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

I have met Max. He is tops.

I have no recollection of ere reading this persons posts.

Of ever

wait that's bullshit, all ilxors are dicks

But really, most of the time I don't notice who is posting. I just read the content.

i think z_s, abbott, and max are all in their mid-20s?

What happened to Abbott??? She was my anosmia buddy :(

Also, I can't go out tonight :(

she quit ilx a month or two ago

I still exist on ILX. But barely. I do miss you guys.

i think my new ilx mission is just to continuously troll the irrationally angry thread.

that thread is o_O

i think my new ilx mission is just to continuously troll the irrationally angry thread.

― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:26 PM (21 minutes ago)

I approve of this mission.

i don't really mind the thread, it just seems like the place to get the best responses to my trolling

I had a little problem on that thread earlier today. I am not super proud of my grumpiness.

Nick, I think that's a good idea.

J0rdan and I are at Piece in Wicker Park (1927 West North Avenue) if anyone wants to join

Wait does Jordan live in Chicago? I thought he lived in LA or something.

He lives in Miami. Piece is great, enjoy!

I was going to run tonight, but now I didn't, but it's too late to go to any meetups. Will sit at home and drink if anyone wants to come and look at me do that through my window.

He used to live in Miami.

Wait, so he lives here now?

ZS, were you just here tonight, and what brought you to Chicago?

xp - yes (haha 39 minute xpost)

https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/Are_Ohh_Bee/status/118936595272433664

Chicago, I may have to cancel my trip to your wondrousness.

Aw, too bad!

yeah that's disappointing. we'll still be here when/if you decide to come, though :)

:(
Bummer!

I'm bummed, but had to spend $750 unexpectedly this past weekend and have $1K+ in inevitable vehicle repair coming in the next few months. These will likely have to come out of the funtime budget.

horror movie friends: i watched a good '80s horror movie called "dead and buried" on netflix streaming last night. kinda cheesy and 80s but fun. robert englund has a small part. only thing that was distracting is that the hero looks a lot like a fred armisen SNL character:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_s_30zQFJp4g/TR3x0ZPBK2I/AAAAAAAApDc/4z6Yo4u5fxM/s1600/DeadAndBuried%2B%252839%2529.jpg

(That Twitter link above doesn't work. It was a guy saying something about Twitter always trying to get him to follow Pitbull, but funnier than I've just described it.)

Megabus it, WmC!

x post

Megabus from AL to IL? GTFO

99th circle of hell

I like WmC too much to suggest a bus trip of that magnitude. Why do you hate WmC, EZ?

Holy shit, those Megabus fares are cheap! I didn't realize Greyhound wasn't the only game in town.

xpost it would have to be Memphis to Chicago. Hmmm, y'alls responses make me think that wouldn't be a good idea.

9 hours from Memphis to here, mo-fo (I think). And outlets above the seats, so you can ILX the whole time. And if you get a double-decker one, you'll likely have an empty seat next to you.

**paid advertisement**

Megabus fares can be really hit or miss though, particularly on weekends. My brother-in-law took it from Detroit to come visit us and it was almost $40 each way and completely packed with no empty seats.

I used to drive to Minneapolis four or five times a year. Now, I tend to Megabus it, read and ILX and listen to stuff instead of driving those seven hours, for usually about $20-$40 each way.

**unpaid endorsement; friends who have bitched about their bus experience are also the ones who tried taking it in a blizzard**

I'm a big Megabus defender just out of admiration--that they took something that has one of the worst stigmas in the U.S., long-distance bus travel, and they brought some European-budget-travel quality to it. They thought: how can we make this thing better? And they compete by price and also with some of those amenities, so much so that Greyhound has had to catch up and offer sleeker busses with express service and low prices, too. Funny: you can get an express ticket to Minneapolis online for $29 on Greyhound Express, but it's still the same $75 or so in person. Different audiences.

I mean, no one in the budget-bus-travel biz is going to bat a thousand.

I guess it boils down to your tolerance for being on a bus for nine hours (be real - it's going to be more like 12).

I have an irrational fear of roadway accidents. Would prefer to deal with the hassle and expense of planes. Or Amtrak if the distance is right.

does anyone want to get together and hang out and drink on friday or saturday?

Kr and I are going to some Gapers Block party on Friday, but I'd be up for hanging out on Sat.

I think I may go to the Gaper's Block thing, too. It looks fun. I haven't seen some of those people in a while.

i've been on the megabus enough to accept it for short (< 8 hr) distances but reject it for anything longer. fewer degenerates than greyhound, for sure, but an 8 hour bus trip is still an 8 hour bus trip.

Website says MEM - CHI is 9 to 10 hrs, which is at least as fast as Amtrak, for 1/10th the price. Plus I have my choice of day or night travel; train is overnight only, both ways. Will definitely consider it for whenever I'm able to come up.

We have kind of a busy weekend but I am not ruling out socializing on Saturday.

i don't really know what i'm doing this weekend, kinda depends on lots of things. also, i just dropped a stapler on my foot and i may be crippled.

'rents are in town this weekend for my mom's birthday, dunno if you guys want to hang out w/ them

I might be interested. I'm going to sleep over at Courtney's house on Friday night.

Weird