12.31.06:
a heated game of catchphrase. from the left-the-camera-in-the-rental-during-our-vacation series.

12.30.06:
a heated game of spoons. from the left-the-camera-in-the-rental-during-our-vacation series.

12.29.06:
a heated game of table tennis. from the left-the-camera-in-the-rental-during-our-vacation series.

12.28.06:
several up-side down, candid, unintentional photos from the camera phone. from the left-the-camera-in-the-rental-during-our-vacation series.

12.27.06:
driving up to bothell, washington. from the left-the-camera-in-the-rental-during-our-vacation series.

12.26.06:
I know it looks like pork roast but it's actually oysters in the half shell. from the left-the-camera-in-the-rental-during-our-vacation series.

12.25.06:
I know it looks like a birthday cake but it's actually pork roast. from the left-the-camera-in-the-rental-during-our-vacation series.

12.24.06:
driving down to vancouver, washington. from the left-the-camera-in-the-rental-during-our-vacation series.

12.23.06:
demolished stool. from the left-the-camera-in-the-rental-during-our-vacation series.

12.22.06:
tammie the tamster holding howard the beagle—can't you tell?!? from the left-the-camera-in-the-rental-during-our-vacation series.

12.21.06:
waiting to board our plane. from the left-the-camera-in-the-rental-during-our-vacation series.

12.20.06:
10 pin, haggin/chicago catalog group holiday party—the tamster about to bowl. from the left-the-camera-in-the-rental-during-our-vacation series.

12.19.06:
weathered bus ad—we never stop working for you. note: this will be the last post until I return, from holiday obligations, after the new year. I'll be sure to update the journal then.

12.18.06:
waiting for a transfer underground.

12.17.06:
from my new, growing collection of antique picture frames. one day soon I'll do something kewl with them.

12.16.06:
clarissa's—exiting the second holiday party of the night. earlier we were at the stanley's.

12.15.06:
tin ceiling at mas on division street.

12.14.06:
getting out of the office at 7pm.

12.13.06:
brown line train station on chicago and wells—narisa pakdee on the southbound platform.

12.12.06:
thompson center—looking up from the basement foodcourt. haven't been here since we moved our office from the area couple of years ago.

12.11.06:
a screenprinted flyer for the polkaholics. sam falbo gives me his reje—ahem—proofs.

12.10.06:
waiting for a northbound damen bus under a salty bus shelter.

12.09.06:
chopin theatre—waiting for actors in anatomically correct bodysuits to hump each other.

12.08.06:
pulled the bed out of the solarium, closed two sets of curtains, and ran the space heater. I suppose I could've just taken down the ac unit to get rid of the draft but that would've been too easy.

12.07.06:
the tamster waiting for a southbound damen bus in 17 degree weather.

12.06.06:
finished building the jonny after over a year since the order was placed—just in time for the winter.

12.05.06:
everything points to the... uhm... baldspot. teehee.

12.04.06:
very, very, very cold in chicago, illinois. view from the courtyard of my courtyard building.

12.03.06:
above lake michigan. you can tell that the lens on this point-and-shoot needs some dusting.

12.02.06:
more bubbles from jack gann's glass apple.

12.01.06:
the staircase to our attic penthouse unit at the anam cara bed and breakfast.