It’s been a long ass time since I did a picture post of a day in the life, but here it goes…

I started out the day deciding to be productive instead of sitting on my lazy ass and playing Sims 3.  First I decided to take down the Christmas decorations.

Good-bye little Christmas tree.

Then I decided to put on some loud music and clean all the things.  First up—dishes!

Before…

And then what it looked like after my awesomeness had passed through:

…and after.

While I was busy cleaning all the things, the various animals in my house were busy being lazy.

Too lazy to even play with her ball.

Lazy cats.

Then I looked outside to see that it was snowing!  (Man, this day is off to a riveting start, I tell you what.)

I hate snow.

Then Mr.W and my brother came home.  Mr. W and I discussed getting a new TV in a couple months before some friends came over and we all went out to eat at a Mexican restaurant.  I would have taken pictures of any or all of these events had I remembered.

After dinner we went to the game store for our regularly-scheduled Saturday night RPG gaming, where I fortunately resumed my picture taking.  Here’s a camo scarf I am working on for my brother:

You can say it. I’m awesome. And not at all old womanish.

I realized that this isn’t the most interesting day so to try and spice things up a little, I took some pictures of the guys I play with.

My brother, Chris, and Ryan.

Tom and Hermine

Mr. W is either consulting his Pathfinder books to build a new character or praying. I’m going with praying.

But this did not succeed in spicing things up.  Fortunately it was at this point that we opened the Rumchata.

Chris is intense about his Rumchata.

Fortunately, this made things spicier.

Ryan is spicy now.

And then here’s a picture of me.  I didn’t know how to pose for it and Chris said “Just look up.”  And I did.

True story.

And then I discovered that I had a package of goodness waiting for me.  Now I can knit all the things!  Soon a second package will arrive with the straight loom pieces.

Again, I am not at all old womanish.

Day complete.

So it was an exciting morning.  I got on the train at 7:45 – expecting to be at the office by 8:15. At 10:30, I had finally made it in.

A train broke down near my destination, preventing my train and several others from moving forward. We had already been stuck in the tunnel for a little over an hour (frustrating, but tolerable since I was playing tetris on my cell phone) when suddenly the power went out, or, more importantly, the air conditioning. And please keep in mind that this was a packed rush hour train.

I jumped at the chance to get out of the train because how often does this happen? Like, never! Other than all the dirt and rust it was kinda fun. Definitely a respite from the normal daily routine. I’m horrible with distances, so let’s just say we walked for a little while and then came to the next train stuck on the tracks. That operator told us all to turn back and that we’d get in trouble for being out there. Some of the riders in front of me persisted that they were leaving whether she helped or not, so she decided to be helpful and began evacuating her own train.

They’ve started filming for the next Batman movie and apparently some of Chicago’s buildings are now sporting the name Gotham.  Paige and I went off on a rainy nighttime walk in search of such buildings.  Though we were unsuccessful in our quest to find the magical land of Batman, we came away with some nice shots.  And this one:

It’s really too bad this picture didn’t come out.  It was adorable.
If you stood on the corner next to my building, you’d be with the homeless guy.  But this is what you’d see.  (Sears Tower is the tall one with the blue things.)

This is the Chicago Board of Trade.  I’m told it’s also doubling as Wayne Enterprises in the new movie.

And now for some random shots…

Welcome to another riveting edition of Day in the Life of Teri! Today’s day was actually of note, unlike past featured days.

I started my day with an e-mail from Writer’s Digest, congratulating me for placing 25th in their annual Short-Short Competition. (I entered “The Journal”, that woman on the train short story that Tim filmed today (pushed back from Tuesday due to location issues).) Anyway, I get some official certificate/letter thingy and $50 worth of books from the Writer’s Digest bookstore. And they’re publishing my story with all the winners come June. Sweet!

We then did some hurried grocery shopping and then were off to the shoot. I did take some pictures, but the lighting was very touch and go. I just think it makes all the photos look that much more dramatic. Or whatever. My brain is all over the place right now, my apologies.

Anyway!

Before things got started, I snapped a picture of Erin (the main woman). Oh and I should say that Tim was trying to go for a “the 1920s are starting to come back” feel. The film is going to be more of a sepia-type color and there will be some jazz music and whatnot to help with the feel.

And Cynthia (one of the loud women talking about State Street)

And here’s a way fun picture of Aaron (the main guy). Yes, they both had the same name. And the same last initial.

Here’s the rehearsal, while Nate and Tim were setting up lights on set.

And here’s a picture of me being useless. During the scene, I get to walk up to the bartender (played by Josh) and order a shot. Exciting stuff.

Here’s Erin being silly:

And here’s the set with people doing whatever it is that they do. We shot in a piano bar downtown, in case you were wondering.

That’s about it for pictures. After Tim submits the film, they should put it on the website. I’ll be sure to blog the link so you all can check it out. Which you will. Several times.