As fall beckons.
― Squash weather (Eazy), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:52 (10 months ago) Permalink
― Squash weather (Eazy), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:53 (10 months ago) Permalink
got a copy of this from work last year, great read
― dan m, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 15:56 (10 months ago) Permalink
^^ I get excited every time I'm reminded you're at the press
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 17:17 (10 months ago) Permalink
Who is going to give nabisco the bad news?
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 17:23 (10 months ago) Permalink
my entire department got laid off, nabs :(
― dan m, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 17:23 (10 months ago) Permalink
just applied for a marketing job in the books division yesterday, though
― dan m, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 17:24 (10 months ago) Permalink
oh, man, I'm sorry! hopefully something works out on the books/marketing end, though -- then I could get excited that you're in my actual old division
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 17:33 (10 months ago) Permalink
― unused user (Jesse), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 17:34 (10 months ago) Permalink
Those animals are
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 17:35 (10 months ago) Permalink
Chicago seems tired today.
― dan m, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 21:07 (10 months ago) Permalink
i certainly am. i went to sleep at like 9 last night with a headache, then after i was able to check out of work this morning i slept for another hour or two on the couch. and i still feel groggy. part of this may be because i never put in my contacts, wearing my glasses all day makes me feel sleepy for some reason.
btw ZOMBIELAND is fun.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 21:18 (10 months ago) Permalink
i'm so tired of writing exams
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 21:31 (10 months ago) Permalink
check it out guys, a great blue heron in Humboldt Park
― dan m, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 21:41 (10 months ago) Permalink
I bet Hot Doug could make a good wiener out of that.
― Jeff, Thursday, 8 October 2009 03:11 (10 months ago) Permalink
I LOLed
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Thursday, 8 October 2009 13:20 (10 months ago) Permalink
Did you take that picture, Dan?
― unused user (Jesse), Thursday, 8 October 2009 14:21 (10 months ago) Permalink
I did not, but a friend of mine did.
― dan m, Thursday, 8 October 2009 16:19 (10 months ago) Permalink
I approve of the thread title, and especially the accompanying video. :)
― tie me up, dress in drag, and read to me from the bible (kenan), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:05 (10 months ago) Permalink
Chicago seems tired todaythis week.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:27 (10 months ago) Permalink
writing (and printing and distributing) an 8-page two day midterm for 222 students is unusually stressful
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:42 (10 months ago) Permalink
Ugh. I have nothing interesting to say. I wish I were at Macy's buying a jacket that will change my life.
― unused user (Jesse), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:44 (10 months ago) Permalink
i made a delicious salad last nightthat's about as interesting as it gets for me
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:45 (10 months ago) Permalink
i'm making an academic poster that is 90% cannibalized from papers i wrote over the last two semesters, and trying to work on a group project due a week from yesterday where no one from my group is communicating about how the hell we're going to do this thing
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:46 (10 months ago) Permalink
I was learning all about structural welds and their corresponding symbols during lunch. Does that count as interesting? Didn't think so.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:47 (10 months ago) Permalink
nick you should make a video of yourself screaming LET'S DO THIS THING and then post it on youtube and then email them the link
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:47 (10 months ago) Permalink
i got two great records at laurie's yesterday: the new dutchess and the duke and the feelies "crazy rhythms" reissue
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:49 (10 months ago) Permalink
In my world: -I've got some mundane work to do, but I'm reading old memos by my 2 predecessors.
-I think a donut is called for. -Email and the internet are not satisfying me today.
-I can't wait to see The Road.
― unused user (Jesse), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:52 (10 months ago) Permalink
i made a soup using CSA stuff last night (under the direction of my gf). thai yellow curry w/leeks, celeriac, dumpling squash, cabbage, and peppers.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:53 (10 months ago) Permalink
'the road' is getting ominous prerelease press i think (partially because the studio shelved it for a year), but the preview looked pretty great
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:53 (10 months ago) Permalink
Jordan that sounds amazing. Please consider being my houseboy and cooking awesome things for me while I work to support us both.
I'll be happy with the road if it just shows a fucked up world*. Same w/ 2012.
*We're all veterans of a fucked up world.
― unused user (Jesse), Thursday, 8 October 2009 19:58 (10 months ago) Permalink
god 2012 looks so terrible and offensive. i've seen the preview like four times and it always pisses me off.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:01 (10 months ago) Permalink
Offensive how?
I just like seeing it all come down.
― unused user (Jesse), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:01 (10 months ago) Permalink
offensive like i feel offended when i see it
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:02 (10 months ago) Permalink
no shit.
― unused user (Jesse), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:02 (10 months ago) Permalink
are you able to identify where it offends you? do you want me to bring out the doll?
I wish now that I had said "No shit, Spurlock."
― unused user (Jesse), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:04 (10 months ago) Permalink
What bothers me about 2012 is how horrible the CGI is. When your movie is 95% apocalyptic world-ending CGI, at least spend some money and time on the effects.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:06 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'm in the grips of end-of-decade music stuff. Also, I made a couple Sporcle quizzes this week: Cities by Rapid Transit System and Largest University Campuses in the U.S..
― katherine helmand province (jaymc), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:10 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'm switching off between writing about the 1njur3d W0rk3r's B3n3f1t Fund and trying to find a pair of black waterproof boots that aren't hideous in size 10 W.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:19 (10 months ago) Permalink
Oh and dealing with some ridic union bullshit.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:22 (10 months ago) Permalink
oh nowhat happened to duo boots?
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:28 (10 months ago) Permalink
Oh, I got my Duo Boots and they are stylish and perfect for cold, dry weater! They aren't waterproof, though. I need some serious, I-can-stand-in-four-inches-of-frozen-slush-and-stay-dry type boots.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:30 (10 months ago) Permalink
Jenny's heard this but I still think it's funny. My mom - who is 78, non-native-English-speaking, extremely sheltered, and batty - told me that her two favorite movies are The Bird Cage and Coming to America. She is trying to get the social events person at her apartment building to screen them, but that lady is a "muy Protestante" (my mom is also Protestant) and won't let them watch "dirty" movies.
Last week they watched some sort of horror movie in which creatures invade bodies and come out of their ears and eyes.
― unused user (Jesse), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:35 (10 months ago) Permalink
She explained how Coming to America is dirty during the part in Africa and I was praying she would not utter the line "Your royal penis is clean, Your Highness."
― unused user (Jesse), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:38 (10 months ago) Permalink
sexual chocolate
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 8 October 2009 20:40 (10 months ago) Permalink
Hey Chicagoans - please do this*! It's fast and easy!
http://www.plannedparenthoodillinoisaction.org/blog/2009/10/vote-yes-for-bubble-zone-ordinance.html
*Unless you, too, are a Compulsory Pregnancy Advocate, in which case please do not do that, kthx.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Thursday, 8 October 2009 22:19 (10 months ago) Permalink
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 9 October 2009 12:01 (10 months ago) Permalink
'Sup, Carl.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Friday, 9 October 2009 12:48 (10 months ago) Permalink
'sup. just chillin' with my magical eyeball ball.
--Carl
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 9 October 2009 12:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
What I mean was that he was actually quite gay, but thought he was bi. His relationship to the female body was uncomfortable at best. Judging only from what you told me, obv.
Than again, I don't know if he was even comfortable with the male bits.
― Of course I want frosting. I'm a Scorpio. (kenan), Friday, 4 December 2009 05:54 (8 months ago) Permalink
I spent two hours with Big Hollywood over scoops of pear and plum gelato, and came away inspired.
If I end up with a big house, I will use Caldrea lavender-pine hand lotion and dish soap and window cleaner, all.
― Action Orientation (Eazy), Friday, 4 December 2009 07:57 (8 months ago) Permalink
ha after jenny's comment about men's deodorants vs. women's deodorants last night, i am assigned this story for work today:
http://www.9news.com/money/consumer/article.aspx?storyid=128174&catid=103
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 4 December 2009 13:11 (8 months ago) Permalink
ha this cass mccomb's video on pfork's best videos of 2009 was clearly mostly shot during one of the lincoln square beerfests:
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 4 December 2009 13:24 (8 months ago) Permalink
i would be pissed if i were in that videoalso surprised to know that cass is not a woman? what has the world come to!?!?
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 4 December 2009 13:49 (8 months ago) Permalink
is his name casimir?
Do you have me killfiled?
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Friday, 4 December 2009 14:03 (8 months ago) Permalink
(I didn't know it was on the Pitchfork list, though -- that explains how my co-worker must've found out about it.)
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Friday, 4 December 2009 14:05 (8 months ago) Permalink
Can we still killfile people? Let's all killfile Jesse and not tell him.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Friday, 4 December 2009 14:14 (8 months ago) Permalink
john i don't remember you saying anything about that video before, sorry i must have missed it
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 4 December 2009 14:16 (8 months ago) Permalink
also i have you killfiled
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 4 December 2009 14:18 (8 months ago) Permalink
Ha. I posted it at 5:30 last night, but I think it got lost in the fragrance discussion. Anyway, a co-worker of mine is in the video twice (she's the one who told me about it), most visibly on the right side of the frame at the 2:10 mark.
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Friday, 4 December 2009 14:20 (8 months ago) Permalink
i saw it and wondered why it was posted twice, but only bothered to look at it this morning
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 4 December 2009 14:38 (8 months ago) Permalink
i've never killfiled anyone. can't think of anyone who could bother me that much unless i was being personally harassed or sthg.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 4 December 2009 14:39 (8 months ago) Permalink
last day of class, guysi'm gonna miss this group. not a stinker among them.
I tried the killfile once. But then I just got more curious about what this person was posting than I would've been without the killfile.
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Friday, 4 December 2009 14:44 (8 months ago) Permalink
I think I'll killfile all of ilx except myself. Then I will call it my blog.
― he's a light-hearted snake (Jesse), Friday, 4 December 2009 15:21 (8 months ago) Permalink
Also, Kenan, you have not a clue what you're talking about.
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1920505,CST-NWS-phone04.article
This story is weird to me.
― Jeff, Friday, 4 December 2009 15:24 (8 months ago) Permalink
It is kinda weird. Was the girl that found it just going to keep it until she saw the cute pictures of the twins and it gave her a change of heart? I almost stopped reading where her kids being THE cutest was emphasized.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 December 2009 15:32 (8 months ago) Permalink
If that's what happens when someone is mugged, bring on the mugging.
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Friday, 4 December 2009 15:37 (8 months ago) Permalink
I hope I get punched in the head tonight. Punched HARD.
― Chillwave Is an Ill Wave (askance johnson), Friday, 4 December 2009 15:39 (8 months ago) Permalink
I'm fully allowing for this possibility. :)
― Of course I want frosting. I'm a Scorpio. (kenan), Friday, 4 December 2009 15:57 (8 months ago) Permalink
I should apologize for my bi-phobia, that wasn't right. I'm working on it.
― he's a light-hearted snake (Jesse), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:03 (8 months ago) Permalink
I wouldn't call it a phobia, but IMO there are dozens of reasons why bisexuality may turn out to be an ill-considered path. But I'm not sure I'm completely qualified to comment.
― Of course I want frosting. I'm a Scorpio. (kenan), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:07 (8 months ago) Permalink
I thought sexuality was something that chose you, not vice versa?
― everyone stop (dan m), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:10 (8 months ago) Permalink
Uh, prima facie it sounds like phobia.... xp
― he's a light-hearted snake (Jesse), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:13 (8 months ago) Permalink
yeah let's hash this out once and for
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:14 (8 months ago) Permalink
all
it's a quiet work day, let's solve human sexuality
Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina. Unless you're intersexed, in which case... ok you're right. Forget it.
― Of course I want frosting. I'm a Scorpio. (kenan), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:23 (8 months ago) Permalink
(fwiw, I don't think bisexuality is BAD, it's more a matter of sustainability.)
― Of course I want frosting. I'm a Scorpio. (kenan), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:25 (8 months ago) Permalink
I think Lady Gaga has already solved human sexuality.
― Chillwave Is an Ill Wave (askance johnson), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:25 (8 months ago) Permalink
can i just
RAH RAH AH-AH-AHRO-MAH RO-MAH-MAHGA-GA OOH-LA-LA
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:27 (8 months ago) Permalink
*stares, poker faced*
― Of course I want frosting. I'm a Scorpio. (kenan), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:28 (8 months ago) Permalink
I think I might throw up.... I am terrified of throwing up. I don't understand why I'm nauseated - I drank last night and then ate a bunch of crackers, but that usually would not result in nausea. This is what the cats must feel like when they're in pre-horking mode where they mewwwwl and cry pathetically.
― he's a light-hearted snake (Jesse), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:28 (8 months ago) Permalink
I didn't choose sexuality, sexuality chose me
― everyone stop (dan m), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:30 (8 months ago) Permalink
(is what I really wanted to say)
I remember when I really found out I was gay. It was weird. "Gay" is a thing that's out there that you know about and then all of a sudden it's like, wait, what, I'm that? It's especially rough when you're 20, high, and reading a lot of Camus and Sartre.
― he's a light-hearted snake (Jesse), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:47 (8 months ago) Permalink
Last week's N Yorker article about Caster Semenya and intersex folks is real interesting.
― Action Orientation (Eazy), Friday, 4 December 2009 16:49 (8 months ago) Permalink
Just read that on the train this morning, actually.
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Friday, 4 December 2009 17:00 (8 months ago) Permalink
cool. i printed that off for the train.
― he's a light-hearted snake (Jesse), Friday, 4 December 2009 17:08 (8 months ago) Permalink
so envious of you people who get to read things on trains
― Chillwave Is an Ill Wave (askance johnson), Friday, 4 December 2009 17:09 (8 months ago) Permalink
― Action Orientation (Eazy), Friday, 4 December 2009 18:16 (8 months ago) Permalink
pretty sure that has already been posted? am i nuts?
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 4 December 2009 18:17 (8 months ago) Permalink
Jenny posted it a week ago. Eric must have her killfiled.
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Friday, 4 December 2009 18:22 (8 months ago) Permalink
it is interesting that that doesn't seem to be a slanket or a snuggie, but is, rather, some sort of generic sleeved blanket.
― Chillwave Is an Ill Wave (askance johnson), Friday, 4 December 2009 18:26 (8 months ago) Permalink
n/a: new Charlotte Gainsbourg album on Luisterpaal.
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Friday, 4 December 2009 18:29 (8 months ago) Permalink
I am late to the Tom Skilling snuggie party, alas. Maybe time for a new thread?
― Action Orientation (Eazy), Friday, 4 December 2009 18:46 (8 months ago) Permalink
Chicago: Cold Enough To Snow
― Action Orientation (Eazy), Friday, 4 December 2009 18:49 (8 months ago) Permalink