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He was and is overweight. I had read Richard Simmons' autobiography (part of a months long kick of autobiography reading - I also read vanna white's) and after that I thought that if I wrote him he would feel inspired to reach out to my dad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OjTF3Ut9FI

FYI: Richard Simmons is a really good person to pick if you're playing 20 Questions with someone. Kr was trying to get me to guess him and I could just not figure it out: he's an "entertainer" but he's not an actor or comedian or singer or anything like that.

that's an excellent point john!

I already gave this link to john, but here's my final piece from my sound art class if anyone is interested.

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/willow/soundart/2007/12/kelsey_dilts_mcgregor_final_pr.html

there's a link right before my required summation of the piece.

Oh, I want to hear that when I'm in a place where I can hear that!

Hey, no one-day CTA strike.

Whew.

Ah, I was kind of looking forward to the strike, since we'd either get the day off or I could work from home.

That would be nice, wouldn't it? Like a snow day! I wish public transportation were that essential in Minneapolis.

how was the christmas party, n&s?

nick, did you like margot at the wedding?

we saw "i'm not there". the parts that i didn't like were more than the parts that i did like, which isn't great. if the only parts they'd shown had been cate blanchett and heath ledger as dylan, i probably would have liked it a lot. but i hated the gere part so so so much, that really took away from it. i almost went out to read in the bar at that point. cate blanchett was fucking amazing, i have to say.

and i love that cinema as well.

I posted on Chicagoist for the first time to ask what is up with the store called Be By Baby:

http://chicagoist.com/2007/12/14/babyonboard_rev_18.php

I think it's a mesh of "by by baby" and "be my baby" but i can't be bothered to log in & tell you that there.

all in all, it's not a great name.

although, they did say that the women are into attachment parenting, so maybe "Be by baby" is literally "don't go far! be by baby!"

I had not even thought of that.

Makin' feel dumb over here, D1lts.

And it's baby talk!

Bo bay ban boo bee
By ba bon's bearly bight...

like that.

Dey've got a code in dere nodse.

I wonder if their attachment parenting beliefs extend to fathers.

The name of this store would go over great with the Teletubbies demo.

If I hear one more woman referring to her husband's watching the kids as 'baby sitting'... WOAH BE UNTO THEM!

Yeah, that's gross. It's called "being a parent."

Totally.

I wasn't trying to make you feel dumb, J!!! I was just processing the name myself. I stand by the "it's a dumb name" statement, though.

margot at the wedding was pretty good but i would have liked it more if i hadn't seen squid and the whale. they are very similar in tone, story, characters, etc., pretty much the only big change is that the jeff daniels part is played by a woman (nicole kidman) and it is in a more rural setting. and it just paled in comparison to squid and the whale. but the acting was excellent and there were some good lines and scenes. my favorite part was dialogueless - when kidman is up in the tree and just looking around at the things.

i was literally the only person in the theater under the age of 65. Many patrons seemed more in the mid-70s range. Guess that's to be expected if you go see a movie in evanston at 3:00 on a Thursday.

I know, I just don't know if I would've posted on Chicagoist if I'd made that connection!

i sometimes refer a mom or a dad watching the kid as babysitting.

post a reply!

that part where she was in the tree was really great in the sense that it caused both me and toby to panic a little bit.

i called in sick today b/c i am

do i want GREEN CURRY (thai) or assorted CHINESE stuff?

curry

I just discovered that a book I ordered in OCTOBER was never put into production because some stupid fucks in the Far East never moved the films and no one told me. Now I have to explain why, not only was it MASSIVELY late to begin with, but nothing has even been done SINCE then because I didn't double and triple check on it to make sure everyone else was doing their jobs. Which of course is MY job. I hate my job.

my mom once told me to get egg drop soup when i was home sick (on my birthday). it sounded like a good idea, except i hate egg drop soup.

I am getting tofu green curry and vegetable spring rolls. I'm vegetarian now, did you know that?

Except for the sausage I am currently eating....

That reminds me of a R0b Busc3m1 routine.

I would vote for curry! I'm glad you went for curry.

Bummerz Laurel.

i am a vegetarian when i'm asleep

i like your sound piece, kelsey, it's very sweet. leaf is funny.

BREAKING CAT NEWS

S. Korean scientists create glowing cats

http://chicagoist.com/attachments/Margaret%20Lyons/2007_12_14.icanhazbioluminescence.jpg

yes, M white started a thread about that yesterday, under a title that may have discouraged worktime clicking.

xpost haha
I think M. White started a thread about that, although the title was a bit racy.

oooooooh, that's what the glowing pussy thread was about

i didn't click on that

that picture is pretty awesome though

crepey

Not quite as creepy as cat night eyes by themselves.

yeah, cool only in theory. Glowing cats would be disturbing IRL. "KILL IT! IT IS A THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE!"

no it would be useful. i accidentally kicked lucy going to bed last night, that would not happen if she were glo-in-the-dark