dinner and a movie
a fantastic night: déjà vu at the davis in lincoln square then a leisurely (by u.s. standards) 2 hour dinner at bistro campagne. déjà vu was pretty good, although during the 'how the time wormhole works' exposition i could...
December 3, 2006 @ 12:22 AM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
all at once now
my bad week has turned into a bad month. this morning my car was hit by a woman who wasn't paying attention to where she was pointing her car. my driver door is crunched and paint all scraped off. scraped...
December 8, 2006 @ 12:51 PM | 3 comments | 0 trackbacks
137 films, renegade craft fair
last night i volunteered at the 137 films fundraiser. the found films were great and the music was insane. the experimental instrument orchestra was amazing! they make instruments out of objects they find in the trash or abandoned. a...
December 10, 2006 @ 7:34 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
teuben makes it better - or - it's better with teuben
ah, hot doug's - you make everything ok. hooray for the teuben - a corned beef sausage with russian dressing, sauerkraut and swiss. i met cecile, elizabeth and brian up there for lunch today. i took drew, since he'd...
December 11, 2006 @ 5:19 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
comic sans
either the best or worst css zen garden ever....
December 13, 2006 @ 9:50 AM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
new deck
i have a new (used) computer! it's an aluminum g4 powerbook - 12", just a little guy. after some initial hiccups everything seems to be working well. and fast. trying to get used to the keyboard and everything (2-finger scrolling...
December 15, 2006 @ 12:26 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
holiday parties & the ballet
friday for our office holiday party we went to the chicago printmakers collaborative and screenprinted all afternoon. it was so cool! dawn had a bunch of screens made with different graphic elements she'd picked out for each of us....
December 17, 2006 @ 5:11 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
acoustical archaeology
i have always been fascinated by archaeology, and when i was at university i jumped at the chance to take 'the maya'. i, like many other archaeologists/historians/nerds am both excited by and wary of apocalypto. i want to see it...
December 18, 2006 @ 1:25 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
it's a traaaap!
there was a celebrity mii contest at kottke.org and eric and bocci's admiral ackbar was a finalist! go to eric's photos on flickr for more miis. if you don't know who admiral ackbar is, i'm sorry but we probably...
December 18, 2006 @ 5:21 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
noooooo tortoise!
for the love of god, do NOT watch 'cannibal ferox' if you don't want to see a slew of adorable animals horribly killed and eaten. antonio and i were freaking traumatized after watching that movie. oh, and if you have...