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August 2005 ArchiveTuesday, August 30, 2005Self Portrait Tuesday Allergy season for me. Waiting for the first frost. posted on 8/30/2005 08:05:00 PM Friday, August 26, 2005Pure Nerd78 % Nerd, 34% Geek, 26% Dork For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd. The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful. 
Question 41 was: Do you know where your library card is? a. Yes b. No/I don't have one. My answer would be "c. Yes, and I recited my library card number from memory to a librarian last night." posted on 8/26/2005 04:12:00 PM Tuesday, August 23, 2005Self Portrait Tuesday I am bouncing off the walls. It's because of: • 12 oz. coffee, perfectly made. • Al Hirt's Java. It's got me boogie-ing down. • Wearing jeans! In August! It's a really lovely cool day. • Looking forward to a lovely day of a lunch with a friend, a trip to the library, puttering around. posted on 8/23/2005 11:14:00 AM Friday, August 19, 2005Illinois State Fair 2005Can't beat a state fair for photo fodder. My last state fair adventure was in 2001 in Minnesota. Minnesota's art deco buildings, butter sculptures, seed art and guys in gopher suits must make Minnesota's fair one the top five in the country. Illinois wasn't as shiny or exciting, but it did make for a good day's entertainment:      Seventy more photos reside over here. I hope you enjoy them. And if you still have time, make it to your state fair and eat yourself silly. posted on 8/19/2005 12:00:00 AM Wednesday, August 17, 2005JetsetThis morning I woke up in my own bed. I'm about to return to it. In between I went to Washington DC. That freaks me out a little bit. posted on 8/17/2005 10:35:00 PM Sunday, August 14, 2005Coming Soon:"Brandimus Americana" megapost about the four latest adventures: my first comic book convention, National Mustard Day, roller derby and the Illinois State Fair. posted on 8/14/2005 08:48:00 PM Tuesday, August 09, 2005Leaning...Leaning...Hundreds of us are wandering around after the Chicago Outdoor Film Festival singing "Leaning...leaning..." in a low, creepy baritone. Tonight's flick? The Night of the Hunter. That's one creepy guy, that sonuvabitch Harry Powell. posted on 8/09/2005 11:02:00 PM Sunday, August 07, 2005Mustard Day GalleryGo on over here to seen the yella-hued photos from National Mustard Day 2005. 
posted on 8/07/2005 08:55:00 PM Tuesday, August 02, 2005Two Pottery Paintin' LadiesLast Tuesday, Justyna and I met up to paint pottery. She picked a divided rectangular plate to paint. After much deliberating, I copied her. Same piece, very different decoration. Tonight, a week later, we met up to pick up our plates and eat good food at Wishbone.  Justyna painted hers with cherry blossoms on a sky blue background.  I made a you-are-what-you-eat plate, thinking I can use it for breakfast and snacking. Unfortunately, my morning staple of oatmeal isn't going to fit so well in the shallow dish.  I like the spacemanesque green nimbus around my head, but my favorite, favorite part is the dots on my blue sweater. After dinner, we wandered up Lincoln Avenue and I spotted this two picture story:  The awning.  The front door. I wonder if the Shopkeeper and the Ice Cream had a falling out? posted on 8/02/2005 11:07:00 PM |
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