I'm sitting here in my new living room watching Euro 08 (Germany v Poland) & blogging on my newly renovated laptop. Solstice did some sort of Webkinz thing on it a while ago and ever since things have been going awry. I took it to the new computer store in Depot Town the other day & now it's working spankingly. The place, Clover Computers, is where Apothoke used to be. They have an assortment of refurbished computers for sale & they fixed mine for a great price. The guys who run the place are a couple of punk-lookin' Irish kids who look like they're straight out of The Boondock Saints (a very overrated film)... or House of Pain (a very overrated 1-hit wonder). (My fantasy striker, Podolski, just scored; I definitely needed those points. I really enjoyed watching Poland 2 years ago in the World Cup & I'm liking them now too... they just aren't good enough to beat the big teams I guess.) These Clover Computer guys are not @ all overrated though. I would definitely recommend them if you are in the market for a computer or if you're looking to get some work done on our current one. Speaking of getting some work done, the ATT guy was here yesterday during the Normal Park Yard Sale. For some reason though, all of the connections on my desktop were gone after I hooked everything up here. Andy, Stephanie's nephew, was here yardsailing for his new apt. & was able to fix it though after the cable guy & I were completely overwhelmed by the problem. Another problem I've encountered lately is w/ my back. Moving has totally kicked my ass. I got all my plants transplanted today though (including the ones I scored last spring in a rather shady manner) & I was able to get some of the big rocks from the old backyard too. I only hope I can make it through my game this afternoon... if not, I don't know where our goals will come from & we're playing our nemeses, the Orange Team, today. Oh, & before I forget, we'd like to welcome Jenn to the wonderful world of blogging; read all about her time in Thailand at her new blog: Jenn in Thailand.
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
Shamrocks and Shenanigans
I'm sitting here in my new living room watching Euro 08 (Germany v Poland) & blogging on my newly renovated laptop. Solstice did some sort of Webkinz thing on it a while ago and ever since things have been going awry. I took it to the new computer store in Depot Town the other day & now it's working spankingly. The place, Clover Computers, is where Apothoke used to be. They have an assortment of refurbished computers for sale & they fixed mine for a great price. The guys who run the place are a couple of punk-lookin' Irish kids who look like they're straight out of The Boondock Saints (a very overrated film)... or House of Pain (a very overrated 1-hit wonder). (My fantasy striker, Podolski, just scored; I definitely needed those points. I really enjoyed watching Poland 2 years ago in the World Cup & I'm liking them now too... they just aren't good enough to beat the big teams I guess.) These Clover Computer guys are not @ all overrated though. I would definitely recommend them if you are in the market for a computer or if you're looking to get some work done on our current one. Speaking of getting some work done, the ATT guy was here yesterday during the Normal Park Yard Sale. For some reason though, all of the connections on my desktop were gone after I hooked everything up here. Andy, Stephanie's nephew, was here yardsailing for his new apt. & was able to fix it though after the cable guy & I were completely overwhelmed by the problem. Another problem I've encountered lately is w/ my back. Moving has totally kicked my ass. I got all my plants transplanted today though (including the ones I scored last spring in a rather shady manner) & I was able to get some of the big rocks from the old backyard too. I only hope I can make it through my game this afternoon... if not, I don't know where our goals will come from & we're playing our nemeses, the Orange Team, today. Oh, & before I forget, we'd like to welcome Jenn to the wonderful world of blogging; read all about her time in Thailand at her new blog: Jenn in Thailand.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Waiting on the cable dude or East Side Represent!
Many things have happened since I last blogged, but I'm pressed for time right now and I broke my thumb which makes typing hard so this will be a rather short update.
Last Weekend:
I went to Chicago for Katie Weaver's wedding. A good time was had by all & during the non-wedding stuff, I got to check out the city a bit. I was there for a soccer game last year & for a concert in 1996, but I haven't actually spent time in the city since I was a little kid. I went to the library which is enormous but the inside looks like a Russian prison. We had a shitty lunch in Chinatown and I went to some creepy museum which basically seemed like some Communist brain-washing facility... I got the fuck out as quickly as I could. I also checked out a couple museums: The Water Tower Gallery & the Loyola University Museum of Art. The water Tower had a cool post-modern photography exhibit & the LUMA is in the middle of a 19th cent. American Landscape exhibit. More pictures from the trip will be posted soon, but here is the view from the pool on the 27th floor of our hotel followed by my mom w/ the life size Lego Batman in Macy's.
Soccer Game:
We rushed home from Chicago so I could make it to my game Sunday evening. It was a fun victory for the Dark Green Team. The score was nil-nil @ the half, & then 10 minutes into the 2nd half, I took a rocket of a kick in the thumb which seems to have broken it. I subbed out and stuck it in the beer cooler for about 10 mins before taping it up and proceeding to score 2 goals. That's right folks, that's 6 goals in5 games making Andre the leading scorer on the team.
Moving:
The big move took place this week & we are settled in our new house in The Historic East Side Neighborhood... yep, we moved on up! Major thanks go out to Shannon, Wendy & Andy for the help they provided. Now it's just a matter of moving some plants & getting the cable hooked up. The main issue w/ that, of course, is the Internet. I'm in my office right now, but by Saturday afternoon I should be able to come to you live from the new place. However, the kids' last game is Saturday morning & we have the Normal Park Neighborhood Association yard sale Saturday too, so hooking up the cable Saturday (the only day for a week & a 1/2 they could do it) will be a bit problematic. Apparently, Stephanie will run the sale w/ my mom while I coach the game & my dad waits for the cable guy. It'll all be worth it though once Euro 2008 starts w/ the Swiss playing the Czechs & Portugal playing Turkey Saturday afternoon.
Last Weekend:
I went to Chicago for Katie Weaver's wedding. A good time was had by all & during the non-wedding stuff, I got to check out the city a bit. I was there for a soccer game last year & for a concert in 1996, but I haven't actually spent time in the city since I was a little kid. I went to the library which is enormous but the inside looks like a Russian prison. We had a shitty lunch in Chinatown and I went to some creepy museum which basically seemed like some Communist brain-washing facility... I got the fuck out as quickly as I could. I also checked out a couple museums: The Water Tower Gallery & the Loyola University Museum of Art. The water Tower had a cool post-modern photography exhibit & the LUMA is in the middle of a 19th cent. American Landscape exhibit. More pictures from the trip will be posted soon, but here is the view from the pool on the 27th floor of our hotel followed by my mom w/ the life size Lego Batman in Macy's.
Soccer Game:We rushed home from Chicago so I could make it to my game Sunday evening. It was a fun victory for the Dark Green Team. The score was nil-nil @ the half, & then 10 minutes into the 2nd half, I took a rocket of a kick in the thumb which seems to have broken it. I subbed out and stuck it in the beer cooler for about 10 mins before taping it up and proceeding to score 2 goals. That's right folks, that's 6 goals in5 games making Andre the leading scorer on the team.
Moving:The big move took place this week & we are settled in our new house in The Historic East Side Neighborhood... yep, we moved on up! Major thanks go out to Shannon, Wendy & Andy for the help they provided. Now it's just a matter of moving some plants & getting the cable hooked up. The main issue w/ that, of course, is the Internet. I'm in my office right now, but by Saturday afternoon I should be able to come to you live from the new place. However, the kids' last game is Saturday morning & we have the Normal Park Neighborhood Association yard sale Saturday too, so hooking up the cable Saturday (the only day for a week & a 1/2 they could do it) will be a bit problematic. Apparently, Stephanie will run the sale w/ my mom while I coach the game & my dad waits for the cable guy. It'll all be worth it though once Euro 2008 starts w/ the Swiss playing the Czechs & Portugal playing Turkey Saturday afternoon.
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