If it is, I've got bigger problems than a probably hole in my tympanic membrane.
― carl agatha, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
taking notes in case I get a sinus infection from flying back to chicago in a couple weeks :)
― mh, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
I hope you don't! But if you do, MI Ave Immediate Care.
― carl agatha, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/251957_651388830179_77802115_32357679_1579581292_n.jpg
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
amazing pic. some hardcore punk or political rap group should use it for an album cover, putting their name where the judge mathis ad is
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
Seriously, that is a great pic.
Speaking of a strong police presence, my entire building is surrounded by cops standing about three feet apart from each other.
― carl agatha, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
I saw a color, wider-angle version of it earlier where the bus to the left was included saying "CHICAGO IS", along with like 2-3 more cops.
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
Also not to make this thread Carl Agatha's Ear Infection Chronicles (worst memoir ever), but I can't hear low sounds, like I couldn't tell when the dryer was running yesterday and had to go put my hand on it to check, which means I can't hear stuff like HVAC noises or the trains going by or other rumbling building functions. And this place is emptier than I have ever seen it (and I've worked Christmas Eve) and it is uber creepy I basically feel like this:
http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/28-days-later.jpg
― carl agatha, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
I want a print of that bigger color version of that photo.
Yeah, that photo's awesome -- even the Judge Mathis ad adds to it, IMO.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
The "CHICAGO IS MY KIND OF TOWN" photo, not the 28 Days Later dude. xp
― carl agatha, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
beautiful out today, esp. for you "i hate hot weather" people
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 21 May 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
I agree!
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 21 May 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
It messed up my hair.
― Jeff, Monday, 21 May 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't go outside at lunch due to the ring-o-cops.
― carl agatha, Monday, 21 May 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
They're gone now, btw.
You need to make it a burning ring o' cops. xp
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Monday, 21 May 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
and yes, it's completely lovely out there
solar eclipse of cops
― game of crones (La Lechera), Monday, 21 May 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Monday, May 21, 2012 7:16 PM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Be careful. Per that Trib article I posted, that's probably enough to arrest you.
― carl agatha, Monday, 21 May 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
i went to tjs with a t-shirt on and was kind of cool but it felt great after being in my stuffy apartment. then i sat on the deck and ate a lime popsicle.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 21 May 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
Posting this mostly for the picture, which I feel weird about linking to directly: http://www.shakesville.com/2012/05/chicago-nato-protests-open-thread.html
― carl agatha, Monday, 21 May 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
(because it's an alarming and awful image almost first-person victim POV of a cop about to punch someone, that is, and anybody who has ever been on the receiving end of something like that may not want to see it.)
― carl agatha, Monday, 21 May 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
saw that pic earlier today, also the "chicago police department -- 2012 red rover champions" meme pic of a row of cops in armor with weapons knocking the shit out of unarmed people
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 21 May 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
btw this is linked in the comments to that article
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/551626_10151748741975176_756845175_24528772_1018559969_n.jpg
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 21 May 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
(not the same pic I mentioned earlier though)
feelin kinda sad about the end of my long "weekend" (in quotes because i was theoretically working friday and today). going to go get out in the sun though.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
I have a question I was hoping one of you might be able to answer. I have to go to traffic court tomorrow for a ticket I got last month and I was wondering what options you have to pay at the clerk's office. Do I need to bring enough cash to cover my ticket and whatever fees?
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really know anything about traffic court, but IME all clerks of Circuit Courts take checks, so bring your checkbook and your driver's license if you have it back (?? idk how that works). If you can't pay by check, there are Chase ATMs on the same level as traffic court.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 04:43 (twelve years ago) link
Also, the clerk of court of Cook Co. takes credit cards, but there is a fee.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 04:45 (twelve years ago) link
When I went to traffic court last year, you could pay by credit card but it involved some sort of ludicrous operation where you actually had to call your credit card company on a special phone or something.
― deploying a sewer otter unit (askance johnson), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:03 (twelve years ago) link
Have you guys ever had someone come to your door from "an energy company" and offer to lower your rates? This happened yesterday, and it totally freaked me out at first.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
basically this is what happened:
Somehow this dude got into the building and then came to our apt door and asked to see our electric bill. I didn't give it to him, and I asked him a thousand questions and he gave me a thousand shitty sheepish answers, like
me: What have the other people in the building said to this proposal? him; I don't know, yours is the first door I knocked on
me: why do you seem like you don't know what you're talking about?him: uh sorry it's my first day on the job
i didn't mean to give this guy an unnecessarily hard time, but wtf is he doing knocking on my door?!
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
i realize that i may overreact when strangers come to the door, but ime it has never been a good thing
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
Dude came to our door asking this crap. I told him if they want to provide me any information to mail it and to go away.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
No patience for door to door shit. Legit or not.
I'm only ok with census takers.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
So last Wednesday, I brought some carrots and a cheese stick to work and put them in the fridge. I left early that day, and called in on Thursday, and when I came in on Friday, they were gone! I figured my coworker cleaned out our office fridge, and I thought it kind of sucked that she threw out perfectly good snacks, but rather than make a big deal (or any deal) out of it, I just let it go. I like having a clean fridge and if the price is that I occasionally lose a perfectly good snack or two, fine.
Good thing I didn't mention it, because I found the cheese and the carrots in my purse this morning. I never actually put them in the fridge.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/Poison_Help.svg/220px-Poison_Help.svg.png
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
oh no!
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
i guess i don't know for sure that those door-to-door energy company things are scams but i've always assumed they are. they certainly feel like scams. we've gotten them a few times.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
they are! d looked it up.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
so a friend of mine is on the left of this photo, the girl with the camera (which apparently belonged to a woman on the ground, who she was trying to help up): http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/us/two-held-on-terrorism-charges-at-nato-meeting.html?pagewanted=all
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, good to know. That's really ballsy to come right to somebody's face with a scam like that. xp
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
Wow! Is your friend okay?
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, she got arrested and there are some other crazy pictures on facebook, but she's ok.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks for the heads up guys, just fyi, if you are ever in a similar situation, they do take credit cards but with a 4.75% fee.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
Did you have to do anything weird to pay w/ plastic?
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
Skin graft.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
Nope, just the fee. And wait forever for the little machine to process.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
Also, can I just say how insane court fees are? I ended up having to pay thirty bucks for my actual fine, the court costs were 5.5 times the fine in total. My favorite was "miscellaneous fees... $75", which was, of course, smack dab in the middle of a bunch of other detailed fees.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 13:13 (twelve years ago) link