Chicago MMXII

check spotify before you spend too much -- lotsa stuff there, esp classical composers

Oh yeah, that'll be my first stop. I was wishing I could've accessed it while I was on my flight to listen as I read. Really great stuff so far, but I've only just now gotten to the introduction of Lomax to the story.

Hey dudes, what's up?

I had a dream about Mayor Rahm last night. We were at a party and he got too drunk and I was trying to help him call his goons to pick him up, and he wanted to go in the kitchen and eat so I took him there then went to collect his Blackberry and his jacket and tie that he'd taken off when he was dancing. I was trying to think of a way to ask him to help me get a job when my alarm went off.

hi guys. i feel pretty good today after a week of feeling crabby and irritable (primarily due to shitty sleep)

Hi n/a. Congratulations.

Slow day at work. Anyone want to lunch with me? I am pretty sure that I can be in the Loop at almost any time.

i could lunch but not til 1:30 which usually seems too late for everyone else. can't switch my schedule around today, unfortunately.

having to take care of drunk rahm in a dream seems tiring

I think I preferred Daley to Rahm. Both are pushy dicks, but Rahm is more actively so.

Gonna have to agree with that aside from my longstanding opposition to nepotism in politics.

having to take care of drunk rahm in a dream seems tiring

It was! He was a mess. Leaning on me to stand up and we had to keep stopping so people could take pictures.

I wish it were February and we were having a huge blizzard.

Has this been posted?

Check out this video on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBXrTnw3oEc

http://www.whiteeyebrows.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mothers-disapproving-241x300.jpg

Haha I just saw the most awesome walk of shame guy slink off the El at Belmont. 20-something, looked like shit and was wearing a beer-stained t-shirt, jeans, and flip flops. When the train pulled in, he was leaning against the door with his eyes shut. LOL

R had a similar guy on her train to work recently. Said he passed out and half fell down, people were freaking out and calling the train operator trying to get them to stop but it was really obvious the kid was still drunk from the night before, reeking of booze etc.

Alternative titles for the Central Lake View video:

"We aren't kidding when we say Chicago is really segregated."

Also, TS: Central Lake View song v. "Chicago"

I know this is super late notice but I think we are gonna be at Jake melnicks at 11. Just wanted to say in case anyone is sorta close and bored

I'm in bed! Also, I've been up since 3 am. Enjoy jakes, they've got good beer.

I know, I expect most ppl are. We willl enjoy!

Which hotel did you end up at?

Damn, I was near Jake's at 8 but just saw this now.

We were never really at Jake's. I dragged the Erica, the husband, and the 'rents to the Billy Goat below Michigan and Wacker. You know... the real one.

We drank until Erica's husband loosened up a bit, which is a good bit of drinking.

Eazy - the Conrad. It is pretty nice!

Great location -- puts you in the middle of things. The Jazz Record Mart is about two blocks away, very fun place to browse a bit.

Yeah. It is p great.

In today's local news:

Shenanigans lead to tragedy! http://www.suntimes.com/news/12209505-418/train-buffs-derailed-on-elevated-cta-tracks-in-south-loop.html
Living in the suburbs is painful: http://www.suntimes.com/business/12027878-417/more-pain-pills-prescribed-in-suburbs-than-chicago.html

And a bonus lolsuntimes article: http://www.suntimes.com/news/12157445-418/romney-obama-should-skip-mom-jeans-and-consider-rahm-jeans.html

irl lol

The mayor’s casual-look upgrade included a laid-back meeting at his City Hall office. That’s where personal denim adviser, David Shelist, owner of popular jeans boutique The Denim Lounge, took Emanuel’s measurements for the perfect casual fit.

Hahaha

i mean

I think Rahm having a 31" inseam is vanity sizing. No way dude is that tall.

everything about that guy is phony
i should know, considering my background and continued high standing in the denim advisory industry.

hi guys

do you ever wish you could be banned from all of ilx except for the chicago threads? i do.

no, most of ilx I find so aggrieving I hardly ever end up looking at it

the problem is i get really bored at work and i have no self-control

I have never wished that. It's not too hard to avoid threads I don't like. Maybe you should just poke yourself with a thumb tack every time you enter one.

I think the key is to stay off of the threads that people who basically ilx ~all day~ frequent

also the threads where people ~do this~

~like me~

I've been really enjoying clusterfuck threads these days. I honestly wish I had more time to participate in them, but damn, arguing on the internet is a huge time commitment. It's like a full time job and I already have one of those.

i think you guys just need to post a lot more so i don't get bored enough to wander over to other threads. or i need a job that occupies more of my attention.

i have rarely gotten that aggravated, and any time i have raised a fuss i have almost immediately regretted it.

ilx never really aggravates me, though maybe that's just because I never get very involved? It is obviously a huge time-suck though

in other news, i am in the process of compiling a may day spotify playlist for y'all

hi guys

do you ever wish you could be banned from all of ilx except for the chicago threads? i do.

I feel that way right now.

I've removed more bookmarks in the last four days than I've added in the last six months.

you need my mayday playlist

Some of you downtown workers should come with me to help me choose glasses some day. The guy at my optician's place was VERRRRRY nice and VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRY!!! helpful and I need a buffer and some advices. He gave me free contacts (beyond the trial pair) and extra boxes of free solution and he said that he would give me even more free contacts when they got another pair in and then he kept showing me glasses and telling me how great I looked.

ChiLX's optician is great, and that guy is nice, but he's a little much. I don't want to sound horrible, especially when he's already given me about $25 worth or free contacts.

Was he flirting? Do you go to Level still?

I'll help you pick out glasses.

I'm thinking about getting contacts again, mostly because my eyes are getting worse and I think I might be able to see better with them? I just have to get better and installation and removal.