Today I’ve been in a zombie-like state all day, watching nothing but VH1 and staring at a blank page, trying to will the creativity out of me.  Well, it started pouring out, anddd I’ve been working on a new blog template for this blog. (Yeah go figure) Let’s just say that it is going to match my current template on byJillian.com.  So, I’ve decided to step away from your regularly scheduled programming and bring youuuuu –

Pictures!  From when I delivered pizzas!

Feel free to sing words of praise here.

These pictures are from when I delivered pizzas in Normal, Illinois - Basically I just kept my digital camera hidden in the glove compartment in my car while I delivered pizzas, and took it with me when I saw a good photo op.

No, you are not hallucinating. I’m not sure where this is, but yes, those are shoes, and yes, that is a power line. ‘Nuff said.

The sun was setting and hitting these leaves just perfectly, I remember. Also, these leaves weren’t raked together, the tree was just BARE.

This was the biggest house I delivered to. (at least, I think so…) If I remember correctly, the part you are looking at in the picture isn’t even the HOUSE, it’s some sort of fully-furnished cabin or something on the same lot as the house. Their wrought-iron gate and perfectly manicured lawn makes me want to hurl all over this picture…

I remember walking away from a house, and this is in a large, abandoned lot right next door. The only thing left standing is this archway.

You know you live in a college apartment when… The landlords don’t have enough money to make the address more viewable! Now, imagine for a minute you are delivering pizzas: there are no lights on this address, and it is obscured by a few trees. Oh, the joy.

At first, I thought that this tree was covered in small spikes with white flowers, but, actually, it was some of the same flowers just preparing to bloom.

These signs, are EVERYWHERE. I delivered pizzas for only FIVE MONTHS, and I probably saw about 10 different signs outside of different landmarks.

The above sign happens to be right outside of this mansion. I wondered myself, who could possibly have that much money and own something like this? Well, I delivered there, and I can tell you with 100% certainty…

It’s a Frat House.

Anyone surprised?

Man, did Google really just turn 10 years old?

Oh, the joys of having Google around for the past 10 years.  Where else can I type in “sansevieria trifasciata” and find exactly what I want?  There is only one place in the world where I can type in “sauerkraut pancakes” and get over 200,000 results, and that answer is Google.  Thank you Google for solving my most burning questions, 24/7.  No matter how random they were, you were always there to answer: What is the best bang for my buck in CPU terms?  How much is a digital piano, and what EXACTLY does an aortic dissection look like?

And now, you give back to us the index of 2001.  What does this mean, exactly?  It means that you can “search” what January of 2001 looked like in Google, for only a short time, while supplies last.  Don’t exceed labeled limit on packaging:

Their 10th Birthday page:  http://google.com/tenthbirthday/

2001 Search Page - http://google.com/search2001.html

Of course, I started thinking about what things were different in 2001 as compared to now.  It was only 7 years, ago, there isn’t that much stuff, right?  Well, here are just a few things that I decided to search after trying the usual, “George Bush”, “Titanic” and “apricots”.

…apricots is a given.

Facebook? What’s that? Also at that time no one knows about MySpace or Youtube. Some pretty interesting results when you look up “Youtube”.

OH WOW, LOOK a 3.34 megapixel camera for a MERE 799.99! Sign me up!

Ah, the days when were only in 5 trillion in debt. Now, it’s 10 trillion. Worried?

No explanation needed…

T-Mobile, what’s that? Sounds like a new type of Honda car if you ask me. Oh, THAT T-Mobile, ‘eh, it’ll never go anywhere, it’s just an IPO, afterall…

And my personal favorite. It’s just another day -

Other terms I considered posting were “price per gallon of milk” and “Wikipedia”.  Wikipedia barely made the cut - I really enjoyed the search results there.

So, now you can go forth and search!  Go, be one with Google!