Jen

Wow. I've just been reading some different blogs and it looks like no one is happy with the Guns'n'Roses performance. I only heard the very end because I asked our very nice waitress if she could turn off the music and put the sound on for the VMA's. From the short bit I saw it didn't seem half bad, but I guess that I missed out on a really shitty performance. I will have to agree, who the hell was the guy with the bucket'o'chicken turned upside down on his head? What a very poor rip off of Slash!

Ok, that's all I had to say.

PS. I don't know who happens to be a fan of the Vines, but everytime I have seen them (once live at the Metro, one time on David Letterman and now at the VMA"S) the singer always destroys the drum kit. Every single time. Hello? It's gets very old, very quick. Surprise me, you know?

Becky

Okay, so I missed the end of the show cause I had to make a trip to the airport, even though I kinda wanted to see The Hives vs. the Vines.

Um, yeah, Christina Ag. is a ho and does not know how to speak proper English. When asked about her outfit she said she was going "caual" with just a "skirt, you know".

I am however, going to wear that outfit next time I'm in town. watch out!

Jen

Do you know where you are? You're in the jungle baby, and you're gonna die.

I hate this stupid computer. I just wrote such a long blog and now it's all gone.

Anyway, my main quote stems from Axl Rose's long awaited appearence on the MTV awards.* I was really excited to get my new Spin "metal issue" with circa 1984 Axl on the cover.** I had the biggest crush on Axl when I was in 7th grade. He was hot! The new Axl, well, is not as nice. I know, I know 8 years later, things change. Bora*** and I agree that he put the pounds on. According to Brian he looks "healthy." I guess that's what getting off herion does to you. Still, he sounded pretty good. . . Just had to mention that.

Speaking of our new bloggers, it looks like Brian has settled in quite well here. Now all we need to do it figure out why Christie can't log in.

I was going to take today off from work, but because we have so much work to do next week because we are starting deinstallation of our current show, I decided to come in for a little bit to get some work done. Next week, I'll make sure to introduce the new photographers we will be exhibiting. It should be a good one.

This weekend should be nice. Most of us are headed up to Wisconsin (woo hoo.) to hang out at Peter's cabin. I was very sarcastic in my woo hoo only because it's Wisconsin. It's always nice to hang out with everyone though.

Ok, I want to get out of here early. Next week then?
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*Beck- you forgot to mention Christina Agulera's super slutty outfit. Greg liked it though!!! kidding.
**Spin also made Appetite for Destruction the number one "metal" album.
***I call Christie, Bora. It just feels right.

Becky

Well Greg, I told you I would blog today. In california it is still thursday so I am OK. I am watching the MTV awards right now. they are pretty dumb, nothing very exciting happening.

Michael Jackson was a little freaky at the beginning-I think they threw him in at the last minute. I just saw P.Diddy perform. I think that his show cost more than some people make in their entire lives. yeah, that was worth it.

what else can I say.....Shakira was actually alright. Its atleast good to see all of the acts (except the above mentioned) performed with an actual band on stage and not just a track in the back.

Jimmy Fallon is OK - his best moment was at the beginning of the show when he pretended to be enrique iglesias. classic.

Happy Thursday night! The funniest part is that I know exactly where all of you are right at this moment. its as if I was there :)

i've been to the rand roadhouse. it's a wierd, wierd place. are there going to be posters? perhaps a website, fuckhenryhyde.com or something to that effect might be effective. it would even draw in the voters who have some sort of wierd fetish about having sex with henry hyde. there has to be at least 11 of those.

millionaire section, it is not. just where i could get the most tickets close together. all the cheaper sections had only 2 seat blocks.

wings and booze tonight. what time you heading over there o'neill?

Jen

is this thing on?

After Brian's posts, all I can say is ga ga goo goo.

I really don't have a ton to say today. Hmmm. Leave it to Gant to pick the interesting movie choices. . . I saw Dahmer, which I believe is the name of the movie, which is about our favorite homosexual serial killer cannibal. I couldn't watch most of it because I can't stand to see people (even if they are fake) being chopped up on screen. Let the scary or strange nightmares ensue! I woke up around three when I thought I felt something holding onto my left ankle.

Today is Nate's birthday, so I'm hoping that we see a good turnout at wings. Please Greg, no more hour long arguements about the strike. : ) I'll make Nate read the article for the love of god.

I'd vote for Ian.

g to the izzo

nice to here from you brian. speaking of the evil entity that is henry hyde, the man is gigantic. he actually has a pooch. you know, when the are below your belt gets pretty plump. i met him in DC and i was astounded that he is able to walk. he should change his name to gigantasaur.

in other news, me an eleven of my closest friends (or is it eleven of my closest friends and i? arggghh!) are going to the home opener of the chicago bears down in champaign illinois. should be fun. i've never been to a professional football game, so it should be new and exciting. plus i have a friend who is running one of the beer booths, so i should be able to score some free alcohol.

finally, once again proving salon is better than jesus thisarticle by King Kaufman provides a well thought out reasonable view of the chances of a strike. written tuesday morning, he's been pretty close to right on so far. it'll be interesting to see how tonight turns out.

Becky

Way to join the group Brian! (ps-you need to press post and publish or we can't see it on the page!)

Things are busy busy busy out here. the lady that went on maternity leave is coming back next Tuesday and I am a little nervous about this. Basically I think she is going to yell at me alot for things she thought I did wrong or didn't do fast enough or didn't do at all, etc. But I will perservere and hopefully it will be way better than I think - just preparing for the worst now.

But I do have a fun weekend in between complete with a trip to Monterey. Hope the weather is good.

For now I have plans to go to Office Depot and Walgreens tonight and maybe do the treadmill but I will probably convince myself that I worked to hard today and deserve to relax. And then I will go out and party because thats what California knows how to do.

Jen

Increasing pixels and sound

It has been approved. We asked two more lovely people if they would like to blog here. Now we are just waiting for the response. Brian and Christie, are you out there?

It's tough to write everyday, especially with everyone's increasingly busier* schedules. So we will hopefully have two more. I know that they would be a great addition.

Today, we had this guy come and film the museum for a program called Chicago Works which is on cable channel 23. Anyway, I had to pretend that I was a patron, along with the younger staff members. He wanted to film us talking about the work, with no sound thank god, because our conversation consisted of how tasty bread is. I don't have cable, so I can't watch it, but you can!!! I'll let you know when it's on.

I'm feeling slightly better than yesterday, so that's good. Brian and I went to Whole Foods last night where I purchased "warm herbal bullshit." For being "warm herbal bullshit," it works really well. Thank god for those hippies!

Hmmm. . . other news. Today, my new Mac should be shipped. I am so excited!!! I'm going to call MacWarehouse and get the scoop right now.

*Is that incorrect grammar?

Jen

Happy, Happy (Belated) Birthday to me!

Remember that song by Cracker? Brilliant line about remembering someone because they drive like a PTA mother?

Anyway, I am officially 24 years old now, and I have a cold. I still feel pretty damn good, even if I'd really love to rip off the front of my face to relieve this congestion.

The b-day party was great. I'm so lucky to have such a great group of friends. . .thanks for showing up and spending my Golden Birthday with me. Also, special thanks to a certain band for the birthday wishes at the show Friday night too.

There is always one person who has to ask you after your birthday, "So, do you feel any older?" How do you answer that? Of course you don't.

I'm one of those people that can't remember my age. It always happens: I'll probably still be saying I'm 23 for a good month or so and then I'll have to make a conscience effort to say I'm 24. Then I go through this odd stage where I really have no idea how old I am and say something completely wrong, like I'm 18, then I correct myself and say 23 again. This paragraph seems like I am constantly either answering questions about my age or just randomly telling people which is not so. This kind of stuff always happens when I see my extended family for the holidays and not only do they ask themselves, "which one is she again?" but also "who does she belong to?" Then I get the question of how old I am and I give them the wrong information accidentally, of course, making me seem like the idiot of the family. Then they go back to some other family member who has already talked to me and say "she's an artist" which answers any questions regarding my intelligence. It's an evil circle. I forget, ok?

Sorry about me rambling.

Works moving on ok today, besides this stupid cold. I ordered a pair of shoes on line that were only $19.00, so I'm pretty happy.

Oh my god, it's 4:30!

Jen

I can't drive straight

People suck.

On our way to work this morning, Nate and I got in a car accident. It wasn't our fault.

Here's what happened. Nate was driving because he was going to drop me off at work and borrow my car for his day off. We were in the left hand lane and this guy, known as Senor Asshole, who also happened to be in the center lane (it was a one way street) made a left hand turn into my car. He didn't see us, or because he was in a SUV and believed that he was the center of the universe, turned his car left, even though we were right next to him. Mind you, I am in a smaller car. . . but it was still his fault.

I'm damn lucky; my car isn't damaged bad besides some scratches on the passenger side door and now, I no longer have a passenger side mirror. There's just a hole there. Oh yeah, and my window doesn't roll up all the way. But really, more importantly, neither Nate and I were hurt.

The thing that sucked the most was Senor Asshole's refusal to admit that it was his fault. Even after the cop gave him a ticket for making a left hand turn from the MIDDLE LANE!!!! he still blamed us and even changed his story to try and make it seem as if we were at fault. I was and am so upset by this. You have a fuckin' expensive car, you have one puny little scratch and yet you still want ME to pay for it. I hate people who don't take responsiblity for their actions. Nothing, NOTHING pisses me off more than that.

I'm not coming into work tomorrow because I am staying late today to get work done. I can't wait to see everyone at the big birthday party on Saturday. I know it will cheer me up immensely. : )

or, if you count Saturday then is it three?

Jen

I'm definitly shaking

too. . . much. . . caffine.

I'm in a very strange mood. What if I had a lamp or a flashlight instead of hand? Would that be of any use to me what so ever?

I have a new favorite FSA (farm security administration) photogrpher named Jack Delano. He rules my world! I know this isn't the hugest deal in the world, but I've been thinking about it a lot all day.

I'm thinking too much.

2 days until my birthday!!!

Becky

Well, I am out here gearing up to come home for the birthday celebration. But not without a little bit of fun here first. Tonight I am going to a Giants game for $9 so I am pumped about that. I just hope that its not too cold.....

Brush with fame?

Yesterday I found out that my manager was fraternity brothers with Greg Kinnear! and someone else down the hall with to highschool in San Francisco with Benjamin Bratt! Pretty crazy. David Hasslehoff went to my highschool, but that was a bit before my time......

Jen

love myself, better than you

I know, what is with my Nirvana kick lately?

So, where is our logo thingy?

Where is it?!?!?

I watched Meet my Folks for some unknown reason last night. it turned out to be pretty funny. That guy, Josh was such a slime ball. He's in the pool with the three girls and he's like, "Let's play Truth or Dare. Ok, you two kiss." Hello, buddy. You give them the option of truth first before giving them a dare, or in Josh's version, just telling them to kiss. What other charming things did he say? "How about the three of you line up and flash me your boobs." Seriously. He's a real winner.

Jen

think I'm just happy

If I could add a number 6 to Greg's list. . . You witnessed this, right Greg?

6) Watching beer get spilled on Jen's head.

I was hanging out with Ivan at this party Saturday night, who happens to get little time off because he's busy becoming a doctor. I'm not sure how much he had to drink at that point, but I was sitting in a chair and Ivan was standing next to me. I was leaning my head against him and he musthave had the beer in his hand. . . and there you have it, beer all over my head. I know it was accidental, so I didn't mind to much. The funny thing was that I just finished telling Ivan about my birthday last year, when this asshole threatened to pour beer on me and my friends and I got very, very angry at the guy. It was a prick thing to want to do.

I just cancelled my order for a new bitchin' I-Mac because I've been told that Mac Mall isn't very professional about their service. A friend of mine ordered the new G4 and the day he got it, the price dropped by $800. Mac Mall wouldn't take the computer back or even refund him the money. If you must know, I also read some stuff on this web page (I know, insert the word "dork" here) that made me change my mind as well. (Don't order from them!!!) Now, it looks like I may order from Mac Warehouse instead because their return policy is better. Really, I just want my new computer!!!!

I got called in for jury duty on September 9th. The good thing is that I am going to sunny California during that time and won't be able to go. Damn! I won't get my $17 for sitting around for 8 hours doing nothing!

mmmmm . . . sloppy joes

just finished eating a lunch of delicious sloppy joes, so i thought i'd let ya'all in on some interesting things that happened this weekend.

1. while i was riding the el back from work on friday, this guy came into my car and started trying to get people to bet on his version of the shell game. however, this was chicago, so we don't have any sea shells. so instead, he had a small ball of red paprer underneath one of three pepsi caps. it was wierd, very wierd.

2. the air and water show was in chicago this weekend, and let me tell you those suckers are loud. i didn't even go down there, but my viewing of Operation Dumbo Drop was interupted by the blue angel's.

3. speaking of the bad movies i was watching this weekend, i spent all day Saturday and part of Sunday on my couch watching whatever HBO or Showtime cared to broadcast. It wans't a pretty sight. I saw the aforementioned elephant movie, Get Over It starring Sisqo and Kirsten Dunst in a makes no sense teen comedy, that god awful racing movie Driven and finally Rock Star. uggghh.

4. Speaking of baseball, i played a nine inning, 9 on 9 game yesterday. my team won 13-9. it was a close one. i was 2 for 6 and made one spectacular play in the field. well it was only spectacular if you're horribly out of shape like me.

5. there is no five. go home.

Becky

So in my infinite boredom of weeknights, I bought a magazine (US weekly) at the grocery store last night. I once had a subscription to this magazine and thought it was pretty good, but I was cheap and didn't renew.

Anyways, the magazine has since turned into trash! It's basically a people knock-off but even worse. My favorite was the article about how Britney and Justin ran into each other at a club and had a "Dance-off". No seriously, they had a dance-off.

In other news, but oldest (and by that I mean longest) friend is coming to visit this weekend and we are planning on drinking lots and lots of wine. Should be fun.

Jen

tick tock, get up. stop.

Can anyone name the very terrible 90's song this line came from, and the very gooney looking group that sang it?

Jackie, Lulu and I spent a lot of today (at work) singing 80's songs. That's where this lovely gem popped up.

Speaking of Jaqui (That's how she really spells it, I forgot) - we played a very strange combo of cricket and 301 last night when were playing darts at Cody's. No tournament though!!! Anyway, there was little to no chalk to write down our scores, but there was a lot of half eaten pretzles covered in chalk. Jaqui watched me for at least 30 seconds as I tried to write down our scores with a pretzel piece disguised as chalk and didn't tell me. It was pretty funny.

Ok, here's just a little note to anyone that has tried to e-mail me. I have hotmail as my e-mail service, and although it blows for the most part, I'm much too lazy to change it. I get a lot of junk mail, and I have it on some sort of sorting mode that takes any e-mail from anyone who is not in my address list and puts them in my junk mail folder. So if you write me, but blog or something like that in the subject line so I know it's you. Don't write anything about penis enlargement or wet, hot teens because I won't check it. cool.

Did i mention that I'm taking off work tomorrow? No blogging for me!

something has to be done about it

i think my favorite part of the day is my first glass of water. the whole time i'm riding the el, all i can think about is how great that glass of water is gonna be and how i can't wait to drink that glass of water. you'd think i'm over-hyping the water, but it always delivers. yeah.

in other news, i spilled water on my keyboard yesterday and it stopped working. when i typed an 'h' i got 'h8'. spae bar just didn't work and occasionally Num Lock would turn itself on and fill my screen with 7's. it was similiar to the time i spilled beer on my keyboard, except that time my keyboard was drunk. i don't know what it was yesterday, hydrated maybe?

i'm outta here.

Jen

I want to a day spa. You know d-a-i-y-e

I just saw Zoolander last night. It's not the best movie in the world, but it has some good points. (ie - line above)

I'm beginning to think that we need a 4th blogger that can hold down the fort while the rest of us slack off. Would we have to change our name to ok plus four?

It turns out that I probably won't be apart of that darts league because there a lot of dues to pay before enetering the tournament. I'm think that maybe I can get people to bowl with me instead. I'm not that good, but is it really about being good? My old roommate, Bora, and I wanted to start a bowling team. We had this grand scheme to get super nice bowling shirts and pro-bowling balls and then act all serious about the sport but then just go and suck royally. I think this idea amused only us, but then again, a lot of things seemed to.

Last year, I continuously gave updates on how many days it was until my birthday. I was, you could say, obsessed with turning 23. This year is my golden birthday (I'm turning 24 on Auguat 24th) and I'm not as bothered by the whole thing. It could be that I'm in a much happier situation in life adn age isn't as big of a worry. That doesn't mean that I won't get stupidly drunk on August 24th and regret it the next day like I aways do.

I haven't planned anything yet, but I really am glad that Becky will be in and that I have so many good friends around me! Yay!

Becky

Well here I am working late again so I thought I'd see how ya'll are doing!

Glad to hear that you are getting some dart training Jen! Having your own darts is pretty cool-the ones you get at the store are so much better than the ones you get at the bar. my friends in Madison turned me onto darts at the Great Dane, but I never really followed through....

San Francisco has been seeing alot of me lately. We had a nice walk around town on saturday. In fact, it was so nice that my legs are still sore from all of those stupid hills. We went to a tiki bar at the Fairmont Hotel-where I should not have been surprised to have to pay a $3 cover for a really bad lounge act and at least $9.00 per drink. But the only think I kept thinking was that I wish I was at the real tiki bar in Franklin Park (?) where you can get Gene and Jude's hot dogs like 100 feet away.

I'm still trying to get tickets to go out and see Alcatrez-its so popular these days!

ps-its official that I am coming home on the 23rd for the weekend. What are the birthday festivities planned??

Jen

The white routine to be ingested inaccurately

Well, she liked her wedding pictures, so that's good. It took Nate and I three hours to organize them. At least I had good company.

I don't have too much to write. I spent a good portion of my weekend, fixing some odds and ends in the apartment. I helped Nathan (notice, different from Nate mentioned above) take down this hideous shelf in his bedroom. It tooks us about two hours to take it down, only because we didn't have a drill to remove the 19 screws that were used to hold the goddamn thing up AND because it was glued, rather, cemented, to the wall. No shelf needs to be that firmly attached to a wall.

Later, I went to Cody's, a great place to get cheap beer and play darts or pool. It's never really crowded either, so finding a place to sit is easy. It turns out that the Chicago Dart League starts sometime in Septmeber. Nate and his roommate are extremely into darts. They'll play games upon games in a row. Unfortunately, for this league, you need to have four members per team. It looks like I'll be loving darts pretty fast considering that I'm now in a dart league. If only I could learn how to hit the dart board. . .

Ok, I'm not that bad, but I'm not good either.

40 more minutes. . .

Jen

When I awoke, I was on the highway

These past two days have been pretty busy here at work, so I haven't had the chance to write much. As you can tell, neither has anyone else.

Greg is on his way to San Fran to visit Beck. I don't have too much planned this weekend, which is actualy a good thing. I have to put these wedding pictures I took in order, and it going to take me some time. Good thing that my porch is all pretty and painted, so I can take advantage of the nice weather but still get work done.

I finally saw Lord of the Rings on Wednesday night. I know, I'm so behind the times. Anywho, I really liked it a lot, which I guess in't that much of a surprise. Why? A) I bought the made for TV "Merlin" when it came out on video. I love Harry Potter. This is pretty much in the same realm. and b) Pretty much everyone and their grandparents like this film. Am I right or am I right? If you are curious, I found Lord of the Rings on DVD at Circuit City for only $16.00. Go pick it up if you like it!

Ok, well I'm going to go get some water and hang out downstairs. Have a great weekend!

Becky

Sorry that I have been a slacker extraordinare, but there has been so much American Idol to watch that I really have no time.

But really, work is going pretty well and I am pretty much going to be a hostess out here every weekend for the next month! starting tonight-I am so excited!

Jen

I'm buying what your selling


I've seen that stupid miracle blade. . . The commercial pisses me off. The guy selling it goes around cutting everything up and then just throwing it away. What a waste. "Here, I'll just cut this bread, and then throw it away! Then I'll chop all these vegetables and guess what? Then I'll throw them away!" What an asshole!

Of course, I may have stopped myself from buying the Miracle blade, but then I made two other purchases today.

1)Tickets to Oakland. I will officially be visiting California once again - this time to visit Becky. We are hoping to make a trip down to LA, so hopefully I'll be able to see a familiar face, and finally give him pictures that I took when I was out there in January. I'll be heading out West on September 6th and I really can't wait! (tickets were soooooo cheap. I bought mine from Southwest Airlines.)

the next purchase was a bit more expensive. . .

2) A brand spankin' new I-MAC: as my co-worker Brian said, I have joined the darkside. If you have been reading this blog for sometime, you will think to yourself, "Didn't she always bitch about typing on a mac?" If you are thinking this, you are so right. I hated them, and then somehow, they won me over. If you saw my new computer, you would be won over too. It has a 17 inch flat screen, a DVD-R and CD-R and it so compact! I won't be getting it for a few weeks, but it's worth the wait!

Last night, Nate and I were witness to a domestic dispute, which we had to wait on Columbus Drive for the cops. I won't get too much into the story because it's kind of long, but I will say, that if I ever find myself in the same situation as the woman we were helping, I hope to god that the cops come quicker then the two calls and 20 minutes later that we waited. Do you know how many cops roam the streets of Chicago, especially Columbus Drive, giving out stinking parking tickets? Also, god forbid they understand "a half block north of Monroe on the west side of the street on Columbus." Even with exact directions like that, we witnessed a cop car pass us up on the wrong side of the street and then not turn around for us, and then another pass us up and go a half block south on the east side of the street. There's nothing that pisses me off more then incompetence. That and the asshole selling the miracle blade.

as seen on TV

i think infomercials are designed to lure in drunk people. i was one of those drunk people last night. i think it might have been the booze, but the Miracle Blade III just seemed like such a good deal last night. fortunately when i called up beck and told her i was thinking about buying the miracle blade, she promptly talked me out of it. i'm stupid.

Jen

I miss the innocence I've known

This weekend, I was able to see two things: Austin Powers and Wilco.

I have a thing for Mike Meyers. I think it started with Wayne's World and continued to So I Married an Axe Murderer. I had a feeling that Austin Powers wouldn't be the best movie in the world, but I wanted to see it. Besides, on USA, I think, they've been playing the first and second Austin Power's back to back, and I kinda got re-addicted to the characters. Although Goldmember was pretty funny, here are three main problems with it:

1)Celebrity appearences: Some were very funny, others sucked. I don't want to ruin it for anyone who would actually like to see this movie, but John Travolta + completely unneccessary appearence = suck. BOO!

2) Product placement: There is an entire pointless scene where it looks like it was constructed just to advertise fo Mac, AOL, and America's Funniest Videos. It actually made me mad.

3) An ending that may lead to a fourth Austin Powers. Oh please god, don't let it happen.

Wilco, on the other hand, rocked hard. They did three encores for the Saturday night show that I went to. All the stuff off Yankee Foxtrot sounds so good live too. My only problem with the show was the extreme heat in the Riv. Hello? Ventilation rules! I felt like I was trapped in a sauna. I promise I won't do anymore equations after this but: Jen + big crowds (or otherwise known to me as "stupid people") + extreme heat = complete and utter bitch. I get real crabby, I can't help it.

I doubt that my review of Wilco was as good as this one.

It's so great outside!!!! Yay! Just wanted to write that.

Jen

I intentionally wrote it out to be an illegible mess

I have a little story to add to Becky's.

All the bathrooms near the museum are disgusting. There is one in the basement that always smells like smoke and I've seen cleaner gas station bathrooms then the one on the second floor. Anyway, I go to get the mail for the museum on the 5th floor, and that bathroom is always clean because the administration is on that floor. I try to use that one when I'm up there.

One time, I got the mail before I used the bathroom. I had to take the only mail, which was a magazine, into the bathroom with me. I was going to leave it on the counter by the sinks, but there was crap all over the counter. Instead of wasting time to clean it up, I took it in the stall with me. There was no one in there, so I figured it didn't matter. Of course, as I'm about to leave, someone walks in and then spends a lot of quality time looking at themselves in the mirror. I felt like a complete jackass carrying the stupid magazine out, especially becasue it was a boring ass catalogue of different boxes to store photos in. She definitly looked at me funny. I can only guess what they say about me now. " Do you know what that girl from the museum likes to take with her into the bathroom?"

Um, yeah. Probably too much information. Sorry.

Today has been pretty relaxing. I spent some time looking for airline tickets to San Fran to visit Becky. I looked up a bunch of airlines by just typing in their name in the address line. I typed in "american west" in stead of "america west" for the airline and look what I got.

Besides that, we are having a little going away party for our current director that resigned. We already got free pizza, and then at 4:30, we are having champaign and dessert. SOOO special.

Well, I'm off to the Mac Mall to see if my new I-mac is in stock. 17 inch screen and a CD-R and DVD-R. So, so sweet.

Becky

Okay, so there are a couple things that have been bugging me lately. First of all Greg has made an American Flag on an excel spreadsheet and is ridiculously proud of it for no apparent reason. but don't worry about that just laugh at him.

Secondly I realized yesterday that it really grosses me out when people at work leave magazines in the bathroom stall. We have a little table outside the bathroom that can hold magazines. Why are you leaving them in the stall? We all know what you do in there? I don't mind at people's homes, but at work, I don't know....

Anyways, as the dork that I am , Dilbert was really funny today. They apparently are losing money because the customer service center spends all day making prank phone calls to the elderly. Here is an example: "According to our records, your neighbor has treasure buried under his lawn."

Becky

Well, its been a long while. It was so nice to be back in Chicago last weekend and see so many people. Its tough to have these marathon weekend, especially with another one coming up tomorrow!! I don't know where the times goes!

Did you know that I am about 1/2 way through my assignment out here? time flys by........

I'm still hoping that Jen and Gant come out to visit in September (wink, wink)

Tonight I have to go home and do some laundry. This way I can fly to chicago tomorrow and then drive up to Madison and hopefully get there by 11:00. Then greg is leaving me :( for his band to play on the beach, but is coming back up that afternoon. Good thing the car has been sitting around not gaining miles lately cause it'll get some this weekend!

Jen, that is such a crazy story....................

Jen

Hmm. still no B or G.

Well I feel like a productive member of society today - or at least at work. I could possibly find a small job to do for the remaining 30 minutes that I'm here, but I think I'm not going to. So there.

Last night, my old, roomate of a year ago was at my house. Besides the fact that she is a cold heartless bitch, I was quite shocked at her presence. I really didn't think that she'd have the nerve to come back. I didn't say anything to her, obviously, because I don't have anything nice to say. Anyway, I found out that she never gave her set of keys to my other roommate (who happens to still be a friend of hers - this is not Gant, by the way). It really bothered me for two reasons. 1) She could have come into my house anytime she wanted during this year peroid wher I thought someone else had her keys and 2) she kept them even though she knew she was supposed ro give them back, proving that she is as stupid as she looks. Ok, I'm being harsh. Someday in the future, I am going to move out of that apartment and I'm going to have to return 3 sets of keys. I don't want to be responsible for that set. Plain and simple.

It pissed me off when I realized this about ten minutes after she left, so I couldn't even ask her for them back. I had to go through my other roommate and ask her to ask for the keys back. That totally sucks, because in no way shape or form is this key thing her fault, it's the bitch's. You get it. No more profanity from me this eve.

On a lighter note, everyone must go to The Dismemberment Plan web page and see the video for time bomb. Go do it now. Right now!

Jen

She's a jar*

Wilco in two days!!!! I'm seeing them Saturday at the Riv!

I've been pretty busy at work the past couple of days. I'm only allowed to work 30 hours a week (which sucks!) so I'm usually forced to take a day off even if I want to work and get stuff done. The only good thing is that I can work the full week and then save those hours for an extra day off. After this week, I'll have three full days of work saved up, so I can go on vacatiion and get paid for it - well, for the most part.

Now, I'm up in the digital lab burning a cd for an ad we did for a magazine, Art on Paper. Technically, I should be doing that now, but I looked at the sad state this blog is in (where are you Greg and Beck?) that I thought I should post something.

Fuck, I forgot the cd! Anyway,

I got my hair cut last night. I just got to the point that I was so sick of it being so long and in my face all the time. I also had, for the first time ever, a guy cut my hair. He did a really good job too. Actually, the best thing ever is having the person who washes your hair before a cut be a guy. My aunt owns her own hair salon, and I remember when she had this guy shampooing. It was really pretty awesome, because not only was he attractive, but he kinda did this whole head massage thing too. . .

Ahhh, sweet memories.

Can you tell that I'm grasping for material?

I'll come back when I can remember what the hell I was really going to write about.

Hey just curious, but where the hell is there a beach in Downer's Grove?

*an excellent Wilco song off Summerteeth, that I happen to have in my head. I woke up to it this morning.