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13 May 2012 @ 10:07 pm

12 of TWELVE May 2012 Photojournal

MAY 2012

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5:30am Silver Spring, MD
Leaving for work

5:50am College Park, MD
arriving at work just before sunrise

6:32am
Walking through the restaurant on my morning store survey

10am
Hard at work

11:15am
My current lunchtime reading.

3:30pm Silver Spring, MD
Back at home with Rachel walking Alcide before heading out to job #2 for the day

3:55pm
Arriving at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center in Silver Spring for the evening's work

6:00pm
Traversing the roof passage before the first of two performances tonight

7:45pm
View from the control booth of one of several stand-up comedian moms in honor of Mother's Day

8:05pm
Sunset over Silver Spring

8:30pm
Wrapping up the first show

10:15pm
And back at home with my bedside reading.

Until next time...

To see more of the history of this project, check out my high school friend, Chad's site here:
http://chaddarnell.typepad.com/runchadrun2/12_of_12/

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14 April 2012 @ 07:56 pm

12 of TWELVE APRIL 2012 photojournal

April 2012

5:35am Silver Spring, MD
Goodbye kiss from the wife before heading to work.

5:35am
And adieu to Alcide as well

9:48am College Park, MD
Tools of the trade

11:32am
Today's book, War For All the Oceans about the Napoleonic Naval Wars.

11:36am
Today's IKEA staff-cafe lunch: Salisbury steak, children.

2:08pm
Leaving IKEA

2:15pm
Nice drive on the Beltway, heading home to walk the dog and change clothes for job #2 of the day.

2:55pm Silver Spring, MD
Arriving at job #2.

6:26pm
Gearing up for an open rehearsal of Symphony of the Potomac.

6:26pm
Dinner of champions.

9:20pm
Symphony, engage.

10:05pm
Working with sister.

That's all folks.

To see more of the history of this project, check out my high school friend, Chad's site here:
http://chaddarnell.typepad.com/runchadrun2/12_of_12/

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13 March 2012 @ 09:28 pm

12 of TWELVE March 2012 Photojournal

March 2012

5:30am Silver Spring, MD
demon pets want kibble.

6:45am College Park, MD
IKEA morning store tour

12:22pm
tender vittles

12:30pm
book of the month

3:37pm Silver Spring, MD
back home enjoying the weather

3:45pm
Alcide enjoying the backyard

5:29pm
enjoying a home-brewed kolsch beer from last summer's batch

5:50pm
just vacuumed the basement lair

6:22pm
dinner of pumpkin ravioli from Eataly (from our January trip to NYC)

7:31pm
watching a Modern Marvels about wierd inventions

8:03pm
hanging on the couch with R (color-matching unintentional)

8:32pm
wrapping up the evening with Joan Rivers and Fashion Police
(she is freakin' hilarious)

Until next month...

To see more of the history of this project, check out my high school friend, Chad's site here:
http://chaddarnell.typepad.com/runchadrun2/12_of_12/

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13 February 2012 @ 09:07 pm

12 of TWELVE February 2012 Photojournal

5:30am Silver Spring, MD
A dusting of snow greets this pre-dawn heading to work

5:36am (my car's clock is 10 min fast)
Too cold and too early...

8:35am College Park, MD
A nice day over a chilly IKEA.

12:45pm
Just started this book today. Interesting so far.

3:10pm
Leaving work.

3:30pm Silver Spring, MD
Alcide greets me at home.

3:45pm
Bundled up to walk Alcide.

7:05pm
Just finished watching Singing in the Rain with Rachel...

7:10pm
...at the AFI Silver Theatre.

7:15pm
Ethiopian for dinner at Abol.

7:25pm
Yum!

8:30pm
Back home wrapping up the day with an episode of Archer.

Until next month...

To see more of the history of this project, check out my high school friend, Chad's site here:
http://chaddarnell.typepad.com/runchadrun2/12_of_12/

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12 January 2012 @ 09:52 pm

12 of TWELVE January 2012 Photojournal

January 2012

5:25am Silver Spring, MD
Alcide's morning constitutional

6:30am College Park, MD
Fire alarm at work.

10:10am
Open for business

11:35am
My current lunch-time @ work reading

11:40am
And lunch of the day: an eclectic mix of clam chowder with chicken fried rice

1:25pm
Leaving work into a really nice day (sunny and 60)

1:50pm Silver Spring, MD
Followup doctor visit after being sick last week

2:45pm
Shopping at Target (The Bullseye Bodega?)

3:30pm
Alcide's afternoon walk

5:27pm
Flannel showing off in front of Rachel's cool Wonder Woman poster

7:15pm
Dinner of leftover Manny & Olga's pizza and a beer

7:45om
Wrapping up the day with some Facebook back and forth with good friend Nick.

Thanks for checking out my day. Until next month...

To see more of the history of this project, check out my high school friend, Chad's site here:
http://chaddarnell.typepad.com/runchadrun2/12_of_12/

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12 December 2011 @ 09:38 pm

12 of TWELVE December 2011 Photojournal

December 2011

5:55am College Park, MD
Arriving at work

7:15am
Sunrise over College Park

11:34am
Our newly renovated office

3:15pm
Heading home into the afternoon sun

3:30pm Silver Spring, MD
Der hund awaits...

3:45pm
The pause that refreshes

4:05pm
Frolicking in the backyard

Rachel with Pepper the demon cat

5:45pm
Waiting for take-out sushi in Silver Spring

6:30pm
Tasty AND colorful

7:09pm
Marilyn Monroe in Gentleman Prefer Blondes...yowsa!

8:11pm
Wrapping up the evening with a few episodes of Family Guy

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12 November 2011 @ 09:29 pm

12 of TWELVE November 2011 Photojournal

November 2011

7:00am Silver Spring, MD
Awakening shortly after sunrise over a leafy backyard

7:50am
Taking Alcide for his morning walk before leaving for work

8:20am College Park, MD
Arriving for another exciting day at IKEA

11:30am
My cozy temporary office area...

11:45am
...while our main office is renovated.

1:00pm
lunchtime reading (still)

1:05pm
my first real view outside since getting to work today.

1:10pm
lunch

5:35pm Silver Spring, MD
fighting rush-hour traffic on a Saturday.

6:00pm
On arriving home, Rachel was watching Coming to America.

7:00pm College Park, MD
Trying out a new seafood restaurant in Berwin with friends.

8:50pm Silver Spring, MD
The spectral moon while taking Alcide on his evening walk.

Come back next month for another exciting adventure of 12 of TWELVE!

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13 October 2011 @ 05:07 pm

12 of TWELVE Photojournal October 2011

October 2011

5:55am College Park, MD
The work day begins at IKEA

8:35am
An interesting display of paper lanterns.

10:15am
A grey day

12:35pm
My reading material du jour

12:45pm
lunch time

3:45pm Silver Spring, MD
Stopped at Trader Joes on the way home for a few staples.

4:00pm
Alcide's ready for his close-up, Mr. DeMille...

4:45pm
Dinner simmering within.

5:35pm
Rachel just reminded me it's 12 of Twelve day.

6:20pm
Alcide in repose.

7:45pm
The evening's brew.

8:15pm
Catching a re-run of How I Met Your Mother.

Until next month...

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13 September 2011 @ 09:00 pm

12 of TWELVE September 2011 Photojournal

September 2011

College Park, MD 5:50am
Arriving at work, the ceiling is in disarray as the fire retardant is being reinforced the next several weeks.

7:30am
Yours truly

10:05am
Open for business on a beautiful day

12:30pm
Lunch and reading du jour.

Silver Spring, MD 3:15pm
After a stop at Mom's to help remove some old rugs from the basement, I went home to walk Alcide.
He just wanted to run around the backyard for a while...

...and do a perimeter run along the fence.

3:43pm
Editing some photos from our weekend trip to Philadelphia to see friends. While there, we went to the
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden in Fairmount Park; very cool and photogenic!

5:30pm
While working on the computer, I watched We Were Soldiers on tv (I also happen to have the dvd).
Mel Gibson's not my favorite person in the world, but it's a powerful (and true) story.