Month: July 2001

Ran eight miles again last night. I was asking Brent at work how long he runs and he’s like, “Oh – I usually start at around 16 miles.” Fuck that. We’ll get there. If we really want to. They were having a multi-company teleconference in HR today on generational demographics and hiring/recruiting practices. They detailed […]

One of my early self-help book addictions was the texts of Peter McWilliams – he’s passed now and the texts to all of his books are available on his website for free. Minor scuffle yesterday when I tried to get one of my ex-bosses (now a consultant) to find someone else to do her typing […]

Boxing this morning rocked. It’s starting to get in my bones and I’m starting to hit back a little harder. Learned a few blocks and pins today which is useful since I’m short. So is the Jerome, the instructor. Yesterday totally kicked my ass. I was all over the place. At least acupuncture forces me […]

If you want something done, ask a busy person. That’s the saying and it is totally true today. It is sorta amazing how much I’ve been able to get done in the past six hours. I have requests and emails and voicemails and errands flyign at me from all directions and I’m gracefully in the […]

Much to report – I’ll try to recap by the end of today. Finished the script for Sinister last night. Mostly tweaking. Was able to get in early today and get the scripts copied before my meeting. I am feeling really dulled out today. The scripts are gonna be fine – edited, added and deleted […]

Went and reserved rehearsal space for Sinister for the entire rehearsal process – it’s gonna be a blast – we only have nine rehearsals to get all three episodes up and running. Then I went to SportMart and bought wrestling shoes for boxing (Jerome sez I need shoes with less traction). Ran into Richard at […]

The Chicago migration continues – Sara and Brian are moving up here. Sara in 6 weeks and Brian in January. Though we’re losing Matt which sucks totally – he’s going to teach at Indiana University. The deal fell through on mom and dad selling the house but they said they already have an interested buyer. […]

Read through of Sinister went great last night. We have a fun cast with a nice collection of voices and manners that made the lines fun to hear out loud of the first time. I was so relieved. I breathed a collective sigh as everybody left – this will not be the play where everyone […]

Just got off the phone with Maria – my girlfriend from pre-school. She’s coming up to Chicago next week and we’re gonna hang out. It will be crazy to see her. She’s got two kids and her husband supposedly looks like me. Maria and I used to walk hand in hand to kindergarten together. I […]

I had lunch yesterday with one of my co-workers, Laurie, a totally hip cool lady… she’s all about Kwanzaa in December and when I complained about the heat a few days ago she’s like – ‘I love it – it’s Africa-hot!’ Whatever… like I say – ‘It’s Irish foggy out today’ or ‘That’s German fascist, […]