Chicago: They paved a fetid swamp/and put up a parking lot

Or at least someone who looks very much like her. Should have instagramed.

OMG YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER THAT I LOVED HER

If you find yourself sitting next to Christina Hendricks and she offers to make out with you, I wouldn't even be upset if you did.

Because I would.

Holy shit.

Summarize ilx in 1 post ^^

Xp or 3 hahaha

Maybe she says she's Christina Hendricks when she feels like making out with strangers.

Always works for me.

Pretty sure we've talked about it before but the new UofC library is sweeeeet. I love the idea of robots retrieving books from storage below ground.

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2011/05/beneath-this-bubble-a-book-storing-marvel-jahns-ambitious-design-for-new-mansueto-library-will-prove.html

that is absurdly awesome!

Wow.

http://neighborhoods.redeyechicago.com/lakeview/latest-scoop/1696/grilled-cheese-joint-coming-to-lakeview/

Didn't we already go through one grilled cheese restaurant?

I could so go for a grilled cheese sandwich right now....

The problem with grilled-cheese-themed restaurants is that most grilled-cheese sandwiches that go beyond the basic cheese/bread concept aren't really grilled cheeses. They're panini. I'll allow condiments and garnish, like pickles and tomatoes and avocado, but I feel like the cheese has to remain the central player in the equation. Once you start shoveling marinated chicken on there, it ain't a grilled cheese. 44th Ward Dinner Party was basically a hip Corner Bakery.

Bacon might be OK.

Yeh, it seems like making a grilled-cheese-themed place is about being cute and conceptual.

I had a vivid dream last night that I told my boss that I quit b/c I wasn't getting a raise and then I was unemployed. Before I left, I had to fix the copier b/c it was cross-cut shredding all copy and print jobs.

Strangely, IRL at 9:30, the copier guy called my mobile from the office with questions about the stapler attachment. Not super weird, since I knew he was going to come someday, but still.

I went to get a leaky tire fixed on my lunch break. The folks at the 79th St Sears auto center said it would be about an hour. Nearly 3 hours later I'm back at work.

Scenarios like that are what make me glad I don't own a car anymore. They always stressed me out. Not to begrudge any car owners; I'm sorry you have to deal with it.

I did read pretty much all of the Sunday Tribune, an issue of Complex magazine, and an issue of Billboard magazine. Have you guys heard about this Lady Gaga person? She's fucking crazy! Wearing a meat bikini and shit, wooooooooohoo!

Meat bikini really sounds like a euphemism.

http://static.regretsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wedding-card-and-they-lived-happily-ever.jpeg

this is the pic

http://gliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/lady-gaga-meat-dress-vma-awards-01.jpg

kinda nsfw depending on where you work

Actually, "meat bikini" sounds like a dysphemism, not a euphemism.

xp - I know about the meat bikini!

I'm having mixed feelings about this new Half Acre beer:
http://halfacrebeer.com/wp/MeatWave-iPhone_lock.jpg

that label looks like the sarlacc

Ew.

That is my iPad wallpaper.

Meatpad meatpaper

Also, someone please pick me up about 4 bombers of that beer tomorrow. Thanks.

Classic cover for Bobcat Goldthwait comedy LP:

http://www.eggcityradio.com/sharity/bobcat_meatbob.jpg

I'll go anywhere with Half Acre, and it makes sense that they're selling a summer grillin' wine, but still.

Step two of the instructions on my box of tea: "…place one Tazo (R) filterbag in your cup, mug, or gourd."

Gourd. Fuck you, Tazo (R). Fuck you in your gourd.

Step one was "Open the front flap of your yurt and breathe in the dewy morning air".

LOL

Hahaha oh man. When I lived in CO I knew people who lived in a yurt. Also multiple people who lived without running water/electricity. They'd come down out of the mountains every month or so, get wasted on whatever substances were available, get into fights/puke all over Pearl St./pass out in inappropriate places, and then go back up into the mountains to live the good, clean, sanctimonious life.

On the scale of human scourge, that does not even rate, aside from the puke/fight part. I am proctoring an exam right now and enjoying the zing of my bike ride to work.

Ooh, its like their very own Rumspringa.

(xpost)

I am no tea-drinker, but I think that 'gourd' in this sense may be a yerba mate thing.

So, like, they're assuming you're Uruguayan or something.

It's not Yerba mate tea, but that's okay. I love everybody and everything is grand.

Your story about Colorado hill people is funny, I have had a few friends like those. Train-hoppin' hippies, gotta love 'em. Until they end up sleeping on your couch for 6 weeks.

Until they end up sleeping on your couch for 6 weeks 10 months.

experience may differ

"Colorado hill people" is cracking me up.

http://www.grindhousedatabase.com/images/thumb/The_hills_have_eyes_1977.jpg/300px-The_hills_have_eyes_1977.jpg

i'm not going to do it, but i would love to stand outside of excalibur tonight wearing a disguise and a giant placard that reads "the rapture is NOT effective birth control, ladies - PROTECT YOURSELVES"

maybe i could hurl condoms at people too

I don't think there is a lot of overlap between the typical Friday night Excalibur crowd and those that 100% beleive the Rapture will happen tomorrow, but I'm all for your plan in any case.

Hey guys look at my new display name how cool is taht?

could increase google results for this thread
therefore not that cool

I'm coming home people.

jesus christ

could someone delete that please?!

It's google-proofed!

I will put in a mod request if you're serious.

i am serious

pardon my paranoia but i am paranoid and i would appreciate not being mentioned even in jest in this manner
even googleproofed

just please don't do it
simple honest request

done diddly-ding-dang done!

Sorry A - I will respect your caution.