Here are photos from Fluxcore's Pneuma Jar and my trip to Montreal this past July.

OK, since I decided to stay in Chicago this long weekend and not take a road trip down to New Orleans with my friends (which I am trying not to regret right now), I decided that I would be extra productive with getting tasks done for the next couple of days. Here are some photos I took from New York and Puerto Rico this summer. Enjoy them.

This video/animation is really cute. You need the latest version of Real Player to play it.

This is a cute website >> www.serialexperiments.com

Yo! Been fiddling around with my site. It's been long overdue for a redesign, so I feel pretty good about the change. I would like to add a few new features, like this guestbook - so why don't you sign it hommie?

Hi Lisa! I know you are reading this. Well, I'd have to say that the Chicago Transit Authority sucks. I can't seem to get anywhere on time. Sorry, don't mean to bad-mouth companies or institutions, but I couldn't keep quiet anymore.

I am feeling a bit overwhelmed as there is sooooo much to do. I feel like I am on the verge of a Mariah Carey nervous breakdown, so you know that's serious. I am trying to keep calm and not think about it too much. I find that if you think about things too much, you waste time that could have been spent doing them. So, I've got to clear my head, which really does take a lot of work. The fashion show has been rescheduled a week earlier, and we are working on a tight deadline to produce high quality work for it. And all this is going on while we plan for our Rock and video fundraiser and our 'Turn ON' show in September 2003! Calgon, take me away!

I went to the North Halsted Street Market Days this weekend. It was fun. I actually purchased some things from the vendors this year. I never really did that before. I was more interested in people watching and drinking in the previous years of the event. The weather was perfect, the music was great, the food was good, the liquor was overpriced, and the arts and crafts were fairly decent. I purchased a print from painter Steve Walker. It was an image of a day-dreaming wanna-be torero. I have a fascination with toreros. I find it to be an intriguing career, killing bulls. Although I could never see a bull stabbed and killed, even when I was in Spain. Actually, the one aspect I did not find so impressive this year was the people - haha, don't mean to sound like such a prude, but I am just being honest. Actually, Market Days did not seem as impressive as it did a few years ago. Maybe I am just growing out of it. Or maybe my agenda has changed. I go there now to actually hear the music and see the art, not to hang out and get trashed. I did enjoy (as always) DJs Ralphi Rosario and Abel outside of Hydrate last night. There's nothing more fun than dancing in the street. And I enjoyed Cecilia, a great band from New York that frequents Chicago venues. They have such good energy and their music is very catchy, soulful, and fun. I checked out the Human League performance last night and left after the third song. I like electro pop, but not when the band looked like they were absolutely bored on the stage while performing. So anyway, I had a ball. And it makes me sad that summer is almost over. It flew by ever so fast. I wish there was an extra month of summer. I think maybe it's time to move to warmer weather. Chicago would be perfect if the winter here didn't exist.