Weekend 7.14.07

So tired. I blame Liz.

Baby shower for my friend Erin this weekend. It was really nice to see her again--it's been WAY too long since we've chatted. She looks great and happy. Aww! Yay Erin!

Went to see Frisbie at Doubledoor Saturday night. Good show. Fun stuff.

Sunday I went to Lemmings to catch up with Liz since she was out of town for a week. I missed that girl!! Our two drinks turned into 6 hours. I can't play like that on a school night anymore.

(and no pics. Kind of bummed about that. Eh, too tired to really care right now)

12 of 12 July 2007

My first 12 of 12 (great idea Chad!). And I've discovered that my life revolves around work and my dog. Or at least it does during the week. :)

2:23am: It's hard to see, but my downstairs neighbor both had a random dance-off on the sidewalk outside the apartment and a 30-minute argument thereafter. My windows were right above them and I woke up and heard every word. Although I'm not sure who won the dance-off.

5:42am: Sadie wakes me up just before my alarm to play by throwing a toy on my face then licking me until I wake up.

6:35am: Morning walk around the neighborhood

7:51am: Finishing up my daily crossword with a little help from Wikipedia (only two clues!).

10:27am: Working. Today I got to play with highlighters!

5:37pm: Work day is over and waiting for the bus to go home.

6:58pm: After-work walk around Palmer Square

7:32pm: Mmm...Dinner. So healthy.

8:31pm: By the power of Tivo, I'm able to watch and re-watch So You Think You Can Dance's dance numbers. This one is the opening (which, eh). It was the results show. Poor Shauna.

9:28pm: More TV and playing computer games on my laptop while throwing toys for Sadie to chase. I'm a multi-tasker.

9:31pm: Finally hung my photograph from Barcelona on my wall. I love this picture.

10:14pm: After our evening walk, Sadie and I usually sit on the front porch for a bit to watch the neighborhood.

12 of 12

12 of 12 is tomorrow.

And of course I'm having camera troubles today. We'll see how it goes. :)

CAMERA UPDATE

I didn't send it off for repair. I think it's ok. Maybe. I've used it a few times since "the incident" and it seems to be working well.

I'm still a little worried, but I think it'll be fine. The LCD is a little screwy, but that's so expensive to fix it just seems silly to send it off when it still works.

Keeping my fingers crossed.

Besides, now I get to point out the the pink Hawaiian Punch stain on the wrist strap for all of eternity. :)

Test shots:

Oh, and did you know that there's a VitaminWater group on Flickr? That's crazy. There's a group for everything on that site.

Does She Bite?

I get asked this question a LOT when walking Sadie around my neighborhood. Children, adults...it doesn't matter. It really surprised me how many people's first thoughts when approaching a dog is that they're going to attack. Sadie's really a sweet dog.

Really. I promise. :)

Happy 4th of July!

Ah Chicago. I love that you like to be different.

Chicago has their big firework celebration on the lake on July 3rd--which is convenient for most of us that have the day off on the 4th so we can enjoy holiday fun and then sleep in the next day!

Every year, a group of us heads out to the lake (by the Petrillo Band shell, specifically) to see the show. This year was no exception except that our group was a little smaller than normal. We ate junk food, played cards, and drank random alcoholic drinks.

I, of course, had the camera out and took more pictures than necessary, but that was until...THE INCIDENT.

When handing the camera over to a friend, it got dropped into a full cup of Hawaiian Punch. Oh alas! The camera did not like that. It refused to work for the rest of the night.

Now it's ok, but it'll squeal when on and the LCD screen is funky, but it DOES take pictures. And the ones that I had on the card were fine. But...no firework pictures for me.

The camera's getting sent off to Canon today to see if they can fix it. We'll see how much that costs...I'm hoping since I've only had the thing for 2 weeks they'll take pity on me and say that it's under warranty. But since it was dropped and didn't just "stop working" you never know. Fingers crossed!

But the night was fun. Drinks, friends, and fireworks in the park. Good times.

On the 4th itself, we had a big brunch of greasy food that was spectacular, and my neighborhood went crazy with the fireworks for about 3 hours. CRAZY, I say. I've never seen so many fireworks in such a small area. I think I'm lucky no bottle rockets went in my window.

Sadie did not like it. :) But she's fine.

Weekend 6.30.07

Big weekend. Lots done.

Friday night was Terri's birthday so there was much celebrating and fun-having and ping-pong playing at the Happy Village. It's a great spot for the summer as their back/outside area is large and pretty. And the beer is cheap.

Liz and I walked home and along the way passed Wicker Park. For some reason we always have to play a little in the park if we're passing it on the way home. This time we avoided the slides (we had a problem with rainwater/dew last time we went sliding) and focused on the random statue man with a broom and a top hat. After a few photos and some giggling, we ran away and went to get some Mexican food. It was good.



Saturday morning we went to IKEA (love!--I got some Bastis, a Dold, and a Signe), Petsmart (spoiled pup) and the grocery store. Then off to see Jamie in Dirty Girl. It's a kid's show and was really cute. Giggles galore. Outstanding 80's references and a spectacular cabaret solo from Jamie/Yolanda.


After the show, it was off to see Foreigner, Styx, and Def Leopard at Tweeter. Good lord. That was a fun time. The show was fun, of course, but the people-watching was spectacular. I really really really wanted to bring my camera, but the thought of losing it was too much. Good stuff--mostly people my mom's age freaking the ef out and being drunk and dancing all to Styx. There were excited people for Def Leopard as well, but that makes more sense to me.


Sunday was a quiet day. Walked Sadie at 8am, napped from 10 to 2, then off to see Knocked Up at the Logan. I love the Logan. $3 movies, cheap(er) popcorn. When you can see a fairly recent movie and get popcorn and a pop, all for under $10, it's a good time.

Then home to watch more 90210. The cable is still out.