The 411.

06:43

While ironing my shirt this morning I noticed the bottom buttonhole used a different color thread than the other. Is this common?

06:50

This is Elliott's cat medicine. For some reason, it smells like bubble gum. Because you know cats just LOVE bubble gum.

07:22

Someone left this book in my carport.

07:36

I'm returning The Nines and The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green. I really wanted to like these movies, but they make it so hard to. The Nines was very well acted (especially Melissa McCarthy) and the story was an interesting concept, but I think it was too complex for just 99 minutes. As for The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green, what could have been a funny gay-theme comedy, turned out to be another crappy, unbelievably unfunny movie you'll see in the TLA Video catalog probably sitting in your mailbox right now.

My lunch is in the Petsmart bag.

09:02

We have a Nut Station at work. Jealous?

09:27

I really need a haircut.

11:18

One of the front desk receptionists has the Pot Stirrer of the Day for those people who piss her off. I get the PSOTD award today, but not for pissing her off but for stirring the pot in a good way. I showed her Etsy this morning. She's like a kid in a crack house candy store.

12:12

We have this little group at work that goes for a walk around the neighborhood a couple days a week during our lunch hour, but it's already too hot out so we have devised an indoor route that involves a lot of stairs. It's actually a much better workout that just walking.

12:40

Lunch! Grilled chicken, low-fat cheese and Cuban black beans.

13:53

Picking up the latest Buffy at the comic book store.

Shut up!

14:31

Checking in with Daniel to make sure he remembered to take pictures today.

16:58

Haircut accomplished. Much better.

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What it is.

07:09

Ouch. And I have a tiny car. At least I didn't have to fill the whole tank.

07:44

This is Amy. We used to work together. She's awesome in so many ways. Years ago she started her own volunteer organization called Charity Chicks. Every year she leads a team for Make A Difference Day. This year her team cleaned out a child care center at a shelter for women and children, and I helped. After that, there was a literacy fair where we gave out sugary treats and books to the kids living at the shelter. It was really cool.

Be sure to check out Amy's blog, One Girl, Two Dogs and a Mission.

10:19

One of the rooms I helped clean. All toys are now disinfected with bleachy goodness.

11:22

That's me!

13:12

Deek's dog is very camera shy.

13:15

I had to trick her.

13:33

I had lunch with Deek today. He'll be moving far away this summer. I'm kinda bummed about it.

13:50

I loves me some hummus.

After lunch, I came home to take a short nap. 3 hours later I woke up and it was 7:10 pm. Eek!

19:49

Hrm... nothing but cheese and olives. Time to go to the store.

20:26

This is so wrong.

20:52

This is so right.

20:55

Movie night. 28 Days Later, Volver and For the Bible Tells Me So.

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For the uninitiated, read this.

06:44

Obviously, Taking My Sweet Ass Time Monday™ has kind of taken over this whole week.

07:56

Ain't that the truth!

I love this guy's work. Especially his illustrations of the states.

10:05

Sometimes I like staring at the glittery lights.

11:20

Creating pretty pretty for the intrawebs.

12:19

A couple more notes for the Hope Revolution.

12:40

Getting my Greek on for lunch. It was all very tasty but the rice and dolmades rocked so hard!

13:44

Dan In Real Life is a cute, funny – albeit sugary – romantic comedy. I recommend it and the Sondre Lerche filled soundtrack.

16:54

It's in the 80s this week and I already need to use a fan to cool down the apartment.

18:33

Progress?

18:53

Picking up take-out from China Chili.

19:25

Lies!

19:42

My little holistic approach to handling my allergies. Apparently Dr. Oz featured the neti pot on Oprah because HOLY COW ya'll... there are a buttload of neti pot/nasal irrigation videos on YouTube. I've weeded through dozens of them to bring you one you will probably enjoy.

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What the frak is going on here? I'm glad you asked.

06:29

I go to the laundromat on weekdays when it opens because there is rarely anyone there. Of course, that doesn't mean the NINE televisions aren't all blaring Spanish language channels at the same time all on full volume. This is where having an iPod becomes handy. Lately, I've been listening to Mikeypod while doing mah warsh.

07:06

I've always had this fascination with laundromats. In college, I wrote a short story set in one. I'm not sure what it is about them. You know how some people, even non-religious ones, are attracted to churches? That's me with laundromats. This one is a total 80s throwback complete with glass blocks and neon. It's trippy.

07:26

Perhaps I should wear this t-shirt next time I go vote.

07:59

A green apple and granola for breakfast.

08:52

Encoding video at work.

10:55

I was super hungry this morning so I ate my lunch early.

12:22

iPods are also good for drowning out coworkers. I love this song and this video for it.

15:53

Looking for inspiration for next month's banner.

17:29

I had a very strong desire to watch Coupling when I got home. I know a lot of people say season four sucked, but I thought Oliver Morris was adorkable.

18:10

Elliott helped me do dishes. And by "helped me do dishes," I mean, "stood at my feet and constantly begged for treats."

18:20

I got some new shoes this weekend. What do you think?

18:37

Daniel asked for my help with a CSS problem he was having. Apparently he thinks I'm a web genius or something. Sadly, I failed him because CSS refuses to bend to my will. No matter how many windows I look at the code in. Sarz Daniel.

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05:26

My day started very early. Way too early for a Saturday.

UPDATE: D'oh! Turns out the time on my camera is waaayyyyyyy off. So my camera is ahead by like 30 minutes and my clock is behind like ten. I have no idea when any of these were actually taken.

05:38

"Dude. WTF? Why are you up so early? Don't you know it's Caturday?"

07:19

Gassin' up for the long drive.

08:27

Aw hell. It is too early! But why? WHY?

I volunteered to help out for a promo we are shooting for work allllllll the way in Queen Creek on a farm. The pubic was invited, but we had no idea how many people were going to show up. The turn out was amazing.

10:22

So many people showed up dressed in red.

10:36

I helped pass out foam fingers. So basically, I gave the finger to over a thousand people. *rimshot*

11:14

Those poor people had to stand out there for nearly two hours while the shot was being set up and filmed, but they were very good sports about it.

11:44

Green Acres is the place to be! Farm livin' is the life for me!

After the the shot was done, I went over to Thomas's to meet him for lunch. I beat him to his house, so I let myself in only to find...

13:45

...this. Thomas's geekery extends beyond Lord of the Rings.

Seeing this reminds me of a video I saw on atomicpop! from Kyle.

14:12

Thomas and I ate at Pita Jungle. Thomas got a haircut yesterday. Be sure to tell him it looks good.

15:45

Afterwards, I went with Thomas to run a few candy-related errands including a trip to Target which brings out the sex kitten in Thomas.

17:26

When I got home, I left the door open so Elliott could get a glimpse of the freedom he will never have. He was very focused on my neighbor's bird feeder.

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08:33

I woke up late today. Well, actually I woke up on time but I hit the snooze for about an hour and a half.

Please ignore my dusty car clock.

08:57

You know what's funny? I cook breakfast for myself just about every day. But for the last three months, on the 12th of the month, I've picked up breakfast on my way to work. Weird.

09:29

My work's holiday party is this weekend. We've hired an 80s cover band to play, so we've been asked to contribute embarrassing photos of ourselves from back in the day. Here I am scanning a polaroid taken before senior prom.

I had not intention of going to prom, but three days before I was asked to take this girl from choir. Don't we make such a cute couple?

Can you feel our burgeoning teenage sexual chemistry?

A few observations about this photo:

1. I grew into my eyebrows.
2. I'm using more hair gel and hair spray than she is.
3. That jacket is from the Dynasty collection. White hot!

09:52

Korina and I have been very into America's Next Top Model this season. Every Thursday we mark the contestant who was sent home with a Post-It of a face with "dead eyes."

Here, Korina is taking risks with her photos.

09:53

We are moving our cubes and stuff around so my little silver tree is no longer by a plug. But we've added lots of toys and the Dashboard Diva is performing her Christmas Extravaganza.

Something about this reminds me of Christmas Evie.

(Loves me some Jack Plotnick.)

12:39

I intended to show you lovely pictures of the sushi we had for lunch, but I forgot to put the memory stick back in my camera. Doh! So I took a picture with my cell photo.

No amount of Photoshop can make this look better.

13:01

Walking back to work, we stopped in the Scary Lady Thrift Store across the street, where I saw this little gem.

17:40

I tend to be a little bah-humbugish about the holidays, but I do enjoy seeing this tree in the hallway every day.

17:40

After work, I went to find some new jeans. I lost a little weight this summer and all my jeans are baggy in the ass.

I'm digging these ultra dark ones.

18:52

Next I stopped at SUPER Target. It really is super. I feel its power when I walk inside. A power that compels me to fill my cart and spend my money.

19:29

This one goes out to Thomas.

He knows why.

20:17

I capped off the evening with some ANTM and Miss J's afro.

I'm happy to report my ANTM Fantasy Team came in 25th place overall. Go me!

Bonus: BELIEVE

I believe that pets make for excellent companions. When I come home, Elliott's happy to see me. And not just because his food dish is empty.

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It's time for another 12 of 12, yo.

08:01

I didn't feel like cooking this morning, so I stopped at Einstein Brothers for a bagel. Then at AJ's for an iced tea. I brought my giant tackle box o' vitamins to take with my breakfast. Very important to take them with food. That's a lesson you only need to learn once.

08:39

I had some very important design work to do this morning adding Cute With Chris style laser-eyes animation to a photo I saw on my friend's Flickr stream. Laser eyes make it all better.

09:47

Time for a refill. Brewing some tea to pour over ice. I LOVE having an ice machine at work.

After that I checked on...

09:48

...my not-so-secret stash of food. I brought in some cocoa for time when I don't want to use the coffee bot.

12:16

I had lunch today with my friend Rebecca. We used to work together at the Monster Bank. We haven't seen each other for a couple years. Isn't she just the cutest? It was great seeing her.

14:19

Making my shopping list in my ultra manly pink notebook. Notice I wrote down "eggs" and "egg stuff," when what I mean to write ONCE was "Egg Beaters type egg substitute." Concerned about cholesterol AND senility. Getting older is fun!

16:12

Catching up on some very important reading at work.

17:41

My after work errands. I love Trader Joe's but there's not one near the ghetto I live, so I go to the one near my work.

18:24

I had a wicked headache after work. So bad, I couldn't take a non-blurry photo of my hand.

18:28

Because of my headache, I didn't feel like cooking, so I got an easy to microwave meal at Trader Joe's. I love this vegan Kung Pao noodles dish. It only takes two minutes to heat in the microwave and it's delicious. But like most things, I like to add a little sumptin sumptin to it to make it even better. I now share my secret ingredient to make Trader Ming's vegan Kung Pao Noodles & Sauce better.

18:29

Grilled chicken strips.

18:51

The last bucket of cat liter I bought had some free cat treats inside. Elliott normally refuses to eat cat treats but for the last several nights, he's been consistently interested in them. It's very odd to me when my cat decides to act like a cat.

Bonus: Grateful

I am grateful for the opportunity to reconnect with old friends.

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After participating in the 12 of 12 project last year, I intended to do it more often. And then an entire year went by.

Oh well.

06:34

Further proof of my forgetfulness is that I was supposed to have had blood drawn last week. It kind of slip my mind, so I needed to go today. My doctor's checking my cholesterol, so I had to fast for the test. Any one who knows me, knows that breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, so I was ready to get that blood drawn so I could eat.

07:39

I actually have two of these because she couldn't get blood from the other arm.

I look like a junkie.

08:19

What better way to reward myself for getting my cholesterol checked than by having the BIGGEST FUCKING OMELET. I believe they called it an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink omelet.

09:29

Fridays are publishing days for the site so there is always lots to keep me busy. Brewing tea for iced tea helps.

12:41

Tim and Matt met me for lunch at Fuego Bistro. I love how the lady in back decided to be in the photo as well.

13:18

We split this yummy creation made of bananas, chocolate and walnuts.

Most. Phallic. Desert. Ever.

14:14

I always see self taken bathroom mirror shots on Flickr, but have never taken one until today. (I put the camera on the hand towel dispenser and set the timer.)

15:33

Busy making pretty, pretty for teh intarwebs.

Lately on Fridays, Thomas and I have dinner and hang out but today he is feeling very ill. You should have heard his voicemail. He couldn't say any consonants or breathe. Poor guy.

So I looked in the freezer to see if there was anything I wanted to eat.

17:56

Mmm... Ice. It's what's for dinner.

18:23

A trip to the store was needed.

19:03

Hunger took over and I ripped open a box of Triscuits while driving home. Eating out of a grocery bag in the car just seems so wrong to me. Next thing you know I'll be eating grapes while shopping for groceries and hand the cashier an empty bag at the checkout.

So what's a single gay guy to do on a Friday night?

19:25

Watch Ugly Betty, of course.

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So I saw this on Alden's site. (Not "All Done" mind you. It's Alden.) He did it in May, very creatively I might add, and it seemed like fun so here I go.

6:32 AM

Green Salsa is an important part of a balanced breakfast.

7:34 AM

Cube Sweet Cube.

8:55 AM

I just moved to this desk a couple weeks ago. I need to figure out what to do with the wall. Some artwork perhaps. Any suggestions?

9:42 AM

Every day Korina and I walk to Starbucks and feed The Machine® as well as our addictions. We've been doing this for several months. For that entire time, this toothbrush has always been there. I was on the side walk for a long time, but eventually was swept aside to the curb. And, like the dorks we are, we look to make sure it's there every day.

2:23 PM

I forgot to take my camera to lunch, so I brought some of the soup to show you. What's the secret ingredient of Le Peep's vegetable soup? Chicken!

Le Peep? More like Le Poop.

4:06 PM

I'm a bit of a clock-watcher, especially in the afternoon. Once it hits 4:30 PM, I am out of there. Usually.

5:07 PM

I took this picture because of Alden's May drawing. I love these shoes but they squeak when I walk. I could never be a ninja.

6:09 PM

Please ignore the dirty floor. It's the maid's week off.

7:14 PM

I had dinner at The Orange Table, one of my favorite places to eat. Conveniently it's just down the street from my house. The food is so good. I eat there often.

7:33 PM

I had the Taco Potstickers for dinner. They rock so hard.

8:09 PM

Later I called Homer. You know, it's difficult taking a photo of a phone. Very difficult.

8:26 PM

The night is still young.

Bonus: Halloween

And the bonus photo in the theme of Halloween.

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