with chimpanzees.
Some chimps in swimsuits, some chimps are swinging from a vine
Some chimps in jackboots, some chimps that wish they could be mine.
Starsky and Hutch chimps, a chimp who's sitting on the can
A pair of Dutch chimps who send their love from Amsterdam.
Another postcard with chimpanzees
And every one is addressed to me.
If I had to guess, I'd say the monkey-sender thinks it's great
He's sending me, maybe she's sending me just to see me get irate
I'm losing sleep - and it's gonna be keeping me up all night
I thought it was funny, but now I've got money on a monkey fight.
Some chimps in hard hats, chimps a-working on a chain gang
Some chimps who love cats, burning rubber in a Mustang
A birthday-wishing chimp, a chimp in black like a goth
A goin' fishin' chimp, a British chimp in the bath.
Another postcard with chimpanzees
And every one is addressed to me.
Somehow they followed me even though I packed and moved my home
No matter what, they come and they come they won't leave me alone
Another monkey in the mail could make me lose my mind
But look at me shuffling through the stack until I finally find
Some chimps in swimsuits
Some chimps in Jackboots
Some chimps in hard hats
Some chimps who love cats
I've got some shaved chimps; that's chimps devoid of any hair
I've got depraved chimps dressed up in women's underwear.
Another postcard with chimpanzees
And every one is addressed to me.
Every one is every one is every one is addressed to me.
Another postcard with chimpanzees
And every one is addressed to me. « hide the extended part of this entry
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Sunday, October 12, 2003
Killer MarathonHoly crap... A 29-year-old female runner, Rachael Townsend, 29, of The Plains, Ohio, collapsed and died about 100 feet after she crossed the finish line of the 26th annual LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon today.
It's not the first time this had happened - in 2001 Luke Roach, 22, of Seattle, died after collapsing near the finish line - his temperature soared to 107 degrees while he was running and he died of heat stroke. In 2000, Danny Towns, 45, of Edmond, Okla., collapsed and later died of coronary arteriosclerosis, a hardening of the heart arteries. In 1998, Kelly Barrett, 43, of Littleton, Colo., died three days after a cardiac arrest in the marathon medical tent. Her death was attributed to low sodium levels, apparently from drinking too much water while running.
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Rachel's Marathon Results:
15K: 1:15:25
Half: 1:45:54
15M: 2:01:12
20M: 2:43:37
40K: 3:28:26
Pace (min./mile): 8:24
ClockTime: 03:43:07
ChipTime: 03:40:33
OverAll: 5783
OverSex: 1047
OverDiv: 275 « hide the extended part of this entry
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Saturday, October 11, 2003
Wolves 2 - Griffins 3 - Overtime
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Here we are, back at the Allstate Arena in what just seems too early for the hockey season to begin. The Wolves are celebrating their 10th season as a team. It's not bad to be around only 10 years and have 3 championships, all of which were under the same head coach John Anderson, who is starting his 7th season. There's been only one player that has been with the team since the beginning: Steve Maltais. The team has a new "lower" affiliate - the Gwinnett Gladiators in the ECHL. There was a looong pre-game ceremony for the 10th Season celebration.
Then there was a video tribute to former Wolves teammate Dan Snyder who died in that horrific car crash. He was buried yesterday up in his hometown of Elmira, Ontario. The Thrasher's had their tribute before their opener on Thursday - tonight was our turn. Not a dry eye in the house. The Wolves painted his Wolves jersey number (19) on the ice behind each net, where it will remain for the season. They're wearing "19" stickers on their helmets. There were posters and banners everywhere in the stands. He was a good guy with a great life still ahead of him. He's going to be missed by the fans here in Chicago.
It was nice seeing familiar faces again, both in the stands and on the ice. Most of the team is back. Our main goaltender, Norm Maracle, is now playing in Russia (if I understand this correctly, he replaced a goaltender that was found dead, presumably a hit from the Russian mob... go figure...). That being said, we had Frederic Cassivi in net tonight. The team had a pretty slow start, but there was something a bit different - there's a hint of aggression, of attacking and not just sitting back. We were down 2-0 at the end of 2. It didn't look too good (we could score on a 5-on-3), but there still was this more aggressive intensity there. In the third, we tied it up and out-shot the Griffins 12-6. Unfortunately, it only took 1:02 in overtime for the Griffins to score, and we lose the season opener 3-2.
Still, I didn't mind what I saw. I saw them play much worse last year, and this was just opening night. Let's see how the year progresses.
If you would like to see the tribute to Dan Snyder from the Allstate Arena, including the National Anthem, I have it right here as a Windows Media file (.wmv) - it's 720 x 480, 5:38, 15fps, and it's huge - 67.3Mb.
If you would like to see just the Wolves video tribute to Dan Snyder, I have it right here as a Windows Media file (.wmv) - it's 720 x 480, 1:53, 15fps, 22.5Mb.
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Ladybugs and freshly cut wood
OK, so we mix this week's invasion of ladybugs and this morning's trimming of the ash tree, and we have a feast for the neighborhood ladybugs (actually a few ladybugs and a lot of Japanese beetles - they're the browner ones compared to the red ones and they seem a lot more, um, "active").
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She's a lumberjack and she's OK...posted at 11:09 AM | Link | Mundane § |
Friday, October 10, 2003
Oh, this can't be good... THEME
I don't know, I just don't see this going anywhere... and if it does, I have no clue how this could impact Big Brother (or even the CBS Morning Show)...
CBS head Les Moonves is dating Julie Chen.
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Colors in the Neighborhoodposted at 11:48 AM | Link | Mundane § |
Friday 5 - Sports
Time for another Friday Five...
1. Do you watch sports? If so, which ones? Baseball, hockey, a little football
2. What/who are your favorite sports teams and/or favorite athletes? Chicago White Sox, Chicago Wolves
3. Are there any sports you hate? Well, there's "wrestling" (or is that entertainment?). I'm not crazy about college sports, mostly college basketball
4. Have you ever been to a sports event? Have you ever read my blog???
5. Do/did you play any sports (in school or other)? How long did you play? Nope, never played anything organized (other than bowling leagues).
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Thursday, October 09, 2003
Survivor: Pearl Islands - Episode 4 THEME
Pick a Castaway... Any Castaway
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Oh, my... the Morgan tribe goes 0-6 as they lose the Reward Challenge and almost lose Osten in the process. Osten almost drowns and has to be rescued by Andrew and Ryan O. (or Rhino as they're calling him). Drake wins an old fashion manual sewing machine and fabric to make new clothing (though Rupert makes another skirt for himself). Drake gets the final clue for finding their Treasure Chest and they dig it up, full of odds and ends (candles, blankets, mosquito netting, honey, sugar, and even some chocolate), but some people complain that it's stinks. No, literally, it stinks - it got a little damp and some things were a little moldy. Some people didn't like it all that much (Jon, specifically... when are they going to get rid of him?) Trish plunders the Morgan Tribe and takes their lantern. Andrew and Ryan O. went searching for a good fishing spot and get into a dangerous situation by getting lost without any water. Worse yet, they eventually get back to camp without any fish. Drake is not really a happy crew, and some discuss throwing the immunity challenge just to get rid of other tribemembers. When the tribes arrive for the Immunity Challenge, Jeff announces how the game works and says there's also something else that goes with it that will be revealed later. Sure enough, Drake loses giving Morgan their first win. Then Jeff unrolls the scroll he was holding. "Chose one tribemember from the opposing tribe to come live with you until the next challenge. Here's what that means - you are going to chose a tribemember from Drake right now. They will leave with you right now. They will not go to Tribal Council tomorrow night. They cannot be voted out. They will participate with you in the next Reward Challenge and share in that reward if you win." Morgan picks Rupert. Drake has a bad day with lots of scheming. At their first Tribal Council, as Jeff talks to Jon, he realizes that Jon is drunk. I really thought he was going to tear him apart. In the end, Drake votes out Burton Roberts, the 31-year-old Marketing Executive from San Francisco in a 5-2 vote. This is going to cause lots of problems as there is betrayal involved (by the drunk). « hide the extended part of this entry
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Colorsposted at 03:11 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
That's not a ladybug!I was catching-up on my TiVo viewing this afternoon when I saw another bug fly up out of the fireplace - only it wasn't another ladybug, it was a wasp! Cripes, I had to destroy that damn thing before Carol got home, otherwise she would probably just sleep in the car and never go into the house!
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Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Invasion!It's getting crowded in my family room - there's 4 ladybugs in there already and many more on the patio door screen waiting to get in. It looks like it's time for the annual invasion again. We've been really getting bombarded with these things at this time of year. It's seems to be when the temperatures really change at sunset in the fall. they seem to find any means possible to get in, even coming through the siding itself. Weird stuff.
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Comment spam???Oh, crap... it's bad enough that I have to deal with spam everyday, but now I'm getting spammed in my blog comments???? Great. Guess I'm going to have to install a few things to stop these damn spam trolls...
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Monday, October 06, 2003
Dan Snyder
Damn.
At about 10:30pm last Monday, Atlanta Thrashers Left Wing Dany Heatley (NHL 2002 Rookie of the Year and MVP of the 2003 All-Star game) was driving his 2002 black Ferrari convertible at over 80mph in a 35mph zone on Lenox Road near Alton Place NE in the Buckhead area of Atlanta and lost control on a curve, swerved into the opposite lane, crossed the dividing line and left the pavement before crashing broadside into a brick pillar and iron fence. The impact of the crash broke the automobile in two.
His passenger was Atlanta Thrasher Center and former Chicago Wolves player Dan Snyder (who was on the Wolves 2003 Calder Cup team). Snyder was ejected from the car and thrown 30 feet onto the road. He had suffered a significant depressed fracture toward the back of his head on the right side, and a classic "acceleration/deceleration injury". He was in a coma.
Snyder died yesterday.
Now, Dany Heatley (who had suffered a broken left jaw, a minor concussion, a contusion to his lung, a bruised kidney, complete tears of his anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments and a torn lateral meniscus in his right knee and limited nerve injury to some of the muscles in his left shoulder), will be charged with vehicular homicide (it used to be just "serious injury by vehicle"), as well as reckless driving, driving too fast for conditions, driving on the wrong side of the road and striking a fixed object.
The fans in Chicago will always remember Snyder for his heart and tenacity. What a way to go.
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Sunday, October 05, 2003
Weekend with The Away TeamIt was that time of year again - time to get away and spend a weekend with the guys, just like last year. Time for the 230 mile trek up to Dutch Hollow Lake in LaValle, Wisconsin.
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It's nice that we've hung out together for all of these years. I was the first to leave the company back in 1998, but the team that we had at that company was solid, and our friendships seemed to have lasted all this time.
I haven't been sleeping well, and this trip didn't help matters. Both nights I was up in the middle of the night, on the deck outside, just looking up at the stars (even trying to take pictures of them with my digital camera). We watched TV (Cubs, you know), went out driving around the place and int town, took the boat out for a spin around the lake, checked out the Harvest Fest at the clubhouse. Oh, and we ate and drank.
We were away from the city, away from the spouses and just... away. Sometimes, even when you're unemployed, you have to decompress. I love these guys. We need to do this a little earlier next year (this was already earlier than last year) so that we have more sunlight, more boat time - probably do some fishing...
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Friday, October 03, 2003
Friday 5 - Cars
Time for another Friday Five...
1. What vehicle do you drive? 1997 Infiniti I30
2. How long have you had it? Since April, 1997
3. What is the coolest feature on your vehicle? It's the smallest thing, but man I love it - the self-dimming rear view mirror. Greatest thing for night driving.
4. What is the most annoying thing about your vehicle? My automated climate control of the interior gets a little "buggy" and doesn't do a good job of controlling the temperature on long trips
5. If money were no object, what vehicle would you be driving right now? Well, I want a Mini Cooper, but I'd really like another Nissan Z. Whatever it will be, it must have a good GPS system in it.
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Thursday, October 02, 2003
Sexie
We all went downtown and met at
The Berghoff for a great German dinner. How could I have lived in Chicago all my life and never have gone there? It was just a short one block walk after dinner to the Shubert Theater. We had seats in the Loge, which I never realized before that they are "crooked". We "listed to port", or leaned to the left. It's like The Loge is "crowned" and if you're not sitting in the center, you are leaning to the outside. So very weird. So, why are we here?
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We're here to see Eddie Izzard in his latest global tour - Sexie. This man is a comic genius and doesn't get to tour often. We had to go see him.
Well, Eddie walks out onto stage and his wardrobe is cranked-up a notch since the last time we saw him - black knee-length dress slit up the side (which he had to change during intermission to a short pleated skirt because he had problems with the material), black leather laced boots with 3" heels, black bustier and a blue military style coat with red piping. Oh, and breasts. Yes, Eddie talked at length about acquiring a wearing breasts, and how they could be used to manipulate people.
He talked at length about Greek Mythology, neanderthals (even about a Neanderthal version of Changing Rooms), how Balsamic Vinegarette didn't seem to exist until only 8 years ago, his Yemeni Passport and travel since 9/11 (or as he said, November 9 - which took people a while to "get") (yes, he was born in Yemen), and riding horses in a French Western (or, Baguette-ie Western) in Mexico - (Blueberry).
His stuff is clever, smart, and constantly shifting subjects to keep you on your feet, always coming back and referencing something earlier.
He was on stage for 2½ hours, with a short intermission.
You absolutely must see one of Britain's best comedians. « hide the extended part of this entry
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Survivor: Pearl Islands - Episode 3 THEME
United We Stand, Divided We... ?
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The Morgan tribe has now started Survivor: Pearl Islands 0-5 in the challenges. The are plundered again, this time for the large pot they use to boil water. Losing the tribe's last fish hook seals the fate of Lillian Morris, the 51-year-old scout troop leader from Cincinnati, Ohio, who was voted out of the tribe in a 5-1 vote. In a Survivor first, we see Jeff unable to extinguish Lill's torch on the first try. Symbolic?
More later... « hide the extended part of this entry
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Wednesday, October 01, 2003
*nose wiggle*posted at 07:47 AM | Link | Memes § |
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