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

Is there a place to buy beer off the Thorndale Red Line stop?

Hmmm lemme think...YES.

Yep, there's a liquor store right there, just west of the stop.

Sweet. That's even the direction I'm heading.

Is there any El stop that doesn't have a beer selling convenience store within a block?

Ohare. It's a 10 mile walk to the terminal bar.

20 miles for midway.

i got mugged by that el stop (i lived two blocks away for a while).

in fact, i got mugged steps from the liquor store in question. yay.

Hi, amateurist.

You guys, I'm all about this beach idea.

Also, I do not like selling products. WHAT WAS I THINKING?? Here are some problems:
- I don't like talking to strangers
- I hate being approached by salespeople when I'm in stores, so I'm not inclined to annoy people myself
- They don't think I'm upselling enough

So now what should I do? I want to do something else mother/baby related, but I have to get paid for it. Brainstorm!

Grin and bear the selling for awhile until you build up ~expertise~ and then go freelance and offer your services to ppl as an attachment parenting consultant? Work in a daycare? Start an attachment parenting blog and do all those things people do to "monetize" their blog? Be a mother/baby personal shopper? Look for work in the nonprofit sector like at Mothers Rising or LLL?

You need to renew your connections with rich privileged women from your old job and get them on board as the start of your customer base.

you can be the stealth salesperson
no one will see the pitch coming because it seems like you're not the type to give a pitch unless you really mean it

but yeah what jenny said -- fake it til you make it!!

I'm trying, but I'm worried they might decide I can't cut it before I really get a chance to prove myself. I'm going to try extra hard Monday, see how it goes.

Aww, sorry Sarah. I have extensive experience in various sales-related jobs (retail and restaurants) in which I was called upon to upsell. I generally hate the idea, but I figured out ways to make it my own in fairly successful ways. If you want to talk, let me know and I'll be very happy to help if I can. I can't think of any advice off the top of my head, but if you have questions, I'll be glad to answer.

Hi. Hot out.

They've been showing my apartment all month and I have been sort of self-conscious about the black/white salt/pepper shakers that Jenny gave me. This weekend I stopped using my kitchen and living room and living entirely from my bedroom (too many boxes elsewhere, and it's nice and cool in the bedroom) and I realized this morning that the white penis-shaped salt shaker has been on my bedside table for days. lol

That's funny because:

1) It's a penis on your nightstand.
2) You keep salt next to your bed.

3) You keep a penis filled with salt next to your bed.

a pillar of salt

Not related to topic at hand, but we saw Tree of Life last night.

Have you guys seen Super 8? I thought of Dan's home movies a lot while watching it.

Good luck with the work, KitK.

(La Danchera, that is.)

Haven't seen that one yet because we were afraid of missing ToL in the theater. So glad I saw it in the cushy loud Evanston theater too, btw. (Super8 is up next)

I want to see Thor and xmen. And transformers in a few weeks.

Intense storm!! The air smells and feels so wonderful right now.

I could hear some lovely thunder through Liszt on my headphones.

I can't wait until I live somewhere with weather again!! IIRC, most of our weather comes from the SW, and I have a pretty unobstructed view due west (only one narrow-ish high rise in the way) from the 6th floor, so I'm hoping for a lightening-filled summer.

Do you have roof access at your new place?

Sadly, no.

Katie and I went up to my roof on my bday and watched lightening over Lake MI, which was really spectacular.

That sounds boring. Did you not have any videogames to play?

Hey has anybody read any good mysteries or true crime books lately? I am looking for some light, refreshing genre reading.

Books? Are you serious? Play video games.

Jeff made that comment, so don't get vengefully snippy with me, young man.

I wasn't! I was just channeling him.

LA Noire seems like a good median between video game and trashy crime novel. More video game, I guess, but still.

Jennys books are digital (mostly) so I'm ok with it.

Oh good! I'm glad you're back on 7w\7734Я, N|cʞ!

http://karlwithak.tumblr.com/post/6792260877/tales-from-the-red-line

lolz

And then, every once in awhile, something like that comes along and restores my faith in humanity.

I'm probably going to be the only one here mourning the passing of Q101, but despite it being a lot of crap these days I've always enjoyed their all 90s weekends for a burst of nostalgia.

What is it now?

I think it's like "hard alternative rock" like Linkin Park and whatnot? I don't even know what to call those bands, but you know what I mean. POD, System of a Down, that "been awhile" guy, etc.

"crap"

And what was it before?

No, that's what it was before -- I have no idea what they are changing the format to

Oh, they are changing to all talk radio.

Oh. That's weird.

Wow, that is weird. Really?

I feel like the options there are NPR and crazy right wingnuttery. And sports talk radio. And Jesus radio.

Like I don't have a personal reference for what FM commercial all talk radio will be like.

The crazy guy that used to be the Tribune CEO and got forced out bought Q101, The Loop and a New York station. He is definitely changing Q101 to all-talk and most likely switching The Loops' format as well, but to what is still up in the air (at least according to a report I heard).