Dave Plays With the WebCam Dave Plays With the WebCam Dave Plays With the WebCam Well, Dave came by and I showed him the webcam. At first I thought he was going to think it was a silly idea to have it, but as you can see, he rather enjoyed playing with it. And knowing that he hardly EVER comes to my page, I thought I'd post up these funny pics of him. Shhh!!! Work today was blah blah blah. Loretta made the most kick ass pico de gallo ever. DELISH. It was gone in 15 minutes. Tasty! Once again, I was swamped with work, but then again, that's a good thing. I was scheduled to go to New Jersey next week, but when I had a conference call with the client, I discovered that they had a LOT of work to do internally before I go over there. Good. There's a lot of stuff that I need to do next week. On Sunday we're going to have a Whirlyball competition against some clients from Milwaukee. We've got a pretty good team together (I'm the captain, yay!) and so we should easily kick their asses. We were thinking of ways to intimidate them, like running laps around the court, then running drills in our bumper cars before the game. Can't wait. I'll definitely post up pics. Gil and Dave came over today for a relaxing night of eating leftovers and watching 'Hannibal'. I don't think it was a good movie, I actually fell asleep during the first half hour. But I woke up again, and the story wasn't as good or twisty as Silence of the Lambs or Red Dragon. Oh well. It's always a good time to watch Dave and Gil hang out together. I swear, those guys share the same brain, they're like little boys when they're together. Here's the test of the day: - Yano, 1:07 AM |

Thursday, October 10 Thursday, October 10

Liposuction at Home... Liposuction at Home... Liposuction at Home... So I finally installed the webcam that came with my computer. I really have no idea what to do with the thing, because I don't chat with anyone that has a webcam. And it feels really weird to take a picture of yourself. I feel like a major loser, as you can tell in these pictures. But now, I can start up my internet porn webcam site. www.yano-nekkid.com And yeah...I'm just kidding... Yesterday we had an awesome dinner in Chinatown, at this restaurant called 'Penang'. The food was ok, but as always, we had a great time and a lot of laughs. We discussed my upcoming wedding a lot, but a lot of it was just BS, since I don't have anything set in stone yet. We also discussed my dream of becoming an Olympic medalist. So far, the winter olympic sport where I would have a chance of winning is curling. When I brought up short track, they just laughed loudly. Then again, they've seen me skate, so they know I have no chance of winning a medal. However, for the summer olympics, there are a plethora of events that I can win my gold in. Shooting, archery, rowing, bowling, badminton, those are all things that I can do! Athens, here I come! We also thought of what I'd do once I was married, if I'd stay at my job or if I'd do something else. I then came up with an amazing idea. I'm amazed that no one had thought of it before. It's what I'd like to call the At Home Liposuction Gift Kit. The liposuction part is comprised of a little vacuum, where you can suck out all of the unnecessary fat cells for various parts of your body. I've seen the Discovery Channel, it's not that hard! So then, you've got your fat in the fat container, right? Now comes the 'gift' part. With the fat extracted from your body, you can make scented soap to give as gifts! Yes! It's the ultimate in the 'Made by me, especially for you' way of thinking. I love you, have some soap made with my own body fat. They'll love you for it! So many great ideas I've gotten from 'Fight Club'! I'm still sick. Yuck. Everyone says I sound funny. Hmph! - Yano, 4:22 PM |

Wednesday, October 9 Wednesday, October 9

It's Getting Hot in Herre... It's Getting Hot in Herre... It's Getting Hot in Herre... It's SO HOT in my office. They turned on the heat, because it's a little chilly outside, but we're baking! Not only is it hot, but it's also weirdly humid, or something like humidity. It's just kinda like a lazy heat wave we've got going on in the office. I'm wearing a sweater, so I'm steaming. Everyone's complaining. I'm sweaty, and I'm sleepy. And the heat isn't helping my cold any. I just got myself some Puffs with Lotion and a pack of DayQuil. I don't think it's helping much. I'm miserable. I should have stayed home sick, but why waste a sick day on a day when you're sick? Sick days are to be used for beautiful days when you want to ditch work!!! Anyway, my cousins Trully and Irio are in town from Brazil. I love it when they visit. We're going to Chinatown for dinner tonight. Should be a good time. We always have a lively fun time when we all get together. I know I should take it easy with my cold and all, but I'm not going to let this bastard cold get the best of me! - Yano, 3:58 PM |

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes... Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes... Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes... Ok, I changed my website, and there are some things that I need to fix. Grrr....I thought I tested it out yesterday. Well, I've got to update a lot on my site. A lot of it is pretty old. And I've got a cold. My nose is all stuffed up and it's hard to breathe. It makes me grumpy. - Yano, 11:23 AM |

Tuesday, October 8 Tuesday, October 8

Nothing Exciting Today... Nothing Exciting Today... Nothing Exciting Today... Stupid Bears lost yesterday. *sigh* Embarrassed in front of the whole country. Today has just been a boring blah blah day. Went to a LONG meeting where I was actually WISHING to go back to work. I've got a ton of projects that I need to get done, and being in meetings where the same things are said over and over again isn't a good use of my time. Haven't had a test in a while, and I know you all LOVE tests. Picked this one off of Bernadette's site: Yeah. It figures. Was anyone surprised with the outcome of that one? Also, I'm still the top referrer for Redpac's site. As you can see on the right, he's graciously hosted most of the crap that I put on this site. I slip him some cash every now and then. It's a great work relationship. If you love the Olsen twins, that's the place to be. As for this page, I'm thinking of doing some changes tonight (hopefully). I'm tired of this side menu bar thing, and having some of my other pages open up to new pages. Watch out for changes tomorrow! Chances are, though, that I'm going to completely obliterate and mess up this site, but we'll see! - Yano, 4:12 PM |

Monday, October 7 Monday, October 7

Something Wicked This Way Comes... Something Wicked This Way Comes... Something Wicked This Way Comes... modified 20:30 Today is a rather odd day. Well, I guess a lot of weird things happened today. First off, I had this really vivid dream that I was cleaning my room, and I was doing a good job. And I woke up really inspired to clean my room. All day I've been wanting to clean my room. And for those of you that know me, i NEVER want to clean my room. Then at work, one of my meanest clients was suspiciously nice to me today, calling me 'The Queen of Reports' and engaging into giggly conversation about the American Girl Place. Later on, when we went to lunch, we went into the elevator to go down, and there were no lights at all in the elevator, except for the floor number we pressed. It was REALLY spooky, because it was pitch black in there, and we were half expecting the doors to open to the gatest of HELL (I know for most of you it's probably a Penthouse Letters dream, but it was spooky). When we finally got out, there was a maintenance man waiting there and we told him that there were no lights in the elevator. He had already known about it. Then he told us 'Um, if you see that there aren't any lights in an elevator, it would be a good idea NOT TO GO IN.' Hey, we weren't paying attention when we were going into the elevator! But we could definitely see his point. Then, at Taco Bell, there was NO LINE. There's always a line at Taco Bell! When we were walking back to work, we saw two guys, in the middle of the street, struggling to hold on to this rope that was attached to something. Upon passing, we realized it was a rope that was holding up this scaffolding that this man was on, which was hooked up to the building that we were eating lunch in. The man looked pretty worried, and the guys were yelling at him to hold on. Kinda freaky. We didn't want to stick around to see what happened. Also on the way back there was this car that thought that it was going to beat the light, but didn't, but ended up getting caught in the intersection (you know, THAT person). What was funny about it was that it was 2 old ladies in a sportscar. When we got back to the office, Sam found out that he had to leave ASAP to a client site in St. Louis. It's a 6 hour drive. Poor thing. And after he left, I found out that he had forgotten the directions that I printed out for him. So I had to call him and read them off for him. To top off the day (so far) I went to the convenience store and found out that they have no more Sabrositas Fritos!!! Oh the humanity! I'll be extra careful today going home! As for yesterday, we took the girls out to Lou Malnati's pizza (and they were AMAZED by the deep dish pizza, but the loved it). After that, we took them to the Shedd Aquarium. I never knew it was so hard to keep track of an 8 and 4 year old. The 4 year old wouldn't let go of my hand the whole time, so it was hard for me to take pictures. And the 8 year old was running around the place like nobody's business. I would see something cool, like glow in the dark jellyfish, point it out to her, she'd glance at it, and say 'cool' and run away to play with the 'interactive' stuff. Then the 4 year old would want to do what her big sister was doing. Hey! We're here for the fish, not the words that light up when you press a button! Oh well. They still had a great time. And it was a good work out keeping up with them. We then drove around downtown Chicago, and which my little cousin said 'Chicago is the best place in the world, you guys have ALLEYWAYS!' Um, yeah, right...THAT'S why we're a great city. But the girls were so cute. Even after making an ice cream run at 9 at night, and watching Monster's Inc 2 nights in a row, it was all worth it. They left early this morning, and it was so cute, because they were crying because they wanted to stay. Awww... Tonight is an EXCELLENT night for television. BEARS ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL!!! WHOO HOO! - Yano, 5:05 PM |

Sunday, October 6 Sunday, October 6

Canadians, Babies, Babies and More Babies Canadians, Babies, Babies and More Babies Canadians, Babies, Babies and More Babies Well, my cousins are here visiting from Canada. One is 4, and the other is 8 years old. They are the cutest little things ever! Like little elves, running around. When they went into my room, they didn't say anything at all, they just walked slowly around, touching this and that, taking everything in. Missy Elliot was paying on WinAmp, and they were bopping their little heads, and said 'Hey, I like this!'. How cute! Unfortunately, I don't have much here to entertain them, so we had to go out and buy then some toys. However, they were more entertained when Fatima brought out some yarn and taught them how to play Cat's Cradle. Yesterday was also Jane's baby shower. She's due in November, but she's pretty big already. At the party yesterday, there were so many babies running around. It was SO WEIRD, because it seems like only yesterday, I was out clubbing and partying with these people. Now they've got babies, they're talking about motherly advice, the best car seat, dreading the terrible twos, what to name their next child. Time has passed by so quickly! But it was great to see some old faces yesterday. I need to get out and see these people more often. I've become a hermit. I must be social again! Anyway, Jane and Maui got so much stuff. The presents filled two rooms. I don't know how all that stuff will fit in the baby's nursery! Me and Fatima didn't know what to get them, so we pretty much just got them most of the stuff that they had left over on their registry. It's the first baby of our generation, so we're pretty excited. We're going to spoil this baby rotten! - Yano, 11:56 AM |