I’ve actually got to pause for about 10 minutes shortly to play the online version of WSoPC (World Series of Pop Culture) – I could win $2500 if I answer all 25 questions right!
I do have a lot to report on though – well, it’s really just my overall thoughts of how Chicago’s hiring conference went; but also about what’s been going on with my job search since I’ve been back. These hiring conferences got me very motivated. But first, I’ve got some Chicago pictures to put up because I’ve been ordered to stop being lazy. After doing that, then I’ll get to the latest in my job search. And then finally, I’m going to sleep!
As you’ll see in the pics below, there’s a LOT of scenery shots. New city=takes lots of pictures’ scenery. BTW, the damn Trivia Dome online game on VH1 totally didn’t work tonight. LAME.
7 July 2007 aka 7/7/7 – Pics in Chicago on the Luckiest Day Ever

Our official photo at the Sears Tower

Driving on the highway from O'Hare to Chicago
07-Jul-2007 12:32, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.004 sec

Another view
07-Jul-2007 12:32, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.004 sec

Sears Tower in the distance
07-Jul-2007 12:38, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.004 sec

Street shot in the Armitage area
07-Jul-2007 13:18, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.006 sec

Jeremy in his vehicle that lived to see Chicago
07-Jul-2007 13:18, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.003 sec

A pic towards downtown while walking (aimlessly) around town
07-Jul-2007 13:29, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.003 sec

An actual Chicago EL station!
07-Jul-2007 14:40, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.01 sec

While in the El train, looking towards the Hancock Tower
07-Jul-2007 14:46, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.006 sec

Better view of Hancock Tower
07-Jul-2007 14:46, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.006 sec

And a cool view of the Chicago River
07-Jul-2007 14:50, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.002 sec

Had to actually look for the Sears Tower while on the ground - yes, it's tall, but hard to see when amongst lots of tall bldgs
07-Jul-2007 14:59, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.008 sec

There it is!
07-Jul-2007 15:00, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.002 sec

Me pointing at it - but it's so tall, you can't even see the top here
07-Jul-2007 15:01, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.008 sec

Me again, with the Sears Tower growing out of my head
07-Jul-2007 15:01, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.006 sec

And a third time
07-Jul-2007 15:02, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.004 sec

I made Jeremy take some 'touristy' shots
07-Jul-2007 15:02, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.003 sec

Getting closer to the tower
07-Jul-2007 15:03, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.006 sec

And closer
07-Jul-2007 15:03, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.006 sec

Now at the base of the Sears Tower
07-Jul-2007 15:05, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.005 sec

Here's the lobby/foyer of the Sears Tower
07-Jul-2007 15:07, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.005 sec

That is 110 stories there
07-Jul-2007 15:07, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.006 sec

Tallest occupied structure in the U.S.!
07-Jul-2007 15:08, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.006 sec

Me and the giant Sears Tower sign
07-Jul-2007 15:09, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec

Jeremy at the sign for the observation deck on the Sears Tower
07-Jul-2007 15:10, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.005 sec

A pic in the lobby of the views you'd soon see 103 stories up
07-Jul-2007 15:14, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 141

The elevator display
07-Jul-2007 15:50, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.4 sec, ISO 141

Now at the top! Looking south towards Soldier Field
07-Jul-2007 15:51, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.008 sec

More south-ward looking
07-Jul-2007 15:58, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.004 sec

More cityscape views
07-Jul-2007 15:58, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.002 sec

Looking straight down to the river
07-Jul-2007 15:58, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.003 sec

Now looking north towards the Hancock Tower
07-Jul-2007 15:59, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.01 sec

ME
07-Jul-2007 15:59, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.006 sec

07-Jul-2007 15:59, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.006 sec

An entire shot of the North side of Chicago
07-Jul-2007 16:00, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.01 sec

ME again
07-Jul-2007 16:00, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.003 sec

Jeremy too
07-Jul-2007 16:00, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.013 sec

More view of the north shore
07-Jul-2007 16:01, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.008 sec

Hancock Tower goodness
07-Jul-2007 16:02, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 4.5, 18.776mm, 0.003 sec

Looking down again
07-Jul-2007 16:03, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.004 sec

You can just see the building also seen in the movie Adventures in Babysitting
07-Jul-2007 16:05, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 4.9, 23.1mm, 0.003 sec

There's the shadow of the Sears Tower
07-Jul-2007 16:15, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.002 sec

A giant mass of people can be seen; they were there for the Taste of Chicago festival
07-Jul-2007 16:15, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 4.9, 23.1mm, 0.003 sec

On the right edge of the big red building, you can see the Married with Children fountain
07-Jul-2007 16:21, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 4.9, 23.1mm, 0.003 sec

What the Skydeck looks like inside
07-Jul-2007 16:30, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.006 sec

07-Jul-2007 16:38, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 4.9, 23.1mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 141

What it looks like under the El
07-Jul-2007 16:52, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 315

Another El station, this one in the Chicago loop area
07-Jul-2007 16:56, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.01 sec

Driving on Lakeshore drive south towards the Hancock Tower
07-Jul-2007 18:22, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 4.5, 18.776mm, 0.005 sec

More Lakeshore drive view
07-Jul-2007 18:22, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.002 sec

07-Jul-2007 18:23, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.004 sec

Jeremy driving
07-Jul-2007 18:23, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 133

Me taking a shot forward
07-Jul-2007 18:24, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 127

Hancock Tower
07-Jul-2007 18:24, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.002 sec

Hancock Tower, but closer
07-Jul-2007 18:24, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.006 sec

07-Jul-2007 18:24, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.002 sec

07-Jul-2007 18:27, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.003 sec

07-Jul-2007 18:27, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.004 sec

The Sears Tower in the soft light of sunset
07-Jul-2007 18:27, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 4.9, 23.1mm, 0.002 sec

07-Jul-2007 18:28, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 8.0, 7.7mm, 0.008 sec

A pic while down near the Taste of Chicago - utter chaotic gridlock
07-Jul-2007 18:34, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.004 sec

A final view of the Chicago skyline while driving back to Rosemont
07-Jul-2007 18:52, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.003 sec

07-Jul-2007 18:52, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 4.5, 18.776mm, 0.008 sec

07-Jul-2007 18:54, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 3.5, 12.523mm, 0.008 sec
Okay, I’m a dirty liar. I don’t have the awakeness to write up all the other stuff going on. But perhaps I’ll have even more information to share at that time! Quick newsflash: I saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and it was excellent. Very good adaptation of one of the more difficult books, and I was thoroughly entertained!
See what happens when I watch random TV channels? I’m watching G4 to see stuff about the E3 show in Santa Monica and now this crazy ass show called Code Monkeys is on and I’m cracking the hell up. It’s in 8-bit graphics and is totally hilarious.