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Happy birthday Steve!

Devo - Something For Everybody

Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

Hardest laugh I've had in a few days.

^ x2 ^

Happy holidays everyone! Going to be nuts for me, have about 5 different gatherings to attend.

Happy birthday Ken!

I meant to reply to your wall post on fbook but I will just let you know here - MUST hang out and hear these tekton's. FFF would be an excellent prelude I think.

Had my second full-time position interview today. Went very well, but both the interviewer and I agreed that my passion or interest in sales is, at the moment, to be determined. I'm just not sure the position is right for me. The company seems pretty great overall and extremely professional, especially considering the industry (residential home renovation), but I don't think that would be enough to drag myself into a role I'm really not looking for right now. Hrm. Tonight - dinner at some decent italian restaurant on Taylor in Chicago with Allison, my now-former roommate, his fiancee, and 2-3 other friends.

The Radio Dept. - Pet Grief

Couldn't make it but the shirt is too awesome. Medium in blue if possible .

Happy birthday Ato, rock on man.

It's an unfortunate and intended result of product strategy from some asshole corporations. Inducing outdatedness through design = frequent consumer refreshing = more revenue. :/

True that. I'm sorta hoping that I can join in on the Sundays @ FFF tradition on occasion. Looking forward to it. Thanks 'gents, getting acclimated to post-college life will be undoubtedly easier having been guided by this group.

Awesome pics everyone.

As of *much* earlier tonight I finished my senior fall semester. One left. Fark. Real world is quickly approaching.

Sounds like your grandfather had a wonderful life, Steve. Best wishes to you and your family. Jacob, get better dude. Relax in post-op with a cigar. Somehow I doubt they'll let you do that.

Incredible story Dinny. I'm sorry to say that like Justin, Lennon was way before my time. Unlike Justin, I've never really been into the Beatles and haven't been influenced by Lennon as an artist. I have, however, been influenced by Lennon as a man. He seemed to exude the very definition of a humanitarian. RIP.

In this meet's honor I'm going to get fucking drunk this weekend once I've cleared my way through most of my semester exams. Good 1,200th post?

Finals week! Finished my 12 pager entitled The Transition of Guanxi: Foreign and Domestic Perspectives for my international management class due on Monday. Going to start on my 5-6 page take-home final for human resources management sometime tonight. Also have to study for management information systems final on Friday. Fuck yeah I love it. Congrats to your son Mike, he's going to love this shit too .

Happy birthday .

Oh shit yeah I didn't even mention the food... which is ironic because it served as my crutch the entire day to keep me from getting too tipsy. The hummus, porkchop, potatoes, and veggies were all excellent. The chili was fucking phenomenal - I ate two very full bowls and contemplated a 3rd all before supper. Gonna need to get that should-have-won-an-award recipe Mike .

Amazing gathering. That pretty much sums it up. Sorry for quality, just went with iPhone, didn't feel like bringing camera. ^ Mike's gear setup, in a dedicated room. The PSB's rock with the Mcintosh. LCD2's sounded really fantastic and so well balanced throughout the entire range. I want to go back to speakers. :/ ^ ^ Moar gear ^ ^ I liked ^ ^ Mike did get a little bit of time to run some vinyl for Allison, Kevin (my friend), and myself. Sounded really fucking good. ^ ^ PSB closeup ^ ^ Lots of good shit in Mike's musique inventory. Allison enjoyed talking to him about some various groups. ^ ~~~ Alcohol ^ The highlight. ^ ^ The best G&T I've ever had. This one had Bluecoat along with one of Deb's Meyer lemons grown in the house. Muy bueno. ^ ^ FFF Moloko Milk Stout. ^ ^ KG's absurd Cognac. Pretty damn good. ^ ^ Bomber damage. ^ ^ Mike made me leave with these two. It goes without saying that Mike is an awesome guy. ^ ~~~ John and Jacob - cigars + 18 yr. Sazerac wasn't too bad after all. Great to chill with both of you. Had such a blast. Al - Very cool to meet you. We must hang again sometime. High-five for bashing engineering while drinking many good things. KG - thanks for the Cognac. One of those things I'll just never ever get a chance to try otherwise. Hope the vette did alright on the way home. Mike & Deb - best hosts ever. Looking forward to maybe setting up a get-together with you two and Allison and I after the holidays, if time allows.

I had no idea it was snowing here in Oak Park until you posted that pic John. Lol.

Fuck. Yes.