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Someone explain to me the following DC thread memes:

1. blood diamonds
2. 8080
3. beartrap

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:37 (nineteen years ago)

I just heard on the radio that the Coalition of Imokalee Workers got their way and McDonalds is paying them $.01/LB more for the tomatoes they are picking. This significantly increases their wages. Last year they pressured Taco Bell into doing the same thing.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:38 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.ilxor.com:8080/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=40&threadid=52982

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:38 (nineteen years ago)

beartrap is xpost, i think it's pretty stupid

blood diamonds means awesome, or see thread above

― Mr. Que, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:39 (nineteen years ago)

I have been gone since 11:30, and I am not going to read the skipped messages but I do fundamentally agree with Kenan about the use of the shower scene in Carrie to create a disarming contrast with the pad-pelting that follows, if that's what this means: And I suspect it's because Jenny and I agree fundamentally that the hotness is being used to disarm you so the next scene is even more horrifyingly cruel.

Also I passed the multi-state professional responsibility exam. I needed 80 and I got 127. So I'm 50% more ethical than I need to be to practice law in IL.

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I just revived that thread, never mind.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

I'm on an all-hot dog diet again. Last night I had a polish from RKSC for dinner and I'm planning on it again tonight, but also couldn't resist the hot dog + Brazilian salsa here at lunch. Apparently Brazilian salsa involves peas and corn. It is blood diamonds.

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

This is cracking me up - "Invite [email protected] to Gmail"

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

uhm, blood diamonds has slipped into my real life conversation at an alarming level. me and laurel were using it pretty freely in new york so now my best friends think i got it from her. oh! but when i rooted through my pockets looking for money and pulled out a $20 on friday i did get a "blood diamonds".

― chicago kevin, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

So I'm 50% more ethical than I need to be to practice law in IL.

Low standards, huh?

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

So it would seem.

― Jenny, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

Hahah, Bonnie started saying it too, Kevin! We are creeping up on the real world.

― Laurel, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

we are awesome.

blood diamonds.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

I'm just kidding Jenny, you're ethical as shit.

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

wednesday night bill did ask me, "ok, what the fuck about the blood diamonds? you, my wife, what did i miss?"

― chicago kevin, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

if that's what this means

that's what it means, jenny.

Also see: teenagers sneak out into woods to do it, girl pops her top and WHOA NELLY WHAT KNOCKERS, and then the slasher appears. Playing sex/guilt directly with the audience. One of the great things about Carrie is that it takes such formulas and makes them very psychological and relatable, and therefore all the more skin-crawly.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

Jenny is pants-shittingly ethical.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

i still don't understand "blood diamonds" aside from the fact that it's what the cool kids are saying now.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

it's all pretty stupid, but whatever, i'll act like i can play along.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

Kevin, tell him he missed the special touch.

― Laurel, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

wtf is going on in Chicago at the end of the month such that there are apparently no hotel rooms available? HELLO DERE CAN I SLEEP ON YOUR COUCH Y/N

― quincie, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:51 (nineteen years ago)

is it snowing where you guys are? I went out a minute ago, and it was more than flurries.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:51 (nineteen years ago)

you can sleep on my couch, sure.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:51 (nineteen years ago)

It always seems like there are conventions in town that book up all the rooms just in case, and then everything opens up right before the weekend.

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

There are huge conventions starting. There's a registered nurses convention coming soon that is HUGE.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

Huge. Huge conventions. Really, they're huge.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:54 (nineteen years ago)

Kenan, can I cum over to your house tonight? I have a car.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:54 (nineteen years ago)

Can I stop you?

No, just kidding. Of course you can come over. Though it would be easier to walk, I keep telling you.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:56 (nineteen years ago)

I have a lot of your shit. I would have to put it in a cart. Tell me again how to get there.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

oh right, yeah... I'll email you, so's all of ILX doesn't have directions to my place. Because then they'd be clawing at my door day and night.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

or i'll call you when i get home. that's easier.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

What time? I'm going to sleep on your couch when I get there.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

I'll be at your window, baying and tearing at the turf.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

i'll be home before six, i guess.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

I have secured a hotel room; chicago couches are safe. However, I plan to secure delicious food and copious drinks during my short stay, so please to advise. I am staying at 521 North Rush Street--is that near anything cool?

― quincie, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

Hmmmm. It might be, but Rush Street is kind of Douchebag District, so I don't really ever go around there.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

commerce

― Jeff, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

It's the Viagra Triangle. Enjoy.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:14 (nineteen years ago)

Ugh. Well, I'm happy to travel for food. Favorite downtown restaurants, anyone?

― quincie, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, that reminds me-- someone asked about that French Vietnamese place -- what's it called!?!? --and I have been there once with my mom for her b-day. It's DELISH and well-appointed. It's right there in that area.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:17 (nineteen years ago)

Le Colonial

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, that's it. I had a very nice meal there with my mum.

― La Lechera, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:19 (nineteen years ago)

Hannah's Bretzel

― Jeff, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

2nd Hannah's Bretzels.

I hear that Ra (sushi) is good. It's right around there. Also Tsunami sushi. Go to Devon St. for Injun food. Bin 36 for wine and cheese (that was my dinner last night--6 different cheeses, yum! And the bartender said, "No tab. Happy Easter.")

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

Argyle for weird Vietnamese and Chinese.

I can't recommend a bar, really, since I like most bars.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

I recommend a shower beer at your hotel. And a shower Diet Coke too.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:31 (nineteen years ago)

Good restaurants north of the Loop, south of Gold Coast:

Emilio's Sol y Nieve, 215 E. Ohio (best tapas I've ever had)

Heaven on Seven on Rush, 600 N. Michigan (the Clark St. location was so-so, but I still have fond memories of a po'boy at this downtown spot 7 years ago)

Indian Garden, 247 E. Ontario (pricier than Devon St., but excellent)

Nacional 27, 325 W. Huron (delicious pan-Latin American)

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:31 (nineteen years ago)

Hema's Kitchen for Injun. Clark and Fullteron-ish.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:35 (nineteen years ago)

I was underwhelmed by that Heaven on Seven.

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:36 (nineteen years ago)

It's a crap-on-the-walls wanna-be NO restaurant. Kind of touristy, kind of gimmicky. But I had OK food there.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 22:37 (nineteen years ago)

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