Dave found this lovely shopping cart today in the dumpster out back (Tide and laundry sold separately), and Rachel and I found it to be the perfect addition to our living room decor. Unfortunately, I had to ask Dave to quarantine the cart in his room when Otto began obsessively sniffing and licking the wheels.
In a related story, Rachel and I are moving to our new apartment in six short weeks!
Our honeymoon is finally booked! We’re leaving at 6:14 a.m. the day after the wedding to spend seven days at the Hanalei Colony Resort in Kauai. Very exciting.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go apply for a second job at Best Buy.
Am I just really gullible or are you really going to apply for a second job at Best Buy? When did you get the first job at Best Buy? 
I meant that I would get a second job, and that it would be at Best Buy — not that I would be working at two different Best Buys. But in any case, yes, you are gullible.
Just checked out their web site– it looks wonderful!!! No phone or TV: excellent.
Ok, change of plan. No Ostertag! Wedding is in Hawaii!
“Dolphins” and a special gift but no CNN?
Hmm…
It does look quite spectacular though.
Wow, the honeymoon package is cool. Yea convertible! I wanna go….
Sigh, we didn’t get the honeymoon package because we’re not yet 25 and therefore wouldn’t be able to rent the convertible.
Dude, that’s pretty lame. You’ll both be barely 2 months shy of 25 by the time you go! Sucks to their azmar.
Something has gone terribly wrong; I woke up naturally at 8:30 a.m. on a Saturday. My body may not like it, but this new working man’s schedule is finally beginning to stick. Otherwise, the new job is going well. Currently I’m working on a Cessna 172 trainer (the FAA differentiates between simulators and trainers), which, as employee #777, I view as a warm-up for designing a Level D Boeing 777 simulator. In any case, I can finally describe myself as an “aeronautical engineer”, a term I was careful to avoid as an engineering student.
Yesterday Rachel and I experienced the much-hyped, annual Taste of C-U. C-U is the local lingo for Champaign-Urbana. Sadly, the most interesting part of this experience was the belligerent drunk guy we met near our apartment on the walk over. “Heyyy, look who it is! Come ‘ere! Hey you! Come ‘ere!” Fortunately, there was no need to come there, the front porch of a crack-looking house; he came to us. He probably wanted money for “bus fare”, as he usually does when approaching us with a can of Bud Light in our parking lot, but this time we kept moving. Fear not, Belligerent Drunk Guy. I’m sure we’ll meet again soon on the way to Rachel’s car or the dumpster. Anyway, Taste of C-U was dominated not by C-U restaurants, but by national chains. From the Nextel Family Entertainment Tent to the exclusive drink rights secured by Pepsi (damn you, Pepsi!), it was a very corporate affair.
In other news, my sequence of prime numbers failed to win Mega-Millions. Blast!
Employee #777, eh? How appropriate!
This weekend’s wedding took place near Huntington, West Virginia, marking my second West Virginia-area wedding this year (both were actually in Ohio). The outdoor reception was very nice, despite a small mud problem:
But that’s not the reason for this post. I encountered the following actual placard inside one of the porta-potties:
Anyway, congratulations Adrienne and Jeff!
Remind me to never touch your camera again.
I had to use the flash, and there was a woman waiting outside who gave me a very strange look when I exited. It was worth it.
You should have put 11 people in there just to spite them.
I agree with Emily. That placard should be taken less as a rule and more as a challenge.
Yeah! What do you say, Glen? You and Rach rent a jiffy john for your reception, and we cram the whole bridal party into it. Somebody bring a camera. We could get into Guiness with this.
Sadly, that would probably not be a record.
Oh, God, please let it be a dry season in October! By the way, Glen, have you ever checked the website www.rocketguy.com? Very interesting. There are ambitious? people born everyday…
Interesting. He reminds me of that guy who tied a bunch of weather balloons to a lawn chair and went up to 30,000 feet. Maybe not as crazy, though.
The Law of Aerogeek: A blog’s update frequency is inversely proportional to the level of activity of its owner. Watching TV, playing on the internet and monitoring the cats: five updates per week. Attending a crazy bachelor party, participating in my sister’s wedding and starting a new job: zero updates per week. Safely back in the flatness that is Champaign, I am now pleased to announce that Aerogeek is back in service.
First, congratulations to Tammy and Eric! The wedding and reception were most excellent, prompting Rachel and me to take plenty of notes for our version in the fall (a slideshow will be served). Apparently weddings bring on an absurd amount of last-minute stress, but we’re ready for it — and by “we”, I mean “me”. My strategy is to show up the day before the wedding, secure in the knowledge that Rachel and her class-free semester will have things under control. Just remind me of the time and place, and I’ll be there.
The most-excellent wedding was preceeded by a most-excellent bachelor party, and that’s all I’m going to say about it. Note to self: send notes to Mark.
I started my new job on Tuesday. Things are going well so far, but don’t expect any detailed updates on that front. Discussing employment details on blog = bad idea.
This post was supposed to be longer, but my new bedtime (10:00) is approaching. My day used to start at 2pm.
Nice to see you back. So I guess the question is, are you not saying any more about the bachelor party so that the groom doesn’t get in trobule, or so that Rachel doesn’t know what you want us to do for yours?
If I told you that, I would be saying more.
Comment from Em on 26 Jun. 2003, 8:17 am :
You would think cats are smart enough to not lick the wheels of something that’s been in a dumpster. “Damn, this thing reeks. Hey, let’s LICK it!”
Comment from Angela on 26 Jun. 2003, 8:20 am :
Um, what possessed him to bring the thing inside? Did he think it was the newest and best invention for moving laundry around?
Comment from Rachel on 26 Jun. 2003, 11:03 am :
I want to know what possesses him to look inside dumpsters. I know he does this regularly though… He thought it would be great for when we buy massive quantities of groceries. It’s always a pain to bring them in. He did use it for laundry last night though. I’m sure it will be a beautiful decorative piece in his new efficiency.
Comment from EYC on 26 Jun. 2003, 11:57 am :
There just so much that’s…. wrong?
Comment from Angela on 26 Jun. 2003, 12:15 pm :
I saw an abandoned shopping cart (coincidentally with a Tide bottle crushed under one wheel) on my way to work today. I think it was a mistake to pass it by…
Comment from Glen on 26 Jun. 2003, 7:29 pm :
The best part is that he will probably use it when he moves next month. Imagine him walking down the street, pushing a shopping cart filled with his belongings…