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Chicago Sheri

Wednesday, May 31, 2006



Two grandparents in Lake County, Fla., were arrested for allegedly offering a hit man $100 to kill their three grandchildren, daughter-in-law and the family's pet dog.

THE DOG TOO?!?!



Golay is an outwardly prosperous Santa Monica landlord. Her penchants are for pantsuits and big bouffants, as well as for siccing lawyers on those who cross her, including her own daughter.

This is a TV movie waiting to happen....

Friday, May 26, 2006

OMG this guy is so funny and adorable!!

Monday, May 22, 2006

Asshole that turns too fucking wide and then is a jackass about it.

2 lanes, no turn pocket, and he goes over on the wrong lane so much that he is blocking my left turn as I come toward him.
How wide is he?
He is so wide that cars can pass him from going on the other side of him, where he was supposed to be turning from.
But instead of just saying oops, sorry and shrugging it off, he decides to be a jackass and just sit there and block me refusing to move. Forcing all traffic to halt because he cant maneuver his big stupid pickup truck in the correct lane.

I (yes, also being a baby) refused to move. I'm not gonna to let someone bully me. So I put my car in park and took his picture. He said some stuff to me but I didn't bother turning down my music so couldn't totally hear him. I told him he turned too fucking wide and I wasn't moving. He shook his head at me, made a cell phone call as I snapped pictures.
Then said more stuff, then I tried pointing out to him that he was so wide that cars were passing him on the other side, just to show how much in the wrong side of the road he was. After maybe 5 minutes I WON!! He finally moved, and said "How's this?" And I said "It's great!"

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Lazy Ramadi

Sunday, May 14, 2006

On call this weekend.
Friday start with some maintenance that was to be from 8pm to midnight.
One of the databases during the failover of one of the servers got corrupt and the call went non-stop until noon the next day. So I only slept a few 5 and 10 minute zonk out naps cradling the phone to my face.



Had a break from noon until 5ish. The maid came over so we left and ran errands and went grocery shopping. Bought a headset for me, cause we didnt have one and it sucked holding the phone to my ear all night.
So then after my 5 hour break, it was back on the bride call and doing stuff, but with a headset.



Worked until 11pm last night but then got a mostly full night rest, only got about 3 pages between 2 and 3am. Got up around 9:30 with some more pages, minor stuff though with backups and a file system being full and editing a crontab.

Went out to breakfast to Pancake Cafe, Brad had huevos rancheros and I had a spinach and cheese omelet. Went to Bobaks, bought some sausage, pierogies, snacks, and stuff to make macaroni salad.

Gonna watch the movie Shopgirl now, and then take a long hot Sheri bath.

Monday, May 08, 2006

Friday night:

Dropped our stuff off at the hotel and then had dinner at Weiners Circle









Saturday:

Free breakfast buffet at the hotel.

Intelligentsia coffee roasting tour









Then went to Marshall Fields for lunch and rest. Split some pesto chicken salad, broccoli salad and some rolls.







Then went to a Blue Man Group show. (no pics)

Had dinner at Mama Destas Red Sea a wonderful Ethiopian restaurant (too dark for pics)


Sunday:

Free breakfast buffet then caught the train back home. Unpacked, did laundry, errands and groceries.

I thought "swarthy" meant sexy and exotic.
No idea....

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Best Buy Imrov



Happy 10 year anniversary baby!
I love you



Wednesday, May 03, 2006





Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Every morning on my way into work, I stop at a nearby hotel that has a Starbucks in it.
Then after a few times I started noticing business groups meeting there eating different sized breakfasts.
So slowly I have eased over into these groups, baby stepping my way in.
One morning I just took a thing of Apple Jacks and took it back to work.
Then another morning, I got a plate of pineapple and a croissant and sat down amid a group and just ate quietly.
But today I went upstairs to another more private area where they had a buffet set up. I looked around the meeting rooms and saw one guy talking on his cell phone and eating. He looked up and nodded at me as he talked. So I didn't even think about it, just got a plate and got some scrambled eggs, french toast and potatoes. Walked in the room and sat down on the far side of the table from him. Yes, obviously I wasn't thinking...but I did.
He was off the phone. He looked at me, so I said "Hi, I'm Sheri", and started eating. His name is Jeff. He asked if I was with the group, and I very insincerely said "Yes", "Really?", "Ok, no. I just wanted some breakfast. I don't eat much."
Which luckily was reasonable enough for him. Turns out he was running the meeting, showed up early and told his people they didn't have to show up until 9. He was born and raised in Chicago, and has 3 girls. He is the regional sales person for Abbott. So we had a nice breakfast together, got to know each other a bit, and then I headed off to work, shook his hand and thanked him for breakfast.

Monday, May 01, 2006

Hey! This kid littered!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjparnell/138496859/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicagoeye/138765973/