1/6/09

walking around and stuff...

so today i went to my storage space.



it's pretty packed. i imagine when the doors are closed all the objects come to life. however, the objects would be tightly squeezed together, like people commuting on the blue line during rush hour. the outcome would probably be a cross between "beauty and the beast" and "american me". at the end of every night the air conditioner would get raped by the coffee table with a christmas tree knife.

ah to be close to someone...

after leaving i decided to take a walk. i always forget about walking places. it's always "bus this" or "train you".



chicago's skyline is really awesome.

later i walked by the morton salt factory.



when i was younger i wanted to have a tattoo on my calve of the morton salt girl.



i don't know why, it always appealled to me though. weeks later i heard someone else saying they saw someone with that exact tattoo. since then i never think about it. one day i will get a tattoo but it will be original, super original if you will. something like this,



around my arm or something.

later on i thought about the psychological complications in the film "over the top"



that robert loggia can be a real fucker sometimes.

at the end of the night jockey thought about going to sleep.



then he did.



i hope he is dreaming of this.

1/4/09

last holiday related thing this season...

so last night we had our company's holiday party. the guys from LA came out and took us and all the alumni out for dinner, drinks and dancing.

not really dancing.

the table was in a weird "7" like shape. maybe more like a "L" shape, but if the "L" was upside down.

if you were standing up over my seat turning halfway around saying hello to people it would have looked like this.



the food was great and thai.

we also did a gift exchange. normally i'm not into these types of things. the whole getting gifts with no love or feelings behind it really bothers me.

this is what i got.



later i was told when the person purchased this he had me in mind anyway.

i guess it's not all reckless gift giving.

someone received this.



it really bothers me lately that anti-semites take such liberties with the letter "Z". the other day i saw graffiti on the wall, it said "razism rockz!". the "Z" at the end of rocks was backwards. i wouldn't even know how to begin to do that on this computer. i'm sure you could just imagine what it looked like. probably like a "S". fuck, it probably was a "S"

the holiday party was great. people from all over the country came and drank.

my good friend james from nyc.



jeff and his wife from cincinnati.



benson from d.c.




overall it was the best night ever!!!



or at least this week...end.

i fell asleep on the couch friday around 9:30-ish. that was pretty badass too.

1/3/09

apologies and let downs...

so i totally gave in and bought these today.



i totally suck. on the brighter side i've only had one and hidden the rest somewhere in the apartment.

and sincere apologies to the ruiz family. i was pretty flustered when i noticed that they were closed just a day ago but when they were closed again today i grew suspect.



after a trip to city hall i found out that they indeed have gone bankrupt; most likely due to extreme savings to you/us the consumers.

to the ruiz family my prayers and well wishes to your next business venture.

you are not "fucking liars", you never were.

1/2/09

the day after new years eve day...

so i'm trying to quit smoking. i'm not doing to well, everything i look at reminds me of smoking



even the cigarettes remind me of smoking.



watching kids from the 50's smoke makes me miss smoking.



i notice it has been making me super tense and short tempered.



FUCKING LIARS!!!!!!!

sorry, you did not have to see that.

this is one of my favorite intersections in chicago.



bye!

1/1/09

new years eve day & eve...

on new years eve day jockey and i went over to bill and julie's.

this is bill, julie and their dog victor.



victor straight up almost stole julie's tuna melt...straight up!

but how can you get mad at a face like this



we all met up later for dinner at a moroccan restaurant. this was the second year in a row officially making it a tradition.


*lex and adolfo


*jam marshall J and i


*bill & julie

there were other people there too. we call them julie's friends.

unfortunately at the end of dinner we all kind of went our separate ways, like in the breakfast club.

i headed over to my neighborhood bar to meet up with some friends


*friends not pictured


over all it was a good night. i look forward to 2009. but then again what choice do i have. i very well can't skip it.