happy friday, y'all!
― kenan, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Nick is sulking in the other thread. Maybe someone should bring him some cake.
― kenan, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:26 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll just repost all this shit because it's vital:
Free coffee at Alliance, Letizia's and other coffee shops today: http://chicagoist.com/2007/09/28/new_tv_season_f.php
-- n/a, Friday, September 28, 2007 2:06 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
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Also, the MCA is doing a ton of free shit over the next 40 days for their 40th anniversary. Sarah and I might go tomorrow to actually check out the art, but also Oct. 7 is a free concert with Flosstradamus, Cool Kids, Califone, Poster Children, the 1900s, the Eternals, and Headache City.
Event listings here: http://www.mcachicago.org/40/index.php?page=home.
-- n/a, Friday, September 28, 2007 2:08 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
Bitchin': http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=56
-- n/a, Friday, September 28, 2007 2:09 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
― n/a, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:28 (sixteen years ago) link
MCA opens at 10 on Saturday (til 5).
I saw the free coffee sign when I walked past Alliance this morning, but I was freshly coffeed.
― KitCat, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I know, I read that right after I sat down with my coffee. And Whisper Cafe is two blocks away! Oh well.
― kenan, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, I missed the Office. :( I still have about 6 episodes left in season 3...I don't mind the relationship stuff, but the awkward Carell schtick gets old.
― Jordan, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:35 (sixteen years ago) link
anyway there was talk of Danny's...
― deej, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:37 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah Carrell has good moments and meh moments, but luckily the whole cast is great. Dwight, for instance.
― kenan, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:40 (sixteen years ago) link
It's at its funniest when it's focusing on...anyone else. The good Carell moments now are when he seems halfway human or competent.
― Jordan, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Still need to see that show someday.
― jaymc, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Dudes stop talking about lame shit like TV and start talking about cool shit like art and dancing.
― n/a, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Remember, these top 50 posts will last forever, or at least a couple of weeks. Make a good impression.
― n/a, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
http://m.assetbar.com/achewood/autaux%3Fb%3DM%5Ea11f09b8576e606bcb5038dfdb92fb821%26u%3Dhttp%3A//achewood.com/comic.php%3Fdate%3D03162004
― Jordan, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:59 (sixteen years ago) link
:(
― Jordan, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
horseshoe, how was the play? i'd heard some stories about it, and i'm curious as to how it turned out...
(and yes, it's frustrating sometimes to hear of ppl from your graduating class being insanely successful. my mother is always regaling me with stories of her friends' kids my age who are now working with peter jennings or getting published to wide acclaim or blahblah yawwwwn)
the 49th post or so is invariably about ass or something, nick. it's how these things go.
― JuliaA, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:02 (sixteen years ago) link
I forgot to watch Hotel Chevalier last night. Although video downloaded from iTunes doesn't play as well as it used to. I fear it has something to do with the 14,000 mp3s I have.
― jaymc, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I really liked it. (Passion Play at the Goodman in case anyone's interested.) her name used to be all over the playbills at the student shows I went to in undergrad, and it was kind of cool, because I could see the line of development. I had some criticisms, but mostly I thought it was great and really moving. it is really long, though.
but seriously. wtf am I doing with my life?
― horseshoe, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:06 (sixteen years ago) link
horseshoe - Success is however you define it. I define it by my happiness level.
DANNY'S - WHO IS IN? RAISE UP
― KitCat, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:06 (sixteen years ago) link
(you're right, Sarah. I'm being horribly petty.)
― horseshoe, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't be so hard on yourself! DO whatcha FEEL, Maaaannn.
― KitCat, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link
I know how you feel, though, Horseshoe. It's hard to read the Class Notes section of the alumni magazine sometimes. Then I remind myself that the only people who write in are the ones who have something to brag about.
I'd love to go to Danny's tonight but will still be packing, etc. Kr and I might reward ourselves with a beer when we're done for the tonight, but it will probably be someplace walkable.
― jaymc, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Danny's is not going to happen, I am predicting right now. xpost
― n/a, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:11 (sixteen years ago) link
No! Happen!
― KitCat, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:14 (sixteen years ago) link
The Cubs game will likely preempt any Danny's-like activity for me.
Oh, and a heads-up to Julia: there's one tomorrow and Sunday, too. Prepare to watch a baseball game. Or ignore me for a few hours. :)
― kenan, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I will likely have the radio on tonight.
― jaymc, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Oct. 7 is a free concert with Flosstradamus, Cool Kids, Califone, Poster Children, the 1900s, the Eternals, and Headache City.
POSTER CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think I just had a seizure. A seizure of happiness.
No Danny's for me. I am WIPED THE HECK OUT.
Hey can somebody give me Stingy's email address? Or, really, Dr. Sh@na's email address? But I think she said she doesn't check her email?
― Jenny, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I might be convinced to goto Danny's.
Then again I might also be convinced to stay home and play Halo 3.
― dan m, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
/pathetic dork
Ok. What if we all met up at EL CID for a late dinner/ margaritas instead? huh huh huh? Sitting down? Minimal movement required? Alcohol?
― KitCat, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Was it Jesse who had the big ole crush on Oscar De La Hoya? Or was that one of you other homos?
― Jenny, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
well i might be at dannys so if anyone decides to go u can get my cell # from jaymc
― deej, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link
:) kenan
Success is however you define it. I define it by my happiness level.
i like that. my parents are coming to visit this eve and i'm steeling myself for more stories of other ppl's kids and their incredible successes. sigh. maybe i can steer the convo to my car or something else neutral. (they love my car--it's a 1985 honda civic, which contrasts with their luxey cars interestingly)
i was making conversation with my mom at one point after my friend laura visited, and mentioned how disappointing it was for her to know that she couldn't make her living dancing (it would be too much of a strain financially, though it's her first love). my mom's response was that it would be such a waste for her to be in the arts because she's so bright with the summa cum laude and etc whatever and you need to do something challenging for a living when you're smart. arrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhggrrrrrrr.
many xps as usual--i think that was jesse that had an oscar de la hoya crush.
― JuliaA, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link
you need to do something challenging for a living when you're smart
heh. Dancing is for morons, obv. And not difficult at all.
― kenan, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:31 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah. wtf mom.
― JuliaA, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:33 (sixteen years ago) link
mama's gotta work tomorrow so no dancin/margaritas/goin' out til sat/sun
even then the dancing will probably occur in the kitchen along with the margaritas
the goin'-out is tba
― La Lechera, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:54 (sixteen years ago) link
ooh... I haven't had a margarita in ages. Who makes a good one in town?
― kenan, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:57 (sixteen years ago) link
i do
― La Lechera, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
ok back to work
― La Lechera, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Argh, I just started reading Achewood from the beginning, and now that's all I want to do all day.
― jaymc, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Amanda makes a good margarita, I'll tell you that.
Equal parts tequila, triple sec, and lime juice. Easy breezy and DELISH.
HAHA xp!
― Jenny, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Like, I was always kind of luke warm on margaritas until I had a Handamandarita. It's just another example of how overcomplicating something can make it totally suck.
― Jenny, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe that's why I haven't had one in so long, because I fear that it'll be not-so-good. I don't trust Chicago margaritas. Possibly an unfounded fear.
I love a good rita, though -- it's the colorful, fruity beverage you can drink without looking like a Girl Drink Drunk.
― kenan, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:13 (sixteen years ago) link
<i>Argh, I just started reading Achewood from the beginning</i>
:) :)
― Jordan, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I still want the "What We Need More of is Science" tshirt. Hey, I got paid today.
― n/a, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe i could go to danny's---give it a chance.
altho: HALO 3???
xp yeah, that thread is making me want to waste the entire day reading achewood
― river wolf, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
I posted this on the Craigslist thread but people don't seem amazed enoough: http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/msg/434412683.html
― n/a, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Uhhhh... I am amazed.
― Jenny, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:19 (sixteen years ago) link
haha that's too awesome. Ben Gay!
― kenan, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Love that Bob.
― Jenny, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:22 (sixteen years ago) link
good morning, chicago.
two travel questions-- any opinions on the best way to o'hare from lakeview? going into the loop to find the blue line seems silly, but i don't know. car is an option, but i heard construction is insane.
also, how early do you have to check in for domestic flights these days? i know i should check the TSA website but am still half asleep...
― colette, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
also, i just serenaded my brita water pitcher to the tune of the scud mountain boys "television", changing the title to "brita pitcher".
that water jug gets me man, it really gets me.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 00:23 (sixteen years ago) link
You can make drop biscuits or just pat out the dough with your hands. With biscuits, the less you work it the better.
Speaking of cooking, I am doing something knew with asparagus and that = sauteeing it in bacon fat.
Also: "playing the slots=stonefacedly, endlessly refreshing the ILX new answers page=the most depressing shit ever"
LOL
― Jenny, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 00:35 (sixteen years ago) link
God I'm so ready. I'm so ready for cool weather I can hardly stand it. I swear to you, I'm hard. - Kenan
You know you are getting a month more of summer when Kenan said a few weeks back that the worst was over. I was too warm today but I'll take all I can get of warm weather. I know I'm going to gain 600 pounds this winter.
I can't do gambling. I feel like I want to throw up after losing $20.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 00:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, alas, Jesse is not exaggerating about that friend. At one point we went to the ATM but he was unable to withdraw any more money because he had hit his $500 limit for the day. When I told him that I was watching him play because I'd lost the $20 I brought with me for the gambling he said that I was "cute."
I don't know how much our gambling violating the terms of his domestic arrangement. He did marry his SO and a year later at his bachelor party (I was his best man), we went to Atlantic City, which is a very very depressing place to gamble. By then I was in law school and the thought of gambling with my student loan money was beyond perverse to me. That night he won a lot of money playing craps and then blew it all playing roulette, which he said was his MO.
That said, this friend is an excellent father and a great brewmaster of delicious beer and apparently he and his wife can afford the occasional gambling binge, so, you know. Whatevs floats boats.
― Jenny, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 00:41 (sixteen years ago) link
i used a wine bottle. i think this recipe was missing baking soda or powder or i rolled the dough too thin, the first batch came out like thick flavorless cookies.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 00:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, unless you have self-rising flour, you need baking powder.
― Jenny, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 00:48 (sixteen years ago) link
i thought that seemed weird, chalk these up to experience.
i'm still eating them though. i think i'm going to eat my books next. i need a cigarette in the worst possible way. physical withdrawal symptoms in full effect.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh. I thought wifey was pissed (not at us, but at him) b/c he went out with us and frittered away a bunch of cash.
I didn't think I was exaggerating, but sometimes I have doubts [about nights when I have a gut full of beer].
― Jesse, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 03:45 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/with_all_due_respect_i_choose (not to go fuck myself).
― Jesse, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 03:58 (sixteen years ago) link
...we should agree to disagree and move along to some of the other actions that you have suggested that I undertake. Such as your idea that it might be advantageous for me to fuck my mother.I daresay that the obverse action, of fucking your mother in my own mother's stead, however, leaves me no such compunctions and is an undertaking I am more than willing to commit to at this time.If the character and comportment of the issue of her womb is any indication, I cannot help but assume that obtaining your mother's consent for such an act—including the oral and anal penetration which your remarks so clearly describe—would be an easy matter.
I daresay that the obverse action, of fucking your mother in my own mother's stead, however, leaves me no such compunctions and is an undertaking I am more than willing to commit to at this time.
If the character and comportment of the issue of her womb is any indication, I cannot help but assume that obtaining your mother's consent for such an act—including the oral and anal penetration which your remarks so clearly describe—would be an easy matter.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
is 2nite the nite for $1beers at the 2way?
-- deej, Monday, 8 October 2007 18:34 (Yesterday) Link
i was there
― river wolf, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 05:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Good morning.
Hey, is it Radiohead Download Day yet?
If I won a million dollars, I would: * First pay off all my debts * Then give each family member an elaborate present (including Nick) * Then go on a vacation, maybe to Greece * Then buy a small bungalow with a manageable yard
I guess it would be nice for me to do something for you guys too... Hmm... What would you like?
― KitCat, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 13:26 (sixteen years ago) link
WHAT? That didn't spark any discussion??
I'm in a good mood today. Watch out.
― KitCat, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 13:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Okay, I think I'm receiving more e-mails not intended for me. This was last week, and I responded thusly:
Guys
Tuesday October 9th at 6:30 p.m. we will be gathering to bless jordan with our words of wisdom and spiritual encouragement
Mike Bett1no has graciously opened his house. I'll provide food and beverages.
please bring words of wisdom for the future married man, and especially a spiritual blessing, maybe a verse or passage that has ment a lot to you. we will have a time to share , encourage and pray for him.
Also i thought it would be fun to give manly gifts to jordan,such as tools or whatever you think he might need or like, if you can.
If you think of anyone that might like to come that i have overlooked please let me know
hope you all can join us,
terry
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Actually I would prefer the least manly of gifts.
(sorry, wrong e-mail!)
― Jordan, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 13:56 (sixteen years ago) link
And then today I got another one, are people dumb?
reminder about tomorrow, tuesday at Mikes house!
time to bless Jordan prior to his wedding
6:30-food,drink and blessings.
bring a blessing and encouragement to share with jordan and a gift if you like
it'll be a great time , celebrating Gods great gift of friends and support
hope you all can come
Gifts, dude! GIFTS 4 U
― dan m, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 13:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought about it, Sarah, and then I thought how you already threw a great party (wedding), and how a Thirsty Thursday with cognac would just be decadent, and how Vegas would not be a consensus vacation, and so there's not much else I can think of, unless you wanted to give us each a check for $5,000 and enjoy hearing the stories of how we spent it.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 13:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Jordan, this sounds like a Twilight Zone episode where you show up at the house and it's a parallel version of you marrying the grown version of a girl you liked when you were 8.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 13:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I wish I knew where it was! All I find about this Bett1no character is someone at Cerritos College in CA and this: There at the helm was 16-year-old Mike Bett1no,. handling the wheel like a veteran.The captain grinned. and relaxed; for a moment he'd forgotten about the ...
Forgotten about the WHAT????
― Jordan, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:02 (sixteen years ago) link
57 DEGREES
― Eazy, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm in a bad mood, too. My morning already sucks between the swamp heat, my foot hurting, and walking all the way to the train without my wallet and going all the way home again. And being PMSy and so clumsy that when I tried to fan myself with my book this morning, I popped myself in the lip with the hardcover edges.
― Laurel, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I have got to find a new job, I hate these people. They bitch and bitch about being "so busy" and having "so much to do", but they are apparently not busy enough to keep them from shooting out the door at 5:00 on the button like a rocket. Meanwhile, I'm working 10-12 hour days to keep up with the workload. Fuck you all.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I killed yr thread with my big fucking bitterness.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll bring it back by declaring my love for/addiction to 7-11 sausage egg and cheese muffins. Yum.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:44 (sixteen years ago) link
jordan, congrats on your upcoming wedding!
― colette, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
haha
― Jordan, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I had cinnamon toast, the breakfast of champions.
― KitCat, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I had a Caribou coffee bar and some vanilla yogurt.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:47 (sixteen years ago) link
That oatmeal squares cereal, that's what I had.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:51 (sixteen years ago) link
On Sunday when I didn't have to work, I made a croque madame with gruyere and French sourdough bread and a cafe au lait, and quite frankly my job is not worth getting up early and going through commuting hell and passing up that breakfast.
― Laurel, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I am going to make myself pancakes, I think.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:56 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm waiting for the record store to open so i can sell some records and buy some food. i think it would be cheaper if i just kept smoking because i can't stop eating when i'm off them. i ran out of food yesterday and was eating things that technically are food but really aren't like left over tortillas and cheese or my attempt at making bisuits.
there's a small chance that this apple-scented candle that's on my coffee table won't see the end of the week.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Is there any free food at work, Kevin?
― KitCat, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
ouch.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh shit! I'm so sorry. I swear that wasn't on purpose!
― KitCat, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I need my f'n morning snack. SO SORRY.
haha bogus
― deej, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link
chicago kevin is the henry miller of our times
I...I...I was just trying to think of what I did when I didn't have money for food. Answer? Lots of free microwave popcorn at work.
― KitCat, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link
omg i slept so well last night
thank you so much, weather, i <3 you
― river wolf, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Still a walking swamp, here. :( Weather, I hate you.
― Laurel, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey guys, this is that fondue/beer/cheese/burgers place that I really liked but can never remember the name of: http://chicagoburgerproject.blogspot.com/2007/10/hot-chocolate.html
One of my friends was training for a marathon and came home needing a "protein dream", so we splurged on burgers there and it was awesome.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:48 (sixteen years ago) link
We almost ate brunch at that place on Saturday. We stood in the doorway for a while before moving on.
― n/a, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link
They have a lot of foreign beers that I had never heard of before, they were in wine bottle sizes and meant to be split among the table.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I had a really delicious beer I can't remember the name of the only time I went there.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I drank the whole thing--oops!
I moved to Chicago 3 years ago today!
― dan m, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 16:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Happy anniversary!
― Jesse, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Why does the power go out in the West Loop so much? My predecessor left me a whole set of instructions for what to do after a power failure and said that it happens a lot. And it has twice now. It goes out in a 3 or 4 block area usu. from what the lawyers say.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 16:11 (sixteen years ago) link
hi dere
Chicago: Interesting to Type, but Perhaps not to Read
― dan m, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 16:19 (sixteen years ago) link