Dan has now received 1/8 of his envelopes. Envelope # 5 arrived at the office this afternoon, delivered by a friend/former coworker of Denise. Those of you who don't know, Denise and Dan have been friends for about 20 years and for two years now have worked in the same showroom.
Envelope 2 arrived with flowers.
Envelope 3 was delivered by me, I met him at work for lunch.
Envelope 4 was also delivered by me, I handed it to him after lunch.
More to come...
p.s. Two more days until Belinda Carlisle's 50th birthday!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Viva La Collective
File Under: Good morning, Dan!
(l-r: Polo, Tina, Luis, Denise, Jim)
Wow…check us out! This picture was taken Thursday August 14, 2008 at 7:00 pm. Cute, huh? We think so. Let me introduce you to The Collective (not The Covenant or The Cohorts).
Our mission is to help Dan celebrate his 40th Birthday in style and promote fun and festiveness (is that a word?) along the way.
Over the course of the next four days, Dan will be receiving envelopes. 40, to be exact. Each envelope will provide him with instructions or send him to do specific tasks. He will moan and gripe about it but The Collective is a powerful force and he will find that it is in his best interest to comply. Plus he may have some fun along the way. And that is what we’re all about, right?
The mission started this morning, Dan has received his first envelope about an hour ago. It read:
Good Morning, Dan!
Over the course of the next 4 days, you will receive 40 envelopes. YOUR mission, should you choose to accept (and you really don’t have a choice), will be to:
a) Follow the directions of every envelope
b) Ask no questions
c) Text The Collective should you find yourself at a destination with no envelope.
Love,
The Collective
So, stay tuned as I will do my best to provide updates as they happen.
And yes, this is why I blogged about envelopes. Did you really think that I had such a fascination with them? Who do I look like, Martha Stewart? Okay, perhaps a little.
Here’s to you, Dan. Have fun. I love you.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Envelopes
File Under: What's inside
Tonight I came home from work, opened the mailbox and a stack of mail fell to the ground. I hate when that happens. I had a number of envelopes addressed to me, containing various things. As I often do, I sort my mail as I’m walking upstairs, deciding which I would open first, which looked the most important. That got me thinking about the vehicle itself, the envelope. Call me strange, I sometimes focus on the minutiae. This is one of those times.
Envelopes have a very important task. They carry information from point A to point B, and sometimes to Point C and D, especially if it’s an inter-departmental envelope. When we were young and a family member handed us an envelope, it usually contained a card and some money. So early on, we learned to like envelopes. Every February, in school, classrooms filled with children handed envelopes to each other and we learned of who wanted to be our Valentine. Sometimes there was candy, too. As we got older, we got our first job and our first paycheck came in an envelope. With that first check, maybe you opened a bank account. A month later, a bank statement arrived in the mail…in an envelope. Maybe you became excited when, while shopping, you were offered the opportunity to open a store credit card account. Cool…until the bill arrived…in an envelope. Ouch. You bought a car, a payment book arrived in the mail, in a thick envelope. A thinner envelope arrived one day. Inside, a summons for Jury Duty. Not one of my favorite envelopes to receive. Then there are those envelopes that are marked “TO BE OPENED BY ADDRESSEE ONLY, ADULT MATERIAL ENCLOSED.” Considering the stack of mail that arrived that day, you opened that envelope first, admit it. I did.
So on a day like today, when I opened one envelope that contained a check, one that contained a credit card offer, one that contained a renewal invoice for a magazine (Martha Stewart Living…yes, I love my Martha…but that’ll be a different blog entry), and one that had a solicitation for a charitable donation, I appreciated the journey that each one took and the fact that they reached their intended destination.
The next time you receive an envelope, appreciate the journey it took as well as the contents it brought your way.
Tonight I came home from work, opened the mailbox and a stack of mail fell to the ground. I hate when that happens. I had a number of envelopes addressed to me, containing various things. As I often do, I sort my mail as I’m walking upstairs, deciding which I would open first, which looked the most important. That got me thinking about the vehicle itself, the envelope. Call me strange, I sometimes focus on the minutiae. This is one of those times.
Envelopes have a very important task. They carry information from point A to point B, and sometimes to Point C and D, especially if it’s an inter-departmental envelope. When we were young and a family member handed us an envelope, it usually contained a card and some money. So early on, we learned to like envelopes. Every February, in school, classrooms filled with children handed envelopes to each other and we learned of who wanted to be our Valentine. Sometimes there was candy, too. As we got older, we got our first job and our first paycheck came in an envelope. With that first check, maybe you opened a bank account. A month later, a bank statement arrived in the mail…in an envelope. Maybe you became excited when, while shopping, you were offered the opportunity to open a store credit card account. Cool…until the bill arrived…in an envelope. Ouch. You bought a car, a payment book arrived in the mail, in a thick envelope. A thinner envelope arrived one day. Inside, a summons for Jury Duty. Not one of my favorite envelopes to receive. Then there are those envelopes that are marked “TO BE OPENED BY ADDRESSEE ONLY, ADULT MATERIAL ENCLOSED.” Considering the stack of mail that arrived that day, you opened that envelope first, admit it. I did.
So on a day like today, when I opened one envelope that contained a check, one that contained a credit card offer, one that contained a renewal invoice for a magazine (Martha Stewart Living…yes, I love my Martha…but that’ll be a different blog entry), and one that had a solicitation for a charitable donation, I appreciated the journey that each one took and the fact that they reached their intended destination.
The next time you receive an envelope, appreciate the journey it took as well as the contents it brought your way.
Belinda Carlisle - Regeneration Tour 2008
File Under: Yet another Belinda Carlisle post
Belinda Carlisle is on tour as part of The Regeneration Tour, a package tour featuring a number of 80's acts including The Human League, ABC and a Flock of Seagulls (or as my friend DeDe said "A Seagull" since there is one original band member remaining). Unfortunately the tour is not making a Chicago stop so I don't have a Belinda fix this summer. Thank Xenu for YouTube and the dedicated fans who know others want to share in the excitement. Here's a clip of Belinda performing the Go-Go's "Vacation." From all accounts, Belinda has been putting on a really amazing, energetic set, I think this is proof. The videographer cut off the last bit of the chorus but you'll get the point.
Again I say, not bad for a gal who's turning 50 on Sunday. Bet you can't wait to see what I post on her birthday? LOL
Thanks to YouTube member SoulPatrol120 for allowing remote linking to his videos.
Belinda Carlisle is on tour as part of The Regeneration Tour, a package tour featuring a number of 80's acts including The Human League, ABC and a Flock of Seagulls (or as my friend DeDe said "A Seagull" since there is one original band member remaining). Unfortunately the tour is not making a Chicago stop so I don't have a Belinda fix this summer. Thank Xenu for YouTube and the dedicated fans who know others want to share in the excitement. Here's a clip of Belinda performing the Go-Go's "Vacation." From all accounts, Belinda has been putting on a really amazing, energetic set, I think this is proof. The videographer cut off the last bit of the chorus but you'll get the point.
Again I say, not bad for a gal who's turning 50 on Sunday. Bet you can't wait to see what I post on her birthday? LOL
Thanks to YouTube member SoulPatrol120 for allowing remote linking to his videos.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Paris Hilton for President
File Under: Funny stuff
Let me preface this by saying that I'm not a fan of Paris Hilton. I find the whole "celebutante" thing quite nauseating. She bugs me, I generally think she's a waste of oxygen. But, I don't mind saying that I find this hilarious and I'm impressed at how well this was done. Go Paris!
Let me preface this by saying that I'm not a fan of Paris Hilton. I find the whole "celebutante" thing quite nauseating. She bugs me, I generally think she's a waste of oxygen. But, I don't mind saying that I find this hilarious and I'm impressed at how well this was done. Go Paris!
See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die
Work
File under: Show me the money
For the past two evenings I had to go to work. I do Human Resources and our Affirmative Action plan year is ending and all of the data on our applicants needed to be logged into our tracking program. Normally the logs would be maintained throughout the year. That's now how I roll. I wait until the last two weeks and do a big blitz. Happily, one of my offices is about a 5 minute drive from home so after work each night, I came home, had dinner, then went back to the office to hammer out the data entry.
On the way to work last night, I drove past the new home of my friends Dan and Luis. I glanced over, saw the front door open and saw Luis standing in the foyer wearing only a pair of shorts (which at first glance appeared to be boxer shorts). I backed the car up and was going to yell at him to put some clothes on if he was going to do housework with the door wide open. I was waved in and ended up visiting for about a half hour. For the record, Luis was wearing athletic shorts. I was amazed and happy to see the house so put together considering they moved in 4 short days ago.
I left, went to work and did my thing. While at work, a gigantic thunderstorm rolled through Chicago, tumbling trees and power lines and tearing homes apart in the suburbs. City damage was pretty much limited to toppled trees and loss of electricity for some. By the time I left work last night it was just drizzling and there was some spectacular lightning.
Tonight was another evening at work, but the weather was much more pleasant. After work, I did a Starbucks run and walked around for a little while.
No more late evening at work this week. Can't wait for that paycheck. Yes, I get overtime!
For the past two evenings I had to go to work. I do Human Resources and our Affirmative Action plan year is ending and all of the data on our applicants needed to be logged into our tracking program. Normally the logs would be maintained throughout the year. That's now how I roll. I wait until the last two weeks and do a big blitz. Happily, one of my offices is about a 5 minute drive from home so after work each night, I came home, had dinner, then went back to the office to hammer out the data entry.
On the way to work last night, I drove past the new home of my friends Dan and Luis. I glanced over, saw the front door open and saw Luis standing in the foyer wearing only a pair of shorts (which at first glance appeared to be boxer shorts). I backed the car up and was going to yell at him to put some clothes on if he was going to do housework with the door wide open. I was waved in and ended up visiting for about a half hour. For the record, Luis was wearing athletic shorts. I was amazed and happy to see the house so put together considering they moved in 4 short days ago.
I left, went to work and did my thing. While at work, a gigantic thunderstorm rolled through Chicago, tumbling trees and power lines and tearing homes apart in the suburbs. City damage was pretty much limited to toppled trees and loss of electricity for some. By the time I left work last night it was just drizzling and there was some spectacular lightning.
Tonight was another evening at work, but the weather was much more pleasant. After work, I did a Starbucks run and walked around for a little while.
No more late evening at work this week. Can't wait for that paycheck. Yes, I get overtime!
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Holla At Your Diddy
File Under: Funny stuff
I forgot I had this on my computer. I forget about it often and then when I come across it, I laugh like it's the first time I've seen it. I have no clue where I got this, I right-clicked and saved it from some website. I would absolutely give credit if I knew to whom I should give credit.
Enjoy!
I forgot I had this on my computer. I forget about it often and then when I come across it, I laugh like it's the first time I've seen it. I have no clue where I got this, I right-clicked and saved it from some website. I would absolutely give credit if I knew to whom I should give credit.
Enjoy!
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