Though it is no longer shrouded in mystery, there is still a bottle present.



Taken 3.6.08.

mystery, no more

the bottle mystery has been solved, thus eliminating much of my amusement on the subject. BUT, i did learn a new thing.

my friend aminah explains:

"Before offering the prayer one must be in good shape and pure condition and the worshipper must perform an ablution, washing his face, hands and feet. Also, after natural discharges, the ablution must be renewed for prayer. Water should be applied because the use of toilet tissues may not be sufficient for the purpose of purity and worship."

the bottle is used by muslims who work in the building.
i'm so glad it is used for that and not for consumption.

2.27.06, after work

the bottle has been present for a week. however, i have been too busy to chronicle properly. needless to say, it has been there and the level of fluid inside said bottle has been constantly changing.

ew, huh?

2.16.06, 4:35 p.m.

bottle stories, 2.14.06, 2.15.06

this is going to be a longer post. the bottle is sporadic, at best, these days. the days i bring my camera, it's not here; the days i forget my camera, it is. for example, on monday, the bottle was not in its usual space, but on the floor of the bathroom. as the bottle had been absent since last week, i did not bring in my camera and could not chronicle this. tuesday, i brought my camera in, armed to capture this new location, and, the bottle was gone!

however, on tuesday, we had a bottle of a different sort in a different location, and in order to capture something, i took a picture.



the bottle sat in the break area all day on our gray valentine's day, but was gone the next morning. someone, evidently, thought to clean that up.

but, lo and behold, yesterday, a bottle appeared again in the ladies' restroom. back where it belongs.



different bottle, same location.

hopefully a bottle stays put for a while.

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in other bottle news, our building has fancy new vending machines from which i can only assume that the bottles (not the two liter, but the standard variety) are issued from. in order to truly capture the essence of the bottle culture, i present you with this view of our new machines. they appeared suddenly yesterday, and caused quite the stir.



perhaps we need more excitement in our office....

2.7.06, 8:55 a.m.

2.6.06, 7:56 a.m.

it's back! and, thank goodness. things just aren't right when the bottle is not around.

today marks a sad day here at the bottle chronicles. there is no bottle to be chronicled.

i repeat: there is no bottle.

this does not seem like such a landmark to those of you who have only witnessed the bottle over the course of the last month, however, to me, the chronicler, and to a few choice others, you will understand just what a sad day this is.

for the past year and a half, if not more, i have been privy to see the evolution of bottles in the last stall of the ladies' restroom in my office building. it was a 20 ounce diet coke bottle for the longest time...perhaps a year of that time. sometimes, it would be a caffeine free diet coke. occasionally, there would be a nestea with lemon, or a lemonade, and sometimes, a diet coke with lime.

the biggest and funniest evolution of bottle chronicling was the 2 liter mountain dew bottle that has appeared on this blog for the past month. each day, the bottle would be in the same location, yet in slightly different positioning.

today, however, that is gone.

who knows when the bottle will return? where is my mysterious bottle leaver? and, who decided to finally clean the bathroom enough to remove the 2 liter bottle of mountain dew?

these are questions that may never be answered.

the bottle chronicles will thus be on hiatus until these questions are resolved and i have some answers, or until another bottle graces our presence here in the office underground.

until then, i will mourn the loss.