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

AT&T DSL has been okay, though it was a pain in the ass to set up.

I haven't read Electric Eden yet! We got our copy at the library, but it has always been checked out. I should probably just buy a copy. I also have had not the energy or focus to read anything recently due to work/wedding/life stress, but hopefully that will change soon.

I don't know that song, Jenny, but I recently identified two songs that have been plaguing me during my ongoing stint as a motorist (beep beep!):

1. "I Write Sins" by Panic at the Disco. I can't tell if I like it or despise it, but I have some significant reaction to it.

2. "Sex on Fire" by Kings of Leon. MAN I hate what that guy does with his voice. That overwrought, fuck yeh, I'm so fucking feeling it, voice cracking, ridiculous rock star thing.

Also, I'm once again driving a pick up with a Palin-McCain sticker on it that reads "Read my lipstick!"

drive that truck into the lake, plz

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-citys-first-protected-bike-lane-completed-20110725,0,7977663.story

tribune bike stories are always good for o_O comments

AT&T DSL has been okay, though it was a pain in the ass to set up.

Yeah, same here.

1. "I Write Sins" by Panic at the Disco. I can't tell if I like it or despise it, but I have some significant reaction to it.

This was -- no joke -- one of my favorite songs of 2006.

I once wrote:

As emo ascends into mainstream culture ("emos" are now a cafeteria tribe like skaters and jocks), it's been fascinating to see which aspects of the genre are embraced by the MySpace generation: pretentiously verbose lyrics are apparently still in, but the lo-fi howls and jigsaw time signatures of late '90s Jade Tree bands have been replaced by garish theatricality and a thick rhythmic crunch. Part of what makes Panic! At the Disco stand out even further among this new crop is that on "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" the makeup-caked band weds the startled cries of male sexual angst to the delicate baroque touches of xylophone and pizzicato strings. It's all pretty ridiculous, to be sure, but the commitment is admirable, and I certainly can't deny the awesome rush I feel every time I belt out that serpentine chorus in the car.

lo-fi howls and jigsaw time signatures of late '90s Jade Tree bands

ahhaha on that note I have just been listening to Blacktop Cadence

(No Idea, Jade Tree, not much of a difference)

I was never super-into that stuff, but I heard a fair amount of it from friends in college.

Actually, I was listening to American Football this morning (Polyvinyl, but it's Mike Kinsella).

Just pointing out that Jade Tree is a DE bases label. Thank you and goodnight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDf0CwY89o

this was the jam back in the day

i don't think i have ever heard any of this ever

btw i think i'm at that point of LOST where it has started to suck :-/
kate and sawyer totally remind me of sheryl crow and kid rock

Which season?

We have started Battlestar Galactica. Somewhat intriguing so far, though I could do with fewer battles and fewer stars. Somewhat neutral on the Galactica.

Hahaha yes they do!

Where are you in the action? The suck is kind of creeper suck in that there is at least a half season of wondering if it really sucks as much as you think it does and then WHAM it sucks so much you can barely get odd the couch to go get a snack.

xp OMG! Where are you in BSG???

5 -- have only watched 1 episode of season 5, but it's just...i dunno. i guess i kind of don't care what happens anymore.

Yup. You have arrived at the suck. I think the last ep of Lost I really liked was The Constant.

Creeper suck is the second half of season four, IMO. Do you want us to tell you how it all ends? That will validate your instinct to stop watching now.

BSG: We've only watched the first three episodes (i.e., the miniseries plus one episode).

Cylon, please. The space battles get more interesting when you get more attached to the characters.

Yeah, I figured. It does that help that Starbuck and Apollo and Boomer talk to each other while they're zooming around blowing shit up in space.

Don't tell me yet. Currently hoping everyone blows up or gets sucked into a portal to hell, esp Juliette. She's awful!!

Also when Bear McCreary hits his stride w/ the battle music. I am jealous! I wish I had never seen BSG so I could watch it all over again for the first time.

we're almost at the end of re-watching the entire BSG thing and while there's some funny/redeeming stuff in seasons 4/5 it's REALLY clear that they let the plot get waaaaay out of control - so many loose ends that they scramble to tie up, it gets really clumsy.

at one point it just becomes impossible to keep track of what any of the characters' motivations are, you just have to give up

My god. I stopped reading the BSG thread bc of you and now you have to bring it here, too?

Well you and one or two other people who were incessantly vocal in your distaste for the show.

I watched "The best of both worlds" episodes of ST: TNG yesterday. That's some fine, fine television.

I have lately become hooked on Trailer Park Boys. So awesome, and so much like many people I grew up with.

I lol'd when Jeff said that the only celebrity whose death he would mourn is Patrick Stewart.

I do feel weird watching something so blatantly sci-fi. Like with most of the action taking place on actual spaceships in actual outer space. And people wearing Nehru jackets.

I watched "The best of both worlds" episodes of ST: TNG yesterday. That's some fine, fine television.

Yes! Love those episodes so much.

I have strong memories of watching those episodes as a tween -- or, rather, I have memories of the awful agony that was having to wait all through the summer for the second part of the story. Now netflix makes everything so painless.

We actually just watched them again a few weeks ago. I know what happens and I was still all freaked out when Locutus calls Riker "Number One." Also the one solitary tear… ;_o

Jeff wasn't kidding about Patrick Stewart. He'll probably have to take a day off work.

I am realizing there are only certain type so TNG episodes I like. Anything with Q I skip, for instance. Anything with Picard trying to deal with children is A+, as is anything with Geordie and/or Data trying to pick up chix.

so basically I like humor in my TNG. Or ludicrous pathos.

I skip all episodes that feature Joe Piscopo.

Aw, what do you have against Q? Fucker's hilarious.

I was going to say humor and the Q episodes go hand-in-hand.

You have a point. What can I say, I just hate Q.

lol sorry Jenny - gonna be in Chicago next week, so I've been checking this thread

Its funny because when the show was originally airing I used to really hate Q too, would always turn off his episodes. But at some point I came across a rerun of a few of his episodes and really got into the idea of his character.

Dan, what's your FB friend A1fr3d0's story? I was surprised to to see him comment on my friend Patrick's status after he comment on yours.

lol sorry Jenny - gonna be in Chicago next week, so I've been checking this thread

I figured.

Ooo if the forecast holds true (which is pretty much not going to happen), the weather will be really nice for most of your visit.

Although the way things have gone this summer there will probably be volcanos and monster-filled mist.

Ask me IRL plz.

Either that or friend him and find out yourself!

I asked him about you on Patrick's comments and he possibly said you were soccer pals. hard to tell bc of punctuation and abbreviations.

that is correct

I'm surprised by the scifi turn of events in this thread.