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dinner with pals, the night before thanksgiving
i like this one better than ck's post
a whole lot of great food came out of these two pots
anh hates to have her photo taken, which is odd since...
david has a great eye.
ck an onion and a knife. only good things happen.
louis.
a couple of books keeping me company right now:
'the encyclopedia of an ordinary life'
and 'hip: the history'
someone recently asked me how often i play my bass.
today i learned the bass line to charlie parker's 'a night in tunisia' while playing (ahem, picking) along to the paris all star's 1990 'homage to charlie parker' release.
i can't decide if i prefer the into or the walking the line for the majority of the arrangement.
i play often but i don't play well often.
when bald was cool. that's me, babs and the ever fab. will.i.
the t n c's 'take a photo of your pet' day with babs and kristina...and the pugs!
recently, a friend of mine re-took the meyers briggs personality test...again...
...she read the descriptions of the personality types and pegged me as a an 'LMNOP' or some such.
in the spirit of fair play, i took a test based on meyers-brings but which differs in that it does not characterize the person or personality by assignement of meaningless (to folks outside of the cult) letters.
aparently, i'm a guardian. ha. usually, i'm the one being guarded.
"Guardians are the cornerstone of society for they are the temperament given to serving and preserving our most important social institutions. Guardians have a natural talent for managing goods and services -- from supervision to maintenance and supply -- and they use all their skills to keep things running smoothly in their families, communities, schools, chucrches, hospitals and businesses.
Guardians have a lot of fun with their friends, but they are quite serious about their duties and responsibilities. Guardians take pride in being dependable and trustworthy; if there's a job to be done, they can be counted on to put their shoulder to the wheel. Guardians also believe in law and order, and sometimes worry that respect for authority, even a fundamental sense of right and wrong, is being lost. Perhaps this is why Guardians honor customs and traditions so strongly -- they are familiar patterns that help bring stability to our modern, fast-paced world.
Practical and down-to-earth, Guardians believe in following the rules and cooperating with others. They are not very comfortable winging it or blazing new trails; working steadily within the system is the Guardian way, for in the long run loyalty, discipline and teamwork get the job done right. Guardians are meticulous about schedules and have a sharp eye for proper procedures. They are cautious about change, even thought they know that change can be healty for an institution. Better to go slowly, they say, and look before you leap."
well, then. babs thinks my meyers-briggs type is 'ISTJ': Introvert Sensing Thinking Judging.
she qualifies her opinion by pointing out that none of those words have the typical meaning. she says, what it really means is...
introvert: really that i get my energy more from being alone; being around other people can tend to make me tired. whereas extroverts tend to get their energy from being around other people.
sensing: noticing all of the details of my environment. remembering things like the plot of a movie, what you were wearing on the 12 of december 1996, etc. comparitively an intuitive person (the opposite) sees the details but remembers the larger meaning of the parts.
...and none of these things are absolutes...
thinking vs. feeling: where you go to first in a situation. tending to ask about the event rather than what someone feels about the event.
judging/perceiving: judging...creating structure in my life, organization and such.
i finished reading 'Julie and Julia' and thought it might be fun to put a bit more context to Julie's experience. I've never had a copy of 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking', so this seems like as good a time as any to take a peek.
note: there is a somewhat obvious joke in this post, but i'll refrain.
three of the five members of the howard fishman quartet, and one audience member, in a photo booth.
nope. that's not a typo.
1. it is impossible to predict the weather and, therefore, pack the appropriate clothes.
-- proof: 65F when i arrived, 16F day of departure
2. to the uninitated eye, the rookery and the santa fe buildings are similar
-- perhaps i need to check my prescription
3. when in doubt, eat beef
4. the phrase 'for the most part' can be used in a specific manner
5. always divide by 1.75
-- i'm glad i have an aptitude for math
6. never under estimate the importance of lounging
yesterday, walsh was a champ and took the day off to hang with me and bellandi!
we headed to the museum...
walsh waiting for the caffine addicts
caught the train at montrose
the chicago lyric opera
we stoped by the city government building to get information on the banner sale
then went to check out the construction on the new condo...
...which is right next door to this
then to the museum of art where we spent considerable time puzzling over the apparent safety tape affixed to the risers of the museum steps...we eventually solved the mystery...
we toured the architecture of the city...this is the rookery building...
looking down...
looking up...
in a canyon
later that night, gazing at our feet?
a couple of snapshots taken while spending some quality time with my pallies amy and deanna in and around chicago.
impressive glass sculpture in millennium park. the pillar is a stack of glass block. video is projected from inside the glass and, in the summer, water flows over the sculpture.
eggs, eggs, eggs. we roasted eggs and made an egg torte. eggs.
walsh!
amy and deanna, or at least deanna, becomes addicted to sudoku. heh.
amy and deanna, or at least deanna, becomes addicted to sudoku. heh.
deanna does not like this shot. amy and i do so we're publishing it.
last night the girls and i saw howard fishman
at schubas. fabulous night!
happy birthday, pops!
i hope you remembered to burp me after this feeding!
i'm always surprised to be reminded of clb's resemblance to you. i posted a snapshot of me, you, clb and smb sr. at the house on 6th ave. so check out the link below...
starting a day trip to san jose.
this photo is blurry and by the time i returned home, i was too. i'd been awake for > 24 hours for the thrid time in three weeks. who needs sleep anyway?
nice article in the nytimes on portland. i should give this place a try:
mum wearing the sweater babs knitted for her!
no, i'm not reading homer. i'm listening to death cab for cutie as i post this.
that tbt hoo-ha is going to be some fun.
well, looks like babs had fun while i was in st. pete!
after much preparation and planning, area 51 is secure and ready for the masses. queue the soundtrack!
no worries, FEMA is on site!
FEMA and the National Guard: teamwork!
an early view from HQ at approx. 19:00 hrs.
the radiation inspections were efficent. minimal impact to the population.
the x-files was a documentary. really.
there was one small alien uprising.
alien secured in a tree.
the aftermath: minimal FEMA casualities. oddly, the crowd was unsympathetic with respect to the FEMA kills. hmm. brownie was able to stay on message, though. the population was most concerned about the state of their subsidy checks. brownie: "your checks are in the mail."
aliens collected and secure. approximately 22:30 hrs.
by the end of the night anne's eyes were glowing.
