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Wednesday, July 10, 2002
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The Happenings
the heck is this?
Since I've been perpetually over my quota, I decided I was going to move
my web site to a real place of hosting, rather than continually play quota
games with the high school server. So, thanks to csoft.net for hosting
and gandi.net for domain registration, we've got this excellent waste of
the internet. I hope to update this weekly, on Wednesdays (heh)... we'll
see what happens.
Italia
My field trip to Italy at the end of June was a great time. I saw lots of
great sights, as evidenced by my seven rolls of pictures. I'd have to say
that I was happy to be back where there are more air conditioners and ice
is more free-flowing. It was like a Chicago humid-nasty hot, and without
the presence of a lake, it was not very comfortable. Venice, however, was
nice. And I loved wandering the streets (more like alleys) like a rat in
a maze!
Jim and the shot glasses
Jim, a collector of shot glasses, was absolutely thrilled when he got the
shot glasses I got for him from my European field trip. There was a cute
little one from the country of San Marino, and another one, which I felt
was pretty cool - because I purchased it from Vatican City. There's this
store that was on a roof of a building, on the way up to the top of St.
Peter's Basilica, and there it was. A shot glass. I could not pass up
the opportunity!
marry her!
On July 5, it was announced that Angela P. just got engaged to Andy! It
was only a matter of time...
brief contact
And now, people I saw briefly, that I haven't seen in a while... that
punk, Stacy showed her face in Illinois and stopped by to say "hey" and
to show me delightful pictures from the Pacific Time Zone. Make fun of
her and say she's marrying Sean. She'll hate me. Marynia, who apparently
was in town all summer long until this weekend randomly stopped by the
Kran, looking for something. Nice to see you, too. And welcome back to
town for Megan Ge. White Castle. Must go! Oh, and msteinbe is alive,
in case anyone's wondering.
Apartment 621
It's been a long time now since Michelle left the apartment to finish
the summer back at home. I miss her and the fine games of Sorry and
Guess Who that we've had. Dyanna, exported to Hedonism =) is still,
well, there, as in not in the apartment. And John, with his realization
that no one is around, has moved his TV and VCR into the living room
and brought over a pillow and blanked and permanently left it on the
couch. Oh, one month to go... sigh.
also back in the country
Chris is back. He is now once again available to be subjected to me via
phone. Ha, ha.
"the list"
empty
mdate Scheduling
next week
Work fills most of the schedule this week, although, it appears there
just might be a weekend off somewhere in there! Here's how it looks as
of print-time:
- Wednesday, July 10: *Director's Office (lunchtime, afternoon)
- Wednesday, July 10: *Desk Supervisor (evening)
- Thursday, July 11: *House Manager - "The Prairie Winds Quintet" (evening)
- Friday, July 12 - Sunday, July 14: possible appearance at Mark's party weekend
- Sunday, July 14: *House Manager - "Educating Rita" (evening)
- Tuesday, July 16: *House Manager - "Educating Rita" (evening)
- Wednesday, July 17: lunch - Megan M.
- Wednesday, July 17: *Desk Supervisor (evening)
Work is indicated with a star...
The most recent weekly schedule updated can be found
here.
after that
The beginning of August is pretty much empty, up until a few days before I
have to move. There's a possibility of a west coast field trip, but we'll
see. The current apartment lease goes through August 12.
BC Financial Press
Sunday, June 30, 2002 - Saturday, July 6, 2002
Brian General Indicator: -186.19
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| C CLTH 28.00- | L IVST 49.94- | S INCM 241.39+ |
| D TRNS .00- | M SPLY .00- | T DDCT 3.05- |
| E LDGN .00- | N UTLT 12.95- | U EVNT 4.50- |
| F ACTV .00- | O EDUC 214.40- | V GRUP .00- |
| G ACTR .00- | P GRAT 1.00- | W LNFD 4.36+ |
| H STKP 33.82- | | |
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| X XSHR .00- | Y XOVR 5.00- | Z XTFR .00- |
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Wednesday, July 17, 2002
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The Happenings
loose ends
I failed to mention that I went to the Taste of Chicago back on July 2 for
the few hours immediately before I got on an Amtrak train back to Urbana.
I think the Taste's pretty cool, and highly recommend going... hopefully
it won't be unbearably hot and/or humid when you go next year. I didn't
get as much free stuff as I had hoped, but I was delighted when I ran into
a tent giving away free Mountain Dew Code Red. They had Code Red shot
drinking contests, and I was disappointed that I found the tent just after
they'd found their contestants. I so could have downed 30 shots of Code
Red before anyone they chose. And what was on the line? A T-Shirt!
The New Sound of the Mix
July 3 brought about yet another set of items to add to the prize pool.
I won the lunch time trivia question on WLRW Mix 94.5, which scored me
a Bloomin' Onion from Outback Steakhouse (no rules, just right!) and one
pound of Orange and Blue M+M's (from Follett's Energy Squared Bookstore).
A portion of these Orange and Blue delights was available at work Thursday
night, a few hours after I made the trip out to the radio station to claim
my prize.
That just looks weird
Yes, yes... Green Street in UI's campustown has been closed since March.
As of this past week, the street's nicely paved (and was even open for
a few hours out of necessity when the intersection of Wright and Green
was closed in sections for repaving - imagine what that did to the buses!)
and there are traffic lights up at Wright/Green and 6th/Green... they've
even been flashing Red non-stop for about a week now, too. If you look
in the sidewalk, you can see metal brick signs that tell you that you
are, indeed, at "Fifth Street", and more crazily, are green signs that
look like they light up, hanging by the stop lights saying "Green Street"
and "Wright Street". Totally bizarre, and the font they used... just
looks weird.
Let's get this party started
Who knew I'd actually go and hang out. Every night. Several nights in
a row. Last Wednesday, benjam and I were at Murphy's with Megan (Ge.) and
company, followed by a late dinner at the home of burrittos as big as your
head, LaBamba's (which is opening a location by Wrigley Field, according
to a sign in the restaurant). Thursday night was a field trip of almost
everyone at Krannert going to Steak and Shake on North Prospect to end
the night. Patron Services, Promenade, and Usher Supervisor, oh my!
After work on Friday, Vince, benjam, and I went the late night hours at
Merry Ann's Diner; Saturday's lunch was with benjam, Laura (J.) and boy
at Fazoli's; and dinner was with the siblings at Cheddar's.
The Role of MTV's "Undressed"
MTV's Undessed provides a light, sometimes wacky way of drifting me off
into slumber. However, on Thursday, my life would be changed forever.
Melrose, the official apartment complex of right now, and providers of
the free cable (as in, included with rent) changed their TV lineup. It
was a very sudden change, and one that the TiVo was not ready for. Sure,
we now get the Game Show Network, and HBO, HBO Plus, HBO Family, and
ESPNews, but everything is all moved around. So, Thursday night, when I
got back from Steak and Shake, I was treated to HBO's "Real Sex" as opposed
to MTV's "Undressed". Now, TiVo is set to think it's taping Lifetime instead
of MTV, just to get it to tape what I want.
Electronic Leash
I have given in. Saturday brought a change in Brian communications with
the purchase and activation of Cingular cellular service on my Ericsson T60d
silver phone. Although it may seem sudden, this was actually a part of the
revised master plan back in May. As I am moving out of the previously
afforementioned residential complex, and thusly, losing my personal line,
funding that was funneled to that line will be sent to Cingular, instead.
So, I'm just redirecting money I was already losing. No biggie, and people
just might have better luck finding me.
Missed Update
Our friend, TiVo, can't surf the web (well, at least I don't think it can)
to get it's updates. Instead, it calls in to a local phone number so it
knows what the TV schedules are. So it can record properly (you know,
whenever Elimidate and Undressed come on). Well, I always wondered how
TiVo obtains its random extras, like movie trailers and Counting Crows
music videos, and Best Buy ads. I surely did not believe it downloads it
off the phone. And it doesn't. Here's what happened... Sunday night (er,
Monday morning), I was up late watching a delightful film, and, just before
3am, TiVo said "I've got to change the channel to record something. If that's
okay, don't do anything." Confused as to what it wanted to do, since I had
nothing scheduled for it to do at the time, I just watched. It changed the
channel to the Discovery Channel and recorded a "TiVo Service Broadcast"
with the screen flashing all sorts of data in the form of black and white
stripes. It was crazy. If you want to check it out, a brief investigation
shows that this show is called "Advanced Paid Program" and will air next
on Monday, July 22, at 3am (CDT). Last night, it ran for 22 minutes or so,
and then I was treated to 8 minutes of the Austin Powers movie trailers and
music videos... so that's where it gets its 'goodies'. Interesting. (As
a note, since my channels were screwed up, it didn't actually get the update.
TiVo thought it was recording what it was supposed to, but no. Whatever.
I called TiVo-people Monday, and they'll work on it.)
Productive Monday Morning
After the TiVo incident, I obviously went to sleep really late. But in the
two hours immediately after I got up (10am), I'd already called Cingular and
clarified what my service plan was - exactly; I'd called TiVo to get them to
try to make me my own TV lineup, so I can enjoy the sweet goodness of not
having to think when I program it to record; I'd called the toll free number
people to start sending my 'toll free' number to a new number; and I'd called
the Credit Card 1 people to have them stop calling me about buying the optional
credit card insurance at something-cents per $100 in balance. And, I asked
and I got my APR lowered. Gee, how is the rest of the week going to beat that?
Actually Watched a Movie
"Deal of a Lifetime" (1999): A delightful cheesy high school love story about
a guy that'd sell his soul to the devil to go out with Laurie, played by Shiri
Appleby, who'd possibly be an issue if I knew her. It was interesting enough
for me to want to watch all of it as opposed to sleeping when the movies
started at 1-something in the morning Sunday night. You can guess how it
ends... if only it were me.
"Men in Black II" (2002): It's allright, if you liked the first one. But
other than that, well, yeah. It's nothing that's totally new.
brief contact
Random chance encounters this week include, but are not limited to Sam,
Carolyn, Jack (lunch sometime?), Denise L. of my brother's fame, and my
sister Cheryl and dear friend La'Trina. Now, where did msteinbe go? She
better call me.
"the list"
empty
mdate Scheduling
next week
Work fills most of the schedule this week, although, it appears there
just might be a weekend off somewhere in there! Here's how it looks as
of print-time:
- Wednesday, July 17: *Director's Office (lunch)
- Wednesday, July 17: *Desk Supervisor (evening)
- Thursday, July 18: Usher Supervisor - "UI Jazz Band" (evening)
- Friday, July 19: *House Manager - "I Heard It At The Movies" (evening)
- Saturday, July 20: *House Manager - ISYM/"I Heard It At The Movies" (all day)
- Sunday, July 21: *House Manager - "Educating Rita" (evening)
- Tuesday, July 23: *House Manager - "Educating Rita" (evening)
- Wednesday, July 24: *Director's Office (lunchtime)
- Wednesday, July 24: Summer Coolers by the Director's Office
- Wednesday, July 24: *Desk Supervisor (evening)
Work is indicated with a star...
The most recent weekly schedule updated can be found
here.
after that
The flow of money does not look good, and thusly, I don't think there
will be an August field trip of a major nature. But I hope to go to
IKEA in the first week of August!
BC Financial Press
Sunday, July 7, 2002 - Saturday, July 13, 2002
Brian General Indicator: -195.09
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| A FDRV 90.29- | J STDP .00- | Q CTBN .00- |
| B FDGR 3.60- | K IVST .00- | R RNDM .00- |
| C CLTH .00- | L IVST 81.48- | S INCM 214.44+ |
| D TRNS .00- | M SPLY 6.30- | T DDCT 19.98- |
| E LDGN .00- | N UTLT .00- | U EVNT .14- |
| F ACTV .00- | O EDUC 204.25- | V GRUP .00- |
| G ACTR .00- | P GRAT 3.49- | W LNFD .00- |
| H STKP .00- | | |
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| X XSHR 11.94+ | Y XOVR 97.38- | Z XTFR .00- |
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Wednesday, July 24, 2002
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The Happenings
They're Too Young
So, I was actually usher supervising a show... UI Jazz Band, to be exact.
Well, for this show, there were going to be some band campers attending.
They're young, like, Junior High. And there were going to be a lot of
them. So, to make things easier, we reserved rows for them in the theatre.
After all, you can't really control them; you can only hope to contain them.
My gosh, they're innovative... this one time, at band camp, a bunch of girls
took these "Entire Row Reserved" signs and hung them on their shirts from
their necklines... others felt cooler because they had "Entire Row Reserved -
Special" signs. Something had to be done, so I recovered all the signs I
could find.
Big Thursday
It was the busiest night of the summer at the Krannert Center. There were
three shows all at the same time - 8pm. And, as an added bonus, the play
known as the "Short Show" of the summer rotating set of plays was actually
the long show of the night. It was good times... all of the house managers
worked (except for me, usher supervising the Festival Theatre), and all the
rest of the summer staff was there. We all, along with some usher peoples,
Promenade Megan, and related friends and family ended up as a group of 14 or
so at the Courier Cafe, having a good old very late family outing. It was
kinda cool!
Rollover Factor
Vince's car was so close to rolling over to 00000.0 on his odometer. Actually,
it was more like 50 miles away, but still. So, following the Courier outing,
benjam, Vince, and I drove Eastward through the small country roads of
Champaign County and back, finally hitting the mark 8 miles South of Urbana.
We conveniently stopped at a sign that told us our exact mark, and, needless
to say, we took a time out for a photo opportunity. It was, like, 1am or
something. The timestamp on the pictures we took that night will tell us
the true time; that is, once they're developed.
Yeah, I'm in Chicago
Friday and Saturday were the "Benefit" performances of the summer plays to
keep the intern thing going for them. The tickets were a little more, and
the shows started an hour earlier (at 7pm) so there'd be enough time for a
little post-show party with singing and dancing and champagne and fruit and
cheese in the lobby. Well, Friday, the actor that starts the show calls
around 5pm and says he won't be in until later - he's in Chicago traffic.
I'm not sure if he knew it started at seven instead of eight. Yeah, that's
not cool. So, we "started" at 7:15, had a very long introductory speech, and
made the audience take a musical quiz before we really started around 7:50.
That sucked. I'm sure he felt really bad. His wife did.
Nasty Kind of Hot
Yeah, it just hasn't been nice outside. It's that not-so-nice and muggy
feeling, or at least it was for the beginning of this week. Inspiration
enough to have food delivered - hadn't done that in a while! But that didn't
stop me from taking advantage of my Mon-day 'off'. I came in and worked
a bit, then took a personal field trip to Damons for dinner before stopping
by Best Buy prior to watching a movie, and then doing a very quick bit of
Meijer shopping, all while weather was weird and rainy, and all by bus.
Follow the Bear
If you're travelling South on Lincoln Avenue, you're going to run into a
bunch of Chicago Bears. They're pretty much on every traffic-light
intersection as you leave Interstate 74 and head down Southward to campus.
And, speaking of Bears, apparently Monday Night Football is sold out (October
7 with Green Bay). No tickets for me. But I did manage to get four tickets
in ZZ (the horseshoe) for the New England Patriots game in November. We
either get beaten by the World Champs, or we beat them (heck, we beat them
to win Super Bowl XX)... either way, it should be fun and a good game.
Actually Watched a Movie
"Head Over Heals" (2001): Was this really just last year it came out? Hmmm...
well, maybe it was that I viewed this with four girls, maybe it wasn't. It
was okay, and, well, it made me kinda wish the list wasn't empty. No, not a
good time to view it. It wasn't bad, just okay. And, I guess I wasn't in
the right frame of mind to watch it. Of course, it definitely wouldn't be
bad if list people were present - too bad it's empty. As Megan Ge. put it,
it's allright. Those people in the movie were dorks, anyways.
"Mr. Deeds" (2002): It's almost like "Head Over Heals" in terms of list-like
effect on my heart, but since it's filled with more humor and stuff, and the
love thing wasn't the only major plot of the movie, it was much more bearable.
And kinda cute. I'd like to have forty billion dollars, but yeah, I'd settle
for just one. It definitely does pay (not necessarily monetarily) to be nice
- if only it were more true - for real.
brief contact
msteinbe is alive - just severly packing and job hunting. I wonder when
former level one will call - she said she would before she left the country
so we could catch up. And, start thinking about your August schedule
reservations... places might actually be flexible!
Mystery to the Surface
An excerpt from my "Educating Rita" performance report Tuesday night:
OPERATIONS/EVENTS/PRODUCTION ISSUES:
The ghosts of the Foellinger Great Hall are trying to break into the lobby!
There is a section of floor, located just North of the brick wall that is
just by the Lobby-tile-thing commerating the recent floor project, where it
appears the floor is buckling up, like there's this little air bubble under
there. The space has been marked with an orange cone, and Robin filled out
a work request/problem report (Job Number 3228).
"the list"
empty - STILL.
mdate Scheduling
next week
Most of the summer work officially comes to a close this upcoming week,
since the performances end on Sunday. Then we'll enter that gray period
of whateverness... I wonder how I'll take it.
Here's how it looks as of print-time:
- Wednesday, July 24: *Director's Office (lunchtime)
- Wednesday, July 24: Summer Coolers by the Director's Office
- Wednesday, July 24: *Desk Supervisor (evening)
- Thursday, July 25: *House Manager - "Barrington Coleman" (evening)
- Friday, July 26: *Director's Office (daytime)
- Saturday, July 27: *House Manager - "Graduate College Awards and Reception" (afternoon)
- Saturday, July 27: *House Manager - "Murder Among Friends" (evening)
- Sunday, July 28: *House Manager - "Merton of the Movies" (evening)
- Wednesday, July 31: *Director's Office (lunchtime)
Work is indicated with a star...
The most recent weekly schedule updated can be found
here.
after that
The flow of money does not look good, and thusly, I don't think there
will be an August field trip of a major nature. But I hope to go to
IKEA in the first week of August!
BC Financial Press
Sunday, July 14, 2002 - Saturday, July 20, 2002
Brian General Indicator: -332.65
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| B FDGR .00- | K IVST .00- | R RNDM .00- |
| C CLTH .00- | L IVST 45.71- | S INCM .00- |
| D TRNS .00- | M SPLY 16.11- | T DDCT 10.48- |
| E LDGN .00- | N UTLT 15.00- | U EVNT .14- |
| F ACTV 185.05- | O EDUC .00- | V GRUP .00- |
| G ACTR .00- | P GRAT 1.09- | W LNFD .00- |
| H STKP .00- | | |
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| X XSHR 20.00- | Y XOVR .00- | Z XTFR .00- |
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Wednesday, July 31, 2002
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The Happenings
Thursday "Short Show" Madness
Supposed to be easy and short... guess not. From the report:
- There were not enough programs for all of the patrons that attended the
performance.
- Reportedly, there was a patron toward the front of the main floor recording
the performance on their laptop. We were unable to find such the occurance
during intermission or beginning of the second half.
- Two people came to the theatre around 9:30 and said they were hired by
the group to take picutres or something. They explained further and said
that it was to be for following the performance, but they wanted to get into
the theatre to see the artist in action. With the ticket office already
closed, I told them they could not enter the theatre - at the time, we were
under the impression that the performance would be ending within fifteen
minutes anyways. They suggested possibly watching from backstage, so they
were called, and asked that they not go there while the performance was in
progress. They eventually just waited in the lobby - much longer than any
of us had anticipated.
- Some patrons reported a ticking sound of some sort, like a metronome or
grandfather clock, during the second half of the second half. Its true
origins remain a mystery.
- Several patrons complained about the warmth of the theatre (although the
house did have a large walk up crowd).
- Balcony door 4, on occasion, while in the process of closing, will bounce
off of its above-door-hinge, making a loud sound, before coming to a full
close.
- Between pieces during the second act, an audio person went from the stage
and into the house, and crossed through a row with patrons to reach the
audio tech setup in the house on two occasions. We were not notified in
advance of an audio engineer needing to make such a journey.
- Some patrons complained about not being able to hear the vocalist under
the sounds of the instruments.
- At the very top of the main theatre staircase, along the South railing,
there is a little hook/hole from which we can hang theatre ropes. This
hook is missing a screw, and is not usable.
- There are honey-bunches-of-rose petals scattered about the floor by Main
Floor seat P42. I'm sure they weren't for me.
- On a good note, the floor in the lobby where the ghosts were escaping
looks great!
Back in the Day
Back in my day, the Krannert Center Student Association worked like this.
And that. And people did this AND that, and all was right in the world.
That, and I'm old... at least in comparison to the college kids these days
(despite being a whopping old 22). And that leads to Benjam, Vince, and I
talking about the history of KCSA in the parking lot of Super K-Mart for
two and a half hours Thursday night. It was a very interesting night, filled
with Joe Boxer branded products located all over the store, intermingling
with the Martha Stewart goods. And, my gosh, the cheap 12 packs of
carbonation! And then, I still had to be up to work at eight. Yeah, that
didn't happen.
"Casual" Saturday
Oh, what a fun, laid back day Saturday was. Krannert was delighted to have
a Graduate College presentation thing in the afternoon, and a short play at
night, all hosted by the very fine and sharply ungrape patron services staff.
It was all good times, and even included a quick dinner at the Courier Cafe
in between with everyone... yummy good times. Too bad Nate E. didn't bring
a tornado with him - that would have made the night way more interesting and
fun.
System Upgrade
titan.imsa.edu, home to my email account and other various time-wasters was
down for most of Saturday, as there was a massive overhaul to upgrade going
on. As with most major changes, there were lots of things that were, just,
well, broken. It sucks. I don't forsee having to spend 16 hours to make
sure everything works, like the last time they upgraded (in 1999), but it's
still a pain to have to try to figure out how to make things work the way
they did before. For all you IMSA alumni out there that don't know what
happened, you should log in (using ssh) - they disabled telnet-ing in, and
make sure your mail forwarding (if you set it up) works right. Sigh.
Half Price Appitizers
The lure of Damon's Happy Hour Half Price Appitizers M-F 3-7 was enough to
inspire a field trip by Vince, benjam, and even msteinbe (who was magically
found!) to endure a stuffing full and five rounds of trivia. It was a most
fun experience, and I got a recent high score! Too bad it will get wiped
out at the end of the month - tomorrow.
Actually Watched a Movie
"The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course" (2002): Crikey, there's 5.75 I'm
never going to see again. No, really, it wasn't a bad film, it was okay. But
it wasn't enough to keep me awake at the 11:20pm showing I went to. Part of
that may be because I was up until 5am the night before, and had to be at
work at 8am, but still. It was a sequence of 1- watch the guy almost get
hurt by animals that could kill 100 blokes his size, 2- furthering the secret
CIA plot about retrieving space spy garbage, and 3- local people chillin' with
dogs and crocs - all in repeating repertory. I slept through about half an
hour, but I was assured I didn't miss anything major. But if you like Animal
Planet, you'll surely enjoy this more.
"Austin Powers in Goldmember" (2002): Me, three ladies, and Mike Myers on
the big screen - it was an experience that was truly lots of fun. Who knew
family relations could make things interesting in this third installment of
Austin Powers on screen? It was funny, good stuff. At times, it was "eh",
but, as a whole, I'd say it was worth my time. A good time was had by all.
And, no, not list people, punks. Friends from work.
New World Risk
The glass table at 621 has turned into a full-time Risk board. In my absence,
a dry-erase world was drawn onto it, and there've been movie showings and
risk games almost every night. Oh, less than two weeks to go - but that also
means less then two weeks to pack.
Homelessness
We're now in the season of homelessness. Most people that are moving around
around here have leases ending sometime soon, and then, they're homeless for
a bit, and then their new leases begin. I am in such a similar situation.
My stuff's got to be out by noon on the 12th, and moved into my sibling's
place for temporary storage. And then, latest, nine days later, I can move
in. Oh, and I haven't access to a vehicle to assist in that transfer process.
That's going to make that last week before the 12th intersting. Heck, I'm
kinda homeless right now. The Krannert Center lobby is being refinished,
so I have no access to my 'office space'. It should be fine by the weekend -
while I'm gone.
the Week of Dawson
July 24 - July 28 was a very exciting week. Why, it was the Week of Dawson!
Dawson, of Ticket Office fame had the fine pleasure of working the five final
performances for them (not that five nights of work is anything overly exciting
for me, but...). To celelbrate, I created several commerative "Week of Dawson"
name tags, and there was plenty of candy brought in by everyone to spare.
Almond Joys, Kit Kats, chewy Jolly Ranchers, Hershey Kisses... all good
stuff.
Trivial Pursuit
The trivia madness continued with a Buffalo Wild Wings reunion of sorts
Tuesday night. Many people still in the area gathered for the once weekly
tradition of thirty-cent wings and random questions where the answer is
"four"!. Since the depature of Chris to the nation's patent place of
business, this night of fun has since not happened with the frequency or
regularity as it did before. Or, it could be that it's summer, and there
really isn't a lot of people around. But anyways, that was a fun three
and a half hours.
errata
July 24, 2002: "Actually Watched a Movie": "Heels" is misspelled, under the
title "Head over Heals"
Previous versions: links referencing my schedule are now broken.
Anything referring to "www.imsa.edu/~munchkin" should be
"alumni.imsa.edu/~munchkin". The change will be reflected today onward.
"the list"
empty
mdate Scheduling
next week
It's a little mini-vacation week, with a trip home to Hillside.
Where will my packing fit in?
Here's how it looks as of print-time:
- Wednesday, July 31: *Director's Office (lunchtime)
- Thursday, August 1: Lunch with Megan M.
- Thursday, August 1: Daily Tour of the Krannert Center
- Thursday, August 1: go back home on Amtrak!
- Friday, August 2: Colorado Rockies at Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field
- Saturday, August 3: family party celebrating everyone's birthdays
- Tuesday, August 6: back to Champaign-Urbana on Amtrak
Work is indicated with a star...
The most recent weekly schedule updated can be found
here.
after that
Must pack! Must move! Else, to be determined!
BC Financial Press
Sunday, July 21, 2002 - Saturday, July 27, 2002
Brian General Indicator: +33.06
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