WARNING: Below is an insanely long post. It is a glimpse at another side of me, as seen through day-long emails between myself and Ben Jenkins. 9-5 gets a bit boring, you know. (FYI, Times are Pacific for whatever reason)
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 7:55 AM
To: TJ Degroat
Subject: RE: Hmm
I'm bored. I am supposed to be doing this thing, but I haven't, and don't
want to talk to anyone.
I am, however, going to Chicago this weekend and that should be fun
in the sun.
ben
At 10:58 AM 6/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
Fun in the sun? Fun in the rain. And wind. I hope you
Have lousy weather!!!
Not really...
Kim just came up to me and said, "That dude's wavy gravy,
man."
Full of crack!
Also, Lia (not Leah as I wrote in the blog) is a fountain of wisdom.
"If all you have is a hammer all you'll see is nails."
Do your work, kiddo.
_
T.J. DeGroat
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 8:11 AM
To: TJ Degroat
Subject: RE: Hmm
You're a superstar, yes, that's what you are you know it.
I hate those stupid Porn * shirts, don't you? Lame.
I am just going to listen to Madonna all day and vogue around my cube
and drink a lot of water and talk with Amy about resumes. She says Matt's
resume is really good, but I have no way of getting to it
any time soon. So damn. WOW THERE IS AN ITSY BITSY LITTLE BABY
HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am going to go look at it and make faces and whatnot.
Write me an objective thing.
At 11:09 AM 6/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
A baby?!?!?!?! I want to see a baby. I will look at the Amaebi baby.
I will email amaebi and ask him about the baby.
I must go to your fs cam to see you vogue. Listening to Madonna
And voguing in your cube is like the most ridiculous thing I've ever
heard. But it's fitting, eh?
VOGUE
Objection: To gain sexy experience in web production of sexy sites in
Order to become a much sexier person.
_
T.J. DeGroat
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 8:20 AM
To: TJ Degroat
Subject: RE: Hmm
I've decided to take a new approach, along with the ultra-boring objective
statement I need something such as the following:
User-centered task analysis across settings | Information
interpretation and design in various media
| Multiple projects in fast-paced, deadline-oriented environments |
Organization and prioritization under quickly changing circumstances |
Creativity and curiosity and so on. But I need to think of them. Ugh this
just keeps getting worse. I need to be drunk.
-ben
At 11:16 AM 6/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
Ew...those all make it sound like s much horrible work.
Grotesque.
Hey, when are you going to chicago?
_
T.J. DeGroat
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 8:26 AM
To: TJ Degroat
Subject: RE: Hmm
tomorrow morning I will depart to the chicago land.
you?
At 11:32 AM 6/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
How early?
I will depart for Chicago in October. Maybe we can hang out.
I leave for home, though, tonight at 8. You are supposed to
Remind me to pick up Angela. At home and will go online and sleep sleep
sleep until it's time to be carted to my cousin's house for the graduation
party featuring TONS of family members I haven't seen in YEARS who I DISLIKE
intensely.
Then I will be carted home in time to frantically search for a present for Angela's birthday before meeting her.
_
T.J. DeGroat
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 8:53 AM
To: TJ Degroat
Subject: RE: Hmm
Leave for Chicago at 9/10 tomorrow. You know me. I can't handle
any earlier than that. Eva said she wanted to come back at like 2 on
Sunday. And I said oh yah whatever, we have to go to the gay parade!
Yay for the gay parade. I will take the pictures.
And, if I'm livin in SF I probably won't meet you in Chicago. Plus another
rendezvous in Chicago would be bad. Dontcha think?
How about this:
Seeking an entry-level web production position in an innovative environment
where creativity, learning, collaboration and humour
are highly valued.
At 02:00 PM 6/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
That's much better, the humor bit is good, but for the love of
god, be american!!! HUMOR.
Dude, lunch was a trip, literally and figuratively. Kim, a very
professional, polite lady, got us way off track because we missed
the exit so she literally flipped, cursing for an entire 3 minute block. 30
minutes later we finally got back to the restaurant where we all acted like
we had crack streaming through our veins.
Car ride back... Kim and Hara rapped all of "It takes Two" Rob
Base and DJ EZ Rock before we joined in for a Boyz II Men/Color Me Badd mix.
AHHH.
Now I'm on a frantic search for mp3 or ra of Electric Slide. Can
you help me look? I will love you forever.
_
T.J. DeGroat
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:11 AM
To: TJ Degroat
Subject: RE: Hmm
Fantastic, you are back. Finally. I have been so so so so so so
so bored. I have been doing absolutely nothing.
There are a zillion copies of electric slide on napster.
bad, dumb day.
-ben
At 02:08 PM 6/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
I am back!
But I don't have napster. I need it on a website or something.
_
T.J. DeGroat
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:17 AM
To: TJ Degroat
Subject: RE: Hmm
go get napster, you dink.
btw, it is like the worst thing ever on the face of the earth ever to
curse my ears.
the thought of you doing the little dance though, brings great joy to
me.
ben
At 02:13 PM 6/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
I cannot get napster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ugh. I will go search the internet while I should be working now.
:)
You're supposed to do it for me :P
How is your day going?
_
T.J. DeGroat
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:24 AM
To: TJ Degroat
Subject: RE: Hmm
Just download napster and use it once and then uninstall it you tard.
My day fucking sucks.
I can't wait to get out of here.
-ben
At 02:26 PM 6/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
You are not hearing what I'm saying.
Not an option.
But that's okay.
Why does your day suck? Why are you not happy? WHY WHY WHY???
"Smile...no one will know what you're thinking."
T.J. DeGroat
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:35 AM
To: TJ Degroat
Subject: RE: Hmm
You are crazy. Always an option.
I am having a bad day because I'm bored as piss and want to go to sleep.
-ben
At 02:33 PM 6/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
You were so evil last night.
TJ?
UH HUH
Goodnight.
UGH.
_
T.J. DeGroat
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:43 AM
To: TJ Degroat
Subject: RE: Hmm
I thought we were at that stage in our relationship.
I didn't think we needed long, mushy, over-emphasized goodbyes anymore.
-ben
At 02:37 PM 6/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
Yup.
You're right.
I was being facetious.
You bitch.
_
T.J. DeGroat
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:46 AM
To: TJ Degroat
Subject: RE: Hmm
I took a picture of my desktop on my computer at home and it's the desktop of my laptop. and i took a picture of that so now I have a picture of my desktop that's a picture of my desktop at work. now i am going to take a picture of the desktop at home that's the picture of my desktop at work that's the picture of my desktop at home.
it features the baby.
-ben
At 02:45 PM 6/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
That is so horrible.
Except the baby part.
I have to re-edit my feature on the female CEO. It's annoying because I
wrote the way Barbara likes it, but Carol is filling in for the next week and a half, and she likes them the way I would normally write them, so...
Ugh.
_
T.J. DeGroat
Just got tickets for Second City in Chicago. Not the main stage,
unfortunately, but, whatever. pretty cheap, $15.
sorry about your pain and suffering with the writing.
i feel your pain.
i am getting excited!!
-ben
At 04:55 PM 6/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
I am done talking to you.
Bye bye.
LATER.
_
T.J. DeGroat
good. i was getting really fucking boring.
talk to you later.
-ben
