During the four days in which there was no blogging at all, some interesting things have happened, things that in and of themselves could have made for well-versed and comedically peppered posts, things that I will instead talk about in lazy, fragmented sentences categorized by day:
Thursday
Worked my second of six volunteer shifts for the Lord of the Rings exhibit at the Indiana State Museum. Folded tee-shirts in the exhibit gift shop and received guidance from two high schoolers who will probably never score a date and resort to becoming pizza delivery boys and quoting dialogue from The Family Guy on their days off. Saw Dakota Fanning, as the museum hosted a special showing of her new movie at the IMAX theater. Briefly wished that Luke and I had rented Hide and Seek instead of Birth last weekend.
Friday
Spent seven hours talking with Number Twelve about whether the cover for my lab's testing directory should be run through a four-color process with a spot color to nail our logo's specific Pantone shade of blue or just go with the four-color process and an educated guess as to which CMYK combination will produce 287C. Briefly wished I was a pizza delivery boy and had no need to discuss the intricacies of offset printing.
Saturday
Wanted to get to first base with my hair dresser after my well-worth-the-wait-and-one-hundred-and-forty-dollars-plus-tip cut and color in Chi-town. Did not have the heart to tell her I planned on scouring Indianapolis for salons, so instead I made another appointment, this time for an updo for a Chicago wedding this Friday. Pretended my baby sister wasn't wearing a shirt that read "You Don't Know My Name But Your Boyfriend Does." Briefly wished I lived in Chicago.
Sunday
Left Chicago after a fabulous two days of hanging out with my family. Saw my mom crying after I went back upstairs to grab my keys. Hugged her for two full minutes. Cried. Wished I lived in Chicago so that I could see my wonderful parents and siblings every day, and also have a better chance of securing the seventeen-year-old copy of Ninja Gaiden for Nintendo that was promised to me MONTHS ago.
Somewhere in there I managed to pick up Harry Potter again, and now I am fewer than 100 pages and four chapters away from being finished. Am deathly afraid that I will finish the book on my lunch hour at work and sob like a little girl. It makes my heart hurt.
My head hurts, too. Time for bed.
Pizza delivery person. You can't be a pizza delivery boy, you know.
Posted by: Luke | October 18, 2005 at 09:44 AM
Wow, that entry was like a well-loaded pizza. With pineapples ;)
Was Birth any good?
Posted by: Bearette24 | October 18, 2005 at 09:57 AM
The weekend was also very special because you got to see me :o)
Posted by: Brooke | October 18, 2005 at 11:54 AM
Brooke baby, you ARE family!
Posted by: Frema | October 18, 2005 at 12:21 PM
I TOTALLY KNEW you were going to blog about our marathon conversation on Friday. We are SUCH geeks and are still the only two people in the state of Indiana that care so my about PMS 287C. You are SO going to be brand manager someday.
Sorry that you miss being close to family.
Posted by: Number Twelve | October 18, 2005 at 02:32 PM
Well sister, I am certainly glad to hear that you had a great weekend because I did too! Just to let you know, I also pretended that our baby sister was not wearing that shirt too. I love you very much and it doesn't matter where you live, you're plastered all over my refridgerator.!!
Posted by: Sambo V. | October 18, 2005 at 06:02 PM
Hey, I was once that dorky guy, hanging out in museums with gut full of nachos and head full of big dreams.
Now, I am a history graduate student who can never work in pizza delivery because of my horrible driving record and who hasn't had a date in four years.
On second thought, I think I want some nachos...and I have to be at a meeting at a museum this friday.
Whoa...I mean, like, whoa.
Posted by: Will Shannon | October 18, 2005 at 08:00 PM
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ! ! ! !
Posted by: Chris | October 18, 2005 at 08:32 PM
Great looking family. Seeing the picture of the dog, Styx, reminds me that the band, Styx, is playing at the Star Plaza Theater in M-ville on November 19. Maybe your folks might be interested. http://www.starplazatheatre.com/files/styx.html
Molly
Posted by: Molly | October 18, 2005 at 11:36 PM
Are those your brothers and sisters? I remember you said you were from a big family...
And what a cute doggie. Mine only wishes he were big enough to have such a huge rawhide bone. ;-)
Posted by: Liz | October 19, 2005 at 09:24 AM
Definately need to go with the Pantone...it will probably be a little more costly but in the end, what would you do if the logo came out off even by a little and your boss was pissed off?
How many pages is the document and how many copies are you creating? I know some press folks that do digital as opposed to offset for shorter runs...just a thought
David M
Posted by: David McNelis | October 19, 2005 at 07:19 PM
Hey Breain this is Kenny saying what's up cuz.
Posted by: Anonymous | October 20, 2005 at 02:15 AM
Hi, David,
My designer and I actually decided on the extra spot color yesterday. Thanks for the input!
Kenny....AHHH! Hello!
Posted by: Frema | October 20, 2005 at 10:29 AM