after a word from our sponsors
this is the part of the show where i vent my concerns, talk about my interesting (ha!) day, etc. supposedly. we'll see how long this lasts. anyway, here are my current (and inevitably petty) complaints: why does pubweb only give...
December 29, 2002 @ 10:38 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! i went to my high school friend, Pat's (not roommate Pat) house for a little get together. saw some friends, reminisced, had some laughs, etc. it was a good time. but still, i miss my chicago friends...
January 1, 2003 @ 10:37 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
pre-peel
he offered the extra banana gladly - of course she could partake in the fluffy delectability of the tropical fruit. he chewed the banana, savoring its delicate flavor. she began to peel her banana, carefully exposing the even white surface....
June 27, 2003 @ 5:06 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
nervous stomach
hey, the lead singer of wilco has a nervous stomach and throws up all the time just like holly! YOU'RE NOT ALONE!!!...
June 29, 2003 @ 11:16 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
can't...do...it...
office is going to summer hours - starting at 9am instead of 10am. it's killing me. i was just getting into the work-every-day pattern, and now a proverbial monkey wrench has been thrown. plus i have to get used to...
July 8, 2003 @ 9:30 AM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
what a bunch of bullshit
went to the d____ street fish market* specifically to get the only item i ever order from that restaurant: the blackened chicken sandwich. and: they're OUT OF CHICKEN. wtf. how are you out of chicken? that's like being out of...
July 28, 2003 @ 1:23 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
squashed
the new office is cool except for the fact that a pipe on the ceiling is held up with some telephone wire that's been tied around it and a bracket that is bolted into the ceiling next to a bunch...
August 20, 2003 @ 5:38 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
this is chicago, come ON
why can't the merchandise mart have a big cool food court? why is it all suburbia? i mean, i really like arby's and sbarro but....it's the merchandise mart. shouldn't they be setting some sort of standard?...
August 22, 2003 @ 12:11 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
bottled at the source...
in wisconsin i saw a billboard advertising "Outhouse Spring" bottled water. first of all, i have no idea why you would name your company this. much less if you're a water company. but it gets weirder: the billboard i saw...
August 27, 2003 @ 10:11 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
happy birthday september!
today is my birthday. i am 22. i am at work. this would be bad except that so far i'm doing some html/css which is my favorite. i hear homemade lasagna is in the forecast for tonight, plus maybe some...
September 4, 2003 @ 12:06 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
uh oh philippe!
oh dammit, ok. here's a picture. are you happy now?...
November 9, 2003 @ 10:48 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
c or k?
what is the difference between ketchup and catsup? besides, i mean, the fact that i happen to think that 'ketchup' is the correct spelling, and 'catsup' just looks weird and sort of reminds me of cat puke. is one the...
December 22, 2003 @ 11:59 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
oh comcast...
...you rapscallion! how naughty! none of your business sir! ...
December 24, 2003 @ 2:28 PM | 3 comments | 0 trackbacks
eat me
OMG! on the NE corner of randolph and franklin! a guy dressed as a sandwich!!! his shoes! his SHOES!! ...
March 11, 2004 @ 12:13 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
....so?
April 1, 2004 @ 12:16 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
lyrics: let's fighting love
Subarashii chinchin mono Kintama no kame aru Sore no oto sarubobo Iie! Ninja ga imasu Hey hey let's go kenka suru Taisetsu na mono protect my balls! Boku ga warui so let's fighting... Let's fighting love! Let's fighting love! Kono...
April 8, 2004 @ 1:34 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
lyrics: i've got something in my front pocket for you
I've got something in my front pocket for you Why don't you reach down in my pocket and see what it is Then grab onto it, it's just for you Give a little squeeze and say, "How do you do?"...
April 15, 2004 @ 3:06 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
page 23
greg storey at airbag commanded and i obeyed: grab the nearest book open the book to page 23 find the fifth sentence post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. ...
April 15, 2004 @ 4:49 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
tokyo station (exploded)
they are serious about maps in japan....
May 10, 2004 @ 1:37 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
"awesome"
i use that adjective a lot. a LOT. sorry....
May 28, 2004 @ 12:17 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
movie bottleneck
been seeing a lot of movies this past week, so i don't know when i'll be posting my 'reviews' of new films. also i'm still procrastinating about that whole japan trip report thing, but maybe i'll get to that this...
June 8, 2004 @ 11:08 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
plapple
check out this pineapple pillow from linens 'n things. are you kidding me? kudos to the photographer for taking the picture with that big seam up front and center. and i quote: This LNT Home Pineapple Pillow makes a...
July 19, 2004 @ 11:35 AM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
do you want a gmail invite?/is it my bday so soon?
gmail invites i have 6 so far i might have 2 takers. but nothing solid yet. since apparently i was just about the last person ever to get a gmail account - everyone else seems to have one already. birthday...
September 2, 2004 @ 1:39 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i bet eric has not seen it/MT3.11
for your consideration: movies eric has not seen. how are you a 25 year old dude that hasn't seen any of the terminator movies?! godfather movies?? 'honey, i shrunk the kids' for pete's sake??! i don't know either. ask eric....
September 9, 2004 @ 4:34 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
Afternoon Dong Wanker Needed
from craigslist, by eric: Looking for an athletic, young person to give my dong some exercise on weekday afternoons. Basic responsibilities will include letting him out, maybe tossing some balls around the backyard and potentially some light grooming work to...
September 16, 2004 @ 5:01 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
halloween costume ideas
first off...i don't like halloween. there. i said it. partly because i don't like dressing up and mostly because every halloween when i was little i'd get my hopes up and have an awesome costume and them i'd get violently...
October 15, 2004 @ 12:08 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
i want to put him in my pocket
eric's nephew steven is awesome. he is a good kid. he is very reasonable and adorable and funny and not a spoiled brat. if every kid was like steven or his brother carter, i would not have a problem with...
October 18, 2004 @ 4:26 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
tea time
when eric makes tea it is magic. when i make tea it always comes out wrong....
December 16, 2004 @ 4:24 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
damn you ty.
damn you extreme makeover: home edition for making me cry after i ACCIDENTALLY saw TWO MINUTES of the show while flipping through channels....
January 2, 2005 @ 7:39 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
mommy! what happened to that elephant?
is there anything sadder than an animal cracker with its head broken off? does anyone else feel as bad as i do when i pull the decapitated little guy out of the package and see his condition? did i mention...
March 16, 2005 @ 5:53 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
to reform the entertainment!
check out what dawn brought me from japan! tiny plastic food! tiny sushi! if you look at the re-ment site it seems like all they sell is tiny plastic food and furniture and purses. also she brought me some...
April 11, 2005 @ 2:07 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
RIVER OF BLOOD (coming soon)
written by mark illustrated by kara (old-fashioned woodcuts) [book opens and starts speaking] [cue british accent] On the first day of February, in my fifth year, it was a Sunday, the sky was a perfectly ordinary blue, my hair was...
May 10, 2005 @ 11:28 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
RIVER OF BLOOD - part 2
(read part 1 here) In those days the river of blood flowed quite slowly. Which means that it really was not fast, except when it was fast, which wasn't often, but it normally wasn't and when it was normal, like...
May 12, 2005 @ 3:05 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
this is by mark.
you only get part one: k is for kite-flying a is for ardor for gusto and life r is for running through my mind all day (eric) a is for angst with hot tea l is for lima beans for...
May 19, 2005 @ 1:42 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
first impressions
every morning i put on vh1 for background noise and see pretty much the same videos over and over again. i think i've seen that black eyed peas video 3 times in one morning. others that seem pretty popular (in...
July 1, 2005 @ 9:35 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
so not the drama
on kathy & judy this morning they are talking about gynecological exams. one of them thinks that the whole thing is overblown and women should suck it up and deal with the 5 minutes total of discomfort involved in a...
July 6, 2005 @ 10:14 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
a favorite story about my dad
i wrote this entry about a week ago. i'm not sure why i didn't post it right away. my parents aren't particularly religious, but my dad has gone through several sects of christianity during his life - an interesting side-effect...
July 12, 2005 @ 4:13 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
l.a.m.e.
when i was a freshman in college our friends used to tease meghan and i about our compulsive IMing. or - i guess it wasn't that we did it all the time that bothered jay and andy and will. it...
September 5, 2005 @ 6:48 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
yarrr! avast!
september 19 is 'talk like a pirate day'. now, we know that pirates are key players in flying spaghetti monsterism (aka 'pastafarianism'), so if you've been touched by His noodly appendage, you might want to pay special attention to...
September 16, 2005 @ 9:42 AM | 5 comments | 0 trackbacks
me <= band nerd
today i was waiting for the bus in front of the high school near work when suddenly i heard the all-too-familiar thud of bass drums. soon i could hear the whole drum line practicing their cadence. i was overcome with...
October 5, 2005 @ 9:28 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
music: legit
i set my conscience at ease and finally buckled down and ordered a bunch of albums that i've been listening to and loving for months, if not years. better late than never, yeah? also, i changed my desktop image to...
November 1, 2005 @ 2:35 PM | 7 comments | 0 trackbacks
worst record covers, tuesday night tv, harry potter viktor krum
first of all, i would like to direct everyone's attention to the worst album covers over on pitchfork. jon sent me the link today and it's been entertaining aaron, antonio and i all afternoon. the captions are the best part,...
November 15, 2005 @ 3:08 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
o...k...
from recent spam: The Ass and the Horse your hands will only make me more watchful, lest under these (...) and live with us as brothers should? We differ from you in one A GROOM used to spend whole days...
November 19, 2005 @ 9:31 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
the gun seller
so far hugh laurie's the gun seller is fantastic. he has a really witty, clever writing style and a sense of humor that is distinctly british, whatever that means, but works well for him, since he is, in fact, british...
November 23, 2005 @ 11:52 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
"I am thankful for the conditions that make life possible."
inspired by ray, everyone's favorite cartoon cat, here is my list of 5 things i am thankful for: my family is healthy and supportive. there aren't any big troublemakers and everyone pretty much likes each other and gets along. there...
November 24, 2005 @ 9:00 AM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
mystery pie
um, so there are some pies and desserts here at work. FREE dessert y'all! so i decided to be adventurous and have some of the pie that no one knew what it was. except that i'm eating it and i...
November 29, 2005 @ 1:14 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
a misjudgement, perhaps
you know, at the time, buying chocolate raspberry flavored scharffen berger ganache for lips seemed like a good idea. a nice lip balm change of pace for the holidays. it's made from scharffen berger dark chocolate, raspberry extract and very...
December 7, 2005 @ 9:12 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
four actually IS my favorite number!
update: i see the meme is growing. from jessica at insurgent muse, a random website i read every day. i don't know her at all and i don't actually remember how i first came to her site either. oh well....
January 24, 2006 @ 9:55 AM | 5 comments | 0 trackbacks
chipotle just wants to be one of the cool kids too
...uh. what? chipotle - don't try so hard!...
January 27, 2006 @ 1:54 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
forced labor in siberia
suddenly, more insight into eric's personality: when he was little his mom read him 'one day in the life of ivan denisovich'. when he was little. 'ivan denisovich'. wha? (if you haven't read that book - by alexander solzenhitsyn -...
March 11, 2006 @ 9:45 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
is...is that a threat?
last week across from the western avenue brown line, next to the delicious opart thai house, i saw new grocery-store-special-style butcher paper signs in the windows of the (ex?) B.P. video (purveyor of adult videos, most certainly). they said: CHUBBY...
March 20, 2006 @ 10:58 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
devil in the details
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July 7, 2006 @ 11:16 AM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
coming to LA
it's official! i'll be in los angeles friday august 25th through early afternoon, monday august 28th. california friends, mark your calendars and check out my backpack page for details and updates....
July 24, 2006 @ 3:02 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
heat index
it's 90 degrees. with heat index it's 103 degrees. it's 8:30pm....
August 1, 2006 @ 8:28 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
where have i been?
hm i've really slacked off on this website for the past month or so. this is the first weekend i can remember that i've actually been home. i've been keeping fairly busy lately - my birthday party with mark was...
September 10, 2006 @ 12:51 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
it's so small i didn't even know i had one
sampling of today's spam subject lines: why your sausage is so small?? :-)) followed soon by: How long you will live with small dick?! ;)) update: at 10:30 tonight: Hei comrade with small meat!! :))...
November 30, 2006 @ 12:01 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
lessons learned the hard way
it's damn near impossible to brush your teeth while crying. if you manage it and have to blow your nose right after, your snot is totally minty....
January 11, 2007 @ 10:52 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
deal-breakers
do you smoke? not like, every so often you'll have a smoke at a bar or at a concert, i mean do you smoke. yes? sorry. unless you have some pretty overwhelming qualities to make up for this, it's...
April 10, 2007 @ 2:01 PM | 5 comments | 0 trackbacks
peanut butter cookie smoothie
at work, every day for lunch we make a smoothie. some days it's just blueberry or pineapple (which was awesome last week) but there is always a smoothie. today katie came up with something new, inspired by a smoothie she...
April 30, 2007 @ 1:00 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
NaBloPoMo
it's on. i was going to follow along with matthew baldwin's NaNoReMo event, but I'm busy reading jasper fforde's new novel (you should totally pick up the first in the series, the big over easy if you haven't already. it...
November 1, 2007 @ 4:58 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
at least spammers are getting more creative
nsfw! subject: Sail down the love canal more confidently At last you've met a babe that's hot You wanna plough her dripping twat. She's cute and taking, she's so nice! But would your penile size suffice? Not sure she will...
November 5, 2007 @ 8:27 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
it's a slap in the face to zoologists everywhere
ok, my indignance here probably has something to do with lack of sleep and working long hours and spending a lot of time commuting over the past two days, but have you seen this new starbucks commercial? it's cute with...
December 12, 2007 @ 3:39 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
she will be missed
March 2, 2008 @ 9:45 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
they're all coming out of the woodwork
i had no idea that including a 'battlestar galactica' reference in my facebook status message would inspire so many people to comment! i had no idea some of my friends were such nerds. from now on my status is always...
March 18, 2008 @ 8:57 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
yay!
omfg comme des garçons for h&m this fall!!!!!!...
April 4, 2008 @ 6:19 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
who is responsible for this
someone please explain to me why jake gyllenhaal is going to be the lead in the prince of persia movie. then explain to me why ben barnes (prince caspian in prince caspian) was not cast instead. and don't give me...
May 21, 2008 @ 1:40 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
doot doot doot doot doo! yay!
i just saw a baskin-robbins commercial and how adorable is this - their tagline is 'yay!' and a chorus of little kids yell it. ADORABLE....
May 30, 2008 @ 5:10 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
send me good mojo!
tonight/tomorrow some important stuff is happening so please send me your good vibes, prayers, ecstatically hopeful thoughts, etc. eeeeeee!...
June 9, 2008 @ 2:29 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
ok more positive thoughts!
...for this house cameron and i are looking at tomorrow!...
June 13, 2008 @ 6:44 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
it's so hot...
that when i got cash i could feel the icy breeze from inside the atm....
June 22, 2008 @ 11:49 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
but they make less sense
for the interested, this is very similar to what my dreams are usually like....