Chicago: home of the President of the United fucking States

OK, anything gonna happen tonight?

If so, I will probably want to join in on it.

aw, you guys are making me wish I wasn't so hungry and tired already. Because I think I need to just grab something protein-heavy to eat and then go to sleep. Or stay awake until it's a reasonable time to go to sleep. Maybe I'll have protein and a coffee of some kind.

i would be up for something mellow like chilling at someone's apt or maybe going to a bar that isn't too far away. i'm kinda tired but would like to socialize

I feel the same way. I don't know what Jeff is up for, but I will investigate and get back to youse.

coolio ... maybe we could try the long room at ashland and irving park? i've heard good things. just an idea though.

I'm up in Rog Park this eve.

My two sneak-around movies of this decade have been an afternoon of United 93 andMission Impossible 3, and Rivers and Tides and Irreversible.

One jackpot day as a kid was 9 to 5 and Cannonball Run.

I would like to go to this long room. Email/text/call me with a time.

8:00 PM

I will probably be there a little later than that, like 8:30. Word.

Hi folks. I want to go to the Long Room. I have confirmed that Jenny will be going. By reading her post.

Sometimes I get a pain beneath my loowest ribs, just to the right of center. I have checked and there are no organs there (just a howling vacuum), so what could it be? I suspect gas.

Gasoline.

we are going to see that french christmas movie, which looks awesome. but I would like t reiterate that the long room is a swell place. they have a wide variety of xmas/winter beers for the season too.

we are at violet hour right now but might be interested in long room later.

Today I feel like: uhhhhhhgggggggggggggarrrrrrgleleeeeeeeeeffffftttttttttbllllllleeeeee

i feel pretty good! i ate a huge piece of pumpkin pie when i got home and i think the fat soaked up all the booze

i had a lot of fun last night

How was the pizza?

we didn't get pizza, papa romeo's wasn't selling slices despite having a sign out front with a slice price and we didn't feel like ordering a whole pizza so we went our separate ways

Jenny and I drank a couple more beers. The female bartender was weird. She had a creepy smile.

Here is the video we talked about last night

1. Where was Dan flying to?

Columbus, Ohio

Hey I'm funemployed now so if anyone wants to hang let me know.

I am in the midst of a pitched internal battle between hunger and nausea.

^^^^ me, yesterday

When you're a doctor, will you be able to hook up your hungover friends to life saving hydration IVs?

I have a strong desire to go to Chili's Restaurant and LOLitorium.

i could do that now, if i had access. i learned how to start lines a few months ago!

I want chicken lettuce wraps with maple-honey ranchapeño sauce.

And a banana bag stuck in my arm.

Where is the fucking snow??

the snow is in my backyard and all over the damn place

We should do a Red Lobster lunch sometime in River North.

Definitely.

Weird. I was craving Chili's a couple hours ago, too.

my mom sends me chilli's gift cards all the time

right now i have two $25 gift cards waiting to be unleashed

ppl think im joking when i say chili's is my fav restaurant but it's true. their burgers are #1

also there is something comforting about being in a big chain restaurant like that sometimes - it makes me feel like im not living my life or something

also chili's bar plays lol indie music so it's fun to be chomping on chips + salsa (bottomless!) faintly hearing arcade fire. in a chili's

chili's is easily one of the better chain family restaurants, i'm pretty sure i have repped for the QUESADILLA EXPLOSION SALAD on ilx at some point

also there is something comforting about being in a big chain restaurant like that sometimes - it makes me feel like im not living my life or something

The last time I lived in southern DE I used to go eat in big generic chain restaurants alone A LOT because I was depressed and wanted to feel like I wasn't living my life.

Sometimes I think I miss Ruby Tuesday's, but really I just miss being drunk at the mall.

we used to go to ruby tuesday's because they had probably the best veggie burger in richmond, va., which is more a statement about the state of vegetarian cuisine in virginia than anything else

I agree that there is something comforting about chain restaurants. Today would be a perfect day to be ensconced in one, eating chicken fingers and drinking cold beer and hot cocoa.

Also? Snow!!!!!

Snow is pretty

i want it to snow more, like a foot or so

This morning I realized that, as the employee at a secondary school, I could be the beneficiary of snow days this year! It has excited me! And driven me to overuse of exclamatory statements. !!!

Was today a snow day? Snow days are wonderful! Also, grow a pair!!

blah blah blah blah

:)

hey, by chance does anyone know of a nonprofit organization or agency or something that helps self-managed condo buildings when they have difficulties/legal issues/questions?

i would be surprised if there were such a thing, but who knows.

file this under "news you can use":

do not agree to be on the condo board. it is thankless, tiresome, and tedious beyond your worst nightmares. they will ask you, and you shall decline if you know what's good for you. i think that's all i am legally allowed to say.

It takes some serious doin' to get a snow day around here, doesn't it?

And Amanda, YES I do know of a nonprofit that does such things, but I forget the name BUT The Good Emily knows the name (and we have a contact there) BUT she is at lunch. So I will tell you in approx. one half hour.

Or at least they are a general tenants' rights organization/housing advocates, but they could at least point you somewhere if they couldn't help you, and they might be able to.