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Da train! Da train!

Jul

22

2002

I take the El to and from work every day, and mostly, I like it. I can read, I can be half-asleep, and I don’t generally end up getting too psychotic towards my fellow commuters. The only problem is that when I leave work anytime between about 4:46pm and 5:30pm, the trains that come are ...

City slicker’s first tractor pull

Jul

21

2002

“Oh, hey, my school‘s tractor pulling team is pulling today. You wanna go down and watch?” This question came from Ray, my friend Elisa’s fiancee, who I was going down to Champagin, Illinois to meet up with, and check on for Elisa to make sure that their new place (they’re getting married in 3 weeks) ...

Anything For A Vote

Jul

21

2002

Janet Reno’s Dance Party becomes a reality.

Beer Crisper

Jul

18

2002

I had to clean out the beer crisper today. The beer crisper is the bottom drawer of the fridge. Most people call it a vegetable crisper, but since a) it does pretty much nothing in terms of keeping vegetables fresh and b) I hardly ever eat vegetables anyway, I started putting beer in it. I ...

Some Things I’ll Never Understand

Jul

17

2002

I had a real weird day today, but the pinnacle came as me, Tom, and Bryen (the guys I work with) were watching a movie we’re supposed to be working on sound for, free of charge, for a friend of a guy who works at Post Effects. The movie is just plain bad. The script ...

Why I Love The Onion #4765

Jul

16

2002

From America’s Finest News Source: Horrible Band Obviously Not Listening To Its Influences SAN DIEGO— Puddle Of Mudd, a dreary nü-metal rock band that cites Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Metallica as influences, is obviously not listening to those influences. “Zep, Sabbath, Metallica, Maiden, Aerosmith—growing up, that’s what we listened to, and that’s what shaped ...

Further Adventures In Dorkdom

Jul

16

2002

I have got to be the only musician who actually believes a show is going to start at 9:30 when it’s advertised as starting at 9:30. I went down to an open mic tonight, which I had seen started at 9:30. I decided to take the El since I wasn’t entirely sure I’d be able ...

Shit, who are you?!

Jul

15

2002

I have such a terrible memory for names. What I really hate is when I see someone, and I know I know them, and they clearly know me, but I can’t remember their name or how I know them. This happened tonight when I went to Giordano’s for some sweet, sweet half price Chicago-style pizza, ...

Maternal Haiku?

Jul

15

2002

I passed along to my mother the odd compliment I had been paid by one of the guys I work for (“You make [the last guy] look like a fire hydrant.”) when I talked to her last night, and I recieved this IM this afternoon: — (mom):Top this… You can’t! My daughter is NOT A ...

Revival

Jul

14

2002

I’ve been kind of bad lately about actually updating this thing, and I felt I needed to put a bunch of stuff up before I become a DeadBlog, like Elisa‘s (last update: May 28th) or Eddy‘s (last update, ironically titled “Must not miss a day of blogging”: July 1). I actually never thought I’d be ...