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June 26th, 2009A Failure In Planning: Part III
June 26th, 2009
So, after all of the disaster of going back and forth across Chicago and not really having a lot to show for it, I made this mock up using XUL, keeping in mind that “location matters.” Most people would call it a concept for a time management application, but that seems rather narrow, and “attention mangement” seems like a somewhat condecending term to me. Maybe life management? Time and space mangement? I don’t know.
Military Fashion Show
May 14th, 2009Heard this song by And One at ACEN’s Khaotic Kouture fashion show. It’s ominous, if perhaps just a bit silly.
A Failure In Planning, Part II
April 12th, 2009So, fast forward a week. Another weekend, another chance to see the museum. This time, I planned quite a bit better. I made sure to have my camera in a handy spot the night before, so I could grab it right away, and I double checked the CTA website to make sure I’d be able to get there and back without any major trouble. And it worked… sort of.
What I’ve been finding fairly consistantly on these Explore & Create Explorations is that going to well-known locations and seeing things that, strictly speaking, are amazing leaves me pretty disappointed and unfulfilled. Maybe I’ve just become jaded due to years of thinking, reading, and talking about over-the-tops things. I am difficult to impress. So,immediately, I’m not doing any more exploring projects, and my annual theme has reverted to “Create It.”
My initial failure in planning, however, did bring to mind a few old projects of mine that desperately needed new life…
TO BE CONTINUED.
A Failure In Planning, Part I
April 10th, 2009Two weeks ago, I decided to go see the Fountain of Time as part of my Explore and Create 2009 theme. Without being too specific, I live nowhere near the Fountain, so this was a bit of trip. I decided that as long as I was in the area, I’d also have a look around The Museum of Science and Industry.
I didn’t have my digital camera handy, so I picked up a disposable from a store on the way. Just as I arrived, it started to rain, and I quickly snapped a few pictures of the sculptures and headed back to the bus stop.
At this point, I made a terrible, terrible mistake. I noticed a statue about four or five blocks east and decided “it’s on the way — I’ll take some pictures of that too, and then just walk to the museum.”
Google puts this at, roughly, a two mile walk. When I got to the museum, it was just before closing time, so rather than pay a bunch of money to spend very little time there, I just took another bus back toward home, swearing to myself that I would put more planning into this sort of thing in the future, and to remember that location matters…
TO BE CONTINUED.
(And: categorizing this in “Time Management” is not a joke or a mistake)
Exploring & Creating
March 24th, 2009Haven’t forgotten my 2009 theme, although it doesn’t lend itself to blogging as much as I thought it would. Finished up Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows last Saturday, which amounted to reading several hundred pages in one sitting. The ending seems rushed, but fun. Went to Navy Pier late last month; it’s overrated. Ate at a small Korean/Chinese place in the loop last weekend too, it was ok.
Recipes Menu
March 7th, 2009
Found: The weirdest recipes on the Intertubes: Bert Christensen’s Weird & Different Recipes.
I wouldn’t eat most of these no matter how much you paid me. But I am interested in making the Chicken Noodle Pistacio Pound Cake.
Another Weird Obama Photograph on Yahoo
February 28th, 2009This one is even stranger than the last:
I understand why this picture was taken this way, but not why it published instead of being thrown out. Ok, so the emphasis is on the Marines and not on Obama, and that’s why they’re in focus and he’s all blurry. That makes sense as far as it goes, but then, why is he in the center of the picture? Even if the original photo turned out that way, why not crop it, at least to make it look good and match the caption? Weird.
Obama Picture
February 23rd, 2009I assume this picture of Obama that I saw on Yahoo mail, from the AP, is also someone’s idea of a joke. Pictures of Presidents in front of the Presidential Seal are nothing new, but this one was lined up, well, “perfectly.”
The original AP story can be seen with a larger version of the picture.
Edit: Of course, when this happened to Bush, it was clearly a sign of evil conservatives run amok.</sarcasm>
Update: They updated the article with a picture from a different angle.
Ultimate Roast Beef Sandwich
February 19th, 2009The following “recipe” currently appears on cans of Dinty Moore Beef Stew. I assume it’s somebody’s idea of a joke:
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Heat stew as package directs. Slice each roll horizontal in half. Spoon stew over bottom halves of each roll. Place tops over stew. Slice sandwich, if desired, and serve. Serves 1-2.
Valkyria Chronicles Quote
January 26th, 2009All right!
Time to put the fear of veggies into these Imps! – Largo, Valkyria Chronicles
Wordpress Meetup
January 26th, 2009I was at the Chicago Wordpress Meetup last weekend. You can see a picture of me listening to people talk about the awesomeness of Wordpress on the Meetup site: I’m at the far left, in the black sweater.
What Happened to the Republican Party, According to Silence
January 23rd, 2009“It’d be nice if Republicans would act like they do in their campaign promises. They did that for a couple of years, then got stuck on this Captain Ahab-esque quest to sink the Clintanic.” – Silence
Broken
January 15th, 2009I was hoping to an exploration post today, but didn’t go outside for anything other than a class due to the extremely cold temperatures here in Chicago right now. While I was headed back home, I overhead someone listening to “Broken” with Seether and Amy Lee. Yes, the Evanescence person. Here’s a video of “Broken” on YouTube.
Before looking the song up online, I wasn’t aware that the female vocals in this song were Amy Lee, that there was a version that didn’t include her (it has a much more subdued sound to it). Or that she tends to design her own clothes.
Give Love
January 10th, 2009Found this song by YouTube’s audio swap feature. It’s pretty cool.
Old Comments Closed
January 10th, 2009To make maintence easier, comments on old posts on Original Cin have been closed.
Exploring: Lincoln Park Zoo
January 3rd, 2009I decide to go to the zoo today as part of my 2009 Explore & Create theme. The bus ride there was more interesting; they had Zoo Lights going, but the entire experience struck me as kind of thrown-together. Anyway, here are some pics:
The very first pic is of a memorial to David Kennison, supposedly the last survivor of the Boston Tea Party. I found a better pic (you can zoom in on the text) with more information online. The zoo’s “farm” area is actually in the background. The next picture is the only really “good” one of the Zoo Lights display that I got. That is the most demented octopus I’ve ever seen. The rest are animals I saw. Overall, I think zoo trips are much cooler when you’re a kid, and definitely more of a summer event.