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

I actually like the fit of Express' dress pants, but thats the only thing I've ever found there worth buying.

Je55e and I are both nostalgic for the days when they were Structure and had good stuff.

I am too, actually. I liked Structure a lot.

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I hope that works bc it is great.

I'm nostalgic for when Express was The Limited and we wore their v-neck shaker knit sweaters backwards over white t-shirts.

Also Outback Red and the layered prairie skirt with lace up boots look.

Je55e and I are both nostalgic for the days when they were Structure and had good stuff.

Huh, I had no idea that Structure turned into Express. I guess that explains why a) I never see Structure anymore and b) Express now carries men's stuff. (I wondered whether they always had and I just never noticed or what.)

I still have a shirt that I think is from Structure, which I bought when I was 17 or so.

have to share this with you guys...i told a friend a month or so go that i could cat-sit for her, just let me know. another friend of hers had also said she was available, so i figured we would split up the days.

yesterday she emails me, and she wants me to do the mornings (fri - mon) and the other woman to do nights. but this is the good part - apparently the cat has a sensitive stomach after not eating all night, so i'm supposed to feed the cat five pieces of cat food, wait 10 minutes, feed the cat another five pieces, then wait 30 minutes (!), and then give the cat half a cup of food. this is all theoretically happening before i go to work, and after i've already agreed to cat-sit for another friend too.

sorry cat, but you are fucking getting a bowl of food.

That's nuts.

Also please pre-chew the cat food for the cat, sensitive teeth as well. Masticate nineteen times, pause for forty-five seconds, then masticate eleven more times. Each piece of cat food must be pre-chewed individually.

She better have HBO at her place.

I'm taking care of the most ugly/beautiful French bulldog this week--I'll post a photo.

Structure in its last year or two went full-on young-brah and then changed over to Express. I still have and wear a great Italian-style suit I bought from them back in the mid-90s.

Why can't you just split up whole days?

she wants me to do the mornings (fri - mon) and the other woman to do nights. Haha, you and that other woman.
In grade school I was friends with a lot of girls and I would say "me and this other girl," and my brother would give me shit about the implication that I was also a girl.

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Re Structure: Sears sells some Structure branded stuff. It's not like the old Structure. I kept shopping at Structure during the metbromorphosis, and after they became Express Men b/c it was like the metaphor about throwing a frog in boiling water vs. heating the water up slowly. I was like, Huh, that's weird, I guess I've always liked to dress like a goddamn douchebag, and then I'd buy a shiny barrel-collared shirt with graphics splashed on the sleeves.

That's kind of hilarious. "I hate these clothes, but this is where I shop so…"

Jordan, I mean I'm not trying to second guess this cat's health (except that second guessing is all we humans can do bc cats can't talk, FYI) buy Sample has a sensitive stomach in the morning, too. That's because she is SO FUCKING EXCITED to be eating again that she wolfs down more food than her guts can hold, and subsequently horns it all up again. Then she meowmeowmeowmeows because she's hungry. It would probably be to her benefit if we fed her like that in the morning, but who has time for that bullshit?

or better yet, why not just leave the cat enough food for a day? if it can't stop itself from eating until it vomits, then that's on the cat (personally, i think it's bulimic).

"me and this other girl," and my brother would give me shit about the implication that I was also a girl.

i consciously thought about this before posting, but couldn't come up with a good alternative.

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I think Sample pukes less when she has steady access to food. Then she eats when she wants and avoids the "OMG FOOOOOOOD EAT ALL THE FOOD EAT IT NOW MORE FOOOOOD EAT IT" reaction when we feed her after she's stared obsessively at an empty bowl all day.

I mean, she's a fatty mcfat cat so there is an argument for not letting her eat as much as she wants, but she's also 16-going-on-17 and I am more interested in her being happy than being not fat. Plus she didn't get fat until we switched her to special food for bladder stone avoidance so I'm not going to make her remaining time with me miserable because of that.

metbromorphosis

I would've gone with "metamorphbrosis," but to each his own.

As long as we're picking apart other people's usage.

it's definitely "metabrophosis"

she didn't get fat until we switched her to special food for bladder stone avoidance

my cat is on this too. luckily she has a depression-era approach to food, and always leaves some in the bowl just in case we decide not to feed her anymore (or forget).

Hey, Marc Maron (WTF podcast) is part of the Interview Show at the Hideout tonight.

I noticed that; I'm going to his show at the Mayne Stage tonight at 8 (I assume he'll be going straight from one to the other).

metbromorphosis

I would've gone with "metamorphbrosis," but to each his own.

it's definitely "metabrophosis"

I considered Metamorphbrosis. I should have considered including an "a" in "meta."

I did not consider metabrophosis.

i consciously thought about this before posting, but couldn't come up with a good alternative.

How about: me to do the mornings (fri - mon) and the other PERSON to do nights

I'm saying "me to do mornings! me to do mornings!" in my head now.

Hey, Marc Maron (WTF podcast) is part of the Interview Show at the Hideout tonight.

Me and some coworkers are headed there right after work. Maybe I'll see some of you guys.

Would I find this human funny?

What kind of humans usually amuse you?

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ahaha

As I said on FB, I don't really find Maron amazingly funny himself -- his shtick is basically aggressive/neurotic dude, like "I'm an asshole, but it's because I'm actually insecure!" But I think his interviews are often really great, and he's spent enough time in my ears to have endeared himself to me.

aggressive/neurotic dude, like "I'm an asshole, but it's because I'm actually insecure!"

it's somewhat more charming than that makes it sound

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Yeah, I keep hearing enthuse about his WTF podcast and he has so many great guests, but then people describe his schtick and I'm like, no thanks.

i'm not trying to be a hater on his act -- i've never heard the podcast or him or w/e -- that description just made me want to laugh because it's so ott dnw for me

I can definitely see it not being your thing, A.

I'm cool with neurosis, I just generally prefer it to be more on the nebbishy side. Whereas I feel like you're maybe not really into people self-analyzing themselves in the first place?

Like, Paul Giamatti's persona can eat a huge can of rancid tuna afaic

Listen to the podcast and then decide! It's like a Charlie Rose for comedians, except if Charlie Rose also owed a lot of guests some kind of apology.

Listen to the one with the dude from the Onion!

On the flight to L.A., they showed Win/Win, which sounded like a good indie comedy/drama, but in the first three minutes they underscored so heavily the idea that Paul G. was a loser that I unplugged from the movie and read about the Special Forces dudes who got bin Laden instead.

I'm not sure what I find funny anymore. Parks and rec, that's about it.

maybe -- i'm not all enraged or anything :)
in fact, i am listening to grant hart right now and it's making me feel positively about rock music.

Louis CK said in some interview recently that he didn't really like comedy movies and TV--30 Rock, that kind of thing--but liked dramas that were funny. That's kind of the WTF podcast aesthetic too. I really like that he manages to get these comedians who are "on" most of the time to relax and have a real conversation instead of riffing.

Yeah, I keep hearing enthuse about his WTF podcast and he has so many great guests, but then people describe his schtick and I'm like, no thanks.

If the entire podcast was like its first 5 or 10 minutes, when he rambles about his life, there's no way I'd listen to it. But I think his openness is a huge asset as an interviewer, because it allows people to open up to him. And he always gives people room to tell their own stories and stuff. The virtue of the podcast is really hearing interesting people talk about their lives for an hour.

I almost didn't buy tickets to see the show b/c I was worried that too much of Maron just by himself wouldn't be as rewarding. But we'll see.

well that sounds good
people who can be disarming are rare indeed

it's a truly rare quality! and a nice one, i think.

Like, Paul Giamatti's persona can eat a huge can of rancid tuna afaic

Haha, what are you basing this on? The kinds of characters he plays? I don't really see him on talk shows much.

yes, mostly
dan tells me to leave the room if he comes on tv
i get so annoying about him! i can't STAND him.

i get irrationally angry when i see these celebrities

thank you

Hey, here's the dog I'm sitting:
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I am with you re: Paul Giamatti, Amanda.

I love how Hoos pops in to LOL at our nonsense every now and then. It makes it all worth it.

I like that dog!!!