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

allah why are you punishing chicago

Pibull fans: "Give Me Everything" is now #1 (his first).
heeeeeeey

excuse me

But now it's getting hot as predicted and I don't think it ever rained, did it? What a weird ass day.

Of all the ass days, this has definitely been one of the weirdest.

I think the yellow sky day was weirder.

that was nice. I took some photos that day.

while you guys are helping us figure things out: i've seen posters in my neighborhood for an outdoor concert happening this weekend on rockwell, just north of irving park. it's called something like the "ultraviolet circus" or the "electric yard sale" or something like that, and it was all local punk/garage bands. i can't find any information out about it online. the only band i was thought i remembered listed was white mystery, but they don't have it on their website. anyone remember seeing anything about this?

I feel like the current Raymer/Costello/Warwick/Hopper-era Reader music section would be all over that.

Anyway:
http://chicagoist.com/2011/06/20/chicago_mixtape_to_perform_ultra-vi.php

thanks! i looked on the reader but couldn't find it, probably because i thought it was this weekend.

i didn't know where to put this but hey what's up guys

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/04/28/article-0-0BCE553B00000578-840_634x594.jpg

Odelay homage?

Today I am reminded of something Kenan once said: it's cooler and less humid under my balls than it is outside.

Hahaha.

Hi Evie (that's my pet name for you, gbx). When will you be in Chicago again?

I am going to Home Despot today for an appropriate sized air conditioner. This little one is not going to cut it.

I am using the air conditioning today.

prolly not gonna be in chicago for quite a while yet, i think :(

I feel panicky b/c the a/c isn't doing enough and there is no getting around it. This definitely counts as a white people problem.

Courtney made me scared to go to Jamaica b/c she said that there is spotty a/c there. Even her hotel wasn't adequately cooled. I guess that's a manageable fear.

apparently our a/c was leaking water into the apt below. it seemed to be working okay but they worked on it yesterday and now my room doesn't get noticeably hotter than the rest of the apt.

also now that everyone's moved in we have more spices in our cabinet than anyone would need in an entire lifetime.

That's so awesome that you have central air.

it only takes a couple nights of 90º heat to know how awesome it really is

Blargh. Maybe I should get one from Craigslist.

Corey or somebody, can you take a quick look at Craigslist and tell me if images are working for you? It's not displaying any images for me.

seems fine.

Hi.

I haven't turned on my a/c once this year. Just sayin'.

Bye.

uh, what's your deal?

Jesse why not just go to Home Depot? You need AC.

Like, now is not the time to decide you should be frugal or whatever. I applaud the instinct but it's kind of self defeating at this juncture. In fact, it is the kind of reasoning I'd associate with heat stroke.

Bye Kevin.

Just sayin'.

Perhaps you could share some disco lyrics as a follow up.

Jesse why not just go to Home Depot? You need AC.

Or just go to Home Depot and sit there in the super-A/C chill for a few hours and read a book on a stack of lumber.

xpost

no but here's a relevant youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYLAs5JVp0g

And here are some relevant non-disco lyrics:

Here inside my paper cup
Everything is looking up
On one comes in, no one goes out
Nothin' to get hung up about
I'm free and it's so easy to get by
'Cause I don't try

In my paper cup
I have installed a shower stall
Across the hall
Running water and a den
It's looking just like home again
I'm free and I've installed refrigerated air
You'd have to look inside
Before you'd know that I was there
And everybody says I'm quite insane
And someday I'll be going down the drain
I know they're right
But I feel no pain

Here inside my paper cup
Everything is looking up
On one goes out, no one comes in
It's lookin just like home again
I'm free and it's so easy to get
The things I've always wanted
'Cause I don't really want 'em anymore
Living ain't so bad without a rudder
Life is kind a groovy in the gutter
If you know how, and I do
So if you'd like to come along
We'll sing a little paper song
About a lonely paper plate
Who couldn't find a paper mate
I'm free, yes, I'm free
And my life is looking up
From inside my paper cup
And I'm always looking up
From inside my paper cup

Easy that photo is way more awesome than any of the pictures I tried to take of the same clouds. None of mine even made the cut.

I took four cloud photos for one of my day jobs.

Nice. So scary! Katie and I saw those clouds from my window at the new place. A wonderful introduction to the view.

Speaking of which, I am noticing that I can see into quite a few into apartments in the high rises around me. I've always wanted that. I was going to buy C-urtney binoculars at her high floor apartment, but never got around to it. Thinking of getting some for myself here. Creepy? Yes. But you know if you'd totally do it.

Wait, what?

no but here's a relevant youtube:

"Bourgie Bourgie"? A/C = bourgie?

I actually listened to part of that song - god help me - and while A/C is a creature comfort, it's not comparable to being a "jetsetter" or "high society."

Anyway, guess who now has

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTrXj5JuwGPWuk5HrmEiHUD8V11wqWi1fS_MTdGEcYgNAxHpGZCSA&t=1

+

http://www.kwaree.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/lg-air-conditioner.jpg

with 8,000 of these

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Logo_BTU_Cottbus.svg/800px-Logo_BTU_Cottbus.svg.png

?

Also, a house plant, finally.

Yay! Good job.

Thanks.

Retail: that's where I'm a viking.

My walk was marvelous! I just wish it was colder.

― Jeff-Beetle (Jeff), Friday, December 16, 2005 8:31 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Something you don't hear Jeff say anymore.

http://www.moderncat.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Mascotasyestilo1.jpg

Ha! Moderncat.net

No pics of the new place yet, since it's not put together, but here is a pic of the view. Sunsets is pretty sweet - I haven't seen one from home since I moved to Chicago.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5077/5898990791_4137d31a79_b.jpg

This turned out surprisingly crappy.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5155/5899580268_706483af66_b.jpg

There's a topless old lady about a foot from her window, moving stuff around on a table. People really do feel invisible above the ground floor.

She's in the building on the left in the pic above.

If I can't walk around in my skivvies in my OWN HOME then the terrorists have won. Celebrate July 4 with wanton nudity at home.

I did earlier today.

At the old place, my blinds fell down and I climbed up on the window sill naked to put the screws back in. It didn't occur to me until later that someone in the alley might get a view of my parts smooshed against the glass.

Jesse, you should invite old men up and charge them a quarter for a look at the old lady. There's a line, buddy, move it along.