Chicago: More Bars in More Places

Nick is sulking in the other thread. Maybe someone should bring him some cake.

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

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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

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.

I know, I read that right after I sat down with my coffee. And Whisper Cafe is two blocks away! Oh well.

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.

anyway there was talk of Danny's...

yeah Carrell has good moments and meh moments, but luckily the whole cast is great. Dwight, for instance.

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.

Still need to see that show someday.

Dudes stop talking about lame shit like TV and start talking about cool shit like art and dancing.

Remember, these top 50 posts will last forever, or at least a couple of weeks. Make a good impression.

http://m.assetbar.com/achewood/autaux%3Fb%3DM%5Ea11f09b8576e606bcb5038dfdb92fb821%26u%3Dhttp%3A//achewood.com/comic.php%3Fdate%3D03162004

:(

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.

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.

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 - Success is however you define it. I define it by my happiness level.

DANNY'S - WHO IS IN? RAISE UP

(you're right, Sarah. I'm being horribly petty.)

Don't be so hard on yourself!
DO whatcha FEEL, Maaaannn.

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.

Danny's is not going to happen, I am predicting right now.
xpost

No! Happen!

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. :)

Yeah, I will likely have the radio on tonight.

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?

I might be convinced to goto Danny's.

Then again I might also be convinced to stay home and play Halo 3.

/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?

Was it Jesse who had the big ole crush on Oscar De La Hoya? Or was that one of you other homos?

well i might be at dannys so if anyone decides to go u can get my cell # from jaymc

:) 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.

you need to do something challenging for a living when you're smart

heh. Dancing is for morons, obv. And not difficult at all.

yeah. wtf mom.

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

ooh... I haven't had a margarita in ages. Who makes a good one in town?

i do

ok back to work

Argh, I just started reading Achewood from the beginning, and now that's all I want to do all day.

Amanda makes a good margarita, I'll tell you that.

Equal parts tequila, triple sec, and lime juice. Easy breezy and DELISH.

HAHA xp!

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.

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.

<i>Argh, I just started reading Achewood from the beginning</i>

:) :)

I still want the "What We Need More of is Science" tshirt. Hey, I got paid today.

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

I posted this on the Craigslist thread but people don't seem amazed enoough: http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/msg/434412683.html

Uhhhh... I am amazed.

haha that's too awesome. Ben Gay!

Love that Bob.

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...

take fullerton bus to blue line @ california stop, take blue line the rest of the way

Take a bus west to the blue line.

Check in online (usually allowed 24hrs in advance) and print off a boarding pass.

xp: see?

Bob Cummings played Bob Collins, a swinging bachelor and a professional beautiful model photographer. In his leisure time, Bob loved the ladies and had frequent dates with those gorgeous women.

Yes - any westbound bus to a blue line stop is your ticket to O'Hare happiness.

Man I cannot imagine taking bus/subway to the airport if I had a lot of luggage.

Wuss.

Oh yeah - definitely print off your boarding pass from hom, and if you have to check bags, check in with the outside guys. It's like $2, but $2 not to stand in those long clusterfucky self check-in lines is the bargain of a lifetime.

Home. Print your boarding pass from home.

I did it in Seattle and got my knees groped by a tiny man who only spoke Spanish and REEKED of hard liquor and could barely stand up. When I hit his hand away he proceeded to complain about me to the lady in the other seat (who did not appear to understand Spanish) for about two miles. Give me the MTA any day.

Wuss.

Yeah, I guess! My drum case is really big though.

And I think you're still supposed to put all your liquids in < 4 oz containers and put them in one quart sized plastic bag, BUT when I flew to DE a couple of weeks ago, I totally forgot to pull my quart-sized bag out of my checked luggage and nobody said shit about it. So who knows.

The last couple times I've flown, security has been a crapshoot. Seems like sometimes they're chill about stuff, and sometimes they pull you aside and give you a full-body pat-down.

Sarah and I might drive to NC for xmas. It might suck, but holiday ticket prices are $$$$$$$$.

Plus, not as long a drive as when we drove to Va. a few months ago.

we're only going for a long weekend so hopefully not too much luggage. ok, will look into this bus thing, thanks for the advice!

good tip on the checking in at home. i just did, but it says we don't have assigned seats and when i looked at the seat selector thing, there are no seats left. should i be worried?

response from crazy possibly-stolen-bike-selling person from yesterday (after I asked what make and model the bike is):

HI, how would I know that, Bikes do not come with makes and model information written on them. I sell used bikes, I don't ask the auctions what year the bikes were made in, i just check them out and if they are worthy, I purchase them , that's pretty much the same thing you have to do. Check the bike out and if you find it worthy, you buy it. That's the way it works. thanks.

Colette - Are you flying Southwest? They don't assign seats. Otherwise, I don't know. I've never encountered that before. I would call and find out WTF is going on, were I in your position.

lol ChuckleBot

I want to slap bike dude.

Hi, I think I will go to Hot Doug's now, ok bye.

JEALOUS

OMG HOT DOUG'SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssssssssssssssssssssss.............

Sorry. I'm hungry and I just ate my last two butter rum Lifesavers.

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW?

Enh, I'd only be jealous if I knew he was getting meat sausage.

You're right Dan, the missed opportunity makes me more angry than jealous.

Fuck you guys I'm going to Weiner Circle.

(not really, but do you think you can get a hot dog without being called a motherfucker there during daylight hours?)

Yes - Wiener Circle only turns into Douche Palace after like 10.

The Frankenwurst: One-Half Pound of Pure All-Beef Pleasure with your choice of condiments

^^^might be too much

Blue Cheese Pork Sausage with Morello Cherry Cream Sauce and Dried Apricots

^^^now we're talkin

wait I should go to hot doug's. I am unemployed!

GO, GO FOR ALL OF US

JEALOUS

-- Jordan, Friday, September 28, 2007 12:03 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

you crazy kids and your encased meats.

Bikes do not come with makes and model information written on them

what a moran

Spicy Smoked Alligator Sausage with "Remoulade" Butter and Smoked Gouda Cheese

I had this, it's pretty good.

Mexican Chorizo with Tomatillo Mole and Pepper-Jack Cheese
$6.00

Oh, I would do things to their chorizo.

don't play with your food, just eat it

I think for now I'll just have another cup of half-caff. I went nuts this morning and made half-strength coffee instead of decaf! I was feeling optimistic about caffeine's effects on me. So far, so good, but again I'm not the slightest bit hungry.

my friend who works at whole foods has been bringing the most amazing sausages to bbqs lately no homo ... last time was a chorizo one, and a blue cheese one, and some others i am forgetting

Further emailing with Ross

ME:
Oh cool. A friend just told me that this was you!!!
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/432863113.html

Way to be a shady character!
******************************

ROSS: Hi yes some idiot posted that about me yesterday just because I got tired of emialing him BACK AND FORTH AND ANSWERING ALL KINDS OF RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS. IT'S COOL YOU CAN BY INTO THIS CRAP IF YOU WANT. IT'S YOUR LOSS. I HAVE BEEN DOING BUSINESS HERE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND MY REGULAR CUSTOMERS KEEP COMING BACK EACH YEAR BECAUSE I TREAT THEM FAIR. IT'S A SHAME TO BE SO NAIVE ON YOUR PART

Anyway take care and good luck finding another bike.
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Hey Jesse. it's like I told you before , you are way too hung up on this frame size crap. it all depends on some minor adjustments to the bike that's all

Take care dude, and stop buying into this negative crap you read on craigslist. You do not even realize that you have just insuted one of the more righteous sellers on the list.

By now
****************

Hi Ross

Fuck off

Jesse

I'm not proud of that last part, but I got home from the bar and I spoke from my heart.

haha

And yes, it was I who was into O de la H.

GOOD LUCK FINDING ANOTHER BIKE DUDE, CUZ I AM STEALING THEM **ALLL**

That's just insuting.

Haha. It's not something I should be emialing to a righteous seller.

surprised he spelled "righteous" correctly

i had a student write the word "rong" three times on a quiz

RIGHTEOUS SELLER

xpost Maybe your student reads ILX?

haha Amanda has noize students.

Re Amanda's students, the surefire way to tell is to give them a D and see if they email back "Why u brake haert?"

He decided to write a history paper on Roflmao Tse Tung.

Also that reminds me that my mom's school distributed some kind of pamphlet giving the translations for common IM/text-speak spellings and abbreviations, so that teachers will know what the kids are talking about when they...intercept ingeniously coded msgs from the airwaves...? The only one she could remember was "LOL". Oh moms.

This is the part where I say "you have to know the rules in order to break them"

We're not quite there yet.

wtf
i just got an email from barack obama:

Subject: Hey

I'm just now leaving New York, and you've got me fired up.

SIZZLIN

Crepey.

I'm imagining Barack stopping to touch his nipples as he wrote that.

"hey"?

be slightly more presidential pls

haha
i got that email too

Oh boo no Obama spam for me. But I did get this one:

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Still haven't heard back from Ross yet...

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solo album title

I think it's already an Of Montreal song.

ONE HUNDRED MILLION

Yeah but it's pounds, I want real money or at least euros.

Um... you know the USD/pounds exchange rate these days, right?

WHY YOU BRAKE FUNNY

I just looked it up. One pound is two dollars and four cents.

ok it wasn't that funny

HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

All the journals I work on are going to be published in Englande. One of the EIC's was asking me a bunch of questions about how various things worked so they could transfer them to the people who are taking our jobs. I told him that I would be willing to provide consultation on the matter but I required a 300 Euro/hr. compensation rate.

This got a good reaction from the faggy thread, so here it is for the general (Chicago) population

Last night I hooked up with this guy http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/chi-mxa0926eatcovertexassep26,0,7203650.story
and together we fondled a Lutheran minster's privates.

You hooked up with a slab of brisket?

^i would

"this guy" = the guy who wrote that article?

I FUCKED A PIECE OF BRISKET AND IT FELT GOOOOOOOOOD!!

Jesse, I am so happy you exist.

A minister! Score!

He's related to the mayor.

Wait. The food and wine critic is, not the minister.

me: here i am
why does your head hurt?
what did you do last night?

Jesse: drank
fucked a dude
touched a minister

me: where?

Jesse: his dick
and balls

me: NO you ahole - where did you drink?

You will all be thrilled to know that I have developed a painful and noticeable zit on my face.

And thus the universe achieves balance.

eeew sick gross why do you talk about it new thread plz etc

Oh Jenny....

Yes?

Why do you quote our private, intimate conversations?

lol

me: you are not going to bike to work

Jesse: wht?
yes i am!
i wouldn't i?
i have before
i will again

me: it's too far
you'll never make it
they're all gonna laugh at you

Jesse: you're a dumb, dumb cunt

haha i was just going to quote this too! except for that last part.

hey, in case anyone's considering this, I'm probably going to the Wire Festival @ Empty Bottle tonight and Sunday. I've only been to Danny's once, but I thought it was a cool place. Doesn't sound like people are going anymore though. How bout tomorrow night?

i think we should set up a sing operation with ross the bikedick. perhaps we could get jordan's skiing accountants on him or something?

p.s. jesse, don't believe him, size does matter. but why do i suspect you know that already?

i gots new guitar

I'm still waiting for the bastard to write back.

this afternoon:

sell old guitar to dude for asking price after like 5 minutes of inspection +
2 veggie dogs with everything and sauerkraut but minus tomatos, cream soda at Hot Doug's +
go to chicago music exchange and buy new guitar =
awesome

This is the most expensive guitar I've ever owned, but I think it may have been the cheapest guitar that CME had for sale.

What'd you get?

I took some liberties with the truth...but all in the name of ruining Ross's sanity.

From my friend who is a bike mechanic:

jesse, don't believe him, the size of the bike totally matters! unless you want to rail your crotch when you are not on the seat, get a bike that fits you. and there is NO WAY to "adjust" the height of the bike's frame without maybe welding it.

Congratulations on the guitar!

HEY Let's go buy some candy: http://www.dulcelandia.com/en/

yet another stop on the ro-pa culinary tour!

http://www.dulcelandia.com/images/products/449a52ebbce043b7bcead06a223c3510.jpg

pics of guitar? or link?

Srlsy! Have to been to the one one Clark? Somebody have a Helloween party and I will buy a PIÑATA BRUJA and some grape flavored vampire lollipops.

xp - and some sugar skulls!

Sarah and I think that we're having a Hallowweeen party at Courtney's house.

Or mine. But hers is bigger.

i haven't been there, but candy season is upon us...

http://www.dulcelandia.com/images/products/1741e3c79ebd40719a6d20e5a80770ab.jpg

I want a candy lucha libre mask.

http://www.hosting4beer.com/uploader/files/1/uadog.png

credit to dan

credit to somethingawful morelike

Let's get some candy! Let's get some candy!

Note: I don't even really like candy, particularly. I just want to go to the giant candy store.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1014/1454783922_1e692a912d.jpg?v=1191010045

It's hard to take a pic of a black guitar without it looking smudgy.

Sarah, looks like you're sleeping on the couch.

Also: I keep reading this thread title as "More Bears in More Places".

Prefuse 73
All Tomorrow's Parties 1.0
Shitslime Garbage Can Vs. My MPC

Am listening to ^^

which prefuse? I had a little affair with him for a while there.

Nick, that is an instrument of pure delightful evil.

Nice, Nick.

That's exciting, Nick!!

Nick Nick Nick
Nick Nick Nick
Nick Nick Nick
Nick Nick Nick

otm

Nick Nick Nick-Nick Nuh-Nick Nick Nick

Under Pressure?

Nick nick nick nick nick nick nick nick...

NICKELODEON!

no, nickelodeon!

xpost heh, see?

oops
one too many nicks

xps damnit WINNAR

In the Nick of Time, Nick
Nick nixes
A Nick Niche
Does Nick like the Knicks?

i just bought some swanky looking clothes on credit
maybe i shd go somewhere nicer than dannys tonight

wheres a place to dress nice and listen to good music??

I think we should be asking you that, dude.

sonoteckkkkccck

Then someone can take your photo and put it on the one chicago street fashion blog.

haha!

only if they start paying me to look good so i can pay back CC :(

I would say Green Mill but "L4v4y Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers" looks burlesque-y and possibly corny.

I won't lie though, she fine.

haha she used to have ads in downbeat and i agree about 'corny'
i never heard it tho

Jordan what do you think of sharon jones and the dap tones? and similar groups like nicole willis.

http://www.jazzpolice.com/images/stories/BayArea/LavaySMith-Miss_Thing.jpg

this pic is hella old btw, but yes xp

Leopard-print goes with everything.

Ross emailed me in response to Colette the bike mechanic's info

Hi Jesse, Ok. I'm 6'1 and as long as there is sufficient room to peddle the bike and the seat is the right height. Just about any adult bike works fine for me.. But the majority overrulels on that issue I guess. I was not trying to sell you, just offering a concept that's all.

Take care and good luck finding the right bike.

I like Sharon Jones, although apparently not enough to buy any records? :> Haven't heard Nicole Willis but I'm listening on myspace now.

Jen: you'll get another one in like a minute that is in all caps and calls you names

deej, I know you weren't asking me, but I love love love that Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators record.

jordan: I can ysi later. I think you'd like it.

It's sounding good.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=V3STMf_DWmw

i like it, my only issue is that she's like the j dilla of soul to a lot of collectro types and its kind of annoying

Actually I feel conflicted about these records that do such a good job of sounding like dirty 70s-produced records, it's affected and yet it does sound great.

xpost

also i think the 'badass' posturing the band does in the vid is kind of corny

Holy shit, that drummer is playing right hand-lead w/traditional grip in his right hand, that is the most fucked up thing I've ever seen.

You guys are weird.

How come no one wants to hang out tonight except deej and "maybe" evan?

I am listning to Scentless Apprentice

You guys are weird.

no way, man, we got the soul in us

I mainly meant the people who were just repeating my name over and over again.

SOUL

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1427/1425115679_7694ed2d18.jpg

ha ha ha

see i wish their video was more like that

That is really funny if you're listening to Tourette's while you look at it.

Hi. I went to Hot Doug's and had

(a) Three-chili wild boar sausage
(b) Plain old Chicago red hot

Also, Jesse, w/r/t sizing a bike: you're about my height? You should be looking between 53 and 55 cm. No larger, or otherwise the top tube will be all up in your junk.

Also, general announcement: apparently it is 0.50 Old Styles at the Handlebar from 4pm--6pm.

re: Danny's... I do want to watch the game, but if it was Saturday night I'm sure I'd skip it and go out. Truth is, I've had a helluva week and I feel lumpier than ever.

Also, general announcement: apparently CCM is going to be BANANAS today.

hah i wish i was off work that early
make sure you hit up santullos first and get a $2 slice of pizza from 4-6pm

^way to get some dogs, dog

evan can you email me yr brone number? we need to work together to get the boner jamz happening.

wut is ccm?

i have a phone no. for evan in my cell phone but it might be old? haven';t tried it

chicago critical mass. i guess this is the last big one of the summer, before they unofficially start the splinter, neighborhood based CMs.

xp probably the right one. try it! is it 651 XXX XXXX

so, don't take surface streets home then. Check.

How come no one wants to hang out tonight except deej and "maybe" evan?

-- n/a, Friday, September 28, 2007 3:54 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I said I might be convinced, but no one was very convincing.

How come no one wants to hang out tonight except deej and "maybe" evan?
not that i ever join you guys except for once in the bluest of moons, but i will never join you on a friday night (unless it's v v important a la hubs' movie premiere) because i have to work on sat. mornings. like, every saturday morning at 9 i have to be peppy and up in front of a class of 30+ people encouraging them to speak english.

ah ha! boner jamz.

i have to be peppy and encouraging for 4 hours straight too, so there's no foolin' around.

yeah, if anyone's in the loop today, don't drive or take the bus.

i predict arrests.

Also, Jesse, w/r/t sizing a bike: you're about my height? You should be looking between 53 and 55 cm. No larger, or otherwise the top tube will be all up in your junk.

Also, general announcement: apparently it is 0.50 Old Styles at the Handlebar from 4pm--6pm.

Every day?

Also, I am 5'6". Is that about your height, Mr. Wolf?

FUCK. I'M GOING TO BE DRIVING IN THE FUCKING LOOP TODAY.

I never ever drive, and today I am.

Driving Hubbrd's car to her place.

I'm an inch and change taller. in that case, I'd say stick to 53-54, maybe 52.

None of this 56 57 business, that's just bonkers.

FUCK. I'M GOING TO BE DRIVING IN THE FUCKING LOOP TODAY.

I never ever drive, and today I am.

-- Jesse, Friday, September 28, 2007 9:07 PM (58 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

bring snacks :-/

http://www.greatchicagorealestate.com/photos/52-lc_thumb5.jpg

This is what her house looks like.

whoa

http://www.greatchicagorealestate.com/photos/52-lc_thumb4.jpg

jesus h.

No, wait. I don't have to drive in the Loop. I can go up Halsted to Grand.

I'm having dinner with some Jews tonight and then partying in Milwaukee.

http://www.greatchicagorealestate.com/photos/52-lc_thumb3.jpg

Whose house is that?

I so want to do CCM but working where I do kind of fucks it all up for me time-wise.

srsly, that place is like something you see in a design magazine, the historic Eames home or something.

One of the partner's. |-|ubb@rd

So THAT'S what a law degree is for!

!!!

TELL THEM TO HIRE ME.

Also: thanks for CCM tip. No 135 for this space ranger.

I saw their tax returns. Jenny, you'll be OK in a few years.

Fuck. Why did I go into architecture?

why am i going into (the not-very-lucrative end of) medicine :-/

Fuck. Why did I go into architecture?

To design beautiful houses for rich lawyers?

Touche. If only I was doing residential.

wait Jenny now answer mine.

So we can all be over-educated, crushed by debt, but smugly superior to our richer but less socially conscious colleagues together?

Because you love working with people?

Because chicks dig Doctors without Borders-types?

otm

So you can sew up your own lacerations at parties and look TOTALLY f'n badass?

i will accept all of those.

ps - i am reading Hope in Hell (about DWB/MSF) and it is awesome and now I really want to go here: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/bgcu-md/Gurion.html

OH! Nice! xpost to jenny

GUYS I AM A COPY EDITOR. :/

Jenny - your five year plan:

Jennifer Burgie, PC

Oh yeh, and

Jesse Kare
6-figure Paralegal

that reminds me, i need to bring my suture kit with me when i leave the house, just for badassedness

xp i am unemployed! but trying to be a copy editor

COPY EDITORS WITHOUT BORDERS

I am a secretary.

I am a Peer Review Technical Coordinator BEAT THAT LAME ASS TITLE

I have actually only seen the non-founding partner's tax return. Do you think he earns less?

Wait, I am pretty sure he does, since his hourly rate is about $125 less than the founding partner's.

i bet you had to look that up again xp to dan

I need a fucking title. Jenny, Courtney and I were wereking this out over email.

Jesse, what does PC mean?

Also: last night I went to Planned Parenthood to train to be an escort and there there three people in the group of about 12 who had my last name. Including myself. That's just weird.

I advocated for Douche Bagel Extraordinare.

GUYS I AM A COPY EDITOR. :/

-- jaymc, Friday, September 28, 2007 4:36 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

dude. i am JEALOUS of a copy editor :-////////

I am an assurer of quality.

do you put those little 'inspected by...' numbers in pants pockets

Yes but only girls' jeans.

Evan that program looks awesome and I think you should totally do it.

LOL @ deej

While they are wearing them.

i am a wallet inspector

have you ever read that roald dahl short story about the 'fingersmith'

'you' referring to anyone obv

I remembered my title this time! My first boss called us Web Peer Review Production Controllers, but the newer boss flipped the script.

BIKINI INSPECTORS WITHOUT BORDERS

So you can sew up your own lacerations at parties and look TOTALLY f'n badass?

parties that involve lacerations = do not want

maybe i'm just not core

Evan runs with a tougher crowd than us old people do.

i used to be a small groups development officer/compact co-ordinator but now i'm unemployed.

Wait. Is that grammatically correct? It sounds wrong. The crowd with which Evan runs is tougher than the crowd with which old people like us run.

SMALL GROUPS DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS WI... oh nevermind.

hey guyz IT'S FRIDAY

I'm gonna cut out a few minutes early, get a seat on the train.

I'm gonna go home, eat a hot dog, download a TAL episode for the road, and prepare to defend my secular lifestyle.

That's also not very core. NO SEATS 'TIL BELMONT.

To Kenan. Eating a hot dog and then having dinner with proselytizing Jews is pretty core.

Speaking of which, it looks like a position is opening up here again. My boss asked me to remind her who I knew that had applied before, although she emphasized that applicants with copy-editing experience would be given stronger consideration than those without. (I don't remember what your resumes are like, Nick and deej.) If any of you unemployed types have copy-editing experience, e-mail me and I can give you details.

i do copyediting here at my job. its not like ... rigorous tho. but i'm definitely interested in the uh 'craft,' and ultimately getting into publishing? but my current job is definitely all over the place and not copyediting specific

The hot dog is kosher.

So kosher

Deej, that just means you have to really play up your copy editing experience in your resume.

Jordan, you reminded me of Jesse just now.

Oh yeah, happy sukkous, Jordan!

PC mean...something. Private Counsel? It's what a single-lawyer practice has at the end of the name.

Why he reminded you of me?

Because he just felt up a Lutheran minister.

Oh yeah, happy sukkous, Jordan!

Oh, that's right, I forgot it was an Occasion tonight. Thanks.

Wait. I am wrong.

PC is a professional corporation. It's more or less like a corporation but with special rules concerning who can own it and addressing liability issues a little differently. It's basically a corporation for attorneys or for other professionals who may need similar rules.

An LLP is a limited liablity partnership. It's like a partnership but with a liability shield limiting personal liability. There is also a PLLP which is an LLP for professionals.

So what is a single-attorney's business. I forget.

John, I was going for something more like this:

http://m.assetbar.com/uuaH1fJh4.gif

I get a lot of idiots on the phone. They call and they express idiocy, then I say "no" and then they talk some more and then I say "uh...no" and then they still don't get it and I get so ANGRY and it's worst when I'm hungry and hung over.

You should be more polite, just ask them to please stop expressing idiocy.

They call and say "I was brutalized by a cop, and it hurt, and I am mad, and I wanna sue, and can you help me?"

I say "Is this an employment matter?"

"No. I was I was brutalized by a cop, and it hurt, and I am mad, and I wanna sue, and can you help me?"

"Our area of practice is employment and some divorce and family matters."

"Oh. Well this is not an employment matter. I was brutalized by a cop, and it hurt, and I am mad, and I wanna sue, and can you help me?"

"No, and furthermore I have an insight into the cop's state of mind when he beat you."

Ha, I read that one during my Achewood binge earlier.

Paying rent online is good shit. It was the last thing I was writing checks for, and now I never have to sign a check again!

Ok have a good weekend y'all.

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

dammit, figures. i think i food poisoned myself this morning with a breakfast burrito. and by breakfast burrito i mean a regular burrito that i made for breakfast. anyway, i spent a good 6 hours puking and shitting (at times simultaneously) today, the only relief i got was when i passed out while dry heaving. that 2 hour nap saved me.

now i'm gonna go pay three dollars for a bottle of gatorade at that price gouging moonlight mini mart on division across from leitiza's.

We got to Letizia's at 4:30 and they said no more free coffee, despite it being advertised as running until 5. Apparently it was based on a certain number of coffees, not a time limit.

i used to love going to Letizia's for weekend ice coffee, seriously cute women working there. and then this one really stern, really unfriendly (yet still cute) woman that kind of made me wish i had got coffee another day.

I have lived near the House of Wah Sun on Lincoln and Montrose for the better part of ten years and have never set foot in it. It has been decided that tonight is the night to do so. Am I making a huge mistake? Or, will I be basking in the glory of complicated tropical drinks?

I've found Belmont is the best bus to take westward to the blue line. Addison sucks, too residential and too many stop signs. I haven't tried Fullerton, but Belmont is closer to you anyway.

x80, the irving park express might be your best bet. really whatever bus is closest to you is probably the best bet.

so you have two bests there which you might think would be impossible by definition but there you go.

Best Buy

NOT best buy, never best buy again after the phone buying debacle of 07. but thanks for the transport tips.

now i think i'll have a cocktail white packing.

http://download.yousendit.com/0443A59F413BF73B

Fuck a Critical Mass. No, really. I'm all for people riding bikes instead of driving cars and very much for people protesting, but that was some crazy shit. I pulled off the Edens at the Division exit at 7:02. The exit finally opened back up to let traffic through at 8:05. Over an hour stuck on the fucking exit ramp is some bullshit.

ok, let's go guerilla next month where pedestrians reclaim the streets from the bicycles. we'll run in a giant circle around them like some massive game of duck duck goose.

I mean, I really do agree with what they are trying to get across... really. It just sucks that it got so out of control this year.

We beat Halo 3. Now what do I do?

I was expecting to see/hear Critical Mass fallout on the Blue Line, but... nothin'.

CUBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs

thanx for posting the song jeff, i've been meaning to try and download that since i went to wrigley.

wow this reporter is totally doused in champagne!

what's up with all the helicopters? someone on another website thinks it's something about the cubs, but that seems weird... jenny/jeff/other neighbors i don't know about?

they are definitely showing aerial views of cubs fans on comcast sports net. i dont think they're high enough to be from a helicopter though

i guess we're a house divided now! toby roots for the red sox...

yeah, we've had helicopters for a while tonight. in london they always seemed to be police helicopters, so it didn't cross my mind that it could be the news.

i got stuck for an hour on north ave. as someone who had planned to do the critical mass tonight, it was still pretty crazy. the only people who annoyed me, though, were the ones who came racing down the sidewalk yelling for us to get out of the way. i'm ON THE SIDEWALK I AM NOT USING GAS

I'm just used to noise around here. Helicopters, sirens, screaming in the parking lot of Jewel, it all sounds the same to me now.

(1) i texted nick but he didn't get back to me ;_;
(2) do i go to danny's now y/n

sorry about critical mass, guys :-/

it was really fun, tho, is the thing

I got no text message from you! Did you send it to my home phone no.? I'll text you so you have my cell no.

Probably wouldn't have been able to do anything anyways, we had late FF practice. My new guitar sounds great, way better than my old one.

Haha--So the Critical Mass action against fossil fuel-based transport results in thousands of gallons of petroleum products being used in cars getting 0 mpg as they sit and wait for anti-pedestrian cyclists.

Argh, yes. The inefficiency of a bad system. It's only once a month, though, is the thing.

This has truly, truly been a full and rewarding day. I have a http://images.craigslist.org/01021001030201040120070925c8f25baf4d97415052005df7.jpg which I rode home from the South Loop. I found some really incredible spots along the lakefront where I want to do some nighttime photography.

While meandering through the service road behind the golf course by Belmont harbor I encountered what I thought was a dog. It was in fact one of many http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:uZyuEY8KcZLoFM:http://images.usatoday.com/tech/_photos/2006/08/23/raccoons.jpg that were hanging around by the parking lot. I thought they were really cool and I approached them and was around 6 feet or less from a group of three when a BUNCH more started gathering. Their disposition quickly went from *cuet* to http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/03/01/01_raccoon_lgl.jpg.

I don't know if it was because they were in a pack, but they reacted poorly to my advancing on them and they began to GRRRRROWWWWL and come at me. I screamed and pedaled away.

But I didn't stay away. There were so, so, so many of them (I counted 12 at one point, and some other movement behind them and later in other areas) and they were so awesome that I wanted a picture. I pulled out my phone and crept up on them again. Once again they went into their loping attack and I wound up dropping my fucking phone.

I retreated to a safe distance and waited for them to back off, but you know how raccoons love shiny things, so they gathered around the phone. Probably their plan was to make off with it and wash it or something, so I began to whistle and rear my front wheel into the air and rush them. They backed off a bit and I got my phone just before they came at me again.

BTW- this is exactly what the aggressive little fuckers sound like.

I have rabies now. Someone organize a Fun-Run for me.

This is the face of rabies.

I tried to find a really unflattering picture of you to post under that, but then thought, Wait a second, I don't hate Jesse!

dannys was kind of subpar last night! saturdays are much more consistent

i'm about to go to hot dougs if anyone is in the area

seriously, next month i'm going out with 2x4's and jamming them in the spokes of front wheels. it might be a shitty thing to do but hey, it's only once a month.

toby roots for the red sox...

toby is good people.

i'm going to the farmer's market in wicker park tomorrow, what's in season?

yeah, so the Cubs game last night was... um... dull. The Cubs wiped the floor with 'em. And the Brewers lost, so unless there's a surprise re-emergence of Morganna the kissing bandit, we can all chillax.

Oh no wait... there's the Padres. I got bad news for you, jules... we're still watching baseball today. :)

i'm going to the farmer's market in wicker park tomorrow, what's in season?

Probably anything they are selling there, since it is a farmer's market. This chart is good (pdf). They have been selling MI honey crisp apples at Treasure Island and OMG. Soooooo good, you guys.

i love honey crisp apples.

peppers and melons are on the list, thanks for the chart jenny.

i posted this elsewhere but i love so i'll share it here too:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1309/1458618673_5049bee95d.jpg?v=0

LOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLL

That might have convinced me to stay within the flock when I was a lass.

That might have convinced me to stay within the flock when I was a lass.

seriously, i keep looking at it and thinking "jesus on a dinosaur.... maybe i gave up on catholicism too early."

i just love the presumptive "but he probably did" add on at the end. it fucking slays me for some reason.

'cause you know, he was hip like that. that's the kind of dude jesus was. a badass dinosaur riding motherfucker.

Kenan, you're the biggest fair weather Cubs fan I know.

Congratulations!

Container store today.

i put the books i want to take to myopic in shopping bags but forgot how heavy a two shopping bags full of books are. now i'm not sure i can make it. but i'll probably give it a shot.

mmm... I just ordered sushi. I like the place, and I went a little nuts with the ordering. I like how ordering sushi is complicated enough that you're always pleasantly surprised when the food comes, because it reminds you what you ordered.

my forearms are killing me, i carried my books to myopic and when i got there they told me they're "out of cash" and only doing store credit. which would be fine with me, but my landlady doesn't strike me as such a reader.

Wow, driving sucks.

Kenan, you're the biggest fair weather Cubs fan I know.

oh jeez, like that's hard to do. Apparently around here you need the be named Wrigley to be a *real* Cubs fan. Can't I watch the late season and have fun watching it? Fuck all y'all.

but of course you're right. A friend from college who hasn't seen me in years called me on it last night when I told him I was watching a baseball game... "Dude, I know you. You do not like sports." I explained that it's impossible to avoid anymore, and as far as sports go, baseball is defintely my favorite. Maybe because it's easy to watch with the sound off.

The Brewers have the prettiest uniforms in baseball. Great font, clean design. Love it.

You should get into college basketball. You could watch games in bars with me and Stingy.

3/4 of the 40k+ fans in Wrigley are fair weather.

The rest are just drunk.

In the years when the Cubs suck, that ratio is reversed.

Can't I watch the late season and have fun watching it?

uh, kenan? that's kind of the definition of a fairweather fan.

jeff, i'll be down for some acc action this winter.

Good deal, it will be a raucous good time.

Things bought at the container school:

3 under bed storage containers
2 large space bags
New cart to replace the one I broke hauling lots of beer home
Belt rack
Scarf rack
Over the door shoe holder

If you're going to break a cart, that's the way.

It was harrowing. I wasn't sure what I was going to do if the cart wouldn't roll anymore. I suppose I would have hailed a cab and just put it all in the back. Or dragged it home. I couldn't leave the beer!

container school
haha school

2x to the haha.

Jeff, where the hell were you hauling beer from? Not Jewel I would guess.

To the extent that even a tiny bit a fan of any sport (not a very big extent, that) I am a fair weather fan. Unless there is something going on besides the actual playing (going to playoffs, App. beating Michigan, Saints rallying spirits in New Orleans) I can't be bothered to follow the game.

Although at the Cubs games I've attended I was able to pay attention, understand, and even get excited.

My whole point is that it's completely natural to start paying attention when something starts getting interesting.

You know what is absolutely a brutal physical activity? One you might not expect to be so?

Jumping rope. My trainer has put me through a lot of shit, but nothing can touch the searing pain (the arches of my fucking feet buurrrned), gasping, and eventual nausea of JUMPING ROPE. I was only able to do it for 30 seconds at a time, 4 times, with minute rests, but that. shit. is. hard.

He told me that we were going to be doing some stuff that boxers do to train, and later I told him that it was really effective since I wanted to do nothing more than punch him in the nose.

Mr. Trainer was teh hung over today.

If being a fairweather fan means not liking to watch teams that suck, color me a fairweather fan.

unconditional support means sometimes doing thing you don't want to do.

I was hauling it from Binnys.

So I'm still interested in getting rid of the tall white bookshelf in my dining room. I was going to post a photo, but the USB cable for my camera is packed, and I have no idea where. So, if you've never seen it before, all I can tell you is that it's about 6' tall x 3' wide x 1' deep. Movers are coming by tomorrow between 2 and 3; I'll instruct them to bring it down but not load it into the truck. If you want it, it'll be in the alley behind my building.

Moving sucksssssss.

Yes it does. I keep wanting to move a little closer to downtown, but I decided to put a fraction of the energy (and money) that I would have used for moving into making this a better apartment.

I'm packing up the ol' computer. Don't know when I'll be back online. Maybe not before I go back to work on Tuesday...

I've been playing solitaire for the last 4 hours and haven't won a single game.

I won on the 56th hand I played!

Was that in any way fun??

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/548578/headphone_hack_make_you_own_noise_eliminating_headset/

Chicago: More Threads in More Places

My angry inch, let me show you it.

Lit- My Own Worst Enemy

This is the "car is in the front yard" song we talked about and agreed that was the best song of the eighties, nineties, and beyond!

It was very fun.

Courtney and I are going to ride our bikes down the lakeshore path. Join us if you dare.

My bike doesn't work.

fix it

Eric, if you're listening, I had a dream about you last night. You were at a party at your house, and some people I recognize were there (as well as some people from my past). You were all disgustipated with the way your life was going and saying you wanted a change, so we all came up with the idea to burn down your house. It was a free-standing house with a garage, which we set on fire first. You had dozens of rolling racks of clothes, the kind of racks you see at fashion shows. We decided to save those.

The fire didn't spread to the main part of the house, and you decided to let it burn out and not make it spread, but there was a girl there with a grudge against you. She put a lit turkey fryer on rails and rolled it into your living room where she knew you would mistake it for a pot of soup and pour in liquid which would cause it to boil over and set the main house on fire.

Then a pot dealer rang the bell and we all bought quarter bags.

I'm sorry we set your house on fire, but you have a great wardrobe!

fix it

-- river wolf, Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:02 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I'm a fair weather bike fan, I just can't be bothered when it isn't playing well.

I'm also:

Adverse to manual labor.
Lazy.
Too embarrassed to take it into a shop. It's like taking your baby to the doctor after you have beat it up a little and left it out in the rain.

What's wrong with it? What does it not doing?

I'm embarrased to look at it too. The front tire is flat, I know, and it's rusty to all hell.

Wow, the church down the block from me is rocking some live gospel reggaeton.

i took my bike out yesterday, i tried adjusting the shifter cable but i need to take the cable off and re-install it. oak park cyclery did a shitty job of installing it two years ago after my bike was vandalized at the ridgeland el stop. this is precisely why i rarely rode it last year and had ridden exactly once this year prior to yesterday.

also, i went to the farmer's market today and they didn't have much of a selection. in hindsight i probably should have bought some pears but i didn't. my friend amy bought a squash and some garlic spread thing, then we went shopping on damen for a birthday gift for a friend of hers. i got a lot of good xmas ideas. then i bought two six packs of pabst and now i'm watching football. if today ends with pizza or a blow job it's the best day ever.

I want to jump rope.

I've been doing a lot of push ups lately. We have one of these in our hardware department at work. It's actually neat, even though it looks stupid.

hershel walker never lifted any weights during his college or pro football career. i remember reading in the sporting news or si about his workout regimen that included 500 push ups a day and then something insane like a combined 1,000 sit ups and crunches.

Uh, the most I can do in one set is like 20. Three times a day.

Ha, those things. Their ads are on Fox Soccer Channel all the time.

"rotates -- just like a punch!"

Classic Lions/Bears game today. The only thing that could make it more classic is more field goals.

i'm watching the browns/ravens game on cbs. as i said over on ilnfl, that bears/lions game would probably make me hate football.

Go panthers.

Besides Duke basketball, my last NC sporting allegiance.

unfortunately for me i'll be rooting for a mid-level team in acc hoops (bc). but they're the class of the league in football!

I've been doing push-ups too because I moved farther away from the gym. I just do two sets of 25 and go eat a hot dog.

i am so fucking bad at pushups. i max at like 20, on a good day. pullups ok, pushups no.

Jesse, that sounds exactly like my life at present. If I had had that dream myself, all the elements would have made since. I mean, in the past few days I'm wearing a fall jacket that I found on clearance earlier this year, and I'm very happy with it. And I'm moving and about to start (as John just did) going through my stuff and wondering what's necessary -- I would probably be pretty happy keeping my clothes, books, and CDs. And, who knows, it's a transitional time now but pretty much in a good way all around, setting my home on fire in a controlled burn.

Hey, out of the blue I'll be directing some radio plays onstage in a few weeks, Friday the 19th I think.

made since? made sense

as yet no pizza or bj's but there are little dogs playing about my living room.

I like the headphone hack Jesse posted. I am probably not going back to buying Shure-brand headphone bud tips... the impromptu modified foam earplugs block out more noise, are more comfortable, and feel a bit more sanitary... if they get grungy, throw 'em away. Foam earplugs are like $3 for a box of 20 pair or something.

No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, No Pizza, No BJs

heh

My trainer gave me a great home routine--do pushups and situps every single day - only need to do 1 set, but every day increase by 1 pushup. I started at 17 and I stopped for a while when I got a bad summer cold, but I'm at 36 push-ups right now.

I have not been so diligent with the sit-ups.

These are my favorite headphones I've ever owned--

http://www.skullcandy.com/shop/bmz_cache/8/8d77184c237ebb77839af3ab2f6bbfe2.image.320x320.jpg

http://www.skullcandy.com/shop/smokinbuds-p-10.html

They are comfy, have really good range (I'm always disappointed in Shure headphones' bass) and best of all???? Only $12.99 at Staples.

Push-us are fun! Um... kinda. Anyway, I understand how they could be fun and invigorating. Sit-ups, I can't get myself to do. They're more of a pain. Can't say why.

I think I hate my abs. I don't want to "work" them, I just want to magically be skinny like I was 10 years ago.

I am seriously considering buying this if it stays cheap http://cgi.ebay.com/8-Glade-Plugins-FRESH-Refills-Glistening-SNOW-NEW-HTF_W0QQitemZ160162472628QQihZ006QQcategoryZ20553QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

How much cheaper is that than from the supermarket?

They're hard to find at Target and Jewel. Last Xmas and the one before (when I discovered Glistening Snow) I could only find the candles and the spray.

Glistening snow smells like pine, but softer, with a hint of spice. It's all holiday scents rolled into one non-cloying package.

JEFF

If you're not going to be biking for a while, can I have your helmet?

Didn't you guys have an extra helmet lying around?

Jesse, I have a fine helmet that I'm sure I'm done with for the year. It's blue and shiny and helmet-y.

ok

tell me books to read that are like Eastern Promises (the movie)

as soon as you tell me about these them i will devour all of these books

I emailed you

Not you--you.

i was gonna say, me?

I would NEVER email you!!

i know. that's why i thought it was weird. ;)

have any of you seen this movie yet? i won't say too much, i posted to spoiler thread instead. but WHOA.

I would totally email you, Amanda!

Hey wanna hear about how I'm falling apart? I over-wore my contacts. My right eye is in bad, bad shape. And I have hives on my stomach and shoulder. Unrelated to my eye, I would imagine.

oh no - HIVES! i used to get hives when i got really nervous, when i was a kid. it was always a great feeling to be really nervous AND have a huge itchy red blob on my cheek. ahhhhhhhhhhh. one time i spent an entire vacation in the bathtub because i had full-body hives.

hives.

Please no Eastern Promises spoilers.

i wouldn't dream of it.

The Russian Debutante's Handbook is good and has stuff about Russian mobsters but is probably more comedic in tone than what you are looking for.

elements i'm looking for (and i don't think this is spoiling anything)

1 international intrigue of a criminal nature
2 combination of humanity/brutality
3 plot
4 characters

usually books that have 1 and 3 are lacking 2 and 4, in my experience.

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n1219.jpg

keep going...i'm writing these down

Have you ever read any James Ellroy? He's kind of a love-him-or-hate-him author, and even though I think he's a great writer, a little bit goes a long way (ie all of his books are basically exactly the same). The unfinished "American Underworld" trilogy is probably the best, starts with American Tabloid and continues in The Cold Six Thousand.

Nope. But I'll check it out.

Is he hardboiled? It's difficult to find someone who writes fully satisfying crime novels that also have sufficiently rounded characters. (Richard Price does a good job, I think.) The closest I can think of is narrative nonfiction like The Executioner's Song or Down by the River (Charles Bowden).

Yeah, he's very hardboiled. His characters probably won't be sufficiently rounded enough for you, they do tend to blur together. He's mainly about style, honestly.

I suppose Graham Greene is pretty good at combining international intrigue with actual human characters. I've read maybe 3? 4? of his novels...maybe I should read more.

Brighton Rock is really good though it has no international intrigue.

Oooh, that's probably my favorite. I've even thought of reading it again recently.

I will listen to Kate Bush on Youtube for the next hour or so.

I want to report that we went to Kuma's on Sat. evening and had a meaty, delicious time. I got the Dark Throne burger (chipotle peppers, goat cheese, pico de gallo) and D got the Kumaburger (bacon, cheddar, egg). The fries were a little soggy, but I got the salad instead so I didn't really have to deal with the fries. I am already planning my next trip.

So I don't know how much I actually care about a new Radiohead album, but them managing to keep the fact that they're releasing a new album secret until 10 days before the release date is pretty impressive in this day and age. Plus they are apparently selling the download for whatever price you want to pay.

Welcome to the Nick and Amanda Discussion Hour.

Hey, I tried to change the subject.

For some reason I thought Radiohead wasn't a band anymore, like they were a person and they died.

Graham Greene? I've never seen Gunsmoke.

Lorne Greene
http://www.nndb.com/people/767/000023698/lornegreene1a.jpg

doot dootle doot dootle doot dootle doot bo-nan-ZA

(That was a reference to Donnie Darko, btw, but I think I got it wrong?)

oh. whoops.

Guess what? I wasn't the only one with a raccoon run-in this weekend. L|bby (H*bb*rd) also met one up close and personal. What is really odd is that it was on her patio (remember those pics I posted?) at Grand and Orleans!

She hung out with it and fed it dog food and water.

JEFF-- Jott is the best thing that has ever happened in my life.

I love this: early 2000's R&B singer Maxwell covering "A Woman's Work" by Kate Bush.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxu-i8on15Q

I want more Kate Bush covers. That's the only one I know aside from the Futureheads' "Hounds of Love" cover.

Apparently Patrick Wolf has covered multiple Kate Bush songs, and Placebo covered "Running Up That Hill."

None of those are very good.

Jott looks pretty cool, yo! I'm only recently arriving at a level of awareness of my schedule that I can even remember to REMIND myself of things, much less accomplish them. I'll put Jott on my "for serious consideration" list.

xpost Patrick Wolf can eat my butthole.

Jott is super fucking easy. It took less than 5 minutes to set up, and sending a message (or multiple messages) take no time at all.

I used to have a Brazilian power metal cover of "Wuthering Heights".

I forgot to set my alarm last night so I didn't get into work until a little before 10. I stood in my living room for like 5 minutes debating if I was going to call in sick rather than just go in embarassingly late, but luckily my boss has a class all morning so I made the right choice.

Also, I got a $30 parking ticket for being on the wrong side of the street between 8 - 12 am on a Monday during May - November. :(

Amanda, have you read No Country for Old Men?

Jordan, do you care about a new Radiohead album?

Yes, Jordan, I do.

No, I haven't. Should I?

Yanno, I was really sort of casual about the fact that I threw away the only paper with a copy of my bar examinee number on it and thus have to wait for my results to arrive in the mail. Really casual, that is, until the results went up on the internet and now everybody knows but me and the other handful of idiots who were so dazed after the exam was over that they threw out everything that was even remotely related to the stupid test.

NOW I WANT TO KNOW SO I CAN CELEBRATE WITH MY COMRADES.

I keep looking at the page that lists all the numbers (hxxps://www.ibaby.org/testresults.php) to see if I recognize mine but I don't.

I'm telling ya, Gorky Park is where it's at for that a+b+c+d.

Amanda, yes, it is great and I thought of it when I read your criteria above. It's basically a Southwestern noir novel about hitmen and drug-running on the Texas/Mexico border in the 80s, and for Cormac McCarthy it's super-readable. And the movie is coming out soon.

I CARE ABOUT RADIOHEAD ALBUM!!!!

Jenny, I heard that you passed.

Shut up. You will feel so bad if I failed.

Not as bad as I will feel, though.

:(

I will stock up on all these well-rounded crime books. Thank you!

AMANDA TELL ME THINGS ABOUT RADIOHEAD!

If you buy a physical copy of the album it is like 80 bucks.

I am not Amanda.

I don't know squat about Radiohead!

Tell me more, tell me more.

I bet I'll like the new Radiohead.

Nick reminded me that my sister mailed me 3 books she loved. I want to go home and read Bel Canto all day so I can read those.

I thought that was just for the super-special edition with the vinyl and the bonus cd and artwork and stuff.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/46015-new-radiohead-album-aaaaaaahhh

I can give you some nonsense, though, if that's what you want...

Radiohead brought down the Berlin Wall
Radiohead has an associate's degree in Early Childhood Education
Radiohead is the beer of choice for 48-year-old accountants
Radiohead makes every sandwich taste like a million bucks

Oh, I thought that was Amanda asking "Jordan, do you care about the new Radiohead album." But no, it was Jordan asking himself...

Oh you're right, there are only the download and the super-bonus set planned for release at this point.

So you can pay either 1) $80 to order the set from the UK, or 2) whatever you want for the download. Hmmm, tough choice.

(sarcasm)

I'm going to do the download. I am thinking I'll pay $9.00

I'm an insane bastard and ordered the $80 "discbox". The artwork looks pretty nice, plus the bonus songs sold me. Wouldn't have happened if I didn't get an unexpected bonus at work though.

Where can you order the stuff anyway? On their blog I only found a link the their homepage, which only links back to the blog.

I am going to download it for $0 dollars and if I like it I will probably buy it eventually, assuming there is a normally-priced cd or vinyl release at some point.

From what I've heard, a regular CD release will be in stores sometime in '08.

It's pretty cool they're doing all this without a label too. More established bands should handle their own business without a label.

I have not been excited about Radiohead in quite a few years -- Kid A was released October 3, 2000, which makes it officially seven years since I cared. But I have to love this marketing ploy. Brilliant.

Yeah, now that they don't need the marketing, this is exactly what they should be doing. I wonder if they paid for their studio time out of pocket?

Their last three records are my favorite.

Jordan: http://www.inrainbows.com/Store/Quickindex2.html