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- Wednesday, June 12, 2013:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:31 AM : Getting ready for work. 5:39 AM : The house across the street from us is still for sale if anyone wants us as neighbours. 5:45 AM : Stopped at a light, listening to "Kansas - Journey". 5:53 AM : First person in for the day. 7:26 AM : Working. 11:41 AM : Gathering the necessary supplies to weather tomorrow's derecho. 11:58 AM : Lunch. 12:28 PM... - Monday, May 13, 2013:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 1:42 AM : Returning home from a party at Carolyn's in Arlington, to a cat in need of warm feet. 8:19 AM : Framing a shot worthy of a beginning perspective lesson in Art class. 8:22 AM : The rest of the house thinks I am up too early. 8:34 AM : Bagel for breakfast. 9:22 AM : Working on open source software. 11:30 AM : Going across the street to help the neighbours load up a truck for their imminent move. Anyone need a house with us as neighbours? ... - Friday, April 12, 2013:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:45 AM : Showered and awake. 5:51 AM : The deluge begins as I step outside. Also, that new streetlamp is way too bright. 6:04 AM : The deluge ends as I arrive at work. 7:15 AM : Apparently pretending that I have Google Glass. 9:45 AM : After meeting 1 of 2. 11:30 AM : Welcomed home by cats. 12:16 PM : Since I was fifteen pounds heavier when I last stopped buying Shells and Cheese regularly, I now... - Tuesday, March 12, 2013:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 12:30 AM : One cat is ejected from the room for bad behaviour. 5:17 AM : Time to get up! 5:31 AM : This is what I would look like with Lasik surgery. 6:24 AM : Working in the office. 7:48 AM : A puffin bay grey day. 11:25 AM : Stopping off for lunch on the way home. 12:11 PM : Back to work (from home) after lunch. 1:14 PM : The new Starcraft game ... - Tuesday, February 12, 2013:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:32 AM : Alarm clock math. 5:44 AM : Showered for work. 5:58 AM : Since we're no longer the majority tenant, I now work in the BECHTEL building. 6:47 AM : Coding. 12:59 PM : Someone with an identical car parks next to me every day. Twins! 1:15 PM : Welcomed home by cats. 1:27 PM : Turkey and deer sausage sandwich with mustard and onions. 2:10 PM ... - Monday, January 14, 2013:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 8:10 AM : Booty is annoyed at our wake-up time. 8:51 AM : Self-cleaning. 9:06 AM : Enroute to Costco. 10:00 AM : Flatbagging the next six months' supply of ground beef. 11:35 AM : Playing games. 12:22 PM : Amber likes when we wash the sheets. 1:22 PM : Rebecca eats gross non-meat stuff for lunch. 2:29 PM : Learning how to boogie on the high Cs. &... - Thursday, December 13, 2012:
Twelve 12 of 12s The final post of the 12 of 12 series is a highlight reel with the best picture from each month to show the wide and varied extreme sports you engage in throughout the year. January : This leftover Chicken Reuben may look disgusting, but it was DELICIOUS. February : The closest we came to blizzards in 2012. March : All aboard the anal glands express. April : Hoisin Explosion for dinner. May : I used to play poker. June : Hogger neve... - Wednesday, December 12, 2012:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:29 AM : I've been trying to resume my old 5:30 wake-up time. 5:42 AM : Showered and ready for action. 5:59 AM : Breakfast with the paper. 6:40 AM : Booty helps me telecommute. 7:59 AM : Rebecca leaves for her last day at school this semester. 10:01 AM : Time to make cheese soup. 11:12 AM : Mixing in the cheese, otherwise it would just be "Soup". 12:0... - Monday, November 12, 2012:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:35 AM : Time to wake up! 5:48 AM : Showered and ready for work. 5:55 AM : Arrived at the office. 6:22 AM : Cats do not work from home. 7:21 AM : Reading about the cloud. 8:00 AM : Bagel for breakfast. 11:25 AM : Thawing steaks for Mike Catania. 12:33 PM : Leftovers for lunch. 2:45 PM : Amber rem... - Wednesday, October 24, 2012:
12 of 12 Fallout From the 12 of 12 archives, here are 11 occasions where I had Velveeta Shells and Cheese (a.k.a. 1200 calories in a pot) for lunch or dinner. This meal instantly became 50% healthier when I met Rebecca and she started eating half. Fun Fact: I have not eaten Shells and Cheese at all since April 12, 2012. On the downside, this makes for one or two days a week where it's that much harder to come up with meal ideas. - Friday, October 12, 2012:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 6:07 AM : Waking up to cats. 6:23 AM : Booty offers to help me work, but is really in it for the space heater. 8:19 AM : After breakfast, Rebecca gets started on her neverending studies. 9:13 AM : Booty offers me lumbar support, but is really in it for the warm seat. 10:45 AM : Traffic at 11 is pretty identical to traffic at 6. 10:55 AM : So early to Popeyes that they hadn't made any fries yet. 11:20 A... - Monday, September 24, 2012:
12 of 12 Fallout My weekend did not meet the minimum threshold of interest to devote a whole post to -- I learned some Ruby, started playing Torchlight 2 , started watching Homeland , and grilled burgers with a distant cousin of Rebecca's who was passing through town on the way to the airport. Instead, today's post will draw back on six years of 12 of 12 participation to show how I've evolved in that time. Because today is the 24th (which is twice 12), and because sequences are the easiest questions on the SATs, here is a selection of 36 pictures of me getting ready for work. My evolution in physical appearance is readily apparent. It's not every day that you can discover a pictur... - Wednesday, September 12, 2012:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:50 AM : This may look early and cold, but Rebecca was already up and moving towards Springfield for school. 6:05 AM : Making a mental note to put Windex on the shopping list. 6:12 AM : Chilly enough for seatwarmer action. 7:15 AM : The tale of the rapidly-growing spider plant. 11:21 AM : Driving home for lunch in a dearth of traffic. 11:41 AM : Someone has to eat these leftover hot dogs. 12:30 PM&nbs... - Monday, August 13, 2012:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 8:27 AM : Waking up in a tent, in Greenbrier State Park. 8:54 AM : Campfire food for breakfast. 10:47 AM : Down at the lake-beach. 11:00 AM : Frisbee time. 11:27 AM : Rebecca shows what she learned at yoga camp. 12:17 PM : Scrounged sandwich and chips for lunch. 2:20 PM : Returning to Virginia. 3:02 PM : Booty is HUNGRY. ... - Thursday, July 12, 2012:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 on the 12th of each month, I take 12 pictures throughout my day, however mundane or sleep-inducing they might be 8:27 AM : After waking up in Auberge aux Deux Lions on the second day of our visit to Qu?bec City, I listen to the weather report in French while eating a banana (in English), listening to Alize?, and waiting for Rebecca to get back from her jog across a battlefield. 10:11 AM : Apparently, I am on a horse with THE HORSEWOMAN, outside of the Mus?e des Beaux-Arts. You can tell if something is free or costs money, based on whether we are inside of it or outside of it. ... - Tuesday, June 12, 2012:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 6:14 AM : Showered and shaved. 6:26 AM : Apparently there's actually a night shift cop assigned to county registration violations, sneaking through the neighbourhood at 11:30 PM. Sadly for him, I have sixty days to register new cars and the decal in hand. 6:41 AM : All of that traffic stimulus money just got us a bunch of milled, unpaved highways and this deluxe recessed crosswalk at an intersection where I've never seen a wheelchair. 8:00 AM : Working in the office. 11:32 AM : Gloomy ... - Monday, May 14, 2012:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 6:39 AM : Showered and foggy. 6:45 AM : Booty, having been evicted from the master bedroom at 3:17 AM for trying to wake us up, has established an alternate bed zone elsewhere. 8:11 AM : Soft-boiled eggs and toast for breakfast. 9:00 AM : Morning cartoons to transition from lazy to productive. 11:16 AM : Scrubbed and spotless deck. 12:23 PM : Spring cleaning with six years of Consumer Reports back issues and assorted books, including Zarlino's Mus... - Thursday, April 12, 2012:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:53 AM : Up early, but not as early as Rebecca. 6:14 AM : Showered, but not shaved. 7:04 AM : Mexican standoff in the kitchen. 7:15 AM : Everything bagel for breakfast. 8:00 AM : Starting my "morning off" with a new game. 11:23 AM : House and bathrooms cleaned. 12:30 PM : Shells and cheese for lunch. 3:14 PM : On a conference call for work. &n... - Monday, March 12, 2012:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:56 AM : First wake-up post spring-ahead. 6:07 AM : Showered and shaved. 6:26 AM : Obligatory shot of the One Way sign. 7:40 AM : View from my office. 10:26 AM : Home early to wait for a package delivery, telecommuting with Booty. 11:45 AM : Leftover German food for dinner. 1:30 PM : Introducing my new Ultrabook, an HP Folio 13. 3:10 PM : Hours lat... - Monday, February 13, 2012:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:37 AM : Rise and shine! 5:52 AM : Showered and shaved. 6:00 AM : Buckling down to get some work done. 6:58 AM : Bagel and newspaper break near the front window. 7:45 AM : Booty sits right there when I work, but still cannot understand XML. 11:04 AM : Laundry folding break. 11:30 AM : The only solution to not eating bananas fast enough is to make banana muffins with the black ones. &... - Thursday, January 12, 2012:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 7:24 AM : Waking up late in hopes of combating a cold with extra sleep. 7:31 AM : A peek behind the bathroom mirror. 7:35 AM : All of Rebecca's classmates swear by this stuff, but I don't notice it doing much that Dayquil can't do. 7:41 AM : A quick bagel breakfast. 7:55 AM : Working from home in the morning. 10:01 AM : Amber is my office assistant. 11:15 AM : A quick ham sandwich before heading t... - Wednesday, December 21, 2011:
Random Chart Day I've participated in Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 sixty-four times since 2006. Here are the things I can be seen eating most often. As a follow-up, here's how long it's been since I last ate each of these items. Ham Sandwich: Two days ago for lunch Shells and Cheese: Yesterday for lunch Bagels: Three days ago for breakfast Totino's Pizza: June 2010 Steak: Last Thursday for dinner Popeyes: Last Friday for lunch Shoplifters robbed while stealing from grocery store Stomach pen still works after 25 years - Tuesday, December 13, 2011:
Twelve 12 of 12s The final post of the 12 of 12 series is a highlight reel with the best picture from each month to show the wide and varied extreme sports you engage in throughout the year. January : Handmaking pasta, harvested from the pasta trees in our orchard. February : Never try to watch more than one Pirates of the Caribbean movie at a time. March : And people say that cats aren't affectionate. April : And people say that cats aren't affectionate. May : The second Steak Night to fall on a 12... - Monday, December 12, 2011:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:51 AM : The usual morning routine. 6:13 AM : The ice defrosting off of my back window. 6:28 AM : Breakfast on Mondays generally consists of whatever was left in the lunch room from Friday afternoon Happy Hour, except for the Sam Adams. 7:11 AM : The rising sun. 11:00 AM : Brunch, consisting of Chef Boyardee and football-shaped Oreos. 12:23 PM : Setting up for an afternoon meeting, overlooked by Bob Feeley, of the Feeley Awards. &n... - Monday, November 14, 2011:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 7:35 AM : Amber decides to wake Rebecca up. 7:51 AM : Obligatory post-shower shot. 8:04 AM : Breakfast in an exceptionally sunny kitchen. 9:05 AM : Practicing the FIFO-queue approach to optimizing a Costco visit, showing up twenty minutes early, rolling through the doors as they open fifteen minutes early, and returning home just as the mobs arrive. 9:56 AM : Following a grocery run. 9:58 AM : The cats did not offer to assist with the groceries. ... - Wednesday, October 12, 2011:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:25 AM : Showered up. 5:36 AM : Booty suggests the brown shoes with the black pants. Booty sucks at fashion. 5:48 AM : Packed up for a trip to the inner city, sometimes called Alexandria. 6:17 AM : The traffic starts earlier on 395 every year. 9:57 AM : The "satellite office" where I worked in my parents' house. 1:14 PM : Driving home from a meeting at IDA, and passing the old DISA building which they still have not managed to rent out yet. &nbs... - Monday, September 12, 2011:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:26 AM : Now that Rebecca commutes to Springfield every day, I just get up with her. 5:38 AM : Post-shower. 5:50 AM : Full moon over Herndon. 8:12 AM : Unexpected at-work work. 11:58 AM : On the way home for lunch, trying to figure out why the engine light is on. I don't think that's a proper error code, although it could be a koala. 12:14 PM : Welcomed home by Amber. 12:25 PM : Wings for lunch. ... - Friday, August 12, 2011:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:46 AM : Waking up early. 5:58 AM : Multiple personalities. 6:14 AM : The "g" in the sign keeps burning out. 7:25 AM : My constantly multiplying window plants. 8:01 AM : Artsy view out the window. 9:11 AM : Working on the UNIVERSAL CORE! 11:34 AM : Cats welcome me home for lunch. 12:02 PM : Shells and cheese for lunch. ... - Tuesday, July 12, 2011:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:32 AM : Up a little earlier than normal. 5:49 AM : Introspectively mirrored post-shower. 5:51 AM : Rebecca is up early as well, on the morning shift. 6:05 AM : Taking the elevator up, because too much stair-climbing is bad for your aerobic health. 6:29 AM : There may be an explosion in the Oracle building, or it's just a case of highly reflective windows. 11:23 AM : Heading down the stairs for lunch. ... - Monday, June 13, 2011:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 8:10 AM : Up early, working on a brief. 9:32 AM : Booty's not ready to get up yet. Amber has been up for hours. 9:45 AM : Soft-boiled eggs for breakfast. 10:42 AM : At the grocery store. The woman cart is up top and the man cart is down below. 11:33 AM : Preparing the Mojo marinade for our chicken dinner. 12:05 PM : Playing our new two-player game, Lost Cities . 12:51 PM : Alternating b... - Thursday, May 12, 2011:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 6:08 AM : Fresh from the shower. 6:23 AM : Getting to work, the homebound way. 7:41 AM : Breakfast with Booty, after dropping my car off for inspection and emissions. 8:44 AM : Working in spite of Amber. 10:09 AM : In Rebecca's car, enroute to collect the Accord. 10:17 AM : Inspected and good for another year. 12:45 PM : Working with Booty, after a lunch of Shells and Cheese. ... - Tuesday, April 12, 2011:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:36 AM : Up extra early this morning because Booty was being obnoxious. 5:47 AM : Amber guards our thriving basil plants. 6:02 AM : Obligatory artistic shot of the One Way sign at my exit. 7:04 AM : Working hard. 7:28 AM : A dark and dreary day, although my spider plant is multiplying like a nines table. 11:04 AM : Popeyes for lunch. 1:21 PM : Working from home in the afternoon. &n... - Monday, March 14, 2011:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 7:08 AM : Booty decides that it's time for us to get up. 7:48 AM : Post-shower on a Saturday morning. 8:13 AM : Bagels with cream cheese for breakfast over the doom and gloom newspaper. 9:48 AM : At Lowes, comparing cabinet styles for our kitchen. 11:09 AM : At Safeway, buying a bunch of healthy crap. 11:33 AM : Apparently we need more counterspace for all of the groceries we end up buying. Apparently, we haven't gone grocery shopping in a while e... - Monday, February 14, 2011:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 1:27 AM : Returning from one of our rare nights out in D.C. and going to bed. 9:15 AM : Booty wakes us up by stepping on our faces. 9:34 AM : An early morning flight to Everlook. 10:00 AM : A trip to the grocery store to obtain all sorts of foodstuffs. 10:34 AM : Grocery shopping complete -- mostly carbs in bread and liquid form. 1:04 PM : Popcorn for an afternoon movie. 2:30 PM : This is what hap... - Wednesday, January 12, 2011:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 6:03 AM : Making the executive decision to call it a Snow Day. 6:37 AM : Learning that my new computer has been delayed by snowstorms in the South. 8:33 AM : A late shower after a morning's work. 9:22 AM : Telecommuting. 9:53 AM : Hiring a local to shovel my driveway while I work. 11:02 AM : On a conference call. 12:53 PM : Checking on our herb garden after lunch, to see if the p... - Tuesday, December 14, 2010:
Twelve 12 of 12s The final post of the 12 of 12 series is a highlight reel with the best picture from each month to show how you've blossomed into a beautiful songbird over the course of the year. January : Artsy vistas on the way to work. February : Lusting after sandwiches. March : Greetings from my crotch. April : Butt ghosts. May : Giant (visible) sandwich! June : Weddings on the hottest days of the year. ... - Monday, December 13, 2010:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 1:17 AM : Stumbling to bed after winning $50 in assorted poker games. 8:47 AM : The cats decide to sleep for a couple more hours. 9:26 AM : Breakfast and the Post. 9:45 AM : Cold, foggy, and rainy -- the perfect combination for staying indoors without guilt. 10:23 AM : Taking advantage of indoor time to get ahead on some of this week's web page updates. 11:17 AM : Reinstalling World of Warcraft, not because I plan to readdict, but because if I &nb... - Friday, November 12, 2010:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:46 AM : When it comes to encroachment, football players have nothing on Booty. 6:05 AM : Showered and ready for work. 6:14 AM : It's nice to have the sun up an hour earlier. 7:07 AM : It's not so nice to have my office in the winter, when the sun shines directly on my monitor. 9:00 AM : Someone stops by to assist with the candy removal operation. 12:32 PM : Arriving home to find Rebecca studying hard. &nbs... - Tuesday, October 12, 2010:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 6:04 AM : Someone needs to clean this mirror. 6:08 AM : Not everyone has to go to work in the mornings. 6:23 AM : The lights in the company sign were finally repaired, after weeks of proclaiming "fgn' c". 8:22 AM : Working hard before a conference call. 1:05 PM : On the way home for lunch. 1:15 PM : Greeted at the front door by a hungry Booty. 1:43 PM : Lunch consists of a delicious l... - Monday, September 13, 2010:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 9:34 AM : Waking up to a rainy morning in the beach condo. 10:27 AM : Cinnamon buns for breakfast. 11:18 AM : Driving to Swansboro to do some crabbing. 11:51 AM : Crabbing is boring when you don't catch anything. 12:35 PM : We ended up catching a single crab, Gimpy, but only because he had four legs missing and could not effect a good defense. 2:09 PM : Giant cheesesteak at a nearby restaurant. 2:43 P... - Thursday, August 12, 2010:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:57 AM : Mostly awake. 6:13 AM : Showered. 6:27 AM : At the stoplight in Herndon which either changes for you as you drive up to it, or recalcitrantly forces you to wait for five minutes. 7:45 AM : Apparently the sun isn't planning on coming out today. 1:31 PM : Driving home from work, listening to the new stereo that replaces my canceled XM account (they billed me for the next quarter anyhow, of course). 1:51 PM : Amber welcomes me home. ... - Monday, July 12, 2010:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 11:07 AM : Plotting out the plan for the day at Aunt Anna's home. 11:45 AM : At the Downtown Berkeley BART station. 12:43 AM : Meeting Andrea and Annie at the Ferry Building 1:02 PM : Wandering through the fountain near Embarcadero. 1:26 PM : Another in the series of Rebecca and Brian in front of phallic buildings 2:11 PM : Somehow I expected that the gate to Chinatown would be grander. 3:01 PM : ... - Monday, June 14, 2010:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 7:34 AM : Waking up early to do some work. 9:56 AM : Shaving for today's wedding. 10:38 AM : Girls eating breakfast (.com) 1:12 PM : After dropping off Rebecca (who was in the wedding), I stopped by my parents' house to eat their food. My mom did not wish to be photographed. 2:04 PM : Rebecca the Bridesmaid 2:06 PM : Flower girls 2:15 PM : Vows in 90 degree heat &... - Wednesday, May 12, 2010:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 6:04 AM : Steam and lenses don't play well together. 6:21 AM : On the way to work. 6:58 AM : Gloomy day at work. Two computers is probably overkill. Lipton's Green Tea has no flavour. 10:49 AM : Down in the conference room, setting up for a presentation on testing. 11:55 PM : Heading home for lunch, behind someone who LUVs their KITY. 12:10 AM : Lunch is a giant sandwich with everything on it that's not a vegetable. I didn't realize at the time of... - Monday, April 12, 2010:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:02 AM : The fact that the time is a mirror image of itself is not enough to make waking up palatable. 5:17 AM : Showered and foggy. 6:20 AM : Relax. If you lived here, you'd be home now. And you would live in a dump. 6:24 AM : Arriving in time for the sunrise at Skyline. 7:58 AM : After some work in the lab, I drive to the nearby home of my parents so I can steal their breakfast foods. 8:41 AM : It's nice having a job where you can work from any... - Friday, March 12, 2010:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 6:07 AM : This is probably why I wake up every morning with my legs in uncomfortable positions. 6:18 AM : Showered and ready for work. 6:22 AM : Waking up to the rain is never fun, but at least it's light out in the morning again. 6:39 AM : Arriving in the parking lot at work, listening to Radio One. 8:27 AM : No sign of sunshine from the office. 11:19 AM : After a quick trip to the post office, I'm home for a warm bowl of clam chowder and the pap... - Friday, February 12, 2010:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 6:50 AM : Waking up a little later than usual, since I'm planning on working from home today. 6:51 AM : Checking out the window to make sure we didn't have another blizzard overnight. It looks a little like toothpaste. 7:03 AM : This generic hair gel is cheap and effective, but why does it have to smell like seagull poop? 7:21 AM : It shouldn't count on your subscription if you get three days of newspapers all at the same time. 7:27 AM : Rebecca takes my car to work since it's a little more tr... - Tuesday, January 12, 2010:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 This year marks the fifth and final year of 12 of 12 , during which anyone with a blog and a camera can take twelve pictures of their day on the 12th of the month. 6:29 AM : The post-shower picture doesn't work as well when you forget to defog the room. 6:45 AM : One way to get to work. 8:36 AM : On a muted conference call in my new office, which is one door away from my old office. I need to put something on this wall. 9:12 AM : If the view from your office sucked, and you move next door, it will still suck. ... - Tuesday, December 15, 2009:
Twelve 12 of 12s The final post of the 12 of 12 series is a highlight reel with the best picture from each month to show how you've blossomed into a beautiful songbird over the course of the year. January : Velveeta Shells and Cheese for dinner. February : Mike tempts Booty with steaks. March : Velveeta Shells and Cheese for dinner. April : Unicorns on a plane. May : Sick on the couch with kitties. June : NOT Velveeta Shells and Cheese for dinner. ... - Monday, December 14, 2009:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 on 12/12 7:51 AM : Amber tries to wake us up before the alarm goes off. (Booty is outside behind the closed door, having tried to wake us up over an hour earlier). 8:46 AM : Shower time after a length snooze. 9:07 AM : Bagels and cream cheese for breakfast. 10:32 AM : Printing out some wedding pictures for friends. 11:12 AM : Christmas Booty stays clean for Christmas. 11:21 AM : Booty helps me beat a difficult level in New Super Mario Brothers Wii. &n... - Thursday, November 12, 2009:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 This month's pictures definitely aren't as cool as last month's . 5:52 AM : Back on the early morning schedule. 6:17 AM : In the office on a gloomy, damp washcloth of a morning. 8:36 AM : On a muted conference call, apparently sleeping under my desk. 1:26 PM : As the view from my camera did not change while I was working, I shelved the camera until on my way home. 1:35 PM : Passing the tree that was hit by a freak thunderstorm last June . &nb... - Monday, October 12, 2009:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 For this month's 12 of 12 , we're on our honeymoon in Kauai, Hawaii! 6:42 AM : On the balcony of our condo at Kapa'a Sands, enjoying the sunrise and a breakfast of bagels, bananas, and peach-mango juice. 7:20 AM : Driving down the highway to the western side of the island in our rented convertible. 10:02 AM : After driving twenty miles up the length of the Waimea Canyon, we enjoy the view of Kalalau Valley from Pu'u o Kila Lookout, which is somewhere around four thousand feet above sea level. Because it's always in the clouds, it's either raining or very foggy. &nbs... - Monday, September 14, 2009:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 7:28 AM : Sleep interrupted by a hungry cat who's not afraid of a flash. 8:37 AM : Post-shower and ready for a gloomy, overcast Saturday. 9:18 AM : Rebecca heads off to work and I head to Safeway. 9:42 AM : Just your typical trip to the grocery store. 11:01 AM : Laundry time! 12:00 PM : Today's lunch consists of bread, mayo, meat, and mayo. 1:04 PM : Doing a little work-work after lunch. ... - Wednesday, August 12, 2009:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 6:43 AM : Post-shower, pre-work. 6:51 AM : Thawing some steaks for this evening. 6:56 AM : Listening to "The Day I Died" by Just Jack on the way to work. 7:24 AM : My office plant prefers the new office even though the view is crap. It's blooming and making little plant babies for the first time in five years. 9:23 AM : Working hard. 1:07 PM : Taking the toll road home because ten minutes saved is worth more than fifty cents. I later used the ten ... - Monday, July 13, 2009:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 12:53 AM : Coming home late from a dinner in Arlington (at least, late for a suburber). 8:34 AM : Waking up to a chest cat. 8:53 AM : Soft-boiled eggs and toast for breakfast. 10:12 AM : Easing into a busy day with a couple episodes of Alias, which Rebecca is watching for the very first time. 11:30 AM : Finally getting my ass in gear with a belated shower. 12:52 PM : The cats' water gets temporarily moved off the counter while we make various dips... - Friday, June 12, 2009:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 6:06 AM : Cats don't understand that humans need space for their feet. 6:18 AM : Clean and ready for work. 6:44 AM : Sitting at a light that takes five minutes to change, I figured I might as well do some nature photography. 6:46 AM : The rising sun over Reston, jewel of northern Virginia. 7:01 AM : Last weekend, I moved into a new office at work. Although it's a cozy little single, the view leaves something to be desired. 7:28 AM : My plant love... - Tuesday, May 12, 2009:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 Today's 12 of 12 will be dull, and not the normal dull of the modest 12 of 12 er who insists that their day was boring and then ends up poaching an elephant while on safari with Hugh Jackman. I have some sort of flu-like malady which is manifesting itself in headaches, fevers, and muscle aches (but thankfully, no coughs or overabundance of phlegm). 4:43 AM : After lying in bed, sick and unable to sleep for several hours, I finally got up and took some ibuprofen. 4:48 AM : A temperature of 101.8 (38.8 for the Brits) 5:08 AM : I emailed in sick to work, and then attempted to sleep on t... - Monday, April 13, 2009:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 12:01 AM : Reading in bed, one minute into the new day. 8:13 AM : A blurry Booty requesting breakfast. 8:53 AM : Toasted bagels with cream cheese for breakfast on a plate painted by Rebecca. The cream cheese was yet to come... 9:59 AM : Rebecca wasn't feeling well, so Booty and I played games while she napped a little while longer on the couch. I'm not sure why Booty spent the entire day looking up into the heavens. 11:42 AM : Looking up Easter recipes online to see which ones we could do without any major shopping trips... - Thursday, March 12, 2009:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 7:04 AM : Post-shower and foggy, both mentally and physically. 7:38 AM : A toasted plain bagel with cream cheese for breakfast. The whole-grain bagels just don't taste as good. 8:28 AM : Telecommuting. 10:10 AM : Amber arrives to keep me company while I work. 12:01 PM : Velveeta Shells and Cheese for lunch, predictably so. 1:15 PM : Kitties working as hard as I am. 3:23 PM : Still hard at work, typing on two computers at the SAME TI... - Thursday, February 12, 2009:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 6:45 AM : On my way to work in the morning. I'm trying out this crazy new schedule where I wake up an hour later than usual. 6:57 AM : A view of the nearly full moon through my office window. 7:12 AM : My plant is either overwatered or not watered enough -- there's no middle ground. 8:23 AM : Working hard on the new 24" monitor which provides just enough cover for me to hide behind as people walk past my office. 1:04 PM : Arriving home for lunch, at the house I purchased exactly five years ago today. &nbs... - Monday, January 12, 2009:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 It's time for the fourth year of 12 of 12 , where you take twelve pictures of your mundane day! You can see more 12 of 12 ers at Chad's site . 5:00 AM : Somewhere in the world, more exciting people than I are just getting to bed at this hour. 5:56 AM : Traveling down the danger-filled I-66 into the heart of Yuppyton. 6:04 AM : Driving past Ballston Commons to Bailey's Crossroad. 7:32 AM : After finishing my early morning tasks, I head home through historic Falls Church, which consists of eight churches and a Comfort Inn. &... - Monday, December 15, 2008:
Twelve 12 of 12s The final post of the 12 of 12 series is a highlight reel with the best picture from each month to prove just how exciting your life is not. January : Ella is "SO BIG"! February : Ham and mayonnaise sandwiches on potato bread are the lunch of champions. March : A drink for every occasion. April : Pierre the French Poodle has some squid tapas in Barcelona. May : Composing for kitties. June : Heavy thunderstorms rock the world. &nb... - Friday, December 12, 2008:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 on 12/12 5:36 AM : Apparently I slept in this morning. 5:45 AM : A change of camera angle to spice it up in the bathroom. 5:56 AM : Excuse me, I was told there would be snow. 6:56 AM : Even at this early hour, there's a neverending chain of commuters making the thirty mile trip to DC. 8:14 AM : Apparently we were allowed to take the day off today. I did not receive the memo. 11:08 AM : Chocolate Satin Pie for tomorrow's Poker Night. 12:26 PM : Wings and ... - Wednesday, November 12, 2008:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:42 AM : Clean, awake, and ready to defrost the car. My goatee is slowly growing back after a brief Halloween stint as a woman. 5:52 AM : Breakfast time for cats, who were actually well-behaved this morning, letting me sleep in until 5:15 and not knocking over any lamps. 6:02 AM : Driving to work. 6:16 AM : The view out my window before sunrise. 11:58 AM : Heading home for lunch. 12:07 PM : Checking to see if Anna was working today. Since she was not, she forfeited a trip to Chick-fil-a.&n... - Tuesday, October 14, 2008:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 9:33 AM : Sunday Sleep-ins. 9:50 AM : Obligatory post-shower pic. 10:08 AM : Rebecca has cereal for breakfast. 11:31 AM : Making another chocolate cake for a visit to relatives. 12:32 PM : Studying diligently (five chapters down this weekend!) 1:35 PM : Tasty, greasy buffalo wings for lunch. 2:47 PM : Driving up to Silver Spring to visit Rebecca's relatives. 4:47 PM : Killing time by visiting the loc... - Friday, September 12, 2008:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 6:32 AM : To start off my three-day birthday weekend properly, I go into work an hour later than usual. This is me driving on the Beltway of Perpetual Traffic. 7:02 AM : The view from my new office is great, but it's a dreary day. 7:52 AM : Breakfast, obviously. 11:14 AM : Taking a trip to Costco to pick up the essentials for the weekend birthday party. 11:48 AM : A quick jaunt over to Home Depot to be fuel-efficient. 12:16 PM : Unloading the trunk full of MEATS and BEERS. &nbs... - Tuesday, August 12, 2008:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:28 AM : Cats get more anxious for breakfast when there are guest cats in the house -- you'd think they could just eat each other. 6:04 AM : I always show favouritism to the other mirror when I do 12 of 12 -- this probably reflects badly upon me. 6:20 AM : There will be no more sunrise pictures, since I've now moved to an office on the west side of the building. 6:21 AM : Now it's time to unpack and set up the new office. 7:28 AM : The office is now set up to be an identical twin to the old office, but with a much nicer view. &nb... - Monday, July 14, 2008:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 4:48 AM : Thumbs down for the ungodly hour that a guest cat woke me up at. Catsitting is overrated. 7:14 AM : After Caturday morning breakfast, I got a couple more hours of sleep before waking up at a much more agreeable hour. 7:45 AM : Reading the Post while having a breakfast of cream cheese with bagel. 9:54 AM : Taking the front wheel off my bike so it will fit in the back seat for "Bike Around Arlington" Day. 11:55 AM : After a six mile bike ride from Falls Church to Shirlington, we enjoyed cold cut trios at Subway. 12:16 ... - Thursday, June 12, 2008:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:22 AM : "Oh hai. Breakfast time." 5:43 AM : Freshly shaven and out of the shower. 5:55 AM : It's much more pleasant to go to work when the sun is already up. 6:12 AM : The rising sun out my window. 8:02 AM : Working hard. 11:55 AM : On the way home, passing a storm-damaged tree in Herndon. 12:22 PM : I was going to recreate the ham sandwich eating picture from my first 12 of 12 ever, but got too excited and ate it first. 12:45 PM ... - Monday, May 12, 2008:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 Because of the neverending rain storms, today was an exceptionally dull day. You're probably better off looking at last month's 12 of 12: Barcelona Edition which everyone missed since it went up so late. 5:06 AM : Waking up a half-hour earlier than usual to the continuing storms which have probably flooded every basement in Arlington by now. 5:22 AM : My bathroom has been remodelled for a year and I still haven't bought curtains yet. 5:44 AM : Today was an onsite day but I left all my security badges in the office over the weekend. I made a quick stop, dodging raindrops like a precipitation ninja.&... - Wednesday, April 16, 2008:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 8:35 AM : Waking up in our unexpectedly posh hotel room. 9:44 AM : Making the half mile walk to the train station in our little suburb (because all the hotels in the Old City were booked up). 10:29 AM : Wandering down the Ramblas, watching all the street performers and living statues. 11:00 AM : Barcelona looks a lot like California. Now I know why Sydney Bristow went to Spain all the time -- it was easy to film. 11:37 AM : Looking up at the main Cathedral, which was closed for renovations (a recurring theme in much of the city). &n... - Wednesday, March 12, 2008:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:20 AM : Waking up at the Hour of Ridiculousness. 5:43 AM : Post-shower, post-shave. 5:52 AM : As always, Booty and Amber are ready for breakfast. 5:54 AM : Daylight Savings Time is pretty worthless if it's still dark when you leave for work. It does give me time to ponder what the neighbours are up to, with their blinding lights at all hours of the night. I expect it's something dastardly, like the movie, The Burbs . 7:32 AM : Seventy-five cents for a bagel was a decent deal. A dollar was good, as long as I got there first and consumed vast quantit... - Tuesday, February 12, 2008:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:22 AM : I believe it was twenty-two degrees outside when I woke up this morning at 5:22. 5:36 AM : Amber has gone Green, and every morning after my shower, she makes sure I turned the water off completely. 5:45 AM : Checking my auctions in World of Warcraft. It's no eBay, but I'm trying to save up some gold to create this . 5:47 AM : If these cats ever figured out how to work latches, I would be rendered obsolete immediately. 6:00 AM : The commute to work is always a blur. In truth, I don't even really wake up until I'm actually sitting at m... - Monday, January 14, 2008:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 12:01 AM : Arriving home from a Friday night trip to the Dogfish Head Brewery in Falls Church. The wait was ridiculous, and we didn't end up leaving until after 11. Amber doesn't like it when I suddenly turn on all the lights. 7:18 AM : "I'm not trying to wake you up or anything, but just so you know, I'm here and I'm sorta hungry, so if you could put some food in my bowl that would be great, 'k thanks." 8:42 AM : After doing a load of laundry so I don't have to wear a washcloth all day, I take a shower. 10:16 AM : Over at the Spellerbergs' house to help move an upright piano. Ella assists (WM... - Thursday, December 13, 2007:
Twelve 12 of 12s The final post of the 12 of 12 series is supposed to be a highlight reel with the best picture from each month (because highlight reels are only a rip-off when they're in sitcoms). January : The best kinds of parties involve standing around a table eating fudge, followed by a game of Munchkin. February : A little tech company humour. March : They always said that Booty was pretty stacked. April : This is Amber's "at rest" pose. May : Because a view from your crotch is better than no view at all. June : Good old Cheetos. Nothing beats Cheetos. &nbs... - Wednesday, December 12, 2007:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 on 12/12 5:33 AM : Up and at 'em, to the sounds of Booty turning on the printer in the next room (she's realized that simply knocking the clock off the end table is no longer sufficient to secure her breakfast). 5:46 AM : Obligatory bathroom shot. 6:07 AM : This is the ONE WAY sign originally featured in October's 12 of 12 . Apparently since then, it has become the victim of a drive-by uprooting. 7:18 AM : Watching the sun rise while I wait for my bagel to toast (Wednesday is Bagel Day). 8:04 AM : Earning the "big bucks". &... - Monday, November 12, 2007:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:47 AM : Checking on the status of a laptop shipment from Dell, which I'm receiving for CC , another 12 of 12 er who's currently out of Spain and roaming Virginia. She'll be visiting here next weekend, and delivery to Sterling is a wee bit cheaper than deliver to Spain. Had it been arriving today, I would have stayed home all day to sign for it. 7:22 AM : There was a planned power outage at work on Sunday, and the last of the servers wasn't turned back on until around 8 this morning. Rather than go to the office and sit in the dark waiting, I went back to bed for an hour and then took a leisurely shower. 7:30 AM&nb... - Friday, October 12, 2007:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 widescreen edition 6:34 AM : Getting a slightly late start to the morning. It's always harder to wake up when it's chilly out. 6:50 AM : A view from the driver's side window, while on my way to work. The car's console is reflecting in the window glass over the ONE WAY sign -- there are no ghosts in Herndon. 7:35 AM : At my desk, working hard. 7:52 AM : Reenacting the Heroes DVD cover, using only the Sun and the Oracle building. 11:31 AM : When 12 of 12 falls on a Friday, you can always bet on seeing a picture of Po... - Wednesday, September 12, 2007:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12: Bethany Beach Edition I'm uploading these pictures from a borrowed laptop, so my apologies if they look a little rough! 8:24 AM : Waking up to the sun over Bethany Bay 8:52 AM : The obligatory post-shower shot 9:12 AM : Making a ridiculous amount of breakfast food 10:05 AM : Looking down on Puzzle Time from the second floor balcony 10:44 AM : Out on the screened porch, enjoying the mild 70 degree weather with no humidity 11:08 AM : Apparently I enjoyed the weather a little too much 12:01 PM : ... - Monday, August 13, 2007:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 9:01 AM : Here is the obligatory post-shower shot, since I got in trouble last month for wearing a shirt in it. 9:23 AM : Making bacon in my Makin' Bacon device. Perfect grease-free bacon in three minutes, with no messy cleanup. As seen on TV! 9:55 AM : Jamie and Mike eating breakfast and smoking some bacon before heading out to do touristy things in the greater metropolitan area. Mike will probably put up their 12 of 12 on his own site sometime in the next couple days . 10:18 AM : While running low on entertainment options, we decided to bring out... - Thursday, July 12, 2007:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 12:38 AM : Back from a hot date to discover that things in code-land need to be urgently fixed for work. 2:22 AM : Finally going to sleep with fires successfully put out. I often look like the face on Mars when I sleep. 9:15 AM : Booty gives me that disapproving "if you loved me you would have woken up at 5 AM to feed me" look. 9:41 AM : Freshly showered and ready for a day that will be "mostly off" from work. 10:14 AM : Booty and Amber, fully satiated, do their invisible trampoline impression. 11:08 AM ... - Wednesday, June 13, 2007:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:35 AM : These ghost cats which haunt me at night almost run too fast for me to catch them on film. Almost. 5:46 AM : Getting ready for work in a different bathroom, just to mix things up (or because the other bathroom is under construction and has no sink). 5:53 AM : Like a grade school bully, Amber likes to accidentally-on-purpose bump into Booty for no good reason. 6:06 AM : Things to do on one-lane roads when the guy in front of you is traveling 20 mph in a 35 mph zone: Take pictures of the sunrise. 6:29 AM : I predict that this last vestige of unadulterat... - Monday, May 14, 2007:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 7:28 AM : Waking up. Because it's the weekend, there will be no ridiculous 5:30 AM shots today. 7:52 AM : Feeding the piggies. 8:04 AM : On the way to the grocery store. It's not raining -- I just had to run the wipers to get rid of excess bird feces. 9:47 AM : At Home Depot -- the store where you can confirm that the parts you need are definitely out of stock before you go to Lowes. 10:14 AM : A view from my crotch: All done with errands and on the way home. 10:30 AM : Hanging a new shower curtain from Target. ... - Thursday, April 12, 2007:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:34 AM : I slept in by nineteen minutes today, permanently altering the space-time continuum. I own one of those Clocks for the Blind with digital numbers large enough to see from fifty feet on a smoggy day. 5:49 AM : I always use the big mirror for my pictures, and the little mirror was getting jealous, so today I switched it up. 5:55 AM : It's breakfast time for kitties! For the full multimedia effect of feeding time, here is a live action version of the events leading up to this scene (2MB WMV). 6:04 AM : This composition is titled, Brake Lights on the 7100 . I have half a tank ... - Tuesday, March 13, 2007:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 4:13 5:13 AM : The New and Improved Daylight Savings Time can eat me. I'm going back to bed. 5:57 AM : After sleeping for an extra fifteen minutes, there's no time for the monthly "Draw a Hat on the Mirror" photo shoot. There's always time for the brushing of the teeth (or "tooting the kazoo" as they say in some rural areas when your toothbrush is as big as mine). 6:04 AM : An artsy-fartsy shot, symbolic of the fact that where I'm going is much the same as where I've been (except that there are no annoying high beams where I'm going). 6:21 AM : You can tell that the corporate ... - Tuesday, February 13, 2007:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:28 AM : In this month's edition of Foggy Mirror Photo Shoot, I am wearing a top hat. 5:41 AM : My morning commute doesn't normally look like a scene out of The Gruesome Murder of a Hitchhiker . 5:52 AM : In the parking lot, gazing up at the company logo on the sixth floor. When it's dark, you don't notice that the building is completely dwarfed by buildings twice as big, sporting more familiar names like Microsoft and Oracle. 5:56 AM : At my desk with free hot chocolate and no missed calls. Not bad for a week away from the office! 6:45 AM : The 12t... - Friday, January 12, 2007:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 5:14 AM : When half asleep and taking a picture over your head, make sure to get the lens cap out of the way. 5:29 AM : You can't really tell from this shot, but I am wearing a sombrero on the mirror. 5:36 AM : The new Catkins Diet requires that you pretend to feed your felines twice a day until they get thin. 5:42 AM : This is one of those annoying stop lights that automatically stops the main road so all the yuppies in their cul de sac community can get out as quickly as possible. Crossing the road is one of said yuppies. 5:52 AM : No one else is in the offic... - Thursday, December 14, 2006:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12: Deluxe Edition The world has now been graced with 12 full editions of Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 . With all the pieces in place, readers have been instructed to take one picture from every time they participated and combine them as the thirteenth twelve-on-twelve-extravaganza, the results of which will either reveal the Rambaldi endgame to us all, or just tell us to drink our Ovaltine (odds are running 50-50 either way right now). Tragically, I did not participate in every single month, which I blame on varying occurences of being too busy, forgetting the camera, forgetting what day it was, or commies. However, here are the four months that I did participate, now with brand new captions since they're taking completely ... - Monday, November 13, 2006:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 The laws of probability normally wreck my shop, but for once they finally came through for me -- this month's 12 of 12 actually fell on a day where I deviated slightly from my normal less-interesting routine. You can see more 12 of 12 entries at Chad's site and kid the people who continue to call it 12 on 12 . That title really shouldn't be used unless your pictures were taken on the set of Eyes Wide Shut or depict a particularly fierce game of indoor dodgeball. 6:50 AM : Cats wake me up by pushing my camera off the nightstand and onto the floor. Apparently, there is a kitty famine, and I am the only one who can stop it. &nbs... - Monday, August 14, 2006:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 I'm posting this update on Sunday because it's time-sensitive and no one would care about it on the actual 14th! This is my entry for Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 . Because it was the first time that the 12th has fallen on a Saturday, I figured it'd be neat to see how blatantly my routine matches what I do on the weekdays. You can also go back to my previous 12 of 12's if you're so inclined: June and April , or see this month's entries from regular Zone readers, Rob and Kim . 6:28 AM : The cats know that the alarm is about to go off and wake me up early just in case I'm feeling bene... - Tuesday, June 13, 2006:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12: A Study in Mundanity 1) 5:45 AM, My Bathroom Swabbing a circle in the mirror condensation that was big enough to contain my head made me realize how big my head is. 2) 5:52 AM, My Foyer Welcome to a dismal, rainy, chilly Monday morning. 3) 6:04 AM, Herndon Waiting at a stoplight and listening to K.T. Tunstall. 4) 6:11 AM, Lunch Room Our lunch room overlooks the Toll Road which is always jam packed with worker bees trying to get to D.C. I thank my Lucky Charms for my scenic 7-mile commute every single day. &nbs... - Thursday, April 13, 2006:
Chad Darnell's 12 of 12 I'm a regular reader of Chad Darnell's blog, and decided to join this month's round of 12 of 12 for hijinks and fame (and the women of questionable morals that often follow fame). In a nutshell, it's simply a blog update where you take 12 pictures of your daily routine on the 12th of the month -- you can see his archive of past months here . This is what I did yesterday: 1) 5:39 AM: Waking Up My alarm goes off every morning at 5:25 AM, and if I don't drag myself into the shower immediately, I will never get out of bed. This picture is actually a redo -- the first one I took was of me shaving, but the lens was so fogged up that I just looked like a blurry yeti ...
