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

You know what is great? Not having to worry about tipping.

"Tipping?" Isn't that a city in China??

LOL!

(Once I get access to 77 on this account, I'm going to kill that "Jesse" faggot.)

/Chicago Transit Authority train operators say "alight" a lot./

I have never in my 10+ years in Chicago heard this.

From the Americanisms thread.

I used to hear it at UIC Halsted Blue Line a lot bc it was the last stop for morning rush hour trains. They say it a lot in winter when they caution passengers to be careful when boarding and alighting the train due to snow or ice.

I think you'll hear it now that it's in your consciousness.

have you guys seen the movie 'in the loop'?

because it's really funny.

difficult-difficult-lemon-difficult

What?

No, I haven't seen it.

What's Jeff talking about?

It's getting REALLY dark here.

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/189225_2252282149111_1309983927_32610909_6707174_n.jpg

have you guys seen the movie 'in the loop'?

I think n/a saw it.

SKILLLINGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!

Mixed sun possible by midday and afternoon. Hazy, still humid. Widely scattered afternoon t-storms.

I just heard the song "This City," by Patrick Stump and Lupe Fiasco, which is supposedly a celebration of Chicago except it's oddly unspecific and therefore could be about anywhere; the only reason I even know it's about Chicago is that it's by Patrick Stump and Lupe Fiasco.

Characters I have recently found intriguing:

295. Black British-accented man in CTA uniform who poked his head in an antique store and inquired about desks.

More cross-posting from the Americanisms thread: Someone just called my work and said, in heavily Indian-accented English, "Yes, I am calling from the Chicago Police Department to see if Andrew _____ is OK?" He had a wrong number and after a while I figured out that he was doing checks on senior citizens in the heat wave. He wouldn't tell me what he meant by "OK," so I asked "Was there a crime?" to which he answered, "Do you have air conditioning? Fans?"

I was quoting In The Loop.

in heavily Indian-accented English, "Yes, I am calling from the Chicago Police Department

This is what reminded me to post about the CTA dude.

I was quoting In The Loop.

Could just as easily have been Jack Donaghy.

True

I guess it's not all that crazy for people with non-American accents to work for the CTA/CPD, just unexpected.

I won't be in town, but this looks fun:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103058216458550¬if_t=event_invite

Meanwhile:

@alpanasingh This is the most drama filled flight. Pilot announced we have 1 shot 2 land @ ORD & he's going for it. Fingers crossed!

!!! Eek.

Yeah In The Loop is hilarious.

let them eat cock

The view of the lightning from the new place is awesome. I've never lived somewhere where you could see a lot of unobstructed sky before. It looks like the lightning is close enough to touch. Which is why I stepped in from the balconette.

Holy shit! We're all dead.

This is the most intense storm I've ever seen.

There were probably worse, but there were always trees or buildings in the way. This is AWESOME, but lizard brain is freaking out.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRCgka;lkrsjg;KAJQf;

waiting for call back from maintenance b/c water is GUSHHHHHING in through the light fixture in my bathroom FUCKKKKKKK

TO REITERATE I SAID FUUUUUUCKKKKKKK

Man this is so fucking bad. I can't do anything about it except keep emptying the buckets and trash can. I'm having a really bad feeling. There is so much water.

Fuck. Sorry. I"m wigging the fuck out. I don't know what to do! There's nothing I can do.

weird that's happening at my place too

;__; It's just not slowing down. It's filled up my big 15 gallon tote several times, plus the trash can. The bathroom is ruined. It got in the cat litter before I knew what was happening and there is horror in there.

Final update: Pablo came and said "They fix Monday." We'll see about that.

The torrent has slowed to a drizzle at least.

If it weren't still pouring, I would go find some beer b/c tonight has been very shitty.

And if it weren't 3 in the morning.

Hi, sorry about your issue.

I increasingly find myself in English pubs in Hong Kong. The problem is most Asian beer is not to my liking.

Thanks colonialism.

The only US microbrew I've consistently found here is Brooklyn beer, specifically their lager. Weird that is one of the few. Also seem Sierra Nevada, but that is less weird.

Our living room ceiling leaked water when our upstairs neighbors hadn't cleaned out the drains on their balcony, but not this time, thankfully. I slept through most of the storm, the only thing waking me up being the crying baby in the floor above me.

I increasingly find myself in English pubs in Hong Kong. The problem is most Asian beer is not to my liking.

Wow, "increasingly." What would the little Jeffery from Swampboro, NC think if you told him that one day you would have preferences or what kind of bars and beers you prefer in Hong Kong?

He'd probably say, "Okay."

Jesse, how's your crisis situation?

I was just reading an article about seven people who died as a result of the heat and our power blinked out and I nearly had a heart attack. I need some Xanax or something to get me through to October. What the fuck.

Huh. The comments on the article about the elderly victims of the heatwave are largely horrible. At least they aren't racist. Yet.

And since Jeff is probably asleep, let me just share with you that he ate stone fish last night and invite you to perform a GIS on that particular animal.

wow jesse that would wreck my whole day

I am pretty sure the storm fried my tv, and I'm without wireless until Tuesday. That pales in comparison to a waterfall in my living room.

If The Heat Doesn't Kill The Elderly, I Will

The crisis is over. It continued to rain last night but the flood stopped completely. Courtney said her kitchen flooded with water and mud and the kitchen door won't open. K@t3 H@rd0n said her basement flooded. The maintenance guy told me they're coming Monday b/c big roof leak is apparently not as extreme as some of the major storm damage and flooding they had at other properties.

My day is OK though. It was just a really horrible thing to deal with at ass o'clock. I was watching movies and lightning and I was sleepy and almost ready to go to bed. I'm glad I didn't go out for a beer b/c I feel muddleheaded and jittery from just lack of sleep.

Katie, it was my bathroom, not living room. Jesus, if it had been the living room....

I had a pretty uncharacteristic meltdown over the whole mess. I can be really expressive and dramatic, but usually in times of crisis, I am calm inside and capable of managing the problem (cf. times when friends have lost their minds on drugs and I tap into some reserve of sobriety and straighten things out). Last night was a different story. There was a little punching walls and throwing shit this time.