Chicago: Totally hands-free!!!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/223/522104481_1f2c352fea.jpg?v=1180558779

i'm fascinated by this wwII thing on wttw. i just watched some old dude basically have a ptsd episode then exhibit some of the darkest gallows humor ever.

this is probably someone's grandpa.

h'mmm i have never heard of this baroness but i'm intrigued.

again, because i am bored. also, because $LADY appears to be busy tonight.

or i could just write 10 more BJ songs.

yeah, since i've been reading this thread regularly, both jenny and jesse have landed cool jobs. so maybe this thread is magic!

i haven't met evan, but surely there's something the three of us could start up that would make some money using our 'unique skill set'. let's think up ideas that we can get venture capitalist suckers to invest in!

p.s. congrats jenny! do you like shoes? i used to shop at the payless in the thompson center a lot, it's pretty big. which i'm sure was the main criterion for your decision to work there.

congrats jenny! also, basil and mint infused grain alcohol is magic. perhaps a bad kind of magic on a monday night, but magic nonetheless.

Oh that does sound like magic. What did you do with it?

Katie? Katie???

ps THUNDERSTORMS TODAY FUCK YEAH

That Baroness is a pretty good album, but High On Fire's new one is better I think.

I only listened to the Baroness album once through but it seemed really thin-sounding, maybe since they're playing dual leads so often. I need to listen to High on Fire again.

My mother recently had my grandfather's Bronze Star framed, along with his commendation. He got the star for bravery and "operating a radio for two days without relief" during WWII. I asked him what it was like to operate a radio for two days without relief and he said, "Well, I imagine I got pretty hungry."

Colette, I am pretty utilitarian when it comes to shoes, but I like looking at shoes that I would never wear myself. For example, I would like someone whose feet I see on a regular basis to have these:

http://www.boden.co.uk/backupimages/productHome/07AAUT_AR323_PRP.jpg

I do like going into Payless, though. And I recently went into the Dress Barn at the T Center, which is the dumbest name for a women's clothing store ever.

I always want to moooooo when I see a Dress Barn.

PANTY SILO

SOCK TROUGH.

So tired this morning.

haha panty silo

speaking of farm-related things, check out Wikipedia's entry re. poultry farms!!

Poultry farms

Poultry farming is the exploitation of chickens, turkeys, ducks, or any other slave animal, generally for meat or eggs. All animal farms exist under the paradigm of speciesism.

I'm only a couple blocks away from the Thompson Center. Let's do lunch!

Let's all do lunch sometime. I'm 10 min away on the Blue line and I'm downtown a lot.

I did my very first Wikipedia edit.

Is the Thompson Center the weird building where the Clark and Lake stop is?

I don't know about weird. It's got a fugly sculpture in its plaza.

http://www.planet99.com/pix/91_2.jpg

And it's Christmas year-round there!

http://www.aviewoncities.com/img/chicago/kveus3772s.jpg

http://www.richard-seaman.com/USA/Cities/Chicago/Landmarks/JamesRThompsonCenter1.jpg

Wow, is that what that building looks like?

They're cool pics.

I am basically 20 miles from the Thompson Center. I will not be meeting you all for lunch any time soon.

John, are you still thinking about pub trivia tonight?

So I had a nummy leftover egg, bacon and tomato sandwich in my bag when I got home yesterday, and failed to refrigerate it. A little before midnight, I decided it was still probably fine to eat. I was mistaken.

And that's all for this installment of News of the Unrefrigerated.

LOLZ

So I've been mistakenly added to an e-mail thread of some dudes planning a ski trip. I have no idea who they are, but I do have a pretty simple gmail address so I'm sure it's just a random mistake. Funniest one (in a discussion of where to ski and where to stay):

"Pro

Aspen has better pussy

Con

Im married...for now

Regards,

H0w4rd Dv0rkin"

What should I do? I'm leaning towards sending an e-mail to all of them to say "I don't know you people." Or should I try to convince them of the merits of the pussy in Park City, UT?

you know what's really good in Aspen? The ass.

I say you jump in on the conversation and just not sign the emails. Maybe you'll find out who they think you are.

the thing is, he's right.

Apparently the pussy guy is this guy:

www c0nslidatedcredit org

...insofar as that there are actually WOMEN in Aspen. and they're all Australian (goers) or S American (pretty!) or S African (go to hell!)

See how far you can go with this. Join them on the slopes.

and they all do coke

although, for gay ski week, Aspen becomes a brotal sausage fest.

Australian (goers)

:)

I hear this is true.

Your message has been sent

"I'm in! Btw, who are you people??"

hahaha

mmm... ski weekends with a big bag of coke and Aussie lasses who hardly bothered to put clothes on. Those were the good times. The halcyon days, if you will.

You should've convinced them to go during gay week!

Those dudes are dicks if they don't let you come along now.

I just got a fax from a law firm called "G0ldb3rg & Fr@nk3nst3in, LLC"

Wrigley Fields was born Sept. 12 at LaPorte Hospital and into a family of devoted Cubs fans.

Wrigley looks like wrinkly, not that it wasn't already a weird name.

They must've taken a cue from these people...

http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?archiveDate=06-08-02&storyID=12517

Work is boring today. Our internet is being dumb.

I spent forever on the phone with tech support at home and my DSL still isn't working. Stupid.

Ski bros update: one guy e-mailed and asked to be taken out of the e-mail loop (interesting), and another went on planning accommodations like nothing happened. If this is some sort of scam I can't see it.

John, are you still thinking about pub trivia tonight?

Am I lame if I postpone again? All I can think about this week is packing/moving.