This is a quick vid I whipped up of Lily and Elmo playing together. Lily finds Elmo hilarious except for when he goes in circles.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Lily and Elmo
This is a quick vid I whipped up of Lily and Elmo playing together. Lily finds Elmo hilarious except for when he goes in circles.
Also, my phone was stolen
Yeah -
I forgot to say that people who usually call my cell phone should not because it was stolen by a kid named Alex. I should be up and running with the same number next week, thanks to my mom and her extra Cingular cell phone.
Quick anecdote. I entered the Logan Square library the other day and put my phone on vibrate. Then I sat at a computer, opened my bag to get out a book, and did about thrity minutes of typing. I moved to a nearby table to study. Then just a few minutes later I realized my phone was missing. It could only have fallen out of my bag when I opened for the book; so I had been away from it for only a few minutes, yet it was not by the computer I had been at. Since no one had turned it in and it was NOT in my bag, I decided it had been picked up by some person who had no intention of returning it. (At the library? COME ON. The library is happy nice place, not a hang out for thugs.)
Back home Oli tried calling my phone repeatedly until someone did pick up. Oli put on an even, stern voice and simply said, "Give us the phone back." This tone went on as he talked with "Alex" who said he'd give back the phone for money. Oli pointed out that Alex had been recorded on the library's CCT system and should return the phone to the library...or else. Alex hung up. Oli sent a threatening text and Alex sent back one involving an expletive (written in text message abbreviation). I sent a pleading text saying our kid had a rare disease and we needed the phone (C'mon, that's funny.) After ten minutes, I decided it was useless and had the phone disconnected.
So if you need me, for now, call my new work phone number (I have a direct line now which you can find on the uic website) or at home.
Fin.
I forgot to say that people who usually call my cell phone should not because it was stolen by a kid named Alex. I should be up and running with the same number next week, thanks to my mom and her extra Cingular cell phone.
Quick anecdote. I entered the Logan Square library the other day and put my phone on vibrate. Then I sat at a computer, opened my bag to get out a book, and did about thrity minutes of typing. I moved to a nearby table to study. Then just a few minutes later I realized my phone was missing. It could only have fallen out of my bag when I opened for the book; so I had been away from it for only a few minutes, yet it was not by the computer I had been at. Since no one had turned it in and it was NOT in my bag, I decided it had been picked up by some person who had no intention of returning it. (At the library? COME ON. The library is happy nice place, not a hang out for thugs.)
Back home Oli tried calling my phone repeatedly until someone did pick up. Oli put on an even, stern voice and simply said, "Give us the phone back." This tone went on as he talked with "Alex" who said he'd give back the phone for money. Oli pointed out that Alex had been recorded on the library's CCT system and should return the phone to the library...or else. Alex hung up. Oli sent a threatening text and Alex sent back one involving an expletive (written in text message abbreviation). I sent a pleading text saying our kid had a rare disease and we needed the phone (C'mon, that's funny.) After ten minutes, I decided it was useless and had the phone disconnected.
So if you need me, for now, call my new work phone number (I have a direct line now which you can find on the uic website) or at home.
Fin.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Has anyone noticed...
that we need to post more often?
Will do soon. In the meantime, quick update:
1 - I'm doing a master's in Linguistics and ESL/EFL. It's fun and I'm doing take-home essay exams for the next three weeks.
2 - Lily crawls. Holy cow! Bung-oh! Tally-hoo!
3 - Oli might get a filming job through Cassie Hatzfeld. Wow!
4 - We want to go see the movie Jesus Camp on Friday with Colin, but can't find a babysitter. Movie's at 9:45 pm. Any takers?
5 - Oli finishes his Rape Victim Advocates training this Saturday. Congratulations to the best British Rape Victim Advocate in Illinois, maybe even in Chicago.
6 - We are waiting for Oli's permanent residence to come through so we can buy our tickets to England/Spain for the holiday season. Two weeks of Euro vacation, are you in our future?
7 - Our car pipe was fixed. Then we got a flat tire and replaced all of our tires. Seriously considering going the Igo (www.igocars.org) way.
8 - Planning a trip to Urbana to visit the Hughes Taylor family for the weekend of Oct 21. Autumnal small-town America is nice.
Later!
Will do soon. In the meantime, quick update:
1 - I'm doing a master's in Linguistics and ESL/EFL. It's fun and I'm doing take-home essay exams for the next three weeks.
2 - Lily crawls. Holy cow! Bung-oh! Tally-hoo!
3 - Oli might get a filming job through Cassie Hatzfeld. Wow!
4 - We want to go see the movie Jesus Camp on Friday with Colin, but can't find a babysitter. Movie's at 9:45 pm. Any takers?
5 - Oli finishes his Rape Victim Advocates training this Saturday. Congratulations to the best British Rape Victim Advocate in Illinois, maybe even in Chicago.
6 - We are waiting for Oli's permanent residence to come through so we can buy our tickets to England/Spain for the holiday season. Two weeks of Euro vacation, are you in our future?
7 - Our car pipe was fixed. Then we got a flat tire and replaced all of our tires. Seriously considering going the Igo (www.igocars.org) way.
8 - Planning a trip to Urbana to visit the Hughes Taylor family for the weekend of Oct 21. Autumnal small-town America is nice.
Later!
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Lily stands up in her crib
Yes, that's right, Lily stands up in her crib and I made a movie about it and put it to 'poppin me collar' by Three Six Mafia
Watch it!
Watch it!
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Wisconsin!
Monday, September 04, 2006
Bridal pox
Megan and Marty were married on Friday evening. Huzzah to Mr. and Mrs. Edith!
At the blissful event I aquired several mosquito bites that didn't fully break out until today, Sunday.
This morning they looked like this:
Now they look like this:
Looks like small pox. Doesn't itch too badly because I refrained from scratching them all day.
At the blissful event I aquired several mosquito bites that didn't fully break out until today, Sunday.
This morning they looked like this:
Now they look like this:
Looks like small pox. Doesn't itch too badly because I refrained from scratching them all day.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Monday, August 28, 2006
Lily does like Hannah does
Lily and her cousin Hannah may live a world apart but their lives exist in perfect congruence. Check out the videos below if you don't believe me.
Lily on a swing
Hannah on a swing
Lily at the beach
Hannah at the beach
Thursday, August 24, 2006
The car is fucked
Some bastard, some tow truck bastard has fucked up our car. I wish they had bloody stolen it instead of leaving us with a undriveable piece of junk that will cost more money than we have to fix. I am very upset by this whole episode.
As you can see in this picture, something is very seriously wrong. Though, if anyone actually knows anything about cars please feel free to comment.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Stolen cars and terrorist attacks
This afternoon, our car was not parked where it had been parked several hours earlier. Now, we've had the car towed on a number of occasions. Once in Barcelona when all our stuff was in it and one time here in Chicago when it was parked on a road due for some construction - on this occasion the tow truck just moved it down the street for us.
Today, there was no road construction, there was no street cleaning, and there was no car. We reported the stolen vehicle to the police, notified the insurance company and contacted the city just to make sure it hadn't been towed (and it hadn't). We were just getting used to the idea of some insurance money and being car-free when Angela found it awkwardly parked down the street a bit. Bollocks.
In further news, downtown Chicago was yesterday the victim of a brutal terrorist attack. That is if you believe my videos.
Today, there was no road construction, there was no street cleaning, and there was no car. We reported the stolen vehicle to the police, notified the insurance company and contacted the city just to make sure it hadn't been towed (and it hadn't). We were just getting used to the idea of some insurance money and being car-free when Angela found it awkwardly parked down the street a bit. Bollocks.
In further news, downtown Chicago was yesterday the victim of a brutal terrorist attack. That is if you believe my videos.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Craigslist countdown....
Earlier today Oliver saw an N64 in a resale shop next to our grocery store and he thought about how nice it would be to own an N64 and Golden Eye. So he went back this afternoon and asked how much. It was $10 for the box, no controllers, no wire to plug it into the wall....lame.
We took a quick look on Craigslist and found an ad placed an hour ago for "N64 with 2 controllers, Golden eye, Smash bros. mario kart-$25 ". We just emailed the poster....Will we get it?
Stay tuned.
We took a quick look on Craigslist and found an ad placed an hour ago for "N64 with 2 controllers, Golden eye, Smash bros. mario kart-$25 ". We just emailed the poster....Will we get it?
Stay tuned.
Friday, August 11, 2006
Bathtime!
New Lily photos are up on my webshots page in a new album, "Lily 6-12 months".
If you use the link in the right-hand menu, you'll have to click to the second page of albums to see the new one.
Enjoy!
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Thursday, August 03, 2006
By the way...
...we'll be in Wisconsin Friday - Monday this weekend in a big cabin in a forest on a lake in the middle of nowhere. We'll be there with my sister, her husband and kids, as well as my brother and a couple of his friends.
So don't call and ask us to go clubbin'.
So don't call and ask us to go clubbin'.
Intercambio heaven
I've been trying to find someone to do an intercambio with but nothing was turning up. I wanted an international student who could read essays and things I write in Spanish and correct them in return for me doing the same for them.
(I am a dork and read Hoy - one of the Spanish newspapers in Chicago - each day on the way to work. About 3 times a week I pick an article, study it and write a summary in Spanish.)
The search was going poorly when I had a stroke of genius. It was so easy to find an intercambio in Barcelona, why not put a post on Loquo, the CraigsList of Spain? I posted looking for an email intercambio and I now have 6 new Barcelona buddies.
One is an IT specialist, three are students, one is an old man and one is trying to be an interpreter for the UN but currently working as a receptionist for Telefonica...
I'm sure some of them will not stick, as is the trend with intercambios, but a couple seem very promising. So after months of nothing, I am now swimming in intercambios. If anyone wants one, I'll sell cheap.
(I am a dork and read Hoy - one of the Spanish newspapers in Chicago - each day on the way to work. About 3 times a week I pick an article, study it and write a summary in Spanish.)
The search was going poorly when I had a stroke of genius. It was so easy to find an intercambio in Barcelona, why not put a post on Loquo, the CraigsList of Spain? I posted looking for an email intercambio and I now have 6 new Barcelona buddies.
One is an IT specialist, three are students, one is an old man and one is trying to be an interpreter for the UN but currently working as a receptionist for Telefonica...
I'm sure some of them will not stick, as is the trend with intercambios, but a couple seem very promising. So after months of nothing, I am now swimming in intercambios. If anyone wants one, I'll sell cheap.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Digital errand boy
Oliver Seeley has been making a film for Markus Oliver, who in turn will give the film to Ryan Seacrest.
Markus Oliver gave Liliana Seeley an iPod.
It's of the slim, black, 30Gb, video generation and now all our music, all our videos are on it.
Markus Oliver is a giving man.
Ryan Seacrest is not a giving man; he took all the rights to Oliver Seeley's film by making him sign the document seen above.
At least we have the iPod.
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