Chicago: Become Familiar with its Distinctive Neighborhoods

not a huge fan of the clipper but gr80 suggested it and since he's the guest...

I'M GONNA CELEBRATE BY TURNING THE MUSIC UP TO 4!!!!!WOOWOWOWOO

Yep, John.

C, He ended up going to see Margot at the Wedding, so maybe he'll be on his way out as you go in.

what's weird about your arm in that photo?

I was going to ask the same thing.

I guess that the top of it looks fat?

come on now

...

seriously

Ok! Ok! But if I weren't vegetarian, I might just take a bite out of my own upper arm. Oh, wait. I meant, if I were a self-deprecatory zombie...

Have you ever seen a movie where a zombie eats him/her-self?

I guess they don't generally go for the undead.

No but I've seen crazy.

Just now?

I feel like watching a zombie movie.

Have you ever seen a movie where a zombie eats him/her-self?

Not a zombie, no.

I'll ask Maddie if that's ever happened in a zombie movie.

I love seeing Maddie's flickr pix. She has such awesome goth get-ups. I hope that isn't a creepy thing to say (unlike saying I'd eat my own arm).

Sarah, if you ever find yourself in a version of Se7en, eating your own arm will we your ironic torture for the deadly sin of thinking you're a fattay.

She stopped by today to show me her fake hair. It looked pretty good.

Me out. Happy almost Friday! Don't have nightmares on my account!

I'm off to fatten up my arm.

mmm... marbled

i guess it would be weird if sarah's other arm was totally fat-free

Both of Sarah's arms are already fat free, I think is the point.

Gross:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/10/28/sports/28racing.2.190.jpg

i have not actually been to the california clipper. does it have the nfl network? i figure it probably doesn't.

oh for fuck's sake...

stingy, it might.

I actually don't remember TVs at the Clipper at all, though it's probably been at least a year since I've been there.

Looks like a lot of people are going to have a shitty Monday trying to get to work.

Yelp sez no:

my favorite thing about the clipper?.... there is NO TV!!!!! incredible! i find it really depressing when you go into a bar and it's a bunch of people straining their necks at a tv screen. also, as a former bartender also at a tv-less bar, the bartenders at the clipper know how to make good drinks....old timey drinks that require muddling and knowing the difference between bourbon and other whiskey. the staff are also friendly and kind and make strong drinks. me likey.

also, as a former bartender also at a tv-less bar, the bartenders at the clipper know how to make good drinks

This dangling modifier is driving me crazy.

haha me too

I think it's made worse by the fact that it reads as though the bartenders at the Clipper are in fact a single bartender.

ok. i might or might not go. i don't have the channel at my house so i was looking to go watch somewhere. fantasy football implications here.

also, as a former bartender also at a tv-less bar, i can attest that the bartenders at the clipper know how to make good drinks

fixed

not that i am accepting the bars with tvs = worse drinks correlation.

Internet comments are not term papers.

stingy, i would be shocked if mac's didn't have it. they have like 80 tv's in that joint. their sister bar on chicago ave has two big screens and they have nfl network.

So yeh...CTA strike. May be just what the Doctor ordered?

That reminds me, I kind of want to see Doctor Atomic. I haven't been to the Lyric Opera since high school.

They've been playing selections from that all week on WFMT.

Hi Jenny! I'm going home now.

i think i'm going to go make chili now

Hilarious old-fashioned misogyny.

This one is my favorite:
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11_04/palmoliveDM2711_468x478.jpg

Because he's thinking, "Jesus, she fucking stinks."

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11_04/coffeeDM2711_468x416.jpg

wau

WOE BE UNTO YOU

picante steak burritos are soooooooooooo very good to me.

I want to see Doctor Atomic too because Peter Sellars is one of the best stage directors and all-around theater people on the planet. As is Peter Brook, who's bringing a show to Chicago Shakes in a month or two. Both pricey, but both bigtime events in the medium of theater.

Well, my chili is simmering. I'm concerned that it's not spicy/flavorful enough, although I certainly added a ton of cumin/paprika/pepper/hot sauce, and a couple roasted jalapenos. I did add a bit too much beer at one point. I also burned the shit out of my tongue tasting it, so that could be the problem too.