OK, people, lets get down to brass tacks here. The iPhone? Yeah, it’s hot.

I have been an Apple/Macintosh nay-sayer for well over 16 years now (last Apple I used was a GS in 8th grade) and I REALLY want this mobile handheld device! However, I just received a BlackBerry 8800 from work, which does feature quite a few of the functions that the iPhone provides (in a lesser functionality, of course), so I’ll probably be putting this purchase on hold for a bit.

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“In the future… getting tanked with your friends… is going to be a WHOLE lot more fun… because you’ll be sitting at a table … that makes something cool happen… everytime they bring you a drink!”

Parody of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cog8b8ojji0&mode=related&search=

This weekend I was introduced to the Spike & Mike’s “Festival of Animation” at the Music Box Theatre on N. Southport. I’ll have to be honest that I went into it thinking it was going to be measurably lame and I was just going to humor the little lady that wanted to go. So I attended. Little did I know that it would be a hilarious mix of comical & animated shorts. It was most definitely worth the time and money and I’m glad I ended up attending. Here’s a couple of examples of the creative clips:

Dr. Tran (yes, I’m buying the DVD ASAP):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA8C6m5h3dE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP0N7O5qRE0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueEOeUw0d2A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJFB2YbiQ9Q

Other random clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9×4DM6HfYO0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwpr6dYkC8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsymvcqVc1s

Otherwise, there really wasn’t much happening, other than the blur that Friday night turned into. Damn you Jameson at 6 p.m!!!

Whaaaat’s happenin’, Peter?

Sittin’ on the balcony with the laptop… attempting to “do work”, approaching the midnight spot. Don’t you worry… I at least have a frosty one, thanks to Dave’s stock in the fridge. Note to self… buy beers.

What else is happening? Some new events have occurred:

1) Wisconsin/Madison turned me on and spat me out. I’ve made it. Thanks to my extended family for co-intoxication festivities and graduation celebration mayhem.
2) I’ve been made aware that the month of June is going to be an ass-kicker. Not only am I working, but I have visitors and friends from afar attending the Windy City pretty much every weekend. Jay, Flip, Meinders (hopefully!), parents (re-scheduled for later), the ladies of Brown Bottle – Waterloo, Nathan, my other ex-roommate Brian, and probably a scattering of other Iowans. Also, the iPhone comes out. Money!?!? We don’t need no stickin’ MONEY!
3) I skipped a keg-infused gathering this evening due to extended hours needed for work-related accomplishments. Had to do it. Here’s what happened last time:

4) Having passed the monotony of getting established at the new place o’ employment and the semi-bleak Winter months in Chicago, I’ve either come upon a streak of dashing character improvement or perhaps acquired an increased motivation to start interacting with the feminine conscience once again. Refreshing? It’s been an interesting stretch recently, at least. We’ll see what becomes… of that.
5) The days are getting warmer and the nightlife is becoming more prone to be held out-of-doors. I’m very much excited to start hitting the biking paths and doing what I need to do to get my rear in shape to sit on a bike for 15-20 (~60/day) miles at a time. RAGBRAI is quickly approaching and I don’t want to be a bus rider for the whole week. It was kinda lame and you feel like you miss out on a lot when you don’t bike & interact along the route.

This is about it… the L is starting to get a little too loud at this time of night, so I’m headin’ for bed. l8rzzz *sleep*

<sarcasm>First off, I want to be sure that everyone is aware that it is NOT alright to call an edited image “photoshopped”. Adobe makes strong claims to the authenticity of it’s trademarked name, so lets quit using it:</sarcasm>

http://www.adobe.com/misc//trade.html#photoshop

THIS PHOTO WAS EDITED WITH Adobe® Photoshop®, perhaps.

*sigh* Do they really think people are going to stop saying “that looks photoshopped” because they said so??? Freakin’ idiots…Anyway… you may be itching to ask, “So, what transpired this weekend, my charming/handsome friend Drew?” Well, let me tell ya what happened:
- Friday night [warning: ultra-lameness]: I was entirely chill and cleaned the apartment, along with completion of laundry duties, including ++wall hangings. The place looks much better, I promise.
- Saturday: Erin, Stephanie, Erin’s sister + boyfriend & I attended the always-exciting Cardinal’s visit to the Wrigley confines. It ’twas a most excellent showing by Mr. Marquis yesterday, but it appears that the Cards have taken the series lead today (Sunday) after a 10th inning smash by Sir Albert. After the Saturday game, I made a short trek north on Sheffield to Irving Park & Broadway to Matt (co-worker) & Ashley’s pad for a grill-out. AWESOME pork tenderloins, steak, chicken, brats & shrimp/mussel kabobs. It was a great assortment and it was all grilled to perfection. Great grill control, Matt!
-Sunday: Chill. Recovery. Water. Spaghetti. Readiness for a new ^work week^.

In finality, our local Chicago news reported that the newly-planned lakeside 150-story monstrosity gained steam towards being an actuality this last Friday:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/20/tallest.building.ap/index.html

It seems this upstanding_official pegged it, dead-on:

“This is a wonderful project, and everyone is very enthused,” said Constance Buscemi, spokeswoman for Chicago’s planning department.

Rightly worded, Ms. Buscemi! I couldn’t have expressed it better.

Windows::open. It’s warm… and it sounds like some mutha trucka down on the street level is kicking their poochy. Time to go shout some expletives in that general direction. Talk atcha laterzzzzzzz!

Well, I’ve read a lot today and I’ve included a many new RSS feeds to my Google Reader… should I share? Of course, I should:

* Spartans (mushroom_style): http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=231
* A couple friends are now up and running, solo-blog&pic-gallery-in-hand:

http://www.erink.org/

http://www.jendafab.com/
http://www.jlitral.com/
* Will Farrell “The Landlord” short clip:

* And the icing on the cake from hometown, Iowa:
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2007/04/18/news/regional/
I believe my friend from high school is on that staff now… eh…

Anyway… these should give you wasted minutes. If you need more, CLICK HERE.

Yep. We’ve achieved yet another step in the evolutionary chain of Flat-Consumption. Dave and I have brought into our realm of existence new patio furnishings:

And no, it’s not a bit femme just because it all matches. We were trying NOT to make it match, but it somehow backfired on us. [Insert: shuuuuddduuuup, Roly] Smokers: you’ll be glad to know you now have a place to sit on our balcony.

In other week-beginning features and highlights:
- The image of the John Deere bike receiving a side car in which others could ride received ongoing laughs this weekend. Brilliant humor.
- Chris (Roly’s friend) will be departing the states to return to the British Isles at half-five this sunny day.
- The newest Bond flick hath been incorporated into the library of motion pictures yesterday. I think the new production turned out quite nicely.
- Everyone’s still “kickin” after yet another 3-day stint into the expedition of hardcore_liquor_intake. GOOD JORB, ALL!

Watch out, folks, we’ve already kicked off another weekend!

It’s been a scorcher so far… hung out with the Irish and Dave and company at Dave & Buster’s for a good while, then over to Frankie J’s and Boss Bar.

Today: Cubs game. In the bleachers. Wish us luck, it looks like split-pea soup out there. Ugh. More to come on this foray shortly. I’ll probably be home by 6 to pass out. Probably not. Anyway…

More shall be posted post-this-event. <3

Well, my weekend shan’t be anything of massive excitement or unbridled glee, as I will be nestled into a small white house in a town of about 2,000 in south-central CheezCountry, but that doesn’t mean YOU can’t have some fun n’ games. Check out my Events page above for the scoop!

I’m sure there shall be pictures after this family outing, so stay tuned for that one… it’ll be a scorcher! hahahah

Many thanks to Dave for supplying the following linkage:

http://yearzero.nin.com/

You’ll want to click the link above to launch the flash-player to listen to the new album.

Believe you me, I’m going to need about 15 more rounds of audible input on this one before I even start to form an opinion. Mr. Reznor’s idea, regarding a “soundtrack for a movie that hasn’t been created yet”, which was somehow borne within 6 months time, leaves a lot to ponder. Here are a couple of links I know you’ll appreciate:

http://www.rollingstone.com/year-zero-project-way-cooler-than-lost/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Zero_(album)

Will I be purchasing this disc? Pretty much guaranteed after just purchasing the new live Nine Inch Nails DVD. Check it out via the link at the top, let me know what you think. I’ll give a better run-down within 24 hours, most likely. Now: SleepyTime.