Throw on Your Best Cardigan and Celebrate Fall 2011 with the Gays of ILX

it's really stupid

i feel stupid saying "squagel" but i've worked at enough food chains with fucking stupid names for their products to know that the only person stupider than the person that doesn't say "squagel" is the person that goes out of their way to be to cool to say "squagel"

I only heard about squagles/Cosi through a David Cross bit. Had no idea they were real until I moved here. I like their caprese sandwich, which is especially good when I'm in the Loop, which is kind of a food desert after 7pm.

square was their thing tho huh? why is that

they just like, liked square things

right? like pizza slices, sandwiches. no? i feel everything was squarish

Ugh. I had no idea that Cosi called them "squagels"!

I never find myself at a Cosi. Usually Corner Bakery, though recently I've been in Au Bon Pains a couple of times.

Welcome 1staethyr! I'm a Chicagoan, too.

jesse ur so nice

i feel the world could use a few more ppl like u

Wow, thanks, though I'm not sure what I did that was nice!

i've seen "squonuts" in shops. gave them the side eye

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the significance of the name "Mortville"?

it's the name of the queer shantytown ruled by edith massey in desperate living

PS everyone there's an interesting bit of discussion on the OKC thread about gay stuff re: availability of NSA sex, having sex with friends, etc. if you guys wanna jump in

Just when you thought it was safe - OK CUPID PART 3: The Return of the WOO!

it's the name of the queer shantytown ruled by edith massey in desperate living

!! I LOVE Edith Massey and I can't believe I haven't seen Desperate Living! Gonna correct this problem this week. It's not available streaming or I would be watching it right now on the bus.

Desperate Living is up there with Female Trouble imo. Peak Waters.

I deleted OKC (again)

Still have my dummy profile up. Sound and fury, signifying nothing. Forgot my login.

i keep a google doc of all my logins for everything

SNAP

My logins and passwords are currently horribly undermanaged. I was keeping two very spearated spreadsheets, one on Google Docs with user names and the other hand written with passwords, but that was unwieldy.

I started using KeePass, but then I FORGOT THE MASTER PASSWORD :( and it has absolutely no recovery process, which is as it should be, but still a problem.

Now I use Last Pass, which is awesome, but I have been way too busy to input all the passwords.

The thought of snuggling up on the overstuffed chair with my laptop and a mocha at the adorable coffee shop by my house and spending a couple hours spiffing up my logins is like the dreamiest thing I can imagine right now. Especially if it were snowing outside.

Apparently it is queer film festival season in Montreal? Bunch of interesting looking stuff, including Weekend and a musical by Eytan Fox and We Were Here (doc about early AIDS crisis in SF). Any thoughts by those who have seen the above? Or better queer cinema from recent years?

Image+Nation is the festival in question, btw.

Also, a hearty welcome to our latest compatriot.

The massive construction on my bus route home is giving me more time to catch up with iLX guilt-free. Missed y'all.

I missed you too. How's law school?

i forgot my passwords to EVERYTHING online. h8 our brave new digital world so much

It's chugging along. More practical/activist-y extra-curricular law-related work is keeping me sane (pro bono whatnot, course development, etc. etc.). This semester I'm getting rid of a lot of mandatories, so it's fairly dry but next semester should be fucking awesome.

This is a light week, and I have a functional computer once more, so life is good. Essentially.

We Were Here doesn't reinvent the interviews-and-clips doc, but it's solid, esp for people who weren't in old San Francisco (me included). And some of the stories are harrowing, obviously.

i finally picked up the samuel steward biography. it's good! it's been making me think about desire in a clear-headed way -- very new for me, lol. when it comes to sex, i think i've always confused histrionics with passion. now i'm seeing how clarity can actually uncover passion, if that makes any sense.

also, has anyone ever been to langlitz leathers in portland? i swooned like hell, it's amazing. the whole shop is pretty much there to see. $1500 leather jackets crammed next to each other on dowel racks. the guy behind the counter was really really nice too.

Pardon the interruption: If a young man responds with an enthusiastic "I love to craft!" when faced with a query regarding the art projects and happily shows up at a work Halloween party wearing monkey ears and tail, is it possible that he might belong to your brotherhood?

possible and indeed probable

j/k idk

I don't really think the costume means anything, but "I love to craft!" otoh

new ish of the wire came in the the mail today with "dr3w daniel on queer sound" on the cover, i was like "oh hey!"

he's famous

so listen, there's an underwear party in the hood tonight. i just don't know. i have not been going out for a while and i'm feeling sensi. what do we think about this

i think i could keep my shirt on tho

so it would be more like a shirt and minis

it's like a dance party with DJ's you know it's not a eyes wide shut type thing

well, what fun is that?

sometimes ur very smart

anyone else? gut instincts? reactions? what is everyone out?

and btw virginia honey any guy who says he loves to craft is blowin some smoke in the opposite direction if you know what i'm sayin mokaaay

I am being sick for Halloween. (not by choice)

Although maybe for the better since I put no thought at all into a costume this year. I'm bad at Halloween.

i'm sorry dollface

Haha, it's probably for the best if he is gay because otherwise, oops sexual harassment, but on the other hand, how often does an adorable young man fall into my life? Will report back. (He also dresses well and has really nice shoes, and a good haircut, if that's of any import.)

that's hot

out of my league.

get well, donna. I was going to be Jack in The Shining bcz I have the unshaven slob look right now, but didnt buy an axe. (also, I don't like the film, but I can do a reasonable Nicholson)

He is totally hot. Sigh. He doesn't seem gay, but maybe Midwestern gays are different?

I'm seeing "The Shining" at MOMI tomorrow night, 7 pm, if you need any inspiration. I was Harriet the Spy today at work.

Did you wear a hoodie and Converse sneakers and carry a notebook?

Of course. Also wore glasses, binoculars around neck, utility belt with a flashlight, magnifying glass and pouch attached to it. Forgot the Swiss army knife and tomato sandwiches.

Harriet the Spy changed my life b/c it was from her that I learned of the glorious tomato sandwich.

Oh god, I let summer pass without a farmer's market tomato in a sandwich :(

Guy from country bar called and left a voicemail. He sounded so nervous!