I'M FREE!!!!
rush is finally over. oh thank god. so here i am, a week later and behind in all my classes. i've been averaging about 4.5 hours of sleep a night, and last night i only got 2. i stayed up...
January 14, 2003 @ 9:42 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
new slogans
yay! eric just showed me how to fix my html so i don't have to save the long way. hooray! meghan, eric, jon & i went to see 'old school' tonight. it was fucking amazing (just for you eric, just...
February 27, 2003 @ 9:17 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
happy birthday to me! sort of.
today is my six month birthday! yay! but today only 4 people are in the office. jon, kate, muon, and me. all alone. sad. but tonight is the sex toys party at the house and it should be fun. woo...
March 4, 2003 @ 6:09 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
weirdest easter ever
the shoot was AMAZING! it went so well, kate and i actually experienced afterglow. ok, maybe it wasn't that good, but we finished on schedule and even squeezed in some extra shots. we stayed on the jib the entire day...
April 20, 2003 @ 12:20 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i'm a nerd.
right now it's midnight. where am i? that's right! WORK. i have just finished making 6 mark overlays for our promo commercials. oh boy. further proof of my nerdity (besides making up words like 'nerdity'): i'm tired today...er, tonight. know...
May 15, 2003 @ 12:09 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
pre-baby crisis
re: the boss's amp-buying trip andrew: ahh guitar! ahh car! ....must play guitar in car! ...
June 27, 2003 @ 2:23 PM | 4 comments | 0 trackbacks
oh great
walking to the el it wasn't raining. when i got on the el it wasn't raining. when i got off the el it was pouring and i had 5 blocks to walk in my white tshirt and no umbrella because...
July 7, 2003 @ 9:26 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
muffy?
if you have to make up names, at least come up with normal ones. i mean, every name doesn't have to be exciting and eclectic. try 'scott jones' or 'karen simpson.' don't use crazy names that sound like circus people....
July 7, 2003 @ 3:36 PM | 2 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
i forgot...
i forgot - tuesday a ton of terrible things happened electrical storms knock out all of our web service's customers except for us. until they fix all of those, then we have no outside net access. jon's computer freezes, erasing...
July 10, 2003 @ 5:49 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
yay!
today at work all i've been doing is html, and it's been the best day ever!! perhaps (nerd) i should take a step back and examine (nerd) why this is so much (nerd) fun to me (nerd)....
July 16, 2003 @ 4:57 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
the Dark Ages
jeff: here's the link to macromedia! download the plugin for godsake! jim: join the rest of the free world! ...
July 21, 2003 @ 3:25 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
mmm...css....
this has been the coolest week ever. i've been doing html, editing mt templates and css, using TERMINAL (of course i didn't really get what i was doing with terminal...but still i used it like FIVE times!)...this is the most...
July 25, 2003 @ 4:36 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
not until you clean your plate...
ozzie: W___ is on my plate but at the same time it's been pushed to the side like veggies until C__ is through. ...
July 29, 2003 @ 12:15 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
adobe's newest addition
earl: [gesturing towards jon's handwritten notes] what typeface are these numbers? i like it. jon: ballpoint - new cutting-edge technology. ...
July 29, 2003 @ 12:18 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
make it look good on MY computer
ever had one of those moments when you're talking to a client and you suddenly wonder if they have any idea what they're talking about and then you have the sinking churning feeling of...no. they don't. the fact that i...
October 10, 2003 @ 11:14 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
HURRY UP
stupid dvds are taking SO LONG to burn. like an hour each including verification. ARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH. i want to go to pizza!!! mmm....bourbon balls....ahhhhhhhhhh...
October 15, 2003 @ 4:38 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
a fairy tale
today, children, i have a scary story to tell you. would you like to hear it? okay, it goes like this: sometimes you think that things are ok. not ideal, but ok. then one of your bosses decides to leave...
November 4, 2003 @ 1:27 PM | 5 comments | 0 trackbacks
oh andrew...you came and you brought me...
...some candy. thanks for buying this round!...
November 18, 2003 @ 4:27 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
if i get a raise shouldn't that make me happy?
when i started working full-time there were the requisite salary negotiations. where i work, "reviews" only happen once a year, therefore raises only happen once a year. i, and probably everyone else, have consistently gotten the shaft in terms of...
July 16, 2004 @ 11:28 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
you're fucking kidding me.
i don't even have the energy to explain all of the ridiculousness that just went down at work. let's just say, it's ridiculous. it's so ridiculous - i am so FILLED with the ridiculousness of what just happened - that...
October 19, 2004 @ 4:01 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
this isn't the real me
i don't know if i've ever read something that better describes how i've felt for the last year. the entry starts with 'most of my life...'...
October 25, 2004 @ 10:19 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
fogo de chao
jeff took us all to fogo de chao today for eric's going away party. i am...stuffed. in pain. but oh, it was glorious. so much meat, so many tomatoes. mmm. highly recommended, but only if you like meat. a lot...
November 1, 2004 @ 3:21 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
on to better things...
i quit my job - the job that made the last year of my life completely miserable. the changes in my personality over the past year became all too apparent during my trip to LA. i hung out with people...
December 9, 2004 @ 12:13 PM | 3 comments | 0 trackbacks
ohhhh say can you seeeee
we got new phones at work - the kind that has one basestation and wireless satellite handsets. dawn is kickin' it in philly with some clients today so aaron and i set up the new phones. out of love for...
January 18, 2005 @ 4:03 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
industrial beauty
two weeks ago i had the Best Day Ever but i haven't had time to write about it until now. actually, it was really the one thing that put me in an awesome mood and everything else was just gravy....
March 1, 2005 @ 12:17 PM | 3 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
a kitten
there is a 3-flat going up next door to where i work. this morning aaron saw a workman carrying a little stray cat from the site to his van. we all gathered around the windows watching the gray striped kitten...
April 14, 2005 @ 1:10 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i escaped.
today i was reminded once again of how lucky i was to get out of my former workplace with only mid-level self-loathing, minimal collateral damage and most of my sanity. dawn - you are an awesome boss. i think i...
April 26, 2005 @ 4:00 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
tap tap tap
any guesses as to what is happening here? antonio: gently, nigel. gently! nigel: i don't think this is going to work antonio: just keep tapping ... antonio: no - gently nigel. you don't want them to explode! ...
May 5, 2005 @ 4:01 PM | 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
office of the future
this morning i spent about half an hour getting everyone in the office on ichat/im/[insert your preferred client here]. now we can use the 'current itunes track' function in ichat to show everyone in the office what's playing on the...
December 1, 2005 @ 12:38 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
party: T minus 76 minutes!
the catering is here, the lights and garland are strung, the music is turned up and the t-shirts are stocked. hooray for the holiday party!...
December 15, 2005 @ 3:44 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
party on, garth
i took a few photos at the office holiday party. most of them came out kinda blurry because i didn't bother to reset the iso, but whatevs! the party was great - a lot of people came, there was an...
December 17, 2005 @ 1:37 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
“Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.”*
travis: how long has it been since you had real chocolate? antonio: well...i haven't had milk knowingly for...five years travis: i don't know what i'd do if i couldn't have milk! i love it! i eat milk and pizza...
January 18, 2006 @ 2:38 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
a day of good food
today is antonio's last day as the big cheese, so we're all cooking stuff. antonio is making smoothies and cracker barrel hash brown casserole and i'm making strawberry shortcake. the strawberries charlie bought at whole foods looked like strawberries...
March 23, 2006 @ 11:14 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
even my subconscious is lame
last night i actually had a dream about work. and not one of my usual crazy dreams where something cool happens like a spaceship materializes in the office, or someone blows up something or there's an earthquake and we're all...
July 12, 2006 @ 10:07 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
spinning down
after two weeks of super-focused-ness at work, my brain has had enough. today i can't concentrate, keep forgetting things and even worse, am having problems giving a frak about anything in general. all i want to do is something mindless...
October 4, 2006 @ 1:36 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
theme of the day: wtf?
snow in october: wtf? confusing/rude/bizarro-world emails: wtf? other things i shouldn't mention publicly: wtf? ...
October 12, 2006 @ 2:07 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
memory lane
opened up my giant javascript reference book to refresh my memory about objects, when out fell my old business card from my last job. weird....
January 9, 2007 @ 12:12 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
anti-semantic
i can tell when i'm hitting a coding brain-block, because all of my comments become less semantic and more completely useless. so what was once: becomes more like: ...
January 31, 2007 @ 11:12 AM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
drained
sorry i haven't posted in awhile - i had a big deadline to hit yesterday and i've been at work a lot - till 1:30am one day and in on weekends too. all day today i've been totally exhausted. yesterday...
March 29, 2007 @ 5:40 PM | 0 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
lasalle window
long overdue, here is a gallery showing the production of the lasalle bank sustainability window that firebelly designed. see these photos on flickr....
May 20, 2007 @ 6:09 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
art market!
the art market was fantastic! we made a lot of money for lisa and had so much fun. there was a steady stream of people the whole day and the vibe was so fun and positive! i did, however, blow...
June 9, 2007 @ 7:00 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
my last day at fb
i am sad....
June 29, 2007 @ 12:27 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
a deadbeat no more
i have a job! i start on monday at a tech consulting firm where i'll be doing front-end coding. hooray!...
October 4, 2007 @ 9:41 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
the perks of working from home
i started work yesterday and so far it's pretty good. i got a nice work computer (dell m4300) with all the newest (windows) programs (vista business, office 2007, cs3) and the people are really nice. everyone's really laid back and...