PAT \\\ PATRICK \\\ DANIEL \\\ PAUL

2008-09-16T23:32:00.004-05:00

White Sox got their magic number down to 10 tonight ( Thanks Mr. Nathan! Sweet gopher ball you served up! ) And the twins get Cliff "Utterly Dominant" Lee tomorrow. Suckers.Started posting on 'Stack Overflow' today. Its a votey, reddit/diggy thing for developers. I got a teacher badge. Apparently, I'm a teacher! Doesn't that imply patience and knowledge? Hmm.... Sweet! I fucking rule!So

2008-07-15T21:15:00.002-05:00

umm... still alive. still at same job. still with totally awesome girl. sooo... 2 of the above are rad. the other? well, the internet is good for it. I'll let you decide which is which.also: zounds! lvl 30 mounts!

2008-05-29T23:29:00.005-05:00

Man, okay, ACen: I feel old. Bought sweet things. Panels are getting lame. Luckily I missed the vampire pumpkins this year. wtf? It was good to hang with Karak again and NightHawkTheSane for the first time. Rad dudes all around. Pour yourselves a beer. Out of the box. Of Doom. Sorry, I'm still sorry about that. Its a bad idea to pick up a 12er at 11.30 when no one really wants to get

2008-05-10T12:10:00.003-05:00

I've started listening to Jonathan Coulton recently. Like, all the time. I plugged his name into pandora.com and shit got awesome. So, man, I'm not doing real well at the moment. I had a lot of very questionable things to drink last night, mostly against my will. How was I assaulted with drink you may ask? I was leaving the bar. LEAVING! COAT(vest) was on! Bag! Was on! And then Mr. Hall

2008-02-11T09:28:00.000-06:00

I am terribly ill at the moment. Drink may have been involved in the disease collection phase, but all I've to drink for two days now is a glass of bad red wine. It helped a lot the last time I was sick. This time? Well, lets read an illustrative scene from my night's "rest":Time: 4.30 amLocation: My bedWhat happened: had something explode in my dream and I'm fairly sure important things

2008-01-31T21:07:00.001-06:00

Oh man, I'm not gonna do anything, I think, except tell the truth.Night the first:arrive in SD. Walk up to Andy and without saying hello, shove phone with my mother on it into his face. This may have explained the next set of actions: the two of us devouring 20 beers in, oh, 2 hours. There was no breathing, only drinking. Until Andy broke out his airsoft guns.Everything was fun and games and

2008-01-26T02:55:00.000-06:00

OMG. Just, OMG.I woke up today with a bleeding forearm and a complete lack of vision. Not sure why, but someone threw a beer can into my face. Glasses lens was lost. For days.Total so far:Andy has a bloodied lip.I have a bloodied arm.I have a non-hippie life.Stop bitching hippies?I just farted like crazy. Go gas.

2008-01-24T13:10:00.000-06:00

Dearest Me:I am heading to San Diego today for drinking. Possibly on the beach. For certainly in bars. You may even stumble into a soon-to-be-empty bottle of gin. I ask that you try and take care of yourself. Yes, you have two kidneys, but only one liver.Remember, you, 'accidentally' drank 50 beers last time you were in the big SD. Do be careful.Sincerely,Fucking me? Really? You feel the

2008-01-13T22:14:00.000-06:00

Making chairs is like the dumbest goddamned thing ever. Here we have a store full of people who sell and haul these chairs around. These chairs are packaged inside of awkwardly large boxes built to hold a unconstructed padded cloth desk chair. The packaged chair does not fit into a normal car space. In fact, I believe that the constructed chair fits into the same freaking space as the

2008-01-10T00:21:00.000-06:00

I'm in a better mental state today. Ohm and all that shit. Do not ever disparage the recuperative powers of sour cream and cheddar ruffles, Brooklyn lager and a ham sandwich. (side note: I've been spelling 'sandwich' as 'sandwhich' until right now. Thank you google spellcheck! Haha, it highlights, 'google' as being spelled wrong. Oh, it wants me to capitalize it. Fascists.) Work remains

2008-01-09T00:52:00.001-06:00

Still not smoking. I've started to settle into this non-smoking life pretty well. But there are some odd things I'm noticing: - after a rough 4 weeks (really? 4 FUCKING WEEKS?) of bowel, 'instabilities' I seem to have dropped into a normal one or two poops a day regime. I have not been this, 'regular' since before my trip in India. That was 2003. - I am eating worse. I don't know why. - I

2008-01-01T17:57:00.000-06:00

On the upside, it turns out I can still drink myself into a coma. I slept for a solid 14 hours after mauling Dan(onthisblog)'s booze selection. I repeatedly called champagne, "candy" and slammed approx. one bottle's worth of the stuff. Possibly more. Then some cosmopolitan things. I don't know. It was bright green and contained a whole lot of vodka. DOWN THE HATCH.I *think* I blacked out

2007-12-27T21:34:00.000-06:00

POST FIESTAI had an awesome day at work. Partly, it was because I showed up at quarter after 10. With a hangover for Dan notonthisblog and Hex came over last night and drank here until 3 am. I was not complaining, but I did wake up a touch drunk. Thank you CTA!And OMF wasn't there, which was nice. He's, well, he's an OMF! (our mutual friend: hint, lies).Mainly, its because I'm continuing

2007-12-24T21:45:00.000-06:00

Its been two weeks in this cold, pink lunged world I live in now. Not sure how much longer the writing on the wall will keep me crazy. I don't know if I can make it here, on the outside. In the land of health and clean breathing.Also, you know what? Anti-smoking people have some serious propaganda/lies issues to work out. Smoking is, probably correctly, fined for causing all sorts of

2007-12-17T22:41:00.000-06:00

What up me! I make no illusions as to who/what/where is reading this. I suppose I should also say hi to the spam-bots that will fill my comments section with offers for viagra, but fuck those guys. No good for your face.I quit smoking last week. It has been one week and three hours since my last smoke, give or take 20 minutes of smoke induced time dilation. Thanks cravings! You're the best!

2007-03-25T22:30:00.000-05:00

Truth in advertising:you can have curly hair for free.Well, slightly curled. Okay, really what you can do is the following: - do not get a haircut for 4 months - engage baseball hat to head immediately after exiting shower - enjoyYou hair will curl around the underside of said hat and look rad. Well, maybe it won't for you, because you are not as a rad as me, but I look rad.I swear I was going

2007-02-12T14:57:00.000-06:00

I believe its time to get this blog back to its roots. Hearken back to why we started this crazy, star crossed beast to being with:I need someplace to whine and cry about my status as 'safety monkey' of the world. Is this really why it was created? No. HOWEVER! The best posts involve this. For some 'historical treats' there's a link bar on the right. Get clicking. I suggest the posts from

2007-01-06T22:53:00.000-06:00

HOLY BALL HUMPER BATMAN.Uhhh... yeah. I seem to have dropped off. Again. I live in Humbolt Park now. Its rad as hell over there. Miknatis lives like 5 minutes away. Some of you (Patrick and Koby) may remember him from the jesus-bot blog.Oh, I live with dan-notonthisblog now. Its nice. We need to remember to pay rent though. Whoops.Quick update on my life by way of chatting with Dan a

2006-10-13T23:35:00.000-05:00

My computer headset still does not function. I have probably plugged it in wrong. Too many ports. I still have a job. I'm happy there. < FRENCH >Le Shock< /FRENCH >I am staying in on a Friday to drink cheap, but tasty, red wine and watch Madlax. An enjoyable noir anime. Its really good.And I just stepped out on my back porch for a breath of fresh air and not watching people get shot by

2006-09-23T13:34:00.000-05:00

What I do on Fridays...Wake up, go to work. Get trained in sexual harrasment. Eat lunch. Return to work. Have a company meeting and get my chair/desk stolen. Get my final server running. Watch it fail. Lack access to start it again. Hate everything. Go to a bar with coworkers. Play darts. Lose twice. Drink more. Have a turkey club. Feel odd tired/sick feeling in my face go away.

2006-09-01T19:12:00.000-05:00

I can't tell if the new Justin Timberlake album sucks or not.The first one was so awesome....So, I, like, work and/or am at school a lot. Sorry about that.Tonight I'm playing Disgaea, I am going to plow through as much as I can. It's gonna fuckin' rule....Tomorrow I am going to see Everclear!

2006-08-27T23:29:00.000-05:00

I left work on Thursday heading for a great adventure. Instead, I ended up drunk in a Cleveland Econo Lodge. On the upside, I got drunk in two different cities, pissed off future clergy and caught up with some rad people. So it was a good weekend and Dave and Lisa are now married.Oh, right: Congratulations to Dave and Lisa Ramirez, wedded yesterday (Saturday). I'm not sure if I pissed off the

2006-08-21T19:44:00.000-05:00

Oh man, the hell? This is crazy. I didn't drink for an entire week (almost) and did I post? No. Man, stupid side jobs. Note to self: stop being an idiot. If unfortunate things happen, do not shoot self in foot in penance. Not helpful. Otherwise, things are going well. Job is okay, beer is okay, coffee is beginning to be optional. I am not entirely certain how I feel about this. Coffee

2006-08-01T19:56:00.000-05:00

Howdy both of you. How's it going wherever you are? Its hot here. Awfully hot. Something, something 100+ degrees hot. Now, I'm not one to bitch (that's a lie) but that's damned hot. And can you guys guess what my monitor, speakers and giant behemoth of a computer do? No, not waste electricity. Or look ugly except when drunk. Yes, that's right, they give off heat.So my computer area is a

2006-07-15T19:10:00.000-05:00

The salt mines are a wonderful place. Just be careful about paper cuts, that shit just doesn't work well.In preperation for me starting my job in about a week:-I have begun to drink alone while staying in on a Friday night. This way I am sad, lonely and have no reason to not work-Watched Office Space last night, while drinking-Watched Snatch last night, while drinking (my company is based in

2006-07-14T15:09:00.000-05:00

I went on a date last night. I also drank stella until 2 in the morning last night. These events are not unrelated. I, as always, I had hope. Things did not go well. She never understood my sarcasm, that is a deal breaker. I speak in a cryptic language where facial appearance and body posture are far more important then anything I say. This happens, I am not a particularly easy dude to

2006-07-09T18:41:00.000-05:00

Top of the 16th inning during the White Sox-Red Sox game on Sunday, Ed Farmer said:While space is the final frontier, space on our lineup cards are limited.Its one of my joys, listening to extra-inning baseball games. The longer the better. You hear the most ridiculous things. The announcers have long since run out of their prepared material so just throw random things out there. This is even

2006-07-06T08:52:00.000-05:00

Yes!I'm at work, but in a few hours I'm hopping the orange line and riding it straight the fuck out to Midway Airport, where the fine folks at Southwest (or possibly ATA? the ticket says ATA) are flying Andrea and myself to New York to stay with some friends of hers.The only plan I have in New York is to go to Coney Island and ride the Cyclone (and eat a hot dog).This is the definitive internet

2006-06-30T17:52:00.000-05:00

Still living, jerkasses.I've finally taken the vacation I always should have. It only took me three months of unemployment, a month in Japan, and an untold amount of brain cells MURDERED by hockey(and)booze. At Nationals in Florida two weeks ago we had numerous conversations about how we're becoming dumber by the drop. I'm okay with this, it feeds into doing stupid shots with stupid college

2006-06-05T22:54:00.000-05:00

I believe I have a concussion. Thankfully, it isn't effecting me except for headaches and general fuzziness about the world. Which, since I forget about the headaches until I smack my head on something(often), and the world is generally fuzzy anyway, its pretty much normal over here. Except for the new 'contours' on my forehead. Those could go away real fast. How did I get this newest brain

2006-06-01T20:22:00.000-05:00

The move was tiring and enjoyable; San Francisco was fun but exhausting and now I am getting ready to go back to Beverly so I can wake up early and help my cousin move tomorrow morning at 8 am. And just think, my biggest worry about being unemployed was staying busy. Amazing how you can fill your time when needed.I imagine I'll have something more interesting to say on Monday. Brian is coming

2006-05-22T12:06:00.000-05:00

Oh man, who's awesome? This guy is awesome. Waking up at noon on a Monday. Going for coffee and potatoe chips. I'll be showering soon, then its off to Michigan for a one night stay in the land of moving. Hoo-ray? Yes, hoo-ray. I need the workout.Vermont was awesome, will talk more about that on Tuesday or Wednesday or never. You guys know how I roll.Rock!

2006-05-13T16:28:00.000-05:00

Oh man, the correct answer certainly was "watch cartoons all week." Hot damn! That and CSI. I think I am done with the televisor for a week or three. My eyes have burned out images the size and oddly inflexible shape of Jimmy Neutron. He's a boy genius! His dog is powered by what appears to be the same theory as what makes those hand push things for toddlers make the popping noise with a

2006-05-08T12:40:00.000-05:00

I'm back in Bridgeport and rocking out. Audio Bullys - Generation, is my final new album from Amoeba Music. This album rocks hard. His vocals are heavily processed at points and otherwise sounds similar to the Streets in that he's British and does more talking then straight singing. But he is singing, not just chatting at you. Its a hell of an album.ACen was at moments spectacular and awful.

2006-05-02T15:05:00.000-05:00

Writing is for jokers, but business opportunities are for heroes. I am not certain if I am man enough to tackle this particular option that stems from both meeting people and rich Africans, but I can hope.I am lying about something in the above paragraph, can you find the misplaced clue?Coachella music fest was amazing this weekend. Even the near dehydration and extreme loss of money. The

2006-05-02T08:01:00.000-05:00

What's wrong with the internet? Why don't you people know how to type? What's the deal?...It seems as though my life has settled down a bit. I have a job for the summer, there appear to be no funerals to attend at the moment, and things are generally cool. I have a paper due in four hours; it's more or less done, although I feel like the fact that I've only used one case sort of sucks. I

2006-04-26T19:52:00.000-05:00

I played a bunch of underwater hockey this weekend. We headed up to East Lansing for hockey, partying and hangovers. Oddly, I did not have a hangover. I know I drank the beer and the jager, and I know I played the flip cup and the beirut, but I did not acquire the hangover. Maybe I have finally learned this business about 'pacing.'Or maybe there was a girl and I had to go. Hah, girls. As if

2006-04-17T17:07:00.000-05:00

I am the creator of all that this world will ever know. I frequently exaggerate things. I am noticing that my ability to stay awake is directly proportional to how much I have to do in a given day. The longer the list, the easier to stay awake. So a day like today means it is almost impossible for me to not get drowsy. I have no idea how to combat this as all exciting things happen on the

2006-04-09T21:39:00.000-05:00

Dust it off, clean the corners, find a vacuum. Pick up that last bit of paper that turns out to be a list of bets you made with a friend. I've had a lot of those in my life. Usually receipits, but this one was a flyer for a show.Get back into baseball again. The white sox are giving me a rythm to life. I don't have a job, so its better then nothing.Play video games I've had forever, but

2006-03-13T09:59:00.000-06:00

Well, today was the morning where the job search led me to find out that Capcom and Midway are not hiring lawyers.SOMEBODY GIVE A LAW STUDENT A JOBI CAN BEGIN IMMEDIATELY

2006-03-05T16:03:00.001-06:00

i am decidedly not in japan. i want to be.

2006-03-02T12:05:00.000-06:00

I'm, uh, in Japan. Or something.

2006-02-05T14:41:00.000-06:00

State of the Pat AddressHow I've been living.The job is ending soon. As I've said before, I'm looking for a new job. However, I'm also quitting my current job without a new one lined up. Some may consider that foolhardy, I consider it good times. Its also the only reason I will finally get a new job. I'm stuck where I am, its time to get out. I'm going on vacation for the month of March, to

2006-02-01T10:44:00.000-06:00

My people, I have an announcement to make. This announcement will shake your world and it will render your previous thoughs and assumptions regarding life obsolete. All that you hold dear will be ripped from your still grasping hands. You have been notified.'Your mom' jokes, are done. 'Your mob' jokes, are in. Hearken to my call! 'Your mob' is the new 'Your mom'! Be the first of your

2006-01-20T14:41:00.000-06:00

my last post may have been a blog-killa, so i'm back with actual information.Beauty Shop is playing here wednesday at schubas.... i say we all go and take it in..it's good n' cheap. i know Pats are fans. i gotta bolt right after the show to another bar for birthday thing, but i want to converse... and hear the dark rumbly growl of one John Hoeffleur. www.thebeautyshopband.com

2006-01-15T13:55:00.000-06:00

check it, P-Christo...yer famoushttp://www.suntimes.com/output/olympics/cst-spt-swireplug15.html

2006-01-11T21:44:00.000-06:00

So its outer world for me tonight. I am, once again, breaking my New Year's resolution of not drinking during the work week.Me + life changing vow = failure.Hey ladies, don't look at me like. I won't fail THAT vow. Of course, if there were any ladies who were both reading this blog and having amourous intent towards myself, I am quite certain I have chased them away by now. I wonder if I

2006-01-05T13:41:00.000-06:00

Holy crap face, its fucking 2006 and WE HAVE BEEN SILENT.I imagine Hajduch is quiet becuase he is entering his usual christmas break of booze, Seattle and his stupid job.Koby has had a massive brain injury and no longer remembers how to use a computer. But he's fine folks, just a little drooly.Paul is entirely too busy teaching America how to speak English.And I've been working, drinking (some),

2005-12-21T08:44:00.000-06:00

World of Warcraft makes me want to kill myself.Next "joke" I see that involves that goddamned game, the teller gets one right upside the head.LEEROY JENKINS!!!!! LOLSOME MOTHERFUCKING NERD MAKES ANOTHER RAP SONGNo. MMORPGs are ruining America. If the Patriot Act proposed roving wiretaps and secret jailtime for people who played MMORPGs, I would have run for state rep for the chance to vote for

2005-12-19T16:18:00.000-06:00

Because it appears most people don't read the comments, I'm pretending that people other the authors, my sister and Joe read this, I will end the tension: she totally stood me up. Life? Life is not quite so awesome. But I have found that getting egregiously drunk at a party that is decidedly "not that kind of party" and then wandering around DC helps nothing. However, I did have a spiffy new

2005-12-16T14:47:00.000-06:00

BAM! Hot off the presses of Pat Christopher Inc. is the latest assignment for our intrepid explorer. That location? Oh no, just telling you is much too easy. And, really, where is the story telling skill of that? That's booooring. And we here at P.C. Inc. pride ourselves on non-boring activities. Like shooting pidgeons. Fucking rats of the sky they are.Some hints---------------------------

2005-12-09T16:07:00.000-06:00

PChristo has kicked my ass back into posting. rightly so. i am now teaching downtown at Robert Morris, way better than the Aurora branch obviously. wayyy closer to home. students seem good too...less talkative than the burbans. it's weird how sometimes i have like total silence when i change my voice slightly.like, there's "Paul voice."and "IMPORTAAANT Paul voice." "oooOOOahuu!"ok that last

2005-11-27T15:47:00.000-06:00

I totally have the best life ever.I met a totally awesome girl last night. I have no idea how, really. Andy and I got to the party late, we made an overly grand and somewhat drunken entrance, then parked in the corner of the room while the drunken jenga game continued. Hostess made some comment about how everyone there was a couple, except me and this girl. !!So I wave from across the room

2005-11-21T10:27:00.000-06:00

Drinking last night was definitely successful.I started off yesterday evening joking about doing whiskey shots (ha! ha! no chance!) and ended the night by doing (more) whiskey shots. Free bartender shots are always and forever delicious.I was told this morning that I smelled like Guinness. It's not like I was wearing clothes. I was sweating - nay, bleeding Guinness.This is because I am a

2005-11-20T18:34:00.000-06:00

So!I have been keeping incredibly busy. I have a rad girlfriend and a busy schedule and an empty wallet. I am attending a wedding next weekend; I rarely get to go out for fun any more, so it should be incredibly awesome.I am tired today from a night of drinking and a morning of activity.I am heading out for some catch-up drinks with Mr. Christopher in roughly one hour. Excellent!So, I am

2005-11-19T00:02:00.000-06:00

Whoa back in Champaign now, reliving our collective past etc ...... it's a weekend of Mike&Mollys and i'm drinking black&blues because it is right!wisdom teeth out recently: Pain but followed by relief of decreasing pain. i'll keep updates going on this but the guess is the pain will eventually go away.i have new song posted www.myspace.com/brandnewmoses it's called So Many Fields but it's about

2005-11-18T14:48:00.000-06:00

You know you're on your way out from a project when all you start doing is documentation. The theory is, that you'll leave behind all of your client/project specific knowledge so that someone can just pick it up later.Fine. Good plan.The downside? No matter how well I write this shit, its not gonna be the immediate knowledge transfer boss-man thinks it will be. And, I AM BORED OUT OF MY

2005-11-09T17:53:00.000-06:00

First post!...of November.Sorry I've been so lax in posting. I've been working ALL THE GODDAMNED DAY. No, really. I have been DREAMING of lighting myself on fire. Because that's about what my job boils down to these days. One upshot, is that my bosses have figured out a way to make me an effective manager of others: don't ever give me any time to think about it at all. Just pile so much

2005-10-27T12:39:00.000-05:00

White Sox sweep! Blog Wide High-Five!Jermaine Dye, World Series MVP. I like it. Juan Urbie, defensive genius - this is fact.It hasn't set in yet. Maybe it will this weekend when Koby sprays me in the face with a bottle of champagne. I can't wait.woo-hoo!

2005-10-24T12:10:00.001-05:00

White Sox 2, Stupid-Rainbow-Astros 0.Also, Scott Podsednik is my hero. Need new heroes? Watch the ChiSox. There's a new one every night.In other news, there has been more gunfire outside of my house after every playoff victory. I am hoping these rounds are in fun. I am also hoping they were not directed at Astros fans. Well, maybe if we knicked a couple, just to show them we're serious

2005-10-19T13:26:00.000-05:00

Haughty MelodicI am torn on this album. This is my first full listen through the entire album, but I'm not sure if its any good. Mike Daughty's solo work was awesome and Soul Coughing was great, so I may be holding this album to too high of a standard, but some of these songs just piss me off. And I'm fairly certain I'd be very happy with them if I hadn't heard them when it was just Mr.

2005-10-16T23:55:00.000-05:00

belated, but i want to say --awesome to see Joe Hanauer the other night, i believe he reads this. only bad part was my total sloppiness. i only heard about highlights from Sarah later on, but her personal favorite was this:Joe et Pat: "lets drink some champagne tomorrow"Me: "We're going to Champaign tomorrow?!?!? Yea!"Ugly. J-bass since we see each other every two years or so, hopefully you

2005-10-13T12:55:00.000-05:00

This is just a quick PSA to point out that Dan K. is going to go out like a Crying Little Bitch on the teacups this Saturday.Bones and I have already discussed it at length.Dude is going to have a brain hemmhorage.

2005-10-13T10:50:00.000-05:00

I was on time for work TWICE this week. Not something I'm proud of, but I have worked out every day so far. At least something is good.I have my doubts if I will ever make the 6 am flight out of O'Hare. Do you have any idea how early 6 am is? You gotta get to sleep at like 7 pm on SATURDAY to wake up in time to catch that shit for a MONDAY morning. Because, seriously? Waking up HOURS before

2005-10-06T14:11:00.000-05:00

everyone come to see Mountain Goats with me next Thurs at Open End. i did an article/interview with em for Buzz, although i'm displeased at how things got added to what i wrote. the things that were added immediately became the worst words in the article! the fact that i did not write them is probably what hurts the article.i am not doing this because i want to be a hip underpaid indie

2005-10-04T17:48:00.000-05:00

Many things have happened lately. I am in Tucson now! I will soon be in Dulles! Ker-sploink!I made some girl cry last Thursday. It was an accident. I was standing around in some bar in Tucson and this fairly attractive girl came up and started talking to me. I was, in fact, quite hammered. We chatted for about 10 minutes, then she walked away. She said she had to go to the bathroom. This

2005-09-23T11:59:00.000-05:00

I now no longer teach at Robert Morris College. No I was not fired for any improper ass-Pats... the quarter is merely over. and i teach quarter to quarter, semester to semester.I turned down a Fall opportunity at Truman College b/c I'm a dope, so now I'm unemployed again. Teaching was very good though and I want to go back to it... one day with a real paycheck. Gonna get some certification, I

2005-09-21T09:48:00.000-05:00

Weekend of live music.It starts on a cool, windy Friday. I'm rockin the redline to the Metro. I meet up with Paul(notonthisblog) for some beer and Sufjan Stevens. If you get the chance, you are required by law to go see this guy. Its an odd, awesome show. It will be wisper quiet. You will be sushed for talking too loud (I was!) and, if you're lucky, you will see all eight of them in full

2005-09-19T14:30:00.000-05:00

Voyeurism over; i'm a part of it now. In my inaugural post, I'd like to say thank you for the Pat's deciding to include me. Now we're a lot stronger as far as alliteration qualities: Pat and Pat and Paul. Very percussive.I'd also like to blame them for our instant decrease in readership. My promotion means we just lost like 1/3 of the readers. Still, it's a good move for me and my career.I

2005-09-15T10:20:00.000-05:00

I've got your hitchhikers guide reference right here!Hoopy Frood - Haze.Its, uh, digital chill rock with a touch of atmospheric, sort of ambience to it. It is, in fact, okay. I'm not rushing out to buy it, but hey, its got an awesome name.And yes, being back on the road means I have to take strict care to always have a towel. It makes it handy to borrow a biscuit tin.

2005-09-14T16:50:00.000-05:00

Changes, changes everyone.So, our current commenting system is shutting down in mid-october. Yes, this is proof that we read the comments. I guess I'll just switch the site around so that is looks new. Really, I'm just gonna grab another default template from blogger. And then tell Haji its his birthday job to make it look better.Two Shows this weekend for me:Friday: Sufjan Stevens at the

2005-09-11T15:36:00.000-05:00

Monday 09/12/2005My birthdayChristina's Place (bar)Grace & KedzieChicago, ILI will be there around 9 PMHOME OF THE $2 GUINNESS.

2005-09-07T11:43:00.000-05:00

The other Pat's labor day weekend adventure, and other miscelaneous bits.Really, my drinking weekend streches back to last Wednesday. Me, Adam(from work) and four pitchers of PBR. A good bitch fest had by all. We had the big meeting with higher ups on Wednesday. Oh, it was spectacular. Hence the boozing. Thursday was going to the Bears game with the COO and finding out I might be heading to

2005-09-05T18:50:00.000-05:00

(Cross-posted at the LiveJournal.)I went to fuckin' Madison this weekend and that shit was insane as fuck. Let's start at the start:On Friday, I went to Tuman's. Tuman's has been boring ever since I went there and got blind drunk and misbehaved in both of the bathrooms; nevertheless, I was back there to hang out with Moss (in town from Seattle!). At the door, the door man said he "recognized

2005-08-29T23:21:00.000-05:00

Hellllooooo weekend.I met the Sudoku again on Friday on the bus ride home from work. Now, I like the 8. I really do. Its probably my favorite bus in this city or any city. But, dammit. Stupid Sudoku was so engrossing I rode the 8 for an extra 3/4 of a mile. Stupid, stupid Sudoku.Oh, I suck at those things too.Friday night was the housewarming party. People came over, people drank. Lord

2005-08-27T08:38:00.000-05:00

To Pat Christopher:I am sorry I did not come to your partyI was at the Bears game, and then I had to attend a going-away party for a friend-formerly-with-benefitsAt any rate, I was predisposed, and I will never see this woman ever again so that's sort of crazy.I wound up going to bed at like 11:45 anyways because I'm old.Today I am going to Indiana to visit my grandparents, then I'm doing

2005-08-26T10:35:00.000-05:00

I'm totally the biggest liar ever. Well, maybe not biggest, but I am a liar.I have been in front of my computer several times in the past two weeks with the entire stack of CDs I got from L.A. Never once did it cross my mind to actually give the reviews I was planning to. I guess I can just say they were good, I enjoy them and move along. They are good. I was attempting to hold off on buying

2005-08-18T10:02:00.000-05:00

The wedding was beautiful. I stood around like a goon. Apparently the other groomsmen and I were "all crazy unorganized". We were okay with it. Because, by and large, it was true.I was hanging out with my doppleganger at one point and we were wearing suits. We were hanging around on a corner waving people into the Heart of CalTech to the wedding. An incredibly gay dude hit on us. I was

2005-08-09T09:52:00.000-05:00

If only crazy days happened all the time. At least I got hammerated on Friday with the Brian of Tracy Fame. I ended up hanging out in Beverly all weekend, which pretty much precludes any kind of huge adventure. Good times were had, but it wasn't run into walls and trip over (possibly)dead hookers kind of fun.You know, the kind of fun you don't tell anyone about because it is, mostly,

2005-07-31T11:41:00.000-05:00

I almost fainted last night at the Olivia Tremor Control show.Later, in bed, I woke up with my hand asleep (from sleeping on it) and then I tried to grab a cup of water; unable to maintain a grip, I spilled it all over my bed. Then Andrea called to come over before she left, and I mubled some stuff about how I couldn't grip things and the spill, and I guess I sounded upset and crazy. When she

2005-07-27T10:28:00.000-05:00

Upticking.Moved out and living a bit. Drinking entirely too much, but that's how I deal with the pH changes of my personal fishbowl. I look at beer like its a thinger for thinging. Yeah. That's it.Ordered a transit card, soon I will own. It will rule. I'll be all, "se-wipe!" and go. Rocking the Chicago Transit as it has never been rocked before. Because I'll be all drooling on the benches

2005-07-22T18:18:00.000-05:00

Overheard conversation at Schuba's yesterday:R: "I have come inside of every girl I've ever fucked."M: "Were you wearing a condom?"R: "What the fuck does the term 'come inside' mean to you?"Thereafter, we did shots of Root Beer schnapps (disgusting), drank beers and talked about books....For the record, I have only come inside of half of the girls I've slept with, and that shit was on

2005-07-20T10:37:00.000-05:00

Moving with mad skills. I am half-way moved. I have a bed!Also: I, like Kristy, do not fear the Mother Fucking Zombies. Shit is good. And fresh.In the hizzy.Or something. Also: I am fucking tired. Back to work naping and rocking the Secret Agent Radio. Bam!

2005-07-14T19:39:00.000-05:00

Shpongle are kind of awesome. A friend lent me the record a while back. I don't remember much about it, but I liked it. I will re-listen to it as soon as I can put down the Stereolab triple-disc box set that just came out.The Stereolab box is a very comprehensive collection of all the EPs that were not already collected in the ongoing "Switched On" collections. The box is called "Oscillons

2005-07-14T10:25:00.000-05:00

I'm listening to a band name Shpongle.And have been. This is possibly the longest song ever. At least it is good.The hockey tournament could have been better. I am severly bruised and cut as was the plan, but the other part of the plan, kicking ass, did not occur. Methinks I need to work on my plan. Like maybe avoid the personal injuries and go for the winning, instead of both. Whooosh....

2005-07-06T16:52:00.000-05:00

Weekend of the Fourth, just the numbers:Bar-b-ques attended: 3Non-Bar-b-ques attended: 2Bars attended: 2Number of hipsters mocked: a large drunken number. Seriously, Paul, sorry man. Shit got out of hand.Number of hipsters almost mauled in a bar: 1 <- this guy was a douche bag and I don't have to apologize to Paul for it because it was before I went to his party. And made fun of all his

2005-07-03T15:51:00.000-05:00

How to freak yourself out:Step One: drink heavily the night before. This is the most fun.Step Two: cultivate a hangover for the day of the event. This part is fun while happening. Not as much fun after a succesful harvest.Step Three: eat nothing but crap so your breath stinks and your tongue has salt burn. Again, fun and tasty while cultivating, but poor when you win. Step Four: grab a red

2005-06-30T16:17:00.000-05:00

I was kicked in the face on Tuesday.This isn't a common thing, nor is it rare. Sort of a now-and-again thing. When I'm in the mood. Or when I'm playing hocked like crap and don't get my head out of the way in time. So, I now sport a pretty rad looking purple with red dots bruise over my left eye. I can see it when I'm looking straight ahead. I keep thinking I have long hair again so I try

2005-06-25T14:36:00.000-05:00

I am strong and resolute, which is why I continue to dismantle my own goals and break promises to myself.Today, I am going to see Land of the Dead. I will report back with a review. I might follow it up with Shaun of the Dead. I'll have to ask Val; she is to be my guest for the day.And then...Zombies!...blogspot.com subdomains I have written on (alphabetical):andthenzombies.blogspot.com (

2005-06-23T11:39:00.000-05:00

I am not a fan of "mantle pieces". They are annoying, break, and don't do a damn thing. And yet, I want this. A lot.Bobble heads?Those are the television announcers for the White Sox. I don't even like them all that much. I prefer the radio guys. But, something in me demands that I buy it. However, I will not, because I am TOTALLY MOVING SOON and am already planning on all the crap I'm

2005-06-22T10:37:00.000-05:00

Yes, Pat! That makes you like a 20 minute bike ride from me. Half-price Mondays!You should probably start dating Nancy Faust, since you live so close to her now....In other news, I did something the other day that leads me to believe that I might have a girlfriend. ("I don't talk to you for two weeks and all of a sudden you think you have a girlfriend?" - Dan K.) I am unsure! I know that she

2005-06-22T09:48:00.000-05:00

The details, they continue to happen.I will be moving in on around the 20th of July. Well, moving in, or out, or with, or even without preposition, depending on your point of view. The house is gonna be on, or around, 35th and Paulina. I have not seen it yet. I do not care. I am going to be three blocks (THREE!) from Cellular Field, nee New Comiskey Park. I will be walking to ChiSox games

2005-06-17T12:01:00.000-05:00

BORK BORK! LIFE IS BORK!BBBBOOOOOORRRRRKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!In other news, I need a life. And a girlfriend. Or, fuck, a date. BOORRRKKK!!!addendum: I am mad fucking bor(k)ed at work.

2005-06-13T12:00:00.000-05:00

I've been quiet lately. Well, we've been quiet lately, but I think my teammates on this blog-o-matic drive of fortune gave up a long time ago. I do feel poorly about this, but when my life has been as topsy-turvy work killed as it has been, I have nothing good to say. Some of you may raise the, valid, point that I could be working on the vacation post; to which I say: no. That time has passed

2005-06-02T13:35:00.000-05:00

Perfect end to the weekend:I spent Memorial Day at Irish Fest at Gaelic park. It was fun. I got to see BlueStack, Floggin' Molly and Black 47. Good bands all. I did a bunch of drinking. In the sun. It was also good.We went home, Meghan (sis), Koby and a Chris-type. After a hurried meal of garlic fries, we all went over to Cork and Kerry for a final pint of Guiness for the night. Because

2005-05-24T20:13:00.000-05:00

I found my GBA. Surprisinly enough, it was in my backpack. Crazy, eh?Iron & Wine. Great music. Its very calm. I picked up this album when I was in Colorado. We listened to it while we spent a rainy sunday indoors building a couch fort and working on our anagrams. It was Theresa, her boyfriend Kyle and I. I did most of the construction on the fort and Kyle was the technical advisor. He

2005-05-16T16:30:00.000-05:00

Took a fake vacation.I went to Anime Central in Rosemont, IL. That's right by O'Hare. One stop up the blue line actually. It was a ton of fun and I am oh so tired. I didn't understand that standing and walking nowhere at all is comlelely draining. I think next weekend I am going to get smashed out of my mind so that I can re-coup some energy.I JOKE.Maybe.So I watched a bunch of awesome anime

2005-05-11T10:44:00.000-05:00

Gentle reader, I have left you too long. I have, in fact, been working on the vacation post. Its, uh, getting unweildly. This is caused by two things:1. I am terrible writer, as you all know2. Far more importantly, my friends (you) rule way too hard. Which means tons of crazy stuff happened. HOWEVER:As pointed out by Joe in D.C., "I think everybody made really down music for awhile, got

2005-05-01T23:48:00.000-05:00

Just got home from DC. Pat's spring 2005 vacation extravaganza has, sadly, come to a close. It was an amazing time. So to everyone I ran into, w00t to the max. That was one of the best weeks of my life.To everyone who wants to know select adventures, as in: is it true that happiness can be found in an author you have never read? I'll be tossing that post up tomorrow.Its gonna be long and

2005-04-23T21:17:00.000-05:00

So it is known:-I am on vacation. I will be back in Chicago on the 1st of May.-I still have a job, despite my, seemingly, best efforts at not having one.-I am in Denver now, and will be getting into DC Wednesday night.-I know. Shut up. I will never be a travel agent.Otherwise, I'm having fun and kicking back. If I post anything, its gonna be, well, odd. Because as we all know, vacations are