12.31.05
fitting room, banana republic on michigan avenue.

12.30.05
at home, schloshing the wine...

12.29.05
hai yen on argyle street. appetizer #8—marinated beef wrapped around jumbo shrimp, charbroiled to perfection. yum.

12.28.05
pdx. looked up (from the longest security line I've ever been on) to see we were standing dead center of the concourse.

12.27.05
some famous waterfall off of the columbia river, oregon side.

12.26.05
my little brother let me sign his cast. soccer injury.

12.25.05
one of ma's chinese bronze statues. opposite the money frog, good for feng shui.

12.24.05
riverfront area in portland. walking through the city, looking for the flavor.

12.23.05
exploring the woods of shadowpine—just outside of lightfall grove—in search of the second gorgien defiler.

12.22.05
crossing the columbia river—washington to oregon.

12.21.05
chicago o'hare. this walkway goes underneath a taxiway to connect the starbucks in concourse b with the starbucks in concourse c.

12.20.05
home—before catching up on some sleep, before our flight to portland, oregon.

12.19.05
my office toiletry bag, once one of billie's tool bags. taken during a solo, three day work-a-thon—big deadline before I take off for the holidays.

12.18.05
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12.17.05
red line argyle station. getting off the train at 2 am, realizing I have yet to take my daily pic. could've been worse—could've taken crappy pics of my toes or somethin'.

12.16.05
red line argyle station. looks like somebody's missing their chicago reader.

12.15.05
king kong. we make it a point to wear matching sweaters on movie nights.

12.14.05
chicago avenue red line entrance—because I found out, getting out of work at 1am, that the brown line is not a night owl.

12.13.05
office tool.

12.12.05
clark street in the river north area—lunchtime run. narisa pakdee jaywalking.

12.11.05
hand-washing my riding jacket was the only accomplishment of the day—just one of those sundays, ya know?

12.10.05
party at ira cox's place in humbolt park—good folks, hot glogg, sweaty dancing, beer puddles, and a few casualties, including our host who got completely demolished (yeah. we know, it was all that dancing).

12.09.05
a handful of NJS buttons from mike ley in bloomington, indiana—to be distributed among local bicycle geeks.

12.08.05
chicago, illinois.

12.07.05
nome park's flat. these fixtures were on back-order for an entire yea—oh and he has a 22-year-old parrot that will giggle and laugh with you (from mild amusement to hysterical laughter).

12.06.05
it's that time of year. our first holiday basket arrived: seven assorted boxes from margie's candies, a full brick of fudge, a bottle of red wine, and a bottle of strawberry preserves. strawberry preserves?

12.05.05
coyote ugly on erie street. I've never been in, nor have I seen the movie, but I assume that inside it's half bar, half amusement park. might even have factoids on the napkins and games on the kids' menu.

12.04.05
winterized the daily commuter.

12.03.05
disappointed that the ipod color of this bottle of belgian micro-brew is only paint. the beverage itself isn't bad, if a little too flavourful. last white formica shot of the month—promise.

12.02.05
eastern view from my office window. the blinds tend to act like a crude polarizer.

12.01.05
panic shot—rice krispie treats through a loupe at the office around 9pm. way to start the month.