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Where's the apartment? I would be concerned, but I have your average woman's heightened sense of personal safety. I'd probably share my concerns about security with the property and see if s/he won't put in some bars or a security system. I would also make sure the windows are secure - the windows in our apartment don't lock, but we're on the second floor behind a security gate. If we lived on the first floor or it was easy to put a ladder up against our building, I would have kicked up a fuss, or just not taken this apartment.

― Jenny, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

Just put a big NO FEAR sticker in the window and you'll be fine.

― Eazy, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

Get an automatic robot dog bark.

― KitCat, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

Sarah, you forgot to ask where the apartment is.

― Jesse, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

EZ OTM

― dan m, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

yup.

― KitCat, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 15:51 (nineteen years ago)

Ha ha from my schizophrenia book--

The state hospital, which housed patients with serious delusions had a mural that was "meant to soothe the patients." The mural featured a princess who bore similarities to the Virgin Mary, a white unicorn with garlands on his neck, and a multicolored snake wrapped around a tropical tree. The patients were not soothed.

― Jesse, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

I am totally out of my element on the gun control thread. I've never even touched a gun. My only experience with them is hearing about when people get murdered. I have a hard time expanding my perspective when it comes to this issue.

― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

I'm anti-gun but I'm glad I went to a shooting range that one time, just to know what it's like to handle and shoot a real gun. Jesse and Courtney were talking about going sometime, yeah?

― Jordan, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

I think I'd be too scared to even touch a gun.

― KitCat, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

Not that I wouldn't trust myself.

― KitCat, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

I passed a hunter safety course in 6th grade. It was required. We got to shoot skeets.

― Jeff, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

On tap for lunch today:

Mixed greens topped with:
Avocado
Chopped pear
Raspberry vinaigrette

And a 1/2 slice of pita bread.
BRING IT ON!
(in an hour or so...)

― KitCat, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, I keep wanting to go to a firing range. Courtney and I have been talking about it for some time, but it just hasn't happened yet.

I almost became the owner of a gun last week (rifle, not handgun). I was going to take my dad's old rifle here to sell it, but it seemed like too much hassle (I don't know Chicago gun laws very well), and my brother could use it, or could at least could sell it easier than I could.

― Jesse, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

I enjoy shooting. I've mostly shot rifles, but I did use my brother's teeny tiny pocket-sized .22 pistol once. It only holds one shell at a time! It was so tiny that I had to be really careful not to put my forefinger in front of the barrel. Cuz that would tickle.

― Jesse, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

I wish I could find a picture of that pistol. It was cute.

― Jesse, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:13 (nineteen years ago)

2x Jeff.

We actually have quite the arsenal, mostly inherited from my grandad who shot competitively for the Air Force for a lot of years. A lot of target shotguns, but a few weird things because he was quite a 2nd Amendment believer. Nothing assult-rifle-ish, but a couple handguns and one seriously scoped out 30.06. My dad sold most of the stuff becase it was just too much to keep, but I'd say we have ten or so long guns still. Sometime I want to fire the blackpowder rifle because it's just sooo huge and crazy old-timey.

― dan m, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

(note: none of these guns are here in Chicago, they are all at my family's house and have been for years)

― dan m, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.synthstuff.com/mt/archives/shotgun.jpg

Kind of like this.

― Jesse, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

ok, new officemate reads out loud. in a whisper but still, i just gave her a 20 page document to proof for me and SHE'S READING OUT LOUD. wtf lady?

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/358825704_6df32552f6.jpg%3Fv%3D0

― Jordan, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

This is my favorite song today.

― n/a, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

I think I underrated that song when I reviewed it (although the review wasn't actually printed, so it doesn't matter). I still wish it had some kind of melodic underpinning to serve as counterpoint for the chant/beat, which is what elevates "Hollaback Girl" and "Drop It Like It's Hot."

― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

It seems like it will have very short shelf life, which is why I said "today."

― n/a, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

Also the MP3 I downloaded doesn't have the clap-breakdown part. ;_;

― n/a, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

I am out of touch with radio pop/hip-hop. What else is good these days?

― n/a, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

ok, new officemate reads out loud. in a whisper but still, i just gave her a 20 page document to proof for me and SHE'S READING OUT LOUD. wtf lady?

Are you going to take any action?

― Jesse, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

How about you repeat everything she reads aloud?

― KitCat, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

HEADPHONES STAT

xpost Awesome idea!

― dan m, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

I am out of touch with radio pop/hip-hop. What else is good these days?

If you like "My Love" by J. Timberlake, you should try "Ice Box" by Omarion, which has a similar Timbaland production.

I like the new Avril Lavigne song, "Girlfriend," an awful lot, too. It's very spunky.

The last couple of Amerie singles have been pretty good, too. Not that I've ever actually heard them on the radio. But she's really good at that funk-R&B style -- which she started with "1 Thing," I'm guessing -- and I still think she sounds like Michael Jackson sometimes. The songs are "Take Control" and "Gotta Work."

― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, and there's something oddly ingratiating about Mims's "This Is Why I'm Hot." It took some time to grow on me, and I can't quite explain why I like it, but I do.

― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

On the mainstream hip-hop tip, "Throw Some D's" is pretty good although it took me awhile to warm to it. Very similar to what jaymc sez about Mims.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah, that's good, too. I dl'd it a while ago but haven't really listened to it much.

― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

i need a fucking cigarette so badly.

― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

(Hey, Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer yesterday. As did the restaurant critic for L.A. Weekly -- I haven't read him, but he can't be better than City Pages' Dara Moskowitz.)

― Eazy, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

I think it's weird that they give a Pulitzer for music. I'm sure Ornette Coleman deserved it, but they should probably just stick to print.

― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

Bummer: I went to lunch early, only to come back and find that the bosses that be had ordered Thai food for everyone. Damn it.

― dan m, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

Save it for dinner?

― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

I ate already, and I feel sorta scroungey going and loading up a big plate now. Oh well.

― dan m, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

If I go down to the post office right now, will it be totally insane? I want to put an extra stamp on my tax envelopes in case they're over the allotted weight.

― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

I can't quite explain why I like it, but I do.

Because it reminds you of gimmicky hip-pop tunes of ye olde 90s?

― Jordan, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

I dunno, maybe!

― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 18:17 (nineteen years ago)

ILX is making me grumpy today. I think I cling to my myopia too persistently sometimes.

― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

John, maybe you should move to the sticks for a while?

― dan m, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 18:19 (nineteen years ago)

(kidding)

― dan m, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 18:19 (nineteen years ago)

I'm pretty much suicidally depressed today. Having thoughts like, hey, handguns ARE really easy to get!

― kenan, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

Don't worry, I would never take any of you out with me.

― kenan, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

Dude don't make me come punch you in the face.

― dan m, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 18:21 (nineteen years ago)

Why is it the week of people making me want to hit them?

― Laurel, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

John, maybe you should move to the sticks for a while?

Let's trade apartments for a year and see how it works out.

― Jordan, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

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