Chicago MMXII

It's *electronic*.

I would like to give Settlers of Cataan a go. I'm worried I'm not smart enough for it, tbh.

I was not aware there was an analog Catchphrase.

xp Aw, I made you frown. I just feel like its complexity makes playing it a chore for ppl who aren't super enthusiastic about that kind of game. Since its hard to find players, we don't play it much and we have to relearn it every time, which makes it more complex…

I feel like we need to go play at the f'n Dice Dojo or something to really take full advantage.

Jesse, Settlers is really easy to learn. It probably takes a few games to really develop a strategy but that's part of the fun IMO.

I had to drive to and back from a meeting out in Aurora this moring, they are actually doing an admirable job of keeping up on the roads and sidewalks. Its nasty way out west.

Dice Dojo is awesome!

I feel like the captain of the football team when I walk I'm there.

No, I just got electronic catchphrase. I think there might have been a card game version?

So who brought electronic Catchphrase to our apartment in like 2008?

i think i liked the BSG game more once i became a cylon and was basically a spoiler for everyone else

Jesse, Settlers is really easy to learn. It probably takes a few games to really develop a strategy but that's part of the fun IMO.

i feel the need to insert the "a few minutes to learn...a lifetime to master!" thing here

carcassonne 4 lyfe
(i have only played catan once and it was confusing...because i only played it once)

carcasson is the game i get confused with settlers of cataan

Carcassone is infinitely better.

I think the bsg game would be more fun with 4 or 5 ppl. It would also take 4 hours to play.

call of Cthulhu owns all these games

Actually I own all these games.

Except Call of Cthulhu.

What kind of game is it?

hyper-nerdy board game where you collaborate with co-players to try to figure out deep dark mysteries and avoid going insane or dying in various ways

also it's very hard to actually "win"

and, as the name suggests, it is set within the Lovecraftian world

That sounds really good.

it's fun but it can be really goddamn frustrating to play for 2-3 hours and then BOOM Cthulhu rises and everyone loses their mind with fear and it's over

sounds like my prom night

http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/city/en/depts/mayor/iframe/plow_tracker.html

hey they're letting us out at 4:30 due to weather

biking to/from work was... challenging

oh no
poor tanuki!

people are such roadhog bastards on the roads you take too

xp So I saw.

Where do you work now?

Did anyone else get that plowtracker to load?

Since I had my meeting out in the middle of nowhere this morning I have to drive home tonight. Trying to decide if I should leave soon or wait until the rush of everyone leaving early passes.

I got it to load on my desktop but it took awhile.

Same for me

lech: they weren't too bad, though i did get yelled at by some dude crossing the street. i couldn't understand him and wasn't overly interested to hear exactly what he said tbh.

jenny: halsted/division-ish

i would be up for borad games if it ever comes to pass

I meant where as in what do you do/who is your employer.

ah, sorry — it's a sort-of fundraising call center for orchestras/ballets/theaters

ATTN dan m

yeah, I've seen some pictures on fb from friends in Homer and the surrounding areas, lots of snow

The CTA bus system is absolutely worthless. Standing at the stop for the 97 near my house and nearly empty bus drives right past me. Apparently standing directly under a bus stop sign and waving both arms as the bus passes is code for, "no thanks, I'm good, just standing out here for the hell of it, please go on".

The sample size you're relying on is too small to reach the conclusion that the CTA bus system is worthless. But I totally feel b/c that happened to me once and it gave me the steaming, eye-bleeding rage.

Ha, yeah. I turn into Yosemite Sam and start cursing incoherently and jumping up and down and launching myself into the air by shooting my guns at the ground.

hahahaha
oh jenny that would be hilarious

Oh yeah, I'm not at all serious that the entire system is worthless, but I was trying to let off steam without relying on the many four-letter words I wanted to shout. Just super annoying.

phillip ordered a cab this morning to get to work and it took the company 45 minutes to finally call him... to tell him that there would be a delay

whatcha guys doin this weekend?

i get out at 3 today and have monday off for mlk day
practicing for the advance base show at empty bottle
going to the shower for ben and amy's baby (who is like 2 months old)

book release party for a friend tonight & maybe a stop at quenchers for another friend of a friend's band if we can stay awake
friends from the UP playing a show in the neighborhood saturday night (u guys should all come -- http://redettes.bandcamp.com/album/ed)
lazy lazy sunday
day off monday

Would love a day off on Monday tbh.

Dinner at GTFO tonight and them video games/couch/tv until Tuesday.

-Tonight: Having a drink after work w/a friend of Kr's
-Tomorrow: ?
-Sunday: Hosting Kr's parents for brunch, then going to Blackhawks game at night (our first! -- my mom won tix)

Hopefully finishing up S2 of Damages somewhere in there, too.

Dinner at GTFO tonight

Get the fuck out, you're eating at GT Fish & Oyster?

Affirmative.

Am I a foodie now?