Chicago: Totally hands-free!!!

Irish hard shoes are great, I'm so jealous. They have flattened toes so you can balance on them for a second and they make big sounds.

Oh yeah, my teacher has those and she makes wonderful sounds. They're sort of like ballet shoes + taps + jazz shoes all together. It's fun wearing my little tap shoes, though. Makin' noise.

i mean pointe ballet shoes, not regular ones.

Of particular interest to science/Greek nerds:

I'm reading about this physicist, Ralph Alpher, who just died. Apparently, he was the first person to theorize the big-bang but he was never recognized for his work because the paper he wrote had two co-authors much more famous than he, and people assumed that they did all the work. One was his advisor, George Gamow, but the other was a friend of Gamow's named Hans Bethe who had nothing to do with the paper but whose name was attached for the sake of a joke: Alpher, Bethe, and Gamow.

tee hee

The photo in the NYT obit makes him look like he still might have been mad about that joke 50 years later.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1206/1407134625_72312e6a5a_b.jpg

I don't get it.

mmmmm pollution

(Jrdn: Alpha Beta Gamma)

I went to read the obit & got wrapped up in the story about female genital mutilation. ugh.

oh rite

I don't know if the obit is still online. It's from last month.

it's okay. reading about the 13 year old who died as a result of genital mutilation is enough for me for now.

Hey Jordan, I have some Jew News for ya:
I made matzo ball soup this week!

Ooh, I love that stuff. Mostly the ballz. How did it come out?

fantastic! it was from a box, i am no pro.

OTM re: the ballz.

box o'ballz

evan - come play tennis with us now ok bye

mmmmm pollution

the shadows fall away from the lake so that's sunrise, i'm guessing that's early morning fog from the lake rather than pollution.

I read those posts too quickly:

reading about the 13 year old who died as a result of genital mutilation is enough for me for now.

Ooh, I love that stuff. Mostly the ballz.

Addressing various posts throughout today:

My birthday, I am planning nothing for it, nor do I really want to. I take the La Lechera stance on my own birthday.

Kenan, that Derek Baily is one of my favorite study/reading albums.

Jesse, I should sell you my bike. I have major bike guilt for neglecting it for so long.

Really great fucking album that I'm listening to right now that I haven't heard in a long time: RJD2 - Deadringer.

Ah yes, Dr. Kevin, but wouldn't the wind be blowing from the west, moving the fog back out over the lake? HMMMMM?

Truth be told, when driving to and from work I've seen more fog than smog, especially in the morning.

I will buy your bike.

I am tired.

Did you hear about the drive-by shooting in front of T's? Apparently it was a few days ago--someone in a moving car shot at a parked car, and someone in the parked car returned fire.

Roving Scandanavian lesbian gangs??

OK, so I've turned into this big Regina Spektor fan in the course of the past hour.

Are you drunk?

You laugh until you cry/
You cry until you laugh

This is how it works/
You peer inside yourself/
You take the things you like/
And try to love the things you took

Dude, there is nothing to recommend this woman except that she's hot.

You're drunk and I'm bitter. This will never work.

How about this?

not my thing, brah. Sub-Feist.

Sur-Feist in my book!

It did, though, remind me of this video, which is superior by orders of magnitude.

You know I love ya, Eric.

Naw, I understand. I got a soft spot for the quirky Lillith Fair.

If only we were in the same hood, we could get in some Golden Tee before bed.

I know! I'm so far away, though. And should have gone to sleep two hours ago.

That video, though... man, that was the golden age of music videos. Nobody bothers anymore. No need. :(

I like "Fidelity." I think I gave it a 7/10.

Shitty videos with the same scheme.

Here's a great one, though, also from the golden age.

I'm going to go to bed finally (not having Kr around brings out my worst habits) and listen to the new M83 ambient album.

uh... hey Rod, there's a minimum bail for what you're doing there if you get caught. Just telling you, as a bro.

*mumble mumble creepy motherfuck*

night, john.

I ahd forgotten just how RONG the 80's were until I watched some Rod Stewart videos again! Jesus god!

What thread on ILM was it where I was defending "Tonight's The Night"? I mean, that's old school, but this tells more of the Rod story than I remembered. I take it all back. What an asshole, srsly.

In "Infatuation", I love how he really shakes and all each time building up to "Oh no! Not again!"

And at one point he points to the blown-up photo behind him, like "It's her! I'm infatuated with her!"

Right, like it's a childhood crush instead of an elaborate project of spying and photo snapping. "Infatuation" my foot. *shudder*

speaking of my foot, though... I love my bright red Pumas. I like to wear them with colors like black and white and grey so they stand out. Does this make me as ridiculous as Rod in the "Some Guys" video? Because I don't want to give off that vibe, and if I have been, I would like to apologize to everyone who has ever seen me.

Oops, that first video of the two shitty ones was supposed to be Cheap Trick's "Don't Be Cruel", not Melissa McClelland, whom I like but would not impose on anyone here.

Keep the red Pumas. Embrace your inner Rod.

xpost haha.. no need to repost, I know it as well as the tom petty one!