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Things I saw after I turned my computer off at work and headed down the elevator until just right now:

A co-worker leaning into the back window of his VW Passat while cleaning safety glass out. Someone was ballsy enough to punch in the window in the middle of the afternoon while it was parked in [...]

This is the first 4th of July weekend I’ve remained in the Twin Cities since moving here. I’m usually in Milwaukee whooping it up at Summerfest. I was just talking to The General™, explaining how the first time we went to Summerfest must have been 2002. If my external hard drive was up and running, [...]

I got out of bed early this morning. And by early I mean more than 10 minutes before I’m supposed to leave my house (8:30) in order to get to work on time. Quite honestly, I can leave my place at 8:45 and get there by 9:00, but if that happens, it involves cutting people [...]

Riley has resumed his stuffed cow obsession. I can’t fault him for it really. I have a hard time sleeping without him, so I’m sure he has a hard time sleeping without his cow. Meanwhile, his gorilla, his baseball, and his tiger rope are all sitting sadly on the shelf in the living room, because [...]

My new favorite thing since I’ve moved is keeping a notebook at my desk. Sometimes I have ideas I want to write down, or notes I want to take when on the phone with, oh, a potential employer and/or recruiter. In the old apartment, I wrote on the back of Band Aid wrappers and Taco [...]

   The view from my dining room and living room. It’s a busy street during the day, and fairly quiet at night. Even on Saturday night, the distinct sound of people talking as they walked by was more enjoyable than the children screaming and unruly dogs barking at the old apartment.
   Riley’s the only dog; [...]

American Idol so far this season? Not impressed. Not impressed at all.
The Lunar eclipse was pretty fantastic last night. Not fantastic enough for me to stand outside for the whole thing, but maybe next time.
I keep wanting to write about how excited I am to be moving into Minneapolis, but I can’t really put it [...]

I keep reading stories (like this one) about a new outfielder the Cubs are signing named Fukudome. It will come as no surprise that I keep pronouncing it FUCK-U-DOME.
Cindi told me about ApartmentRatings.com tonight, so I looked up my current dwelling. It’s funny. And I didn’t even write one yet.
ESPN is listing the Twins as [...]

I drove from Eagan, MN to Belleville, IL in 8 hours 15 minutes. I win.
That’s four states in eight hours.
I watched the first season of Entourage at some point today, and holy crap - I seriously want to watch the rest of them as soon as possible!
I get to make Jello shot salad for Saturday’s [...]

I feel like I neglected my weekend wrap-up after reading the lovely and details posts of Jenni and Matt, so I’ll do it in infamous list-type format.

Drove to Mankato with every intention of driving back later that night.
Got pulled over as I headed south, but just got a very long lecture instead of a ticket. [...]