Chicago: home of the President of the United fucking States

As long as you didn't make it on the floor, you'll be fine.

I'm doing Ras Dashen, and barring fatigue I'll be at karaoke afterwards.

i just said i would go on daet tomorrow before realizing i have v. little money -- whats a good way of pretending youre financially stable? i think maybe doing a good cleaning of the apartment tomorrow might make me look way organized

im feeling very george costanza-ish rite now

yeah, have her over for dinner, wear a blazer

and nothing else

I can hook you up with free tickets to a play.

for real? what is it

I'll send you the info.

oh em gee we are finally done cleaning our stupid apartment. That was ridonk. Although it really really really needed it. Also, I no longer feel bad about firing the people who had been cleaning for us. What the shit were they doing twice a week??? (And yes, I noticed before now but I was in denial because I didn't want to deal with it on any level.)

Also nice work, Eric! free tickets to a play for your daet is like the answer to everything, deej.

I am really glad that you are the testing grounds for cleaning ladies. I need one, but not like the ones you've had.

My mom had a cleaning lady for a while, and she said she decided to fire her once she realized that the lady had figured out the amount of cleaning that mom would be ok with and never did any more than that.

i don't think i could handle having a cleaning person, you know, class guilt-wise

thats kinda silly -- better that ppl be employed than be unemployed right?

hi guys. i made a really silly song out of wilson pickett and rebirth brass band samples - you can stream it here if you feel like it. it sounds like fatboy slim

Yeah, I don't have class guilt because I've been a cleaning lady and my grandmother was a cleaning lady and my aunt-in-law is a cleaning lady, so I don't really look at it as grunt work, just as a job I need done that I hire somebody to do. Also cleaning houses is a really sweet way to be self employed with very little initial investment, so I'm happy to help people out with that (so I only hire independent business woman, not like Merry Maids or some bullshit) while buying back some free time for myself.

Same here. I used to be a cleaning lady and so did Jenny's relatives.

Sorry I missed karaoke folks. I didn't bounce back entirely from last night.

Hey, here is a thread in which the owner of the Violet Hour posts a bunch of recipes for their cocktails and in so doing, comes across as being a really solidly cool individual:

http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20283&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

"You can take any of these specs and 'batch' them for a pitcher by changing ounces into cups."

This guy is brilliant.

songs i karaoked last night:

"you might think" the cars
"cold as ice" foreigner
"high on you" survivor

i also learned that in "high on you" it's not "battle teacher", it's "that'll teach ya"
whoopsie

"three word songs" by me

That was probably the most entertaining of the karaoke outings I've attended.

Amanda, you need a BATTLE TEACHER tattoo.

hehe
it was pretty fun. oh, and dan you should know that That Guy and i were trying to get a cab at the same time,
and one came and he let me have it. that has to redeem him a little bit. i am still in awe of the virgin mary girl's growling.
it was something to behold. jesse, you would have been impressed because she was borderline diamanda galas.

what rebirth song did you sample, nick???

oh "fire" duh

did you get that from me or do you like own rebirth cds?

I'm sad I missed it! Although I'm not sad I stayed home, if that makes any sense. But "Cold As Ice" is a very excellent karaoke choice, Amanda.

I just made chicken and dumplings. This might represent the worst work to successful outcome ratio in all of cooking history. How the hell does my grandmother get her dumplings so thin???? You must have to be an old lady from southern Delaware to do this right.*

*My mother insists I am not "from" Delaware at all, having not been born in the state. Way to force me out of my homeland, Ma.

One guy last night sang "I Try" and sounded a lot like Macy Gray.

The Virgin Mary somehow charmingly did moves that involved crawling on the floor and showing her undies while also singing "Whole Lotta Rosie" with ferocious intensity, and she gave the best karaoke performance I have ever seen.

Whoa.

Also - C&D actually came out pretty good after all. Dumplings were chewy, but still tasted good and the broth was like damn yeah.

yo eazy i think i got stood up tonite -- no show obv

ooh dis. Sorry deej. Next time you're spinning you need a t-shirt that says UP FOR IT.

lol

I wanted to go to the HC but I was feeling rough. In trying to fix my hangover, I ruined my stomach (biscuits & gravy w/ eggs for breakfast, Chinese for lunch, and a donut for snack).

What song did that girl growl?

Holy crap. My HS graduating class is organizing a reunion. This comes on the heels of last week's 30 Rock.

Anyone I would want to reunite with I have already done so with online, so I see very little point. Except feeling old. And being horrified.

What song did that girl growl?

I'm not often one to describe music in this way, but that's one of the nastiest guitar riffs ever.

Whole Lotta Rosie is an awesome song, no question. It's Bon Scott's entry to the "Songs in Praise of Sex with Fat Women" musical subcategory.

What else? Fat Bottom Girls, obvs.

Derrick Rose isn't practicing Monday after needing 10 stitches to close a gash in his arm. The Bulls said Rose suffered the injury when he rolled over onto a knife he was using to carve an apple while in bed. The injury isn't considered serious. Rose could play Tuesday at home against the Knicks.

that's what they all say

slicing your arm while rolling over onto a knife while carving an apple in bed vs. shooting yourself in the leg in the parking lot at applebees

ok i guess he shot himself in the leg at a club, not at applebees

anyone for pub quiz tomorrow?

yes

Sure.

cool. do we still have the gift card we got for getting 3rd place last time?

we would totally welcome more people to come to pub quiz ... it seems always better to have more people

this is at globe pub?